Nalin Kumar, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Manuel Gerardo Garcia, Jr., Austin, TX (US); Isha Kamleshbhai Maun, Arlington, TX (US); Jeffrey A. Lacey, Ammon, ID (US); and Lorenzo Vega Montoto, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Sortera Technologies, Inc., Markle, IN (US); and Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Appl. No. 18/264,752
Filed by Sortera Technologies, Inc., Markle, IN (US); and Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/015693 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/170273, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Application 16/852,514 is a division of application No. 16/358,374, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,625,304, issued on Apr. 1, 2020.
Application 18/264,752 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/495,291, filed on Oct. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,975,365.
Application 17/495,291 is a continuation of application No. 17/380,928, filed on Jul. 20, 2021.
Application 17/380,928 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/227,245, filed on Apr. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,964,304.
Application 17/227,245 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/939,011, filed on Jul. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,471,916, issued on Oct. 18, 2022.
Application 16/939,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/375,675, filed on Apr. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,722,922, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Application 16/375,675 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/963,755, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,710,119, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 16/375,675 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/213,129, filed on Jul. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,207,296, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Application PCT/US2022/015693 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/491,415, filed on Sep. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,278,937, issued on Mar. 2, 2022.
Application 17/491,415 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/852,514, filed on Apr. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,260,426, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Application 16/358,374 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/963,755, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,710,119.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,892, filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,301, filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/490,219, filed on Apr. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/193,332, filed on Jul. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109103 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
1. A system for handling a mixture of materials, the system comprising:
a medium wavelength infrared (“MWIR”) camera configured to produce MWIR image data of the mixture of materials; and
a data processing system comprising a machine learning system configured with a knowledge base to classify certain ones of the mixture of materials as containing dark colored plastic pieces by processing the MWIR image data of the mixture of materials through the machine learning system, wherein the knowledge base contains a previously generated library of parameters trained to recognize dark colored plastic pieces.
