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Apparatus and method for processing bioresponse signals, in particular apparatus and method for hatching out hatching eggs

US7950350B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · BE

Inventors

Daniel Berckmans · Kessel-Lo, BE
Andres Van Brecht · Leuven, BE
Jean-Marie Aerts · Haasrode, BE
Lode Peeters · Dentergem, BE
Ivan Van der Beken · Dentergem, BE
Paul Degraeve · Dentergem, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2004
Grant date	May 31, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01K41/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for measuring, with infrared thermometers, temperatures of hatching eggs placed in nests of hatching trays which are arranged in an incubator, wherein, for a preselected number of trays, the temperature is measured of a predetermined number of eggs, wherein during the hatching period, each individual thermometer contactlessly measures the temperature around a corresponding individual egg arranged in the incubator according to a pre-entered measurement scheme, wherein the measuring signals obtained control a temperature control regulation.

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