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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Henk Hofman, Lemmer, NL;

Cor de Ruijter, Staphorst, NL;

Menno Koekoek, Dronten, NL;

Peter Willem van der Sluis, IJsselmuiden, NL;

Assignee:

Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01); A01J 5/007 (2006.01); A01J 5/017 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); A01J 5/007 (2013.01); A01J 5/0175 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01); G06K 9/52 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for processing an image includes a three-dimensional camera that captures an image of a dairy livestock, wherein the image comprises a plurality of adjacent pixels, each pixel associated with a depth location. The system further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the three-dimensional camera. The processor determines that the depth locations of a first portion of the adjacent pixels fluctuate beyond a predetermined threshold over time, and discards the first portion of the adjacent pixels from the image based at least in part upon the determination.


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