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AssigneeEgg-Chick Automated Technologies
InventorsFrédéric BERIER, Laura TRUBUIL, Hugo REVOIS
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The present invention relates to a method and device for automatically inspecting one or more eggs contactlessly. According to the invention, the following steps are carried out: a) a millimeter-wave radio-frequency signal is transmitted by a transmitter towards an egg, b) a millimeter-wave radio-frequency signal reflected by said egg is detected by means of a sensor (14), said sensor (14) being placed at distance from said egg, c) the intensity of the reflected millimeter-wave radio-frequency signal is analyzed as a function of the distance traveled by the reflected signal and the radar echo thus obtained is compared with one or more reference radar echoes each representative of one egg state, so as to deduce the egg's current state therefrom.
A method for contactlessly inspecting an egg, the method comprising:
A device for automatically contactlessly inspecting eggs, comprising, for each egg, a radar module configured to transmit millimeter waves towards said egg and to detect millimeter waves that are reflected by said egg, said radar module transmitting output signals from said reflected millimeter waves thus detected, said measurement device comprising a processing unit for analyzing said output signals and deducing a state of the corresponding egg therefrom.
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