Item sorting apparatus and interfaces therefor
AssigneeRecology Inc.
InventorsCary Chen, Maurice Quillen, Daniel Shea
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for generating an interface that allows users to select and categorize particular waste items in real-time, for subsequent automated sorting. For example, detecting and identifying waste items, presenting them on a display, and allowing users to select items from the display and categorize them by selecting and dragging highlighted items to appropriate category affordances presented on the display.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- receiving an image of a plurality of items;
- transmitting the image for display on an electronic device, the display including the image and a visual representation of each of one or more item categories;
- receiving, from the electronic device, a selection of one of the image portions and a selection of one of the item categories from an input to the electronic device;
- and
- transmitting an instruction to sort the item corresponding to the selected one of the image portions into a repository of items of the selected item category.
An electronic device, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory;
- and
- one or more programs stored in memory, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- receiving an image of a plurality of items;
- transmitting the image for display on another electronic device, the display including the image and a visual representation of each of one or more item categories;
- receiving, from the another electronic device, a selection of one of the image portions and a selection of one of the item categories from an input to the another electronic device;
- and
- transmitting an instruction to sort the item corresponding to the selected one of the image portions into a repository of items of the selected item category.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
- receive an image of a plurality of items;
- transmit the image for display on another electronic device, the display including the image and a visual representation of each of one or more item categories;
- receive, from the another electronic device, a selection of one of the image portions and a selection of one of the item categories from an input to the another electronic device;
- and
- transmit an instruction to sort the item corresponding to the selected one of the image portions into a repository of items of the selected item category.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.