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US 10,883,879 B2Granted
Identification of material composition
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSean M. Ackley, Aaron R. Cox, Jason E. Minyard, Gerard F. Muenkel, Joni E. Saylor
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Abstract
Identification of a material composition. The material composition is configured with a sequential pattern applied to one or more surfaces of the body. The sequential pattern identifies the specific material composition. A discrete section or sub-section of the material is analyzed, after which the discrete section or sub-section may be sorted for recycling.
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A system comprising:
- a platform to carry a body having a material composition with a layer and a pattern sequence repetitively applied across substantially an entire layer of the material, including a fragment of the body containing the layer, wherein the fragment is a subset of the body;
- an identification module to analyze the pattern sequence of the fragment, the pattern sequence comprising a recognizable pattern sequence or an unrecognizable pattern sequence, wherein responsive to the pattern sequence of the fragment being unrecognizable, the identification module to combine the fragment with at least one additional fragment to create the recognizable pattern sequence;
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- the identification module to identify a composition of the material responsive to the pattern sequence analysis.
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A system comprising:
- for a body having a material composition with a layer and comprising at least one of a raised pattern sequence or an embedded pattern sequence repetitively applied across substantially an entirety of the layer, the pattern sequence having a tactile composition, a selected fragment of the body containing the layer, wherein the selected fragment is a subset of the body;
- an identification module to analyze the pattern sequence of the selected fragment, the pattern sequence having a tactile composition, wherein responsive to the pattern sequence of the selected fragment being unrecognizable by the identification module, the identification module to combine images of the pattern sequence of the selected fragment and the pattern sequence of at least one additional fragment to render the pattern sequence of the selected fragment and the at least one additional fragment recognizable to the identification module;
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- the identification module to identify the material composition of the selected fragment responsive to the pattern sequence analysis.
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A system comprising:
- a platform to carry fragments of a body having a material composition and a pattern sequence repetitively applied across substantially an entirety of a layer of the body, wherein the fragments of the body are a subset of the body;
- an identification module to analyze the pattern sequence of the fragments, wherein responsive to the pattern sequence of a plurality of the fragments being unrecognizable to the identification module, the identification module to combine images of the plurality of the fragments to render the pattern sequence of the plurality of fragments recognizable to the identification module;
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- the identification module to identify material composition of the plurality of the fragments responsive to the pattern sequence analysis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.