US 12,379,724 B2
Method and arrangement for barn cleaning
Marek Brink, Tumba (SE); Józef Furdak, Tumba (SE); Bartlomiej Jaklik, Tumba (SE); and Bartlomiej Slusarczyk, Tumba (SE)
Assigned to DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba (SE)
Appl. No. 17/634,667
Filed by DELAVAL HOLDING AB, Tumba (SE)
PCT Filed Jul. 24, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050751
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/029807, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1950927-2 (SE), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0350334 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A01K 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [A01K 1/0128 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for barn cleaning to be applied by a barn cleaning control unit, the method comprising:
obtaining information from one or more cameras mounted to capture images of an area of operation of an automatic barn cleaning device, the automatic barn cleaning device having a current capacity of manure that can be displaced or collected;
identifying a plurality of locations in said area of operation subjected to manure, and estimating an amount of the manure present at the identified locations, based on the obtained information;
calculating a route for the automatic barn cleaning device based on the identified plurality of locations and the estimated amount of the manure, by selecting a subset of the identified locations, for which subset a total estimated amount of the manure is within the current capacity of manure that can be displaced or collected by the automatic barn cleaning device; and
controlling the automatic barn cleaning device based on the calculated route.