Patent ID: 11969764
Assignee: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 11:
12. A system comprising:
a camera configured to capture a first visual image of a first material piece resulting in a first image data packet pertaining to the first material piece, and 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;
a data processing system configured to process 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, wherein the machine learning system classifies the first and second material pieces into two different fractions as a function of the learned visual discernment between material pieces having the different chemical signatures; and
a sorting apparatus configured to sort the first material piece from the second material piece as a function of the fractions.