CONTOUR MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTOUR MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR MEASURING CONTOUR OF POULTRY CARCASS, AND DEBONING DEVICE FOR POULTRY CARCASS

摘要

Provided are a chicken carcass contour measurement device capable of ascertaining the contour shape of a prescribed region of a chicken carcass, a contour measurement method, and a chicken carcass deboning device. This contour measurement device is equipped with: a fixing jig for positioning and immobilizing a chicken carcass; a conveyor for forming a transport path for the fixing jig, and transporting the fixing jig along the transport path; a contact capable of contacting the measurement target section of the chicken carcass, and supported so as to be capable of vertical movement in a two-dimensional plane extending in a vertical direction and including the fixing jig transport direction; a vertical position sensor for detecting the vertical position of the contact; a fixing jig position sensor for detecting the movement direction position of a moving cone; and a contour calculation unit for obtaining the contour shape of the chicken carcass surface in the two-dimensional plane, on the basis of the detection results detected by the vertical position sensor and the fixing jig position sensor according to the movement of the chicken carcass supported and transported by the cone.