US 12,269,067 B2
Item sorting apparatus and interfaces therefor
Cary Chen, San Francisco, CA (US); Maurice Quillen, San Francisco, CA (US); and Daniel Shea, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Recology Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Recology Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,978.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/455,937, filed on Mar. 30, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0326098 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B07C 5/342 (2006.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01)
CPC B07C 5/3422 (2013.01) [G06V 10/70 (2022.01); B07C 2501/0072 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving an image of a plurality of items;
transmitting the image for display on an electronic device, the display including the image and a visual representation of each of one or more item categories;
receiving, from the electronic device, a selection of one of the image portions and a selection of one of the item categories from an input to the electronic device; and
transmitting an instruction to sort the item corresponding to the selected one of the image portions into a repository of items of the selected item category.