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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Foresman, Houston, TX (US);
Richard B. Voigt, Alvin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); A01J 7/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A01J 5/007 (2006.01); A01J 5/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); A01J 5/007 (2013.01); A01J 5/0175 (2013.01); A01J 7/00 (2013.01); B25J 13/086 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); B25J 19/04 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vision system that includes a robotic arm and a three-dimensional (3D) camera operably coupled to a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a 3D image and identify a teat of the dairy livestock within the 3D image. The processor is further configured to determine a distance between a portion of a robotic arm and an approach vector for the teat, to compare the distance between the portion of the robotic arm and the approach vector for the teat and the attachment range threshold value, and to send instructions to the robotic arm based on the comparison.