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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Key Technology, Inc., Walla Walla, WA (US);
Kenneth J. McGarvey, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Gerald R. Richert, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Elliot T. Burch, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Bret J. Larreau, Eagle, ID (US);
Key Technology, Inc., Walla Walla, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for sorting is described and includes acquiring a multiplicity of synchronized image signals of a product stream which is to be sorted; generating a multiplicity of fused sensor signals; forming an image model previously acquired from the objects to be sorted; identifying objects in the product stream, and generating object presence and defect signals; determining a spatial orientation of the objects in the product stream; detecting the defects and removing the defects from the product stream.