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Apparatus and method for facilitating manual sorting of slides

  • US 10,217,011 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2017
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for facilitating manual sorting of slides, the apparatus comprising:

  • a horizontal display surface;

    a camera;

    a light source; and

    a controller;

    wherein the horizontal display surface can be selectively illuminated by the light source and is adapted for receiving a plurality of slides and a plurality of folders into which the slides are to be sorted, wherein each of the plurality of slides comprises a machine readable identification tag;

    wherein the controller is configured to;

    (i) illuminate the horizontal display surface with the light source to indicate a folder location on the horizontal display surface to which each of the plurality of folders is to be moved;

    (ii) determine the number of folders stacked at the folder location;

    (ii) read the identification tag on each of the plurality of slides to retrieve identification information; and

    (iii) independently illuminate each of the slides on the display surface by the light source based on its identification information and indicate a slide location in one of the plurality of folders to which each illuminated slide is to be moved.

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