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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:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Bohao Liao, Sollentuna, SE;

Fulin Xiang, Älvsjö, SE;

Inventors:

Bohao Liao, Sollentuna, SE;

Fulin Xiang, Älvsjö, SE;

Assignee:

DELAVAL HOLDING AB, Tumba, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/017 (2006.01); A01K 1/12 (2006.01); G01S 5/16 (2006.01); G01S 11/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/126 (2013.01); A01J 5/017 (2013.01); A01J 5/0175 (2013.01); A01K 1/12 (2013.01); G01S 5/16 (2013.01); G01S 11/12 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

An arrangement, which is provided for determining the position of an animal, comprises a three-dimensional camera directed towards the animal and provided to record a three-dimensional image of the animal, and image processing means is provided for detecting the animal and determining its position in at least one spatial dimension based on the three-dimensional image of the animal. The image processing means may form a three-dimensional surface representation of a portion of the animal from the three-dimensional image of the animal, analyze the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation, and determine the position of the animal based on the analysis of the surface of the three-dimensional surface representation.


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