System and method for facilitating manual sorting of objects
First Claim
1. An apparatus for facilitating manual sorting of objects, said apparatus comprising:
- a display surface comprising a surface that is adapted to be selectively illuminated and is adapted for receiving a plurality of objects that are to be sorted;
an identification reader that reads identification information stored on said objects; and
a controller that causes an area on said display surface corresponding to one of said objects to be illuminated based on said identification information and indicates a location to which said one of said objects is to be moved.
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Abstract
An apparatus that facilitates the manual sorting of objects is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display surface having a surface that can be selectively illuminated and that is adapted for receiving the objects. An identification reader reads identification information stored on the objects. A controller causes an area on the display surface corresponding to one of the objects to be illuminated based on the identification information and indicates a location to which the illuminated object is to be moved. In one aspect of the invention, the display surface includes an area adapted for positioning a receiver for the objects. The display surface provides an indication of a position in the receiver at which the one of the objects is to be placed.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for facilitating manual sorting of objects, said apparatus comprising:
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a display surface comprising a surface that is adapted to be selectively illuminated and is adapted for receiving a plurality of objects that are to be sorted; an identification reader that reads identification information stored on said objects; and a controller that causes an area on said display surface corresponding to one of said objects to be illuminated based on said identification information and indicates a location to which said one of said objects is to be moved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for sorting objects comprising
placing said objects and a receiver for said objects on a display surface that is adapted to be selectively illuminated, said objects including a machine readable identification tag; -
(a) causing a data processing system to illuminate an area on said display surface corresponding to one of said objects and an area on said display surface corresponding to a location in said receiver based on said machine dable identification tag on said one of said objects; (b) determining that said one of said objects has been moved to said location in said receiver; repeating steps (a) and (b) until no objects that are to be placed in said receiver remain on said display surface.
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