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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited, Hong Kong, HK;
Zhinan Yu, Hong Kong, HK;
Chun Chung Chan, Hong Kong, HK;
Abstract
A method for classifying a glass object via acoustic analysis by a classifying apparatus is provided. The method including: receiving, by a processor, sound data of a knock sound generated by applying a knocking operation on the glass object; determining, by the processor, a type of the glass object by performing a knock-sound analysis to the sound data, wherein the type of the glass object includes an organic glass and an inorganic glass; if the type of the glass object is determined as the inorganic glass, receiving, by the processor, echo data of an echo induced by applying an ultrasonic-echo operation on the glass object; and determining, by the processor, a further type of the glass object by performing an echo-decay analysis to the echo data, wherein the further type of the glass object includes a crystal glass, a borosilicate glass and a soda-lime glass.