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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Delaval Holding Ab, Tumba, SE;
Inventors:
Ilka Klaas, Tumba, SE;
Anders Umegård, Tumba, SE;
Assignee:
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A01K 1/0023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and control arrangement for controlling an automated crowd gate that operates to form a side of a holding area and moves in relation to an entrance of a destination in order to cause animals located in the holding area to move towards the destination, wherein location data defining individual positions of one or more animals located in the holding area is obtained from a real-time location system, location data, a current position of the crowd gate is obtained, and an operation of the crowd gate is controlled based on the obtained position of the crowd gate and the obtained location data of the animals.