Patent ID: 8527191
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: A01K,G05D

Abstract:
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, 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.