METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MILKING IMPLEMENT, A SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR AND AN IMPLEMENT PERFORMING THE METHOD

摘要

Method of controlling a milking implement for automatically milking a dairy animal with an udder, such as a cow, which milking implement comprises a camera and a teat cup, which method comprises the following steps:attaching the teat cup to a teat of the udder, followed byproducing by means of the camera an image of at least a part of the udder and of at least a part of the teat cup,making an analysis of the image of the udder with the teat cup, and performing at least one control action by means of the milking implement, based on the analysis.