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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Hossein Torabi, North York, CA;
Robert Retchless, Toronto, CA;
Christopher Kong, Aurora, CA;
Hien Tan Nguyen, Toronto, CA;
Siamack Jabbarzadeh Farshi, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machine Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An intelligent sorting apparatus includes sensors, bins, and a controller that is configured to use data from the sensors to intelligently sort items into one of the plurality of bins. The controller may use the sensors to determine whether an item includes one of ceramic, metal, or wet or dry waste, as the item traverses down a first, second, and/or third incline, respectively. The controller may route the item towards one of a ceramic bin when the item includes ceramic, metal bin when the item includes metal, wet bin when the item includes wet waste, or dry bin when the item includes dry waste.
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