US 12,246,356 B2
Efficient material recovery facility
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); and Robert M. Espinosa, Conifer, CO (US)
Assigned to AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by AMP Robotics Corporation, Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,322.
Application 18/310,322 is a continuation of application No. 17/409,624, filed on Aug. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,679,419.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,045, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264230 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B07C 5/36 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 5/361 (2013.01) [B07C 5/342 (2013.01); B07C 2501/0054 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0279 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first conveyor device;
a sorting device;
wherein the first conveyor device is angled relative to a plane, wherein the first conveyor device includes a lower end and a higher end relative to the plane;
wherein the first conveyor device is configured to transport a set of items towards the sorting device;
wherein the sorting device is configured to perform a first sorting action to remove a first item from the set of items subsequent to the first item falling off of the higher end of the first conveyor device;
a sorting control device configured to:
determine that an event has been detected; and
in response to the event, perform dynamic reconfiguration including to update a set of suppression criteria associated with the sorting device, wherein the set of suppression criteria describes a sensitivity with which the sorting device determines whether or not to suppress performing a second sorting action on a second item comprising a target item based at least in part on a proximity of the second item to a third item comprising a non-target item;
wherein the second item on which the sorting device does not perform the second sorting action lands on a second conveyor device; and
wherein the first conveyor device and the second conveyor device are both located on the plane.