UNMANNED VEHICLE FOR DISPLACING DUNG
First Claim
18-1. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor image processor is arranged to recognize at least one of a heap of material to be displaced and a leg of the dairy animal.
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Abstract
An unmanned vehicle for displacing material, in particular dung, from the floor of a shed includes a frame, with disposed thereon a material displacer, propulsion mechanism and navigator with a sensor for forming an image of an observation area, the sensor including a source of radiation for modulated electromagnetic radiation, a receiver device for electromagnetic radiation reflected by an object in the observation area, and a sensor image processor, wherein the receiver device includes a matrix with a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of receivers, and the sensor image processor is configured to determine for each of the receivers a phase difference between the emitted and the reflected electromagnetic radiation in order to calculate a distance from the receiver to the object. Such a vehicle is capable of detecting and displacing material in a very reliable manner by utilization of the depth image obtained by the sensor.
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29 Claims
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18-1. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the sensor image processor is arranged to recognize at least one of a heap of material to be displaced and a leg of the dairy animal.
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