US 12,234,128 B2
Vacuum extraction for material sorting applications
Moana Sato, Denver, CO (US); Matanya B. Horowitz, Golden, CO (US); and Cameron D. Douglas, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/202,771.
Application 18/202,771 is a continuation of application No. 17/406,343, filed on Aug. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,702,322.
Application 17/406,343 is a continuation of application No. 16/559,299, filed on Sep. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,136,223, issued on Oct. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,689, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373757 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06N 3/06 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B66C 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC B66C 1/0268 (2013.01) [B07C 5/368 (2013.01); B66C 1/0218 (2013.01); B66C 1/025 (2013.01); G06N 3/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
sorting control logic and electronics configured to:
obtain, from an object recognition device, a signal with respect to a set of objects; and
use the signal and object detection-based machine learning to identify a target object from the set of objects;
a vacuum extraction assembly configured to:
receive, from the sorting control logic and electronics, an airflow control signal to initiate a capture action on the target object; and
perform the capture action by using a vacuum airflow to pass the target object through an inlet and an outlet of a vacuum extractor device and to a deposit location;
wherein the sorting control logic and electronics is further configured to control a reversal of airflow through the vacuum extraction device to remove a clog or a jam in response to a detection of the clog or the jam; and
wherein the vacuum extraction assembly is adjustable to be dynamically raised to allow objects to pass in response to the detection of the clog or the jam.