Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for automated tactile sorting
- Patent Title (中): 自动触觉排序的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12316753Application Date: 2008-12-15
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Publication No.: US08346388B1Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Jared Michael Tritz
- Applicant: Jared Michael Tritz
- Applicant Address: US WI Vesper
- Assignee: Jared Michael Tritz
- Current Assignee: Jared Michael Tritz
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Vesper
- Agency: Jelic Patent Services, LLC
- Agent Stanley E. Jelic
- Main IPC: G01N33/02
- IPC: G01N33/02

Abstract:
A system and method for automated piezoelectric sensor-based tactile sorting of plurality of small objects. A high accuracy, high precision delivery system targets the sensor which accounts for softness and mass of individual objects by measuring a force exerted and total contact time for each object upon passing contact with a sensing surface of a piezo sensor, wherein a plurality of objects cascade onto the sensor in one-by-one fashion. The quantified force and contact time values are then analyzed and compared against two threshold values or a range of threshold values which are predetermined and preset based on data from optimal objects and undesirable objects or possibly a spectrum of objects which has been analyzed and recorded to assist in calibrating the system.
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