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Arrangement And Method For Determining The Position Of An Animal

Patent No. EP2244555 (titled "Arrangement And Method For Determining The Position Of An Animal") was filed by Delaval Holding on Jan 16, 2009. The application was issued on Oct 8, 2025.

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A milking system comprises a milking stall, a robot for attaching teat cups to an animal's teats, and a position-determining arrangement. The robot is operatively connected to the arrangement to move teat cups toward the udder based on the animal's determined position. The arrangement includes a downward-facing three-dimensional camera for recording a 3D image of the animal, a camera for determining teat positions, and image processing means. The processing means detects the animal and determines its position in at least one spatial dimension by forming a 3D surface representation of a portion of the animal and analyzing said surface to localize the spinal ridge. This 3D analysis mitigates 2D image processing errors caused by noise, reflections, and animal color/texture variations.

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EP2244555

DELAVAL HOLDING
Application Number
EP09703583A
Filing Date
Jan 16, 2009
Status
Patent Maintained As Amended
Sep 5, 2025
Publication Date
Oct 8, 2025
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