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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Takahiro Yamamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Anima Electronics Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A water quality monitoring apparatus including a raw water supply and discharge unit 7 equipped with a monitoring water tank 5 for breeding fish under observation. The raw water supply and discharge unit 7 is detachably placed in a lower section of a rack 1, and a video camera 8 is provided in opposed relation to the monitoring water tank 5. Also included are a fish detecting sensor 10 for detecting an actional pattern or the like of the fish under observation on the basis of a picture from the video camera 8 and a computer 11 for detecting the abnormality of the water quality on the basis of the detection result of the fish actional pattern or the like. The raw water supply and discharge unit 7 is made to be drawn from the rack 1 lower section, for example, at the time of cleaning its tanks. Thus, the maintenance thereof becomes easily possible, besides the entire apparatus becomes reducible in dimension to make the space necessary for the installation smaller.