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US 12,109,593 B2Granted
Classification and sorting with single-board computers
AssigneeSortera Technologies, Inc.
InventorsManuel Gerardo Garcia, Jr., Nalin Kumar, Casey Lee Hughlett
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Abstract
A material handling system sorts materials utilizing a vision system of multiple vision devices configured with single board computers that each implement an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification by sorting devices that are each coupled to one of the vision devices.
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A material handling system, comprising:
- a plurality of vision devices each configured to capture images of material pieces, wherein each of the plurality of vision devices is independently controlled by a single-board computer (“SBC”), wherein each SBC is implemented with an artificial intelligence system configured to process the captured images of the material pieces through the artificial intelligence system in order to distinguish a predetermined class of material pieces from other classes of material pieces;
- a conveyor system for conveying a mixture of the material pieces past the plurality of vision devices;
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- a plurality of sorting devices each configured to sort from the conveyor system the predetermined class of material pieces from the other classes of material pieces.
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A material handling system, comprising:
- a first vision device configured to capture images of material pieces, wherein the first vision device is controlled by a first single-board computer (“SBC”), wherein the first SBC is implemented with a first artificial intelligence system configured to process the captured images of the material pieces through the first artificial intelligence system in order to distinguish a first predetermined class of material pieces from other classes of material pieces;
- a second vision device configured to capture images of material pieces, wherein the second vision device is controlled by a second SBC, wherein the second SBC is implemented with a second artificial intelligence system configured to process the captured images of the material pieces through the second artificial intelligence system in order to distinguish a second predetermined class of material pieces from other classes of material pieces;
- a conveyor system for conveying a first mixture of the material pieces past the first vision device and a second mixture of the material pieces past the second vision device;
- a first sorting device configured to sort from the conveyor system a first group of the first predetermined class of material pieces from the other classes of material pieces, wherein the first sorting device is in electronic communication with the first SBC;
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- a second sorting device configured to sort from the conveyor system a second group of the second predetermined class of material pieces from the other classes of material pieces, wherein the second sorting device is in electronic communication with the second SBC.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.