US 11,731,169 B2
System and method for automated sortation
Anthony J. Young, Louisville, KY (US); Jeffrey Paul Henley, Louisville, KY (US); Kevin Raney, Louisville, KY (US); Robert Browder, Louisville, KY (US); Marvin Gregory Whitlock, Louisville, KY (US); Scott Crance, Louisville, KY (US); Ken Ice, Louisville, KY (US); Michael Karaglanis, Louisville, KY (US); Brian Yount, Louisville, KY (US); Barry Sweatt, Louisville, KY (US); Thomas M. Phillips, Louisville, KY (US); and Logan Young, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to AEGIS SORTATION, LLC, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed by Aegis Sortation, LLC, Louisville, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,527.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,340, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059354 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B07C 3/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/19 (2006.01); B65G 47/26 (2006.01); B65G 47/48 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 3/008 (2013.01) [B07C 3/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/19 (2013.01); B65G 47/268 (2013.01); B65G 47/48 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0285 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0241 (2013.01); B65G 2203/044 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart bin system comprising:
a smart bin comprising:
a plurality of walls and a bottom, together defining a cavity therewithin;
wherein the bottom comprises a gate moveable between a closed position configured to retain an item within the cavity, and an open position configured to allow an item to fall from within the cavity through the bottom; and
a controller, functionally coupled to the gate and configured to move the gate between the closed position and the open position based on received data,
wherein the received data comprises a signal received at an input of the controller from an optical sensor, the signal indicating that the smart bin is full.