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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Timothy L. Justice, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Johan Calcoen, Leuven, BE;
Gerald R. Richert, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Bert Dirix, Linter, BE;
Timothy L. Justice, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Johan Calcoen, Leuven, BE;
Gerald R. Richert, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Bert Dirix, Linter, BE;
Key Technology, Inc., Walla Walla, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sorting is described, and which includes an arrangement for controllably and operably coupling to a controller, and then selectively energizing each of a background element; laser scanner; first and second electromagnetic radiation detectors; line scan imaging assembly; and selectively energizable radiators, so as to improve the detection of individual products and/or other objects of interest forming a product stream by increasing the contrast of the respective products or specific characteristics thereof, and/or objects of interest in a multiplicity of electrical signals which are received, and then processed by the controller, as the product stream passes through an inspection station.
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