Abstract: A waste sorting system uses various sensors to automatically determine a type of a piece of waste, and dispense the waste into an appropriate waste bin, such as a recyclable waste bin, or a landfill waste bin. If the system determines that the piece of waste is of a type that is recyclable, it will first determine whether the waste satisfies a recyclability threshold before it deposits the waste into a recyclable waste bin. If the waste does not satisfy the recyclability threshold, the system will direct the piece of waste to a non-recyclable waste bin even if it is of a type that would otherwise be recyclable if it had met the recyclability threshold.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 14, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 31, 2021
Assignee:
CLEANROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
Vaishnavi Krishnamurthy, Puru Rastogi, Graeme Austin Rock, Koushil Sreenath, Charles Arthur Yhap, Tanner Cook, Jayant Sharma