Patent №
US 7,842,896
Granted
2010-11-30
Filed 2008
Owner
KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12150211
An apparatus and method for selectively removing or sorting undesirable articles wherein a product stream is transported by a conveyor, and then interrogated by an optical scanner and sorting processor to inspect and label the articles according to user specified criteria. Articles labeled or classified as undesirable articles are removed by an ejector or removal station while desirable or acceptable articles are passed.
AI classification
Ownership
KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
assignment · 212900977
Assignors
CALCOEN, JOHAN, JANSSENS, CARLO, ERINKVELD, JEROEN J.W.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.