Detection of a solar panel for a robotic work tool
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorsCarmine Celozzi, Jonas Hejderup, Kamila Kowalska, Adam Ottvar, Jonathan Andersson, Peter Svenningsson
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AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorsCarmine Celozzi, Jonas Hejderup, Kamila Kowalska, Adam Ottvar, Jonathan Andersson, Peter Svenningsson
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A method for use in a robotic work tool system (200) comprising a robotic work tool (100) arranged to operate in an operational area (205) comprising one or more solar panels (10) each solar panel (10) having a panel (11) and one or more poles (12) connected to the panel (11) through a supporting structure (13), the operational area (205) having a surface that is at least partially irregular, and the robotic work tool comprising a memory (120) configured to store supporting structure geometry data, an image sensor (185), wherein the method comprises: receiving an image from the image sensor (185) detecting a pole (12) in the image and determining a scale based on the determined height of the detected pole (12), wherein the pole (12) is detected based on the stored supporting structure geometry data.
A robotic work tool system comprising a robotic work tool configured to operate in an operational area comprising one or more solar panels each solar panel having a panel and one or more poles connected to the panel through a supporting structure, the operational area having a surface having at least one irregularity, and the robotic work tool comprising a controller, a memory configured to store supporting structure geometry data, an image sensor, wherein the controller is configured to:
A method for use in a robotic work tool system comprising a robotic work tool configured to operate in an operational area comprising one or more solar panels each solar panel having a panel and one or more poles connected to the panel through a supporting structure, the operational area having a surface having at least one irregularity, and the robotic work tool comprising a memory configured to store supporting structure geometry data, an image sensor, wherein the method comprises:
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