US 12,416,617 B2
System and method of egg fertility and gender detection
Michael Ngadi, Pierrefonds (CA); and Li Liu, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (CA)
Assigned to MATRIXSPEC SOLUTIONS INC., Baie d'Urfe (CA)
Appl. No. 18/266,506
Filed by MATRIXSPEC SOLUTIONS INC., Baie d'Urfe (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CA2021/051779
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/120491, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,114, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044860 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 33/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/08 (2013.01) [G01N 21/49 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4704 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An egg analysis system comprising:
a light source for illuminating one end of an egg;
a photon detector for detecting a fluctuation of scattering light emitted from an approximate opposite end of the egg;
a tray configured to hold one or more eggs at different angles;
a timer configured to track a time that the tray is at a specific angle;
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the at least one processor to:
actuate the tray to position itself at a first angle for a first period of time, said tray holding the egg such that a large end of the egg higher than a small end of the egg;
responsive to the timer indicating that the tray has been in the first angle for the first period of time, actuate the tray to position the egg in a vertical position with the large end up for a second period of time;
responsive to the timer indicating that the tray has been in the second angle for the second period of time, actuate the light source to illuminate the egg;
receive scattering light data from the photon detector;
digitize the scattering light data; and
analyze the digitized scattering light data.