Patent ID: 8919283

Claim:
An automated device for milking animals, the device comprising: at least two sensors for measuring at least two parameters, respectively, of an animal to be milked, and outputting measured parameters, a processor which is operatively coupled to the at least two sensors, wherein the processor is configured for: comparing the measured parameters with respective absolute limit values, and generating an attention value when there is a first specific number (A 1 ) of the measured parameters that exceed the respective absolute limit values, and a signalling element, coupled to the processor, for indicating a representation of the attention value, wherein the processor is further configured for: comparing at least one of the measured parameters with a respective adjusted limit value, and generating the attention value when there is a second specific number (A 2 ) of the measured parameters that exceed the respective absolute limit values and there is a third specific number (A 3 ) of the measured parameters that exceed respective adjusted limit values, and wherein: A 1 ≧1, A 2 <A 1 , A 3 ≧2 if A 2 =0, and A 3 ≧1 for all other values of A 2 .