| 摘要 |
A control and monitoring system for a rotating animal platform which includes multiple animal stalls arranged about its periphery, where the system includes an interactive display screen which displays output information relating to the current status of operations on the platform and which displays input channels for use by an operator, the platform itself is represented at said interactive display screen by an annular shape, each stall on the platform is graphically represented by a cell, the cells are displayed in a spatial arrangement corresponding to the arrangement of stalls on the platform, real-time status information relating to operations on the platform is represented at each cell, and the rotating movement of the platform is represented by the progression of each cell about the displayed representation of the platform. |
| 主权项 |
1. A rotating animal milking platform control and monitoring system, comprising:
a platform (14) comprising plural animal stalls arranged about a periphery thereof, the platform having an annular shape, the animal stalls dividing the annular shape, the platform being a rotary platform with rotary movement; operating units (20, 22, 24), the operating units being from the group consisting of electromechanical units which carry out operations on animals on the platform (14), electromechanical units which carry out operations on the platform (14), control system elements which interact with the platform (14), control system elements which interact with the electromechanical units, and control system elements which interact with an operator; and a control system (27) that comprises a control computer with data storage, the control computer operatively connected to the platform (14), operatively connected to the operating units, and monitoring a current status of operations on the platform and in the stalls, the control system including an interactive display (28) which displays: i) output information relating to the control computer monitored current status of operations on the platform, ii) a representation of the annular shape of the platform with each of the stalls graphically represented by a cell (8) within the representation of the annular shape of the platform, wherein the cells are displayed in a spatial arrangement corresponding to a physical arrangement of corresponding stalls on the platform, and wherein the rotating movement of the platform is represented, over time, by a progression of each cell about the displayed annular shape representing the platform, iii) within the cells, real-time status information relating to the control computer monitored operations on the platform, and iv) within the cells, input channels for use by the operator, the input channels individually selectable by the operator to reveal additional status information relating to control computer monitored operations of the corresponding stall, wherein, the control system a) monitors the rotation of the platform and each stall within the platform, and b) as the platform rotates, periodically updates the interactive display so that the rotating movement of the platform is represented by a progression of the graphical representation of each cell within the representation of the annular shape of the platform, with a position of the graphical representation of each cell within the representation of the annular shape, corresponding to the current position of the corresponding stall on the platform, and wherein the real-time status information displayed within each cell shows one of more process parameters displayed at one of more respective sub-locations inside the cell. |
