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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
May. 04, 2021
Delaval Holding Ab, Tumba, SE;
Anders Dueholm, Tumba, SE;
Andreas Eriksson, Tumba, SE;
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Abstract
An offset for a first milking tool in a tool carrier of an automatic milking machine is determined as a spatial vector between a tool reference position (TRP) and an estimated actual position (TAP) of the milking tool. A three-dimensional image data is registered that represents a teat (T) during attachment to and/or detachment from the milking tool. The image data is processed by searching, within a search zone, for a predefined part (MP) of the teat (T) while the teat (T) is attached to the milking tool. Provided that the predefined part (MP) fulfills a measurement criterion, a distance (d) is calculated between a specific point of the predefined part (MP) and the tool reference position (TRP). The offset is then determined based on the calculated distance (d).