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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Sortera Alloys, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Manuel Gerardo Garcia, Jr., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Nalin Kumar, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
SORTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Markle, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/34 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B07C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B07C 5/34 (2013.01); B07C 5/342 (2013.01); B07C 5/04 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for classifying materials utilizing a vision system, which may implement an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which may then be separated from a heap in a scrap yard into separate groups, such as other heaps, based on such an identification or classification. The artificial intelligence system may utilize a neural network, and be previously trained to recognize and classify certain types of materials.