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AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorAndreas Eriksson
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In picking up tools in an automatic milking arrangement, the positions of the tools are determined by registering, via a camera at an origin location, three-dimensional image data representing the tools whose positions are to be determined. Using an algorithm involving matching the image data against reference data, tool candidates are identified in the three-dimensional image data. A respective position is calculated for the tools based on the origin location and data expressing respective distances from the origin location to each of the identified tool candidates. It is presumed that the tools have predefined locations relative to one another. Therefore, any second tool candidate is disregarded, which is detected at a separation distance from a first tool candidate when the separation distance exceeds a first threshold distance in relation to the predefined relative locations.
A system for determining the positions of tools in an automatic milking arrangement and picking up the tools, the system comprising:
A method for determining the positions of tools in an automatic milking arrangement and picking up the tools, the method comprising:
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