Method for a directed animal traffic, and milking installation
AssigneeGEA Farm Technologies GmbH
InventorsMichael Strotmann, Johannes Otteloh
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for controlling the flow of traffic of animals (1), said method being carried out at least partially automatedly, and to a milking installation which has the method features. On the basis of the animal density in at least one specifiable detection region (2.1, 2.2), a directing unit (4) can be automatically adjusted according to the method, said directing unit allowing, facilitating, or preventing the passage of the animals through a corridor (8). According to advantageous embodiments, the operation of a cow pusher and a carousel milking station is also controlled on the basis of the detected data.
Claims18
A method for influencing a traffic flow of animals from a holding area into an adjacent passage which has a steering unit, wherein the holding area has at least one recording region with at least one recording unit, comprising the following method steps:
- recording a number of animals in the at least one recording region by the at least one recording unit,
- determining a setpoint opening extent of the steering unit based on the recorded number of animals,
- comparing the setpoint opening extent with an actual opening extent of the steering unit, wherein
- above a predeterminable difference between the setpoint opening extent and the actual opening extents of the steering unit, the method further comprises issuing a command to a control device of the steering unit and moving the steering unit to the setpoint opening extent,
- so that a width of the passage is varied based on an opening extent of the steering unit.
A milking installation comprising a holding area, a milking parlor, a passage connecting the holding area to the milking parlor, a steering unit arranged in the passage, a data processing system and a control device for the steering unit, wherein
- the holding area has at least one recording region with a recording unit,
- the control device and the recording unit are signal-connected to the data processing system, and
- an opening extent of the steering unit, which influences a width of the passage, can be varied by the control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.