US 12,405,233 B2
Sorting support apparatus, sorting support system, sorting support method, and program
Masahiro Kaji, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyuki Ikemura, Tokyo (JP); Shinichi Yoshitsune, Tokyo (JP); and Kaori Takeuchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,879.
Application 18/380,879 is a continuation of application No. 16/971,715, previously published as PCT/JP2019/013547, filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-066026 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044814 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G01N 23/10 (2018.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01)
CPC G01N 23/10 (2013.01) [G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/401 (2013.01); G01N 2223/639 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sorting support system comprising a plurality of sorting support apparatuses are disposed at multiple stages, wherein each of the sorting support apparatuses comprises:
at least one memory storing a computer program; and
at least one processor configured to execute the computer program to
input a transmission image obtained by radiating an inspection target with electromagnetic waves; and
determine whether or not one or more articles used under a specified usage condition is contained in the inspection target, wherein
the specified usage conditions in the sorting support apparatuses are different each other,
wherein the specified usage condition is associated with a trend of handled goods at a location where the sorting support apparatus is disposed, and
wherein the handled good comprises a package which may contain a plurality of articles.