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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Delaval Holding Ab, Tumba, SE;
Inventor:
Ilka Klaas, Tumba, SE;
Assignee:
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/01 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/01 (2013.01); A01K 29/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control unit is configured to obtain measurements of milk flow during a milking session of the animal () and analyse a sequence of the obtained measurements. Based on the analysis, the control unit estimates a total milk yield of the animal () and determines a predetermined partial amount of milk of the estimated total milk yield. During early lactation, the control unit interrupts the milking of the animal on all teats when the predetermined partial amount of milk of the estimated total milk yield has been drawn from the animal, or detects that the milk flow has reached a plateau phase and interrupts the milking during the plateau phase ().