METHOD FOR THE SELECTIVE CLASSIFICATION OF CHICKEN EAGLE

摘要

The invention comprises a method for classifying poultry eggs, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of eggs each having a respective physical egg location; measuring the temperatures of the eggs; and classifying the eggs as a function of the temperatures of the eggs. The step of classifying includes: determining a spatial temperature trend among the plurality of eggs; and identifying live eggs of the plurality of eggs using the spatial temperature trend. Optionally, the step of determining a spatial temperature trend includes generating a temperature trend map including a predicted egg temperature for each egg location and the step of classifying includes correcting the egg temperatures for relative egg locations and identifying live eggs of the plurality of eggs using the corrected egg temperatures.