Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh

Westfaliasurge Gmbh

Gea Westfaliasurge Gmbh

Manfred Pohlkamp

Rolf Teckentrup

Heinz Francke

Peter Kaever

Andreas Springer

Karsten Schönrock

Elmar Nieswand

The invention relates to a device and method for providing information about animals walking through an animal passage (I), the information comprising at least the number of animals walking through the animal passage, using a detection device having a sensor device connected to a processor for capturing animal data about animals walking through the animal passage, and an analysis device for recognizing animals in the data/signals captured by the sensor device for the purpose of outputting counter impulses when animals are detected in said signals, the sensor device being designed for producing 3D images, and the analysis device being designed for detecting animals in the 3D data of the 3D images and for counting the animals using said detection.

Device and a method for providing information about animals when walking through an animal passage

For the determination of the occupancy of a milking stall by an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor with a plurality of milking stalls which are disposed on a rotatable milking platform, a process is proposed in which the identification of the animal only takes place after it has entered the milking stall in which it is supposed to be milked.

Rotary milking parlor for the identification of a milking stall and an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor

The aim of the invention is to provide a method and a device for associating animals with milking stations. For this purpose, the animals are detected by sensors and subjected to identification processes, thereby providing information units for an individual animal. The detection by sensors and the identification processes are tuned with each other in such a manner that the respective sensorically detected data are associated with the data obtained by the identification processes. The latter represent animal-related information units that are made available at milking stations. The sensory detection can for example be carried out by photoelectric sensors.

Method for providing information on the occupancy of milking stations of a milking system

Process and rotary milking parlor for the identification of a milking stall and an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor

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Manfred Pohlkamp