US 12,461,048 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. 18/380,886.
Application 18/380,886 is a continuation of application No. 16/971,715, abandoned, 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 2024/0044816 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 apparatus comprising:
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 at least one article used under a specified usage condition is contained in the inspection target, wherein
it is possible to change a threshold for determining whether or not the at least one article is included,
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.