288results about "Testing eggs" patented technology

The invention relates to an egg quality identification method and device based on an optical spectrum and a computer. The method comprises the following steps: performing eggshell physical feature recognition on a multi-dimensional shot image of a target egg to obtain eggshell physical feature data of the target egg; according to the eggshell physical characteristic data, performing light source space angle irradiation planning on the target egg to obtain a multi-dimensional light source irradiation parameter of the target egg; according to the multi-dimensional light source irradiation parameters, each modulation excitation source is controlled to carry out time-resolved spectrum detection on a target egg to obtain spectrum detection data of each egg; and according to the spectrum detection data of each egg, evaluating the egg health characteristics of the target egg to obtain egg quality data of the target egg. By adopting the method, the accuracy and efficiency of egg quality identification can be effectively improved, and the automation degree and the industrial application value in industrial production are further improved.

The invention pertains to the technical fields of bioanalytics and agriculture, and relates to a method and to an assembly for in-ovo sexing of bird eggs. The aim of the present invention is to provide a method and an assembly by means of which in-ovo sexing of bird eggs is achieved with a stable predictive accuracy of the sex and which are simple and cost-effective. The aim is achieved using a method and an assembly in which a fertilised bird egg incubated for 3 to 9 days is irradiated with at least two light-emitting laser beam sources with different excitation waves after the shell is opened, the captured and processed fluorescence scattering spectra and Raman scattering spectra being used, as complementary spectra associated with the different excitation wavelengths, to determine a classification value, and the sex being determined by comparing the determined classification value with an intrinsically determined threshold value. The method and the assembly can be used for sexing farm poultry.

The invention provides an egg product character nondestructive testing device and method, and belongs to the field of agricultural product nondestructive testing, the device comprises a character detection module, a detection box, at least three detection cameras with different angles, a weighing table and a roundness detector; a plurality of rubber coating motor rollers used for driving egg products to roll around a long shaft are mounted at the end part of the bracket on the weighing platform; the roundness detection module collects the vertical displacement change value of the vibration detection rod in the rolling process of the egg product after the vibration detection rod moves to the height of the egg product along with the electric push rod and rotates to the position right above the position parallel to the long axis of the egg product along with the driving motor; and the character detection module performs three-dimensional reconstruction according to the multi-angle image to calculate the volume and the egg shape index of the egg product, calculates the density loss rate and the ellipsoid of the egg product, and determines the character of the egg product according to the density loss rate, the egg shape index and the ellipsoid of the egg product. According to the device, the volume measurement error is reduced, the freshness detection accuracy is improved, the detection process and the detection space do not need to be increased through integrated detection, and the egg character detection efficiency can be improved.

Laser speckle contrast imaging techniques that apply a temporal sliding window to a sequence of speckle frames of an avian egg to determine overlapping sets of speckle frames used to reconstruct a sequence of extraembryonic blood vessel images (e.g., movie) showing blood flow dynamics, and where input to a machine learning model based on the overlapping sets of speckle frames can be used to predict the developmental stage of the avian egg, and where the overlapping sets of speckle frames can be used in drug screening.

The invention discloses a goose egg laying and egg quality detection method based on machine recognition. The method comprises the steps that the initial weight of an egg laying area in different time periods, the goose egg weight and the goose weight corresponding to a goose egg are obtained; based on the goose egg contour line and the goose egg weight, obtaining a goose egg weight parameter; based on the information identifier of the goose entering the egg laying area, obtaining the goose egg weight parameter and a goose weight data set corresponding to the goose egg; and predicting goose egg weight parameters of the gooses in the egg laying area based on the expression state of the gooses entering the egg laying area and the goose weight data set corresponding to the goose eggs to obtain predicted goose egg weight parameters, and determining the egg laying time of the gooses corresponding to the goose eggs based on the goose egg weight parameters, the goose weight data set corresponding to the goose eggs, the egg laying time of the gooses corresponding to the goose eggs and the predicted goose egg weight parameters. And obtaining the goose egg laying quality. The problems that in the prior art, precision is insufficient due to manual goose egg quality detection, and the goose egg laying quality is difficult to detect are solved, and high-precision detection of the goose egg quality and the goose egg laying quality is achieved.

The invention relates to the field of egg detection equipment, and discloses an egg freshness nondestructive detection device which comprises a base, a circular truncated cone is fixedly mounted in the middle of the top end of the base through a stand column, a feeding mechanism is arranged on the left side of the circular truncated cone, a cleaning mechanism is arranged on the rear side of the circular truncated cone, and a detection mechanism is arranged on the right side of the circular truncated cone. A discharging mechanism is arranged on the front side of the circular truncated cone, the cleaning mechanism comprises a cleaning liquid storage box, the cleaning liquid storage box is fixedly installed on the rear side of the top end of the circular truncated cone, barrels are fixedly connected to the two sides of the bottom end of the cleaning liquid storage box correspondingly, and pistons are movably installed in the barrels correspondingly; a first transmission rod is movably mounted on the rear side of the top end of the base, and a cylinder body is fixedly mounted at the top end of the first transmission rod. According to the automatic egg sorting and discharging device, automatic egg feeding, all-directional cleaning, nondestructive testing and automatic sorting and discharging are achieved, and the device is efficient, accurate, compact in structure and small in occupied area.

A device for determining the presence of a characteristic of a sample includes a light source for emitting pulsed excitation radiation, a detection device for detecting an autofluorescence radiation emitted by the sample, and a computer-based evaluation device. The detection device is configured to detect the autofluorescence radiation of the sample in a time-resolved manner at different wavelengths by means of time-correlated single photon counting and to provide the evaluation device with two-dimensional data with a wavelength dimension and a time dimenion. The evaluation device is configured to classify the provided data into classes by means of a classifier. The evaluation device is configured to identify specific wavelengths to be prioritized during the classification on the basis of features formed in the time dimension of the data.

The invention belongs to the field of egg feeding, and particularly relates to an egg grading detection feeding device which comprises two bases, a conveying belt body installed between the two bases, a plurality of installation bases evenly fixed to the outer surface of the conveying belt body, a rotating cylinder arranged in the middle of the installation bases and a position adjusting detection mechanism used for auxiliary detection. The positioning detection mechanism comprises threaded rods fixed to the middle positions of the two sides of the outer circumferential face of the rotating cylinder, threaded grooves formed in the two sides of the inner surface of the mounting base, a fixing base fixed to the tops of the two bases, cameras fixed to the two ends of the inner surface of the fixing base, and irradiation lamps arranged at the tops of the two cameras. According to the method, the situation that the complete form of the blunt-end air chamber cannot be effectively observed, so that judgment errors of the size and the shape of the air chamber are caused, and the situation that deformation or deterioration of the air chamber is possibly misjudged due to fuzzy boundary or irregular projection of the air chamber is avoided.

The invention belongs to the technical field of image processing, and relates to an egg surface microcrack detection method and system based on machine vision. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a transmission image of an egg, performing spatial calibration, determining a geometric center and a long axis scale of an egg region, and establishing a polar coordinate mapping relation of each pixel point; according to the linear distance from each pixel point to the geometric center and the included angle relative to the long axis direction, the geometric sensitivity weight of each pixel point is evaluated, and the optical path distortion degree of the edge high-curvature area is represented; extracting contrast basic energy of the pixel points by using a local space window, and carrying out nonlinear evolution on a local gray gradient by combining with a geometric sensitivity weight to obtain an adaptive contrast energy evolution result; and coupling the local background variance and the geometric sensitivity weight, and calculating the crack identification confidence of each pixel point so as to carry out identification decision of the egg surface microcracks. According to the invention, extremely fine crack signals can be captured, and accurate detection of the microcracks on the surface of the egg is realized.

Provided is a method capable of discriminating male and female birds. The method for discriminating the sex of birds according to the present invention comprises a step for discriminating the sex of birds on the basis of the color of the eyes of the birds in each egg in a group of eggs of the birds, and when the birds in the eggs are male birds, the male birds are identified on the basis of the color of the eyes of the birds in the group of eggs, and when the birds in the eggs are ovum, the ovum expression genes in the Z chromosome are expressed on the ovum expression genes in the Z chromosome. The present invention relates to an ovum comprising a defunctional pigment expression gene and a wild-type ophthalmochrome expression gene heterozygous with the ovum comprising a defunctional pigment expression gene for the ophthalmochrome expression gene on the Z chromosome when the ovum is an ovum, when the ovum is a female bird, the female bird comprising the defunctional pigment expression gene for the ophthalmochrome expression gene on the Z chromosome.

A sexing service-providing system 10 includes irradiation means for irradiating each of hen eggs within a predetermined period of time with light having a predetermined wavelength, imaging means for imaging each of the irradiated hen eggs, means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, a result of separately sexing hen eggs and image data obtained by the imaging of the hen eggs, means for sexing a new target hen egg by inputting the image data obtained for the target hen egg by the irradiation means and the imaging means into the sexing model, discharging means for notifying a control mechanism of an incubator of a result of the sexing and causing the incubator to continue incubation of the hen egg when determined to be a female egg by the sexing, and perform a process of discharging the hen egg when determined to be a male egg by the sexing from the incubator.

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a binary classifier, wherein the classifier is configured to assign a sample to one of two possible classes (P1, P2) based on spectroscopic data of a sample, comprising the steps: - Receiving two-dimensional spectroscopic data of the sample, wherein the data comprise discrete values ​​in a wavelength dimension (12) and a time dimension (14), - Determining features F1 to F5 formed along the time dimension (14) of the data for several wavelengths and / or for several wavelength ranges (16), - Determining linear combinations of features F1 to F5 for the multiple wavelengths and / or for the multiple wavelength ranges (16) by analyzing the features with respect to their power of separation for the two classes (P1, P2), and - Determining a subset of the identified linear combinations by analyzing the linear combinations with regard to their discriminatory power for the two classes (P1, P2). The invention further relates to a computer-implemented method for assigning a sample to one of two possible classes based on spectroscopic data of the sample. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for data processing, a computer program product, and a computer-readable data carrier.

The utility model discloses a hatching egg recognition device, which relates to a tool for egg hatching production and comprises a flashlight. A connecting ring is detachably mounted at the light emitting end of the flashlight, a plurality of spring rods are mounted on one side of the connecting ring, a mounting ring is fixed to the ends, away from the connecting ring, of the spring rods, a folding curtain wrapping all the spring rods is mounted between the mounting ring and the connecting ring, and a cover body is mounted on one side of the mounting ring. And a stop soft ring is fixedly arranged in the cover body. According to the utility model, the problem in the prior art that a flashlight directly irradiates on an egg, and the reflection light on the surface of the egg influences the observation and judgment of the egg by a worker is solved, the identification accuracy is greatly improved, and the working efficiency is improved.

An apparatus for interrogating a media to be analyzed, such as an avian egg, is provided. Such an apparatus includes an emitter assembly configured to emit light toward a media. The emitter assembly has a first emitter source configured to emit a first light signal and a second emitter source configured to emit a second light signal. The first and second light signals are transmitted through the media in phase quadrature. A detector assembly is configured to detect the first and second light signals transmitted through the media. The detector assembly is further configured to resolve a relative or absolute amplitude of each of the first and second light signals. A processor is configured to process the detected signal to identify a property of the media using at least one of the relative and absolute amplitudes of the first and second light signals. An associated method is also provided.

The invention discloses an egg picking device for poultry farming, and relates to the technical field of poultry farming, the egg picking device comprises an operating rod, the cross section of the operating rod is of a hexagonal structure, the clamping moving mechanism comprises a fixed long plate, the fixed long plate is installed on the right side of the bottom end of the operating rod, and the interior of the operating rod is of a hollow structure. When eggs are picked up, eggs laid by different poultry can be picked up by bending down differently, after being picked up, the eggs are placed in a storage area, the applicability in the egg picking process is improved, the picked eggs can be cleaned in the egg picking process, light irradiates the outer portions of the eggs during cleaning, and the eggs can be cleaned through the light irradiation condition, so that the egg picking efficiency is improved. Workers can judge whether eggs are good or not at the first time, if the eggs are bad, the eggs can be directly placed in other areas, and meanwhile the stability of the cleaning end during rotation can be guaranteed.

The invention relates to a method for classifying spectra of objects having complex information content after registration of the spectra by using a method for pre-processing data and by using a method, associated with the data pre-processing, for classification with the calculation of a classifier. After the registration of the spectra and the pre-processing of the spectra, a multiple classification method is performed, having at least two different methods of the data pre-processing of the spectra and of the method, associated with the particular data-preprocessing, for classification. After the registration and the data pre-processing of the spectra, the following steps are performed: calculating a plurality of classifiers of the series per type of data pre-processing, determining the classifiers of the series with iterative adjustment and validation, calculating probabilities of the class association, all classifiers of the series or classifiers being equally incorporated in the determination of a classification result.

The method for automatic non-invasive identification of predetermined features in a number of industrial samples (102) of a predefined sample type of the present invention comprises the steps of: a) transporting the industrial samples (102) of a predefined sample type to an MRI scanner (106); b) recording undersampled MRI data (300) for at least one slice or at least a partial volume of the industrial sample in an MRI measurement, the undersampled MRI data (300) comprising undersampled MRI raw data comprising a number of time-dependent signals for different phases and / or processed MRI data obtained from processing the undersampled MRI raw data; and c) analyzing the undersampled MRI data (300) in an inference module (200) for identifying predetermined features of the industrial samples (102) using a machine learning module (204) trained to identify the predetermined features in industrial samples (102) of the predefined sample type from the undersampled MRI data (300).

An egg conveying station, for example to be integrated into an egg handling operation, said station comprising: a carousel conveyor (1) which is adapted to support pluralities of eggs (E) during transport in successive ascending and descending fashion between an inlet location (IL) and an outlet location (OL1, OL2), the carousel conveyor being provided with egg receiving means (47) for receiving eggs at said inlet location, and with egg discharge means (DM1, DM2) for discharging eggs (E) at said outlet location; characterized in that the discharge means are controllable egg discharge means (DM1, DM2) for selectively discharging eggs (E) at said outlet location (OL1, OL2); wherein the carousel conveyor (1) is provided with or associated with at least one egg inspection system (C, S) for inspecting the eggs (E) and for controlling operation of the controllable discharge means. The invention also provide a method for conveying eggs.

The utility model discloses an egg candler for baby chick hatching, which relates to the technical field of baby chick hatching and comprises a barrel, a mounting cover is mounted at the irradiation end of the bottom end of the barrel in a threaded manner, a first connecting ring is mounted on the outer side of the bottom end of the mounting cover, and an egg candling head is mounted at the bottom end of the mounting cover. An elastic protection assembly is installed on the outer side of the bottom end of the egg candling head and comprises an elastic cylinder, a protection gasket, a second connecting ring and connecting springs, the second connecting ring is installed on the outer side of the top end of the elastic cylinder, and the connecting springs are symmetrically installed at the top end of the second connecting ring; the top end of the connecting spring is connected with the bottom of the first connecting ring, and the elastic cylinder is installed on the outer side of the bottom end of the egg candling head through the connecting spring. The elastic cylinder is installed through the connecting spring and has elasticity when making contact with the egg shell, so that the situation that the egg is damaged due to collision generated when the elastic cylinder makes contact with the egg shell is avoided, and meanwhile the situation that the egg is damaged due to the fact that pressure on the egg is too large when the egg is irradiated and checked is avoided.

A hologram image of an object is acquired in a state where the object is accommodated in a concave portion provided in a container with a bottom surface of the concave portion being curved. A phase image is generated from the hologram image. Processing of subtracting a phase component derived from a polynomial indicating a shape of the bottom surface of the concave portion from the phase image is performed to acquire a processed phase image.

A lid mounted water sampling system adapted to be fluidly coupled to a water line for obtaining water quality parameters corresponding to a sample of pressurized water from the water line and transmitting information associated with said water quality parameters to a remote location, the system comprising: a pit lid adapted to be positioned to cover a pit box such that during use an outer surface of the pit lid is substantially at ground level and adapted to be positioned upon the pit box located underground; the pit lid further comprising an in-use underside portion coupled to a water sampling apparatus, the water sampling apparatus adapted to be positioned in an internal volume defined by the pit box, the water sampling apparatus being fluidly coupled to the water line for obtaining water quality parameters corresponding to a sample of the pressurized water from the water line; and a data transmitter positioned adjacent said pit lid in electronic communication with the water sampling apparatus for transmitting the water quality parameters to the remote location.

The utility model discloses an egg crack recognition device based on machine vision, which comprises a protective side plate, a bottom plate, a mounting plate and a top plate, a crack recognition box is fixedly arranged at the top end of the top plate, the protective side plate is fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the bottom plate, and the mounting plate is slidably arranged in the protective side plate; a rotating assembly for driving eggs to rotate is arranged on the upper surface of the mounting plate, and a moving assembly for driving the mounting plate to move in the protective side plate is arranged on the upper surface of the bottom plate; the rotating assembly comprises mounting blocks, rotating wheels and a driving module, eggs are placed among the four groups of rotating wheels on the two sides of one group of mounting blocks, then the mounting plates are driven by the moving assembly to integrally enter the protective side plates, and the eggs are subjected to ash removal treatment after entering the protective side plates; and then the rotating assembly drives the eggs above the mounting block to rotate, so that it is guaranteed that the crack recognition box recognizes and detects the eggs at multiple angles, and then the efficiency of egg crack recognition and detection is guaranteed.

------ Support and lighting shuttle for at least one object, in particular a bird egg, AND Machine comprising at least one such shuttle. The invention relates to a shuttle (1) and a machine comprising at least one such shuttle (1), which shuttle (1) comprises: - a holding assembly having a base (2) having at least one lower cavity adapted to receive a lower end region of an object (O) and having a flange (4) supported by the base (2) having, opposite the lower cavity, an upper cavity adapted to receive an upper end region of the object (O), in use, the holding assembly (2-4) being configured to occupy a holding position in the position of the object (O); - at least one lighting device located in one of the upper and lower cavities;- electrical connection means comprising an electrical connector assembly (70) accessible from outside the base (2) and an electrical conductor assembly forming an electrical path between the electrical connector assembly (70) and the lighting device(s). Figure to be published with the abbreviation: Figure 1.;

The utility model relates to the field of chicken breeding, and discloses an egg hatching device for chicken breeding, which comprises a hatching box, an electric heating wire is arranged on the inner wall of the top end of the hatching box, a power assembly is arranged on the left side of the hatching box and used for providing rotation power, and a semicircular block is arranged at the right end of the power assembly and used for providing rotation power. A rotating disc is fixedly connected to the right side of the semicircular block, a sliding cylinder is fixedly connected to the non-circle-center position of the left side of the rotating disc, a rotating shaft penetrates through and is rotationally connected to the interior of the incubator, a limiting plate is fixedly connected to the left end of the rotating shaft, and a fillet sliding groove is formed in the periphery of the limiting plate. According to the egg hatching device, mechanisms such as the semicircular blocks, the limiting plates and the rotating discs are arranged, the rotating motor is started, the connecting frames rotate intermittently, the positions of the hatching frames in each set of connecting frames can be evenly changed, and therefore it can be guaranteed that all eggs can be evenly heated without manual layer changing.

A method for processing a plurality of avian eggs, particularly unfertilized eggs, comprising the steps of: conveying at least a first egg (E1) having a first eggshell color and a second egg (E2) having a second eggshell color along a conveying path, the first eggshell color being different from the second eggshell color; illuminating the first egg (E1) with an illumination beam (B) of near-infrared light, wherein at least a portion of the near-infrared light is transmitted through the first egg (E1) and detected by a near-infrared light detector (5); and illuminating the second egg (E2) with an illumination beam (B) of near-infrared light, wherein at least a portion of the near-infrared light is transmitted through the first egg (E1) and detected by a near-infrared light detector (5). with an illumination beam (B) of near-infrared light, wherein at least a portion of the near-infrared light is transmitted through the second egg (E2) and detected by a near-infrared light detector (5); and processing the light detection results of the near-infrared light detector (5) to determine the eggshell condition of each of the first egg and the second egg (E1, E2), wherein the illumination and / or detection of the transmitted light of the first egg and the second egg (E1, E2) are performed under substantially the same illumination conditions and / or detection conditions, respectively.

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for rapid detection of microorganisms such as Listeria spp. in a sample. A genetically modified bacteriophage is also disclosed which comprises an indicator gene in the late gene region. The specificity of the bacteriophage, such as Listeria-specific bacteriophage, allows detection of a specific microorganism, such as Listeria spp. and an indicator signal may be amplified to optimize assay sensitivity.

The utility model discloses an egg quality nondestructive testing device, and relates to the technical field of egg quality detection. Comprising a conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying frame, one side of the top of the conveying frame is fixedly connected with a discharging plate, one side of the conveying frame is provided with a conveying assembly, the conveying assembly comprises a connecting block, one side of the connecting block is rotationally connected with a conveying roller, and the two ends of the conveying roller are rotationally connected with guide wheels. Through the arrangement of the conveying mechanism and the detection mechanism, in the using process, eggs are firstly conveyed to the conveying rollers in the conveying frame through the discharging plate, then the servo motor drives the driving roller to rotate the driven roller under the action of the belt, and the LED lamp is turned on in the process; meanwhile, the conveying rollers rotate under the action of the guide wheels while the belt drives the conveying rollers to rotate through the connecting blocks, detection is conducted through the detection mechanism, the device can detect cracks of the eggs, black-core eggs and double-yolk eggs, and use limitation is reduced.

A method of analysing a fertilised fish egg (100) having incubated to a spine stage is disclosed. The method comprises: capturing a first set of images of the fish egg when the fish egg is rotated about a first axis of rotation (225a); capturing a second set of images of the fish egg when the fish egg is rotated about a second axis of rotation (225b) which is orthogonal to the first axis of rotation (225a); for each image in the first and second set of images, identifying the vertebral column depicted in the image and measuring or evaluating at least one characteristic of the depicted vertebral column; and based on the at least one measured or evaluated characteristic, classifying the fish egg as viable or non-viable. A related apparatus is also disclosed.