ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION METHOD

• Main Authors: YOKOYAMA KEIICHIRO, KIKUCHI KAZUO, YAMASHITA TATSUMARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.07.2020
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEAT TREATMENT; PHYSICS; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; TESTING

To provide an estimation device capable of suppressing damage to a fish.SOLUTION: An estimation device 1 includes: a water tank 11 holding water; guide parts 12a, 12b, 12c, and 14a having a support surface in a detection area vertically below a water surface WS inside the water tank 11 for guiding a fish FS inside the water tank 11 so that the fish FS passes on the support surface from outside the water tank 11; ultrasonic detection parts 21a and 21b exposed to the support surface in the detection area for transmitting an ultrasonic wave and receiving an ultrasonic wave as a reflection wave that arrives by the reflection of the ultrasonic wave inside the fish FS; and a control part 15 including a processing part for estimating an organ inside the fish FS based on the received ultrasonic wave.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12 【課題】魚の損傷を抑制することが可能な推定装置を提供すること。【解決手段】推定装置１は、水が収容された水槽１１と、水槽１１の内部の水面ＷＳよりも鉛直下方の検出領域にて支持面を有するとともに、水槽１１の外部から、魚ＦＳが支持面上を通過するように魚ＦＳを水槽１１の内部へ案内する案内部１２ａ，１２ｂ，１２ｃ，１４ａと、検出領域において支持面に露出するとともに、超音波を送信し、且つ、超音波が魚ＦＳの内部にて反射されることにより到来する反射波としての超音波を受信する超音波検出部２１ａ，２１ｂと、受信された超音波に基づいて魚ＦＳの内部の器官を推定する処理部を含む制御部１５と、を備える。【選択図】図１２