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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Amrita Sahu, Richmond, VA (US);
Evan Haase, Hencrico, VA (US);
Henry Dante, Midlothian, VA (US);
Maurice Stancil, Washington, DC (US);
William C Wilkinson, Powhatan, VA (US);
Austin Hayes, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of classifying tobacco include imaging tobacco with an imaging system to obtain an image and classifying the tobacco as very low nicotine (VLN) or traditional based on the obtained image. The imaging system includes a hyperspectral camera and an image processing system.