Fish sex discrimination equipment and method
CA 1306782 C · Owner: Kato, Osamu · Inventors: Koike, Yusuke; Sekiya, Naoyuki; Miyakawa, Tatsuo
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Fish sex discrimination equipment and method comprising an automatic supplying unit a light, projection and reception detection unit a discrimi-, nation control unit, a discharge unit and a first, conveyor and a second conveyor and also comprising, the steps of automatically supplying fish to be discriminated, transmitting light to a genital gland area of the fish, scanning the light, discriminating the sex of the fish based on the quantity of light transmitted, for example, a mean value or integrated value, and discharging the fish through the first or second conveyor which corresponds to the sex of the fish.
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- Granted August 25, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 25, 2009.
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