Patent ID: 8192983

Claim:
An environment controlling method of an incubator which includes a temperature-controlled room configured to be adjusted to a predetermined environment condition and to culture therein a sample of an incubation container, the incubator further including a carrying mechanism within said temperature-controlled room, having a driving source, and carrying said incubation container based on instruction information , the environment controlling method comprising the steps of: an operation instructing step providing instruction information for moving a position of said incubation container within said temperature-controlled room; an operation information generating step receiving said instruction information from said operation instructing step and generating, via an operation information generating unit, operation information which is a spatial operating position of said driving source within said temperature-controlled room being predicted based on said instruction information prior to a carrying operation of said carrying mechanism; an estimated variation outputting step receiving said operation information from said operation information generating step and outputting an estimated variation of temperature state of said temperature-controlled room by operating said driving source based on the operation information and a heat generating amount per unit time of said driving source; a temperature adjusting step receiving said operation information from said operation information generating step and adjusting a temperature within said temperature-controlled room by using at least one temperature adjusting section and an output of a sensor placed inside said temperature-controlled room; and a temperature controlling step receiving said operation information from the operation information generating step and controlling said temperature adjusting section to cancel a temperature change of an amount of said estimated variation in synchronism with operating said driving source.