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Waste recovery systems and methods

  • US 10,118,199 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2017
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with a container that was discarded, the optical data including at least one of a shape of the container and an image of a label on the container;

    one or more light sources;

    a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor and to the one or more light sources, the processor configured to;

    automatically determine contents of the container based on the optical data;

    determine a bin configured to store material similar to the contents of the container from a plurality of bins;

    selectively direct placement of the container into the determined bin; and

    when the contents of the container are not automatically identified, selectively illuminate at least one of the one or more light sources to indicate that a manual inspection is needed.

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