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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Karl Paul Dockendorf, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Karl Paul Dockendorf, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A novel consumer grade automatic sorter for pieces is disclosed with an application to organizing interlocking toy brick systems. The invention of a novel means to propel and separate pieces, and process sensor data in combination with standard methods for binning and storage. A novel mechanical screw is proposed to propel the parts. The device comprises a novel combination of backgrounds and artificial intelligence/machine learning to enable sensing of colors, estimation of size, and transparency of pieces. In addition, a method to embed a neural network efficiently on a microcontroller is disclosed.
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