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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Tommy Ertbolle Madsen, Virum, DK;
Rufus Blas Morten, Copenhagen, DK;
Inventors:
Tommy Ertbolle Madsen, Virum, DK;
Rufus Blas Morten, Copenhagen, DK;
Assignee:
AGROCOM GmbH & Co. Agrarsystem KG, Bielefeld, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of navigating an agricultural vehicle, which is equipped with a 3D imaging device for imaging surroundings of the vehicle, and an image processing device, includes obtaining from the 3D imaging device frames imaging at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle at different points of time while the vehicle is moving thus providing a chronological sequence of frames, analysing the frames, and establishing a change of pose of the vehicle using results of the analysis of at least two chronologically different frames.