Abstract: System for determining a respective walked distance of animals in a barn during a predetermined time period. The system includes a Real-Time Location System, a database storing historical trajectories of the animals and a processing controller. The processing controller is configured to determine the walked distance of the animal by establishing a walked trajectory based on obtained data entities, and store the trajectory in the database associated with the animal; or detecting a gap of missing or incomplete data entities among the obtained data entities; and establish the trajectory by inserting replacement distance data in the gap, based on historical trajectories extracted from the database and store the established trajectory in the database.

Abstract: A milk extracting system and computer-implemented method of adjusting the vacuum pressures applied respectively at different teat cups for milking the teats of an animal during a milk extraction procedure, where a teat-specific milk flow value is determined for each individual teat during the milk extraction, based on measurements received from respective milk flow meters, each determined teat specific milk flow value is compared with a first threshold limit, and when a determination is made that all of the teat specific milk flow values exceed the first threshold limit the vacuum pressure at each teat cup is adjusted to a high flow vacuum pressure level.

Abstract: A positioning system has a central unit receiving identity and timing information; and based thereon determines a respective position in an area of each of a set of entities. Each entity carries a mobile unit repeatedly transmitting a radio message including the identity information. The positioning system also contains at least three base stations, each receiving the radio messages from the mobile units; and based thereon, forwards the identity and timing information to the central unit. During a measurement period, the central unit registers positions of the entities as a trace for each mobile unit. The central unit checks whether, during the measurement period a first predefined number of traces are interrupted during a first threshold interval, and the predefined number of traces are interrupted in a first zone, which exceeds a first threshold size. If so, a capacity alarm with respect to the first zone is generated.

Abstract: System for determining a respective walked distance of animals in a barn during a predetermined time period. The system includes a Real-Time Location System, a database storing historical trajectories of the animals and a processing controller. The processing controller is configured to determine the walked distance of the animal by establishing a walked trajectory based on obtained data entities, and store the trajectory in the database associated with the animal; or detecting a gap of missing or incomplete data entities among the obtained data entities; and establish the trajectory by inserting replacement distance data in the gap, based on historical trajectories extracted from the database and store the established trajectory in the database.

Abstract: System for determining distribution of time that a respective animal has spent in different zones of a barn during a predetermined time period. The system includes a Real-Time Location System, a database including position coordinates of the respective zones and a processing controller. The processing controller is configured to determine distribution of time by associating each obtained data entity with a respective zone based on the position coordinates of the respective information entity and the position coordinates of the zones; counting the number of data entities in each respective zone; and calculating an amount of time the animal has spent in the zone by multiplying the number of data entities of each respective zone with the regular time interval.

Abstract: A positioning system has a central unit receiving identity and timing information; and based thereon determines a respective position in an area of each of a set of entities. Each entity carries a mobile unit repeatedly transmitting a radio message including the identity information. The positioning system also contains at least three base stations, each receiving the radio messages from the mobile units; and based thereon, forwards the identity and timing information to the central unit. During a measurement period, the central unit registers positions of the entities as a trace for each mobile unit. The central unit checks whether, during the measurement period a first predefined number of traces are interrupted during a first threshold interval, and the predefined number of traces are interrupted in a first zone, which exceeds a first threshold size. If so, a capacity alarm with respect to the first zone is generated.

Abstract: A milk extracting system and computer-implemented method of adjusting the vacuum pressures applied respectively at different teat cups for milking the teats of an animal during a milk extraction procedure, where a teat-specific milk flow value is determined for each individual teat during the milk extraction, based on measurements received from respective milk flow meters, each determined teat specific milk flow value is compared with a first threshold limit, and when a determination is made that all of the teat specific milk flow values exceed the first threshold limit the vacuum pressure at each teat cup is adjusted to a high flow vacuum pressure level.

Abstract: An exchangeable expendable part of a milking arrangement includes an identification tag with data by which a model or a manufacturing date of the exchangeable expendable part is uniquely identified. The tag is readable by a reader arranged to repeatedly read the tag and to forward the readings to a computer system, whereby the computer system identifies the model and/or a manufacturing date of the part based on the readings; and, in response to the identified model and/or manufacturing date, i) alerts an operator, ii) monitors and/or controls the milking arrangement, and/or iii) makes the model and/or the manufacturing date of the part available to an operator. Exchangeable expendable parts include teat cup liners, cartridges including teat cup liners, and milk or vacuum tubes connected to teat cups.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and arrangement for controlling milking by a milking device, wherein probability values are associated with different milking parameter settings capable of being used for the milking of a milk producing animal, a milking parameter setting is drawn from among the different milking parameter settings based on the probability values for the different milking parameter settings, a milking of the milk producing animal is controlled using the drawn milking parameter setting, a milk flow is sensed from the milk producing animal during the milking, the probability values for the different milking parameter settings are updated based on the sensed milk flow, a further milking parameter setting among the different milking parameter settings is drawn based on the updated probability values for the different milking parameter settings, and the further milking parameter setting is used to control a following milking of the milk producing animal.

Abstract: An exchangeable expendable part of a milking arrangement includes an identification tag with data by which a model or a manufacturing date of the exchangeable expendable part is uniquely identified. The tag is readable by a reader arranged to repeatedly read the tag and to forward the readings to a computer system, whereby the computer system identifies the model and/or a manufacturing date of the part based on the readings; and, in response to the identified model and/or manufacturing date, i) alerts an operator, ii) monitors and/or controls the milking arrangement, and/or iii) makes the model and/or the manufacturing date of the part available to an operator. Exchangeable expendable parts include teat cup liners, cartridges including teat cup liners, and milk or vacuum tubes connected to teat cups.

Abstract: A method, computer program, and arrangement for controlling milking by a milking device, wherein probability values are associated with different milking parameter settings capable of being used for the milking of a milk producing animal, a milking parameter setting is drawn from among the different milking parameter settings based on the probability values for the different milking parameter settings, a milking of the milk producing animal is controlled using the drawn milking parameter setting, a milk flow is sensed from the milk producing animal during the milking, the probability values for the different milking parameter settings are updated based on the sensed milk flow, a further milking parameter setting among the different milking parameter settings is drawn based on the updated probability values for the different milking parameter settings, and the further milking parameter setting is used to control a following milking of the milk producing animal.