Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for managing dairy animals
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Application No.: US15504695Application Date: 2015-08-11
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Publication No.: US10278358B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Huibrecht Johannes Arjen Van Den Beukel
- Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Maassluis
- Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
- Current Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Maassluis
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: NL2013390 20140829
- International Application: PCT/NL2015/050573 WO 20150811
- International Announcement: WO2016/032325 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: A01K11/00
- IPC: A01K11/00 ; A01J5/007 ; A01K1/12 ; A01K15/02 ; A01K1/10 ; A01K27/00 ; A01K29/00

Abstract:
A system for managing a group of dairy animals includes a dwelling space, such as an animal shed, in which the dairy animals can roam. A dairy animal-related device for performing a dairy animal-related operation is arranged in the dwelling space. The dairy animals in the dwelling space can walk to the dairy animal-related device through the dwelling space. A luring system includes luring devices, each of which is attached to in each case one of the dairy animals. The luring device of each dairy animal is activatable in order to give said dairy animal a luring signal so as to lure said dairy animal to the dairy animal-related device. A detection system is configured for detecting the position of each individual dairy animal in the dwelling space. The luring system is connected to the detection system for receiving the positions of the dairy animals in the dwelling space detected by the detection system. On the basis of the received detected positions of the dairy animals in the dwelling space, the number of dairy animals is determined which are situated in a predetermined area of the dwelling space adjacent to the dairy animal-related device. The luring system activates the luring device of one of the other dairy animals depending on said number of dairy animals situated in said area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170231187A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DAIRY ANIMALS Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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