Mri haploid sorting system

A method for high throughput small object sorting, said method comprising:

• during a first-pass sorting operation of a high throughput small object sorting system, one-by-one parsing subject small objects from a subject batch of small objects;
• dropping each parsed subject small objects into an MRI device of the small object sorting system such that each parsed subject small objects free-falls through the MRI device;
• collecting total mass data and an oil mass data for each parsed subject small object as each parsed subject small object free-falls through the MRI device;
• in real time as each subject small object free-falls through the MRI device, calculating an oil content of each subject small object, via a system controller of the high throughput small object sorting system;
• via execution of a sorting algorithm by a system controller, determining whether the oil content of each subject small object is one of within a first-pass target range and within a first-pass non-target range;
• collecting the subject small objects that have an oil content within the first-pass target range to obtain a first-pass batch of small objects, and discarding the subject small objects that have an oil content with the first-pass non-target range;
• during a second-pass sorting operation of a high throughput small object sorting system, one-by-one parsing first-pass small objects from the first-pass batch of small objects;
• dropping each parsed first-pass small objects into the MRI device such that each parsed first-pass small objects free-falls through the MRI device;
• collecting total mass data and an oil mass data for each parsed first-pass small object as each parsed first-pass small object free-falls through the MRI device;
• in real time as each first-pass small object free-falls through the MRI device, calculating an oil content of each subject small object, via the system controller;
• via execution of the sorting algorithm by a system controller, determining whether the oil content of each first-pass small object is one of within a second-pass target range and within a second-pass non-target range;
• collecting the first-pass small objects that have an oil content within the second-pass target range in an affirmatively identified small object container, and collecting the first-pass small objects that have an oil content within the second-pass non-target range in a tentatively identified small object container.

A high throughput small object sorting system, said system comprising:

• an input/output console, the input/output console comprising:
• an input hopper structured and operable to receive a batch of small object for input into the sorting system;
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• a system controller structured and operable to control operation of the sorting system;
• an elevator subsystem, the elevator subsystem comprising:
• an elevator hopper structured and operable to receive the batch of small objects from the input hopper;
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• a conveyor structured and operable to convey elevator hopper from a loading position to an offloading position;
• a singulating and data collection subsystem, the singulating and data collection subsystem comprising:
• a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device;
• a singulator hopper structured and operable to receive the small objects from an elevator hopper;
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• a singulator structured and operable to parse the small objects one-by-one from the singulator hopper and drop each small object into the MRI device such that each small object free-falls into and through the MRI device;
• wherein, the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device structured and operable to receive each small object from the singulator, determine total mass data and oil mass data of each small object received by the MRI device, and communicate the total mass and oil mass data for each small object received by the MRI device to the system controller as each small object free-falls through the MRI device;
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• a parsing subsystem, the parsing subsystem comprising:
• a diverter assembly structured and operable to direct each small object to one of a discard bin, an affirmatively identified small object container, a tentatively identified small object container, or the elevator hopper based on an oil content of each small object determined by the system controller utilizing the total mass and oil mass data.