Classifying and sorting crystalline objects
US5544254A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C5/3425
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and method of classifying and sorting by shape crystalline objects such as synthetic diamonds in which an image of the object taken from an angle defined in relation to the object is compared to one or more templates in order to characterize the object.
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