US 12,214,971 B2
Controllable array sorting device
Cameron D. Douglas, Boulder, CO (US); Geoffrey N. Chiou, Broomfield, CO (US); Matanya B. Horowitz, Golden, CO (US); Mark Baybutt, Superior, CO (US); Travis W. Martin, Louisville, CO (US); Kevin M. Ehlmann, Lafayette, CO (US); Jason M. Calaiaro, Denver, CO (US); Robert M. Espinosa, Conifer, CO (US); and Paul Dawes, Woodside, CA (US)
Assigned to AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/409,630.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,054, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106129 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/28 (2013.01) [B07C 5/342 (2013.01); B07C 5/368 (2013.01); B65G 43/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controllable array sorting device, comprising:
an array of diverting mechanisms; and
a processor coupled to the array of diverting mechanisms, wherein the processor is configured to:
process an instruction to perform a sorting action on a target item, wherein the instruction specifies a selected subset of the array of diverting mechanisms to use to perform the sorting action, wherein the selected subset of the array of diverting mechanisms comprises a specified width of diverting mechanisms in a specified section within the array of diverting mechanisms,
wherein the specified width of diverting mechanisms and the specified section within the array of diverting mechanisms are determined based at least in part on a location of the target item on a conveyor device and an attribute of the target item; and
in response to the instruction, cause the selected subset of the array of diverting mechanisms to perform the sorting action on the target item.