Patent ID: 11872597
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of high throughput sorting, comprising:
placing, by a first inductor, a first item onto a first cell in a first section of a sorter;
placing, by a second inductor, a second item onto a second cell in a second section of the sorter, wherein the first and second sections of the sorter are disposed parallel to each other;
associating the first cell with the first item in a memory;
associating the second cell with the second item in the memory;
scanning the first and second items to read first and second destination information located on the first and second items;
determining a first delivery destination for the first item and determining a second delivery destination for the second item based on the read first and second destination information;
determining sort destinations for the first item and for the second item based on the determined delivery destinations;
associating the first cell and the second cell with the sort destination in the memory;
moving the first cell along the sorter to a first location positioned over a chute leading to the sort destination;
depositing the first item onto the chute from the first cell at the first location such that the chute guides the first item to the sort destination;
moving the second cell along the sorter to a second location positioned over the chute, the second location being different from the first location; and
depositing the second item onto the chute from the second cell at the second location such that the chute guides the second item to the sort destination.