US 12,247,913 B2
System and methods for analysis of a fluid
Robert Graham Orchard, Hamilton (NZ)
Assigned to S.C.R. (ENGINEERS) LIMITED, Netanya (IL)
Appl. No. 17/905,417
Filed by S.C.R. (ENGINEERS) LIMITED, Netanya (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/NZ2021/050034
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177841, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 762276 (NZ), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129837 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 21/25 (2006.01); A01J 5/007 (2006.01); G01N 33/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 21/25 (2013.01) [A01J 5/007 (2013.01); G01N 33/04 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for analysing milk, including:
a plurality of first type sensors, each first type sensor associated with a respective one of a plurality of milking clusters of a milking system and configured to analyse milk extracted from an individual animal by the milking cluster to determine at least one first type sensor value of a parameter of the milk across an event period;
at least one of a second type sensor associated with at least one of the plurality of milking clusters and configured to analyse the milk extracted from the individual animal by the milking cluster to determine at least one second type sensor value of the parameter of the milk within the event period, wherein the second type sensor is less susceptible to animal specific bias than the first type sensor, and wherein the number of the second type sensor in the system is less than the number of first type sensors; and
at least one processor configured to:
determine an animal specific bias correction for the individual animal based on the at least one first type sensor value of the parameter and the at least one second type sensor value of the parameter determined for the individual animal; and
applying the animal specific bias correction to first type sensor values of the parameter obtained from the first type sensors for milk extracted from the individual animal.