Detection arrangement and method
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsHans Holmgren, Thomas Axelsson
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Abstract
A detecting arrangement is provided for a teat cleaning device including a teat cleaning cup in which teats of milking animals are contained during cleaning thereof. The detecting arrangement comprises a measuring device provided for automatically measuring a teat related parameter in or adjacent to the teat cleaning cup at completion of a teat cleaning process, and a processing device operatively connected to the measuring device and provided for automatically comparing the measured teat related parameter with a reference value and for automatically determining whether the teat of the milking animal has been contained in the teat cleaning cup unfolded during the teat cleaning process based on the comparison.
Claims24
A detecting arrangement for a teat-cleaning device including a teat-cleaning cup, in which a teat of a milking animal is contained during cleaning thereof, said detecting arrangement comprising:
- a measuring device provided for automatically measuring a teat-related parameter reflecting a manner of attachment of the teat to the teat-cleaning cup, wherein the measuring is performed before completely removing said teat-cleaning cup from the teat and performed in a region including the teat-cleaning cup and a region adjacent the teat-cleaning cup;
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- a processing device operatively connected to the measuring device and provided for:
- automatically comparing the measured teat-related parameter with a reference value;
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- automatically determining whether the teat of the milking animal has been properly contained in the teat-cleaning cup during the teat-cleaning process based on said comparison.
A non-transitory computer program product for a detecting arrangement of a teat-cleaning device, the teat-cleaning device including a teat-cleaning cup in which teats of milking animals are contained during cleaning thereof, said computer program product storing instructions for performing a method, when executed by a processor, comprising:
- automatically providing a teat-related parameter reflecting a manner of attachment of the teat to the teat-cleaning cup, wherein the teat-related parameter is measured before completely removing said teat-cleaning cup from the teat and measured in a region including the teat-cleaning cup and a region adjacent the teat-cleaning cup;
- automatically comparing the measured teat-related parameter with a reference value;
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- automatically determining whether the teat of the milking animal has been properly contained in the teat-cleaning cup during the teat-cleaning process based on said comparison.
A detecting method for a teat-cleaning device including a teat-cleaning cup in which a teat of a milking animal is contained during cleaning thereof, the method comprising:
- automatically providing teat-related parameter measured before completely removing said teat-cleaning cup from the teat at completion of a teat-cleaning process and measured in a region including the teat-cleaning cup and a region adjacent the teat-cleaning cup, wherein the teat-related parameter reflects a manner of attachment of the teat to the teat-cleaning cup;
- automatically comparing, by a computer processor associated with the teat-cleaning device, the measured teat-related parameter ith a reference value;
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- automatically determining whether the teat of the milking animal has been properly contained in the teat-cleaning cup during the teat-cleaning process based on said comparison.
A detecting method for a teat-cleaning device including a teat-cleaning cup in which a teat of a milking animal is contained during cleaning thereof, the method comprising:
- automatically measuring a teat-related parameter reflecting a manner of attachment of the teat to the teat-cleaning cup, wherein the measuring is performed before completely removing said teat-cleaning cup from the teat following a teat cleaning process;
- comparing, by a computer processor associated with the teat-cleaning device, the measured teat-related parameter with a reference value;
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- determining, based on the comparison, whether the teat of the milking animal has been contained in the teat-cleaning cup properly during the teat-cleaning process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.