Patent №
US 7,326,871
Granted
2008-02-05
Filed 2004
Owner
MSS, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10921000
A system for sorting articles includes a detector system having a plurality of narrow bandwidth sources of electromagnetic energy sequentially illuminating articles passing through the detector system, the detector system further including a collector for collecting electromagnetic energy reflected from the articles; a deflector for deflecting selected articles toward an alternative destination; and a control system, operably connected to the collector and the deflector, for actuating the deflector in response to a sensed parameter of the electromagnetic energy collected in the collector.
AI classification
Ownership
MSS, INC.
assignment · 162430459
Assignors
KENNY, GARRY R., PH.D., DOAK, ARTHUR G.
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