Patent ID: 11969764
Assignee: SORTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
capturing a first visual image of a first material piece resulting in a first image data packet pertaining to the first material piece;
capturing a second visual image of a second material piece resulting in a second image data packet pertaining to the second material piece, wherein the first material piece has a first chemical signature, and wherein the second material piece has a second chemical signature different than the first chemical signature;
processing the first and second image data packets with a machine learning system that has previously learned to visually discern between material pieces having the different chemical signatures; and
classifying with the machine learning system the first and second material pieces into two different classifications as a function of the learned visual discernment between material pieces having the different chemical signatures.