Patent ID: 11878327
Assignee: DIGIMARC CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A system for use in processing plastic items in a stream of waste items, including:
a conveyor;
a diversion apparatus;
one or more cameras that output imagery depicting waste items in said stream of waste items on said conveyor; and
one or more processors configured to perform acts including:
receiving data indicating that a first plastic item, at a first location on the conveyor, was used as a food container;
estimating a center of gravity of the first plastic item;
waiting an interval of time, to permit the first plastic item to travel to a diversion location along the conveyor; and
controlling the diversion apparatus in accordance with said estimated center of gravity to divert the first plastic item from the diversion location to a first bin that collects only food containers.