Teat treatment method and apparatus
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Feb 5, 2014
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Abstract
An automatic teat treatment method and apparatus uses a control system and an associated robot apparatus with an arm that carries a treatment apparatus, to establish a treatment operation start time and establish the presence of an animal at a treatment location, and then (i) initiate detection of a spatial teat position of a first teat, (ii) register the spatial position, (iii) derive a dedicated teat-treating action, (iv) carry out the teat-treating action, and (v) successively repeat the initiating, registering, deriving, and treating steps once in respect of each teat until all teats are treated, where, when after the start time, a predefined point in time is passed before any of the preceding steps is completed, the method is interrupted and a default treating action for treating all remaining untreated teats is derived and carried out by the treatment apparatus and thereafter the robot arm is retracted.
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| Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | C | CA2895495 | Feb 05, 2014 |
| EP | B1 | EP2953448 | Feb 05, 2014 |
| WO | A1 | WO2014142728 | Feb 05, 2014 |
| NZ | A | NZ708911 | Feb 05, 2014 |
| AU | B2 | AU2014230058 | Feb 05, 2014 |
| CN | B | CN104968195 | Feb 05, 2014 |
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- A01J Class
- 88 Applications Filed
- 79 Patents Issued To-Date
- 89.78 % Issued To-Date
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