System and a method for controlling an automatic milking system
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Aug 5, 2014
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Oct 31, 2013
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Dec 13, 2011
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Dec 15, 2010
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A system (1) for controlling an automatic milking system (2), configured for automatically receiving, identifying and selectively milking a lactating animal in accordance with a set of milking parameters associated with the animal. The system comprises a thermal imaging device (3), configured for generating at least one current thermal image of at least a portion of an udder of the animal, a storage device (4), configured for storing at least one reference thermal image of the udder, and a processing device (7), configured for comparing at least one current value derived from the at least one current thermal image and/or at least one current thermal image with at least one reference value derived from the at least one reference thermal image and/or at least one reference thermal image. The processing device is arranged to selectively provide a status indication of the animal in response to a result of the comparison.
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