Patent ID: 9435783
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A01K,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An incubating egg inspection apparatus comprising: a plurality of light emitters disposed two dimensionally at prescribed positions; light receivers provided in a one-to-one relationship with the light emitters, each of the light receivers being configured to receive light from the corresponding light emitter; and an egg container configured to array in advance a plurality of incubating eggs between each of the light emitters and the light receivers corresponding thereto; wherein each incubating egg is inspected by the corresponding light receiver that receives, among the lights from all the light emitters, transmitted light that transmitted through the interior of the incubating egg, and a controller causing a central light emitter to emit light, the central light emitter being one of the plurality of light emitters to emit light, the controller also preventing an inner light emitter within a prescribed range from emitting light, the prescribed range being centered about the central light emitter; the controller further causing an outer light emitter to emit light at the same time as the central light emitter emits light, wherein the outer light emitter is positioned outside of the prescribed range centered about the central light emitter.