Method and control unit for controlling a moveable crowd gate
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorIlka KLAAS
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Abstract
A method and control unit for controlling a moveable crowd gate of a holding area at an entrance of a milking parlour at a farm where the control unit obtains information from at least one sensor regarding animals present in the holding area, determines a stress level among the animals in the holding area, based on the obtained information, and controls movement of the crowd gate, via an actuator configured to adjust position of the moveable crowd gate, based on the determined stress level.
Claims24
A control unit (110) for controlling a moveable crowd gate (120) of a holding area (130) at an entrance (140) of a milking parlour (150), comprising a processing circuit and communication interfaces for communicating with at least one sensor and an actuator configured to adjust a position of the crowd gate, wherein the control unit (110) is configured to:
- obtain information from the sensor regarding animals (101) present in the holding area (130);
- determine a stress level (410) among the animals (101) in the holding area (130), based on the obtained information;
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- control movement of the crowd gate (120), via the actuator (160), based on the determined stress level (410).
A method (500) for controlling a moveable crowd gate (120) of a holding area (130) at an entrance (140) of a milking parlour (150), the method (500) comprising:
- obtaining (503) information from at least one sensor regarding animals (101) present in the holding area (130);
- determining (504) a stress level (410) among the animals (101) in the holding area (130), based on the obtained information;
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- controlling (506) movement of the crowd gate (120), based on the determined (504) stress level (410).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.