Patent ID: 11969760
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. An automated item processing method, comprising:
ingesting a plurality of items into an automated item singulation system;
singulating, using the automated item singulation system, the plurality of items;
subsequent to singulation of the plurality of items, transporting a first item from the plurality of items, via a conveyance, from the automated item singulation system to an automated item sortation system;
obtaining, via a plurality of sensors, a plurality of item information associated with the first item while the first item is being transported via the conveyance;
processing, using a trained machine learning model, the plurality of item information to determine a quality defect and a quality defect type associated with the first item; and
sorting, using the automated item sortation system and based at least in part on the determination of the quality defect and the quality defect type associated with the first item, the first item into a container designated for items with quality defects of the quality defect type.