Unmanned vehicle for displacing manure
First Claim
1. A method of navigating an unmanned vehicle in a space in which at least one animal is present, the method comprising:
- detecting at least a part of the at least one animal, anddetermining whether a current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the animal,wherein, if it is determined that the current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the detected animal, the method further comprises;
determining a set of one or more priority parameters of the detected animal comprising at least a first priority parameter relating to a standing condition of the detected animal, anddeciding, on the basis of the set of priority parameters of the detected animal, whether the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal,wherein the course of the unmanned vehicle will be maintained if the set of priority parameters meets a predetermined collision criterion, and the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal if the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion, andwherein the set of priority parameters only meets the predetermined collision criterion if at least the standing condition of the detected animal is that the detected animal is standing, and wherein the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion if the standing condition of the detected animal is that the detected animal is not standing.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for an unmanned vehicle for displacing manure includes navigating an unmanned vehicle, further including detecting an animal, determining whether a current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the animal. If this is the case, the method continues by: determining at least a first priority parameter from a set of priority parameters, wherein the first priority parameter is a standing condition of the detected animal, deciding, on the basis of the set of priority parameters, whether the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the animal, wherein the course will be maintained if the set of priority parameters meets a predetermined collision criterion, and the course will be adjusted to avoid the animal if the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion, wherein the set of priority parameters only meets the collision criterion if at least the standing condition is that the animal is standing.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of navigating an unmanned vehicle in a space in which at least one animal is present, the method comprising:
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detecting at least a part of the at least one animal, and determining whether a current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the animal, wherein, if it is determined that the current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the detected animal, the method further comprises; determining a set of one or more priority parameters of the detected animal comprising at least a first priority parameter relating to a standing condition of the detected animal, and deciding, on the basis of the set of priority parameters of the detected animal, whether the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal, wherein the course of the unmanned vehicle will be maintained if the set of priority parameters meets a predetermined collision criterion, and the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal if the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion, and wherein the set of priority parameters only meets the predetermined collision criterion if at least the standing condition of the detected animal is that the detected animal is standing, and wherein the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion if the standing condition of the detected animal is that the detected animal is not standing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An unmanned vehicle for performing activities in a space in which at least one animal is present, comprising a frame, with mounted thereon:
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a propulsion mechanism and a navigation mechanism, wherein the vehicle further comprises a sensor for forming an image of an observation area, the sensor comprising a sensor image processor operatively connected to the navigation mechanism, and wherein at least one of the sensor image processor and the navigation mechanism is configured to; detect at least a part of the at least one animal, and determine whether a current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the animal, wherein the at least one of sensor image processor and navigation mechanism, if the current course of the unmanned vehicle will lead to a collision with the detected animal, subsequently; determine at least a first priority parameter from a set of one or more priority parameters of the detected animal, wherein the first priority parameter is a standing condition of the detected animal, decide, on the basis of the set of priority parameters of the detected animal, whether the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal, wherein the course of the unmanned vehicle will be maintained if the set of priority parameters meets a predetermined collision criterion, and the course of the unmanned vehicle will be adjusted to avoid the detected animal if the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion, wherein the set of priority parameters only meets the predetermined collision criterion if at least the standing condition of the detected animal if that the detected animal is standing, and wherein the set of priority parameters does not meet the predetermined collision criterion if the standing condition of the detected animal is that the detected animal is not standing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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