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US 2026/0307110 A1Published application
Sorter devices, detection systems of sorter devices, and related methods
AssigneeCimbria S.r.l.
InventorGian Luca Montanari
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Abstract
A mechanism for identifying any one or more undesired elements within a collection of elements. First image data of the collection of elements is produced responsive to fluorescence resulting from light in a first wavelength band. Second image data of the collection is produced responsive to reflected/transmitted light in a second wavelength band. The first and second image data is processed to identify the any one or more undesired elements.
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A method for identifying undesired elements within a collection of one or more elements, the method comprising:
- illuminating the collection with first light in a first wavelength band, the first light causing a level of fluorescence in at least one first undesired element of the collection that is different than a level of fluorescence in any desired element of the collection;
- illuminating the collection with second light in a second wavelength band, the second light causing at least one second undesired element of the collection to transmit or reflect the second light differently than any desired element of the collection;
- generating first image data that changes responsively to an amount of fluorescent light produced by each element in the collection responsive to the first light;
- generating second image data that changes responsively to an amount of second light reflected or transmitted by each element within the collection;
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- processing at least the first image data and the second image data to identify any undesired elements within the collection.
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A detection system comprising:
- a collection support configured to support a collection of one or more elements;
- at least one light source configured to:
- illuminate the collection supported by the collection support with first light in a first wavelength band, the first light causing a level of fluorescence in at least one first undesired element of the collection that is different than a level of fluorescence in any desired element of the collection;
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- illuminate the collection supported by the collection support with second light in a second wavelength band, the second light causing at least one second undesired element of the collection to transmit or reflect the second light differently than any desired element of the collection;
- at least one image sensor configured to:
- generate first image data that changes responsively to an amount of fluorescent light produced by each element in the collection responsive to the first light;
- and
- generate second image data that changes responsively to an amount of second light reflected or transmitted by each element within the collection;
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- a computer device comprising:
- at least one processor;
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- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to process at least the first image data and the second image data to identify any undesired elements within the collection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.