Computer-implemented method for sorting of plastic compounds

US12194505B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Gazi Tuerkoglu · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Marina Grace Dickens Leed · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Wilhelm A. Keller
• Martina Solfrank · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Robert Anthony Keller · Hart, US
• Oliver Reich · Weil am Rhein, DE
• David Leino Calleja · Moscow, RU
• Li Noi Lilian Hoh · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Oliver Kuhn · Konz, DE
• Shyam Sundar Sathyanarayana · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Kai Pahnke · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Tobias Eltze · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Christian Beil · Worms, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W90/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can be used for controlling sorting of plastic compounds. The method involves providing a computer-based database containing entries on a plurality of markers each identifying a specific plastic compound; receiving scan data from a sample of a plastic compound; identifying a marker in the sample of the plastic compound based on the received scan data and the plurality of markers of the database; and sorting of plastic compounds based on the identified marker of the sample of the plastic compound.