Optical wire sorting
US8809718B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C5/363
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A wire sorting system identifies and sorts wire from mixed electronic waste solely by the shape of the wire. A digital image of a stream of articles is created, and the image data may be processed using a Gabor filter technique to identify elongated narrow objects such as wire.
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