Patent ID: 7156234
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A sorting apparatus that sorts out a collected object unit for recycle, where the object unit is attachable in a predetermined device and has a storage element, which stores information regarding the object unit and sends the stored information on an electromagnetic wave in a predetermined frequency band, in response to reception of a specific electromagnetic wave in the predetermined frequency band, said sorting apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic wave transmission module that sends the specific electromagnetic wave in the predetermined frequency band to a preset coverage area; an information reception module that receives the information regarding the object unit, which is carried on the electromagnetic wave in the predetermined frequency band and is sent from the storage element of the collected object unit entering the preset coverage area, in response to transmission of the specific electromagnetic wave in the predetermined frequency band; and a sorting module that sorts out the object unit for recycle, based on the received information regarding the object unit.