Patent ID: 7923655
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A sorter system, comprising: at least one first sortation bin; at least one second sortation bin; at least one third sortation bin; a feed path for transporting a plurality of media items to the sortation bins; and a controller to control sortation of the media items to the sortation bins, wherein the at least one first sortation bin is assigned to media items having a single attribute, and wherein the at least one second sortation bin and the at least one third sortation bin are dynamically reassigned to media items having a varying attribute, different from the single attribute; wherein each of said plurality of sortation bins includes status sensors connected to said controller, said status sensor providing data to said controller of media items in said sortation bin; wherein each of said status sensors connected to each of said plurality of sortation bins includes a sortation bin empty sensor; and wherein each of said status sensors connected to each of said plurality of sortation bins further includes a sortation bin full sensor.