Patent ID: 8965101
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B07C,G01J,G01N,G06K

Abstract:
1. An automated seed sorter system for sorting seeds based on one or more characteristics of the seeds, the system comprising: a seed loading station operable to isolate individual seeds from a plurality of seeds and load the isolated seeds into a seed tray; first and second imaging stations operable to collect image data of at least a top portion and a bottom portion of each of the seeds in the seed tray for use in determining one or more characteristics of each of the seeds in the seed tray; a seed off-load and sort station operable to remove the seeds from the seed tray and sort the seeds to desired receptacles based on the determined one or more characteristics of the seeds; and a seed transport operable to move the seed tray between the seed loading station, the first imaging station, the second imaging station, and the seed off-load and sort station.