Patent ID: 11964304
Assignee: SORTERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 3:
4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein one or more x-ray detectors of the XRF system acquire the XRF spectrum comprising energy counts for a plurality of channels of x-rays fluoresced by each of the plurality of metal alloy pieces as they travel within a proximity of the x-ray beam emitted from the XRF system, wherein each of the plurality of channels represents a different element within each of the plurality of metal alloy pieces, wherein the energy counts for each of the plurality of channels are accumulated as running total energy counts for the plurality of metal alloy pieces, wherein the energy counts for each of the plurality of channels for the particular one of each of the plurality of metal alloy pieces is determined by subtracting the accumulated running total energy counts received by the x-ray detector for previously scanned metal alloy pieces from the accumulated running total energy counts received by the x-ray detector for the particular one of the plurality of metal alloy pieces on a per channel basis.