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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Delaval Holding Ab, Tumba, SE;

Inventor:

Carl Oskar Paulrud, Tumba, SE;

Assignee:

DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/01 (2006.01); A01J 5/017 (2006.01); A01J 5/04 (2006.01); A01J 5/007 (2006.01); A01J 5/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/01 (2013.01); A01J 5/007 (2013.01); A01J 5/017 (2013.01); A01J 5/0136 (2013.01); A01J 5/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic milking system controlled by receiving a parameter representing a measured flow of milk extracted from at least one teat of an udder of an animal being milked in a milking operation via at least one teatcup of the milking system, wherein the milking system is controlled to stop the milking operation based on a first criterion indicating that the flow has reached a decline phase, and a second criterion indicating that the flow decreases faster than a threshold slope, the milking operation being stopped in response to fulfillment of the second criterion on or after a point in time when the first criterion has been fulfilled. As a result, a particular amount of milk is left in the udder of the animal, irrespective of an overall milking time for the animal.


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