US 11,690,350 B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for managing objects
Gangpu Lee, Jiangsu (CN); Genping Xu, Jiangsu (CN); Zhen Luo, Jiangsu (CN); Shenjiang He, Jiangsu (CN); Weibo Zhang, Jiangsu (CN); and Wenjun Ye, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to COMAX LIVESTOCK TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed by COMAX LIVESTOCK TECHNOLOGY (JIANGSU) CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/790,802.
Claims priority of application No. 201910142215.X (CN), filed on Feb. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0273056 A1, Aug. 27, 2020
Int. Cl. A01K 1/00 (2006.01); G16Y 10/05 (2020.01); G01G 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 1/0023 (2013.01) [G01G 17/08 (2013.01); G16Y 10/05 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
an entry gate;
a sorting scale coupled to the entry gate;
an exit gate coupled to the sorting scale;
a sorting gate, wherein the sorting gate includes two substantially parallel components;
a plurality of gates coupled to the sorting gate; and
a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
open the entry gate to enable a first object to enter the sorting scale through the entry gate;
obtain a first weight of the first object using the sorting scale;
close the entry gate upon determining the first weight of the first object is higher than a predetermined weight;
move the two substantially parallel components of the sorting gate based on the first weight of the first object to form a passageway between the exit gate and one of the plurality of gates, wherein the two substantially parallel components of the sorting gate are substantially parallel before and after the moving; thereafter,
open the exit gate to enable the first object to pass through the passageway and reach the one of the plurality of gates;
obtain a second weight of the first object using the sorting scale;
close the exit gate upon determining the second weight of the first object is lower than the predetermined weight;
determine that the exit gate has been opened for a predetermined period of time; and in response,
open the entry gate while the exit gate is open to enable a second object to enter the sorting scale through the entry gate to facilitate the first object to pass through the exit gate.