Patent №
US 7,535,567
Granted
2009-05-19
Filed 2006
Owner
CATERPILLAR INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11504519
A sorting apparatus includes a nozzle, a light source, and a light receiver. The nozzle is positioned with respect to the light source and the light receiver such that light from the light source travels through holes defined by the nozzle and onto the light receiver, thereby to create a light pattern. The light pattern may be analyzed to sort the nozzle into one of several categories. A corresponding method is also provided.
AI classification
Vision0.93
Planning0.01
AI hardware0.01
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Ownership
CATERPILLAR INC.
assignment · 181860648
Assignors
REBINSKY, DOUGLAS A.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.
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