US 12,329,133 B2
Method and control circuitry for operating an autonomous feed robot at a feed table in a livestock area
Maxime Detraversay, Tumba (SE); Jean-Jacques Dreier, Tumba (SE); Szymon Karwacki, Tumba (SE); and Ilka Klaas, Tumba (SE)
Assigned to DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba (SE)
Appl. No. 17/786,889
Filed by DELAVAL HOLDING AB, Tumba (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/051200
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/126052, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1951532-9 (SE), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034976 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 5/02 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an autonomous feed robot at a feed table in a livestock area, one or more stationary arranged cameras disposed in the livestock area to monitor the feed table, the method comprising:
obtaining one or more images captured using the one or more stationary arranged cameras, the one or more obtained images being indicative of a distribution of feed across the feed table,
wherein the distribution of the feed is a lateral distribution in a direction extending away from animals located at the feed table and the lateral distribution of the feed is determined based on a visual contrast, visual shape, or visual structure of feed detected in the obtained one or more images; and
controlling an operation of the autonomous feed robot based on the lateral distribution of feed indicated by the one or more obtained images, wherein the controlling comprises adjusting a trajectory of the autonomous feed robot based on the lateral distribution of feed indicated by the one or more obtained images.