发明名称 Milking system and method for milking a herd of dairy animals
摘要 A milking system for milking a herd of dairy animals includes a first milking device and a second milking device, an identification device for identifying dairy animals to be milked of a herd of dairy animals, and a control device for determining an estimated treatment time of each dairy animal to be milked. The control device also classifies each dairy animal to be milked with the aid of a criterion on the basis of the estimated treatment time in at least a first or second group of dairy animals. The milking system admits the first group of dairy animals to preferably only the first milking device and admits the second group to preferably only the second milking device.
申请公布号 US9179639(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.11.10
申请号 US201213534064 申请日期 2012.06.27
申请人 LELY PATENT N.V. 发明人 Van De Walle Jacobus Izaak
分类号 A01K1/12;A01J5/007 主分类号 A01K1/12
代理机构 Hoyng Rokh Monegier 代理人 Hoyng Rokh Monegier ;Rivero Minerva;Owen David P.
主权项 1. A milking system comprising a first milking device, an identification device for identifying dairy animals to be milked of a herd of dairy animals, and a control device which is configured to determine an estimated treatment time of each dairy animal to be milked when the animal reports to the milking station, and wherein the control device is configured to classify each dairy animal to be milked that has been identified by the identification device with the aid of a criterion on the basis of the estimated treatment time in at least a first or second group of dairy animals, and wherein the milking system is configured to admit at least one dairy animal classified in the first group to the first milking device in order to milk said dairy animal by the first milking device, wherein the milking system comprises a second milking device, and the milking system is configured to admit at least one dairy animal classified in the second group to the second milking device in order to milk said dairy animal by the second milking device, wherein the control device is further configured to classify each dairy animal to be milked that has been identified by the identification device in the first group of dairy animals if the estimated treatment time of said dairy animal is shorter than a threshold value and to classify each dairy animal to be milked that has been identified by the identification device in the second group of dairy animals if the estimated treatment time of said dairy animal is longer than that threshold value; wherein the control device is connected to a sorting device, the control device being further configured to operate the sorting device in dependence of the classification of the identified dairy animal;wherein the first milking device and the second milking device are each provided with a plurality of milking stalls for, in each case, one dairy animal, and wherein the milking system is configured to admit a plurality of dairy animals classified in the first group to only the first milking device in order to milk said dairy animals in the milking stalls of the first milking device, and wherein the milking system is configured to admit a plurality of dairy animals classified in the second group to only the second milking device in order to milk said dairy animals in the milking stalls of the second milking device.
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