Patent ID: 9723805
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A01J,A01K,G06Q

Claim:
1. A rotating animal milking platform control and monitoring system, comprising: a platform ( operating units ( a control system ( the control system including an interactive display ( i) output information relating to the control computer monitored current status of operations on the platform, ii) a representation of an entirety of the annular shape of the platform with each of the stalls graphically represented by a cell ( iii) within the cells, real-time status information relating to the control computer monitored operations on the platform, and iv) within the cells, input channels for use by the operator, the input channels individually selectable by the operator to reveal additional status information relating to control computer monitored operations of the corresponding stall, wherein, the control system a) monitors the rotation of the platform and each stall within the platform, and b) as the platform rotates, automatically periodically updates the interactive display, including the real-time status information relating to the control computer monitored operations within the cells, so that the rotating movement of the platform is represented by a progression of the graphical representation of each cell within the representation of the annular shape of the platform, with a position of the graphical representation of each cell within the representation of the annular shape, corresponding to the current position of the corresponding stall on the platform, and wherein the real-time status information displayed within each cell shows one of more process parameters displayed at one of more respective sub-locations inside the cell, and wherein i) a shading or a background color of cells automatically change based on real-time status information relating to the control computer monitored operations in each respective cell on the platform, or ii) a milking progress display appears automatically in each individual cell based on each real-time status information of milking operation commencing in each respective individual cell on the platform, the shading or background color change and the milking progress display appearing at milking commencing thereby visually notifying the operator of the change of condition of the monitored operation.