US Patent Issued on April 29 for "Method for determining the particle size distribution of parts of a bulk material fed onto a conveyor belt" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,269, issued on April 29.

"Method for determining the particle size distribution of parts of a bulk material fed onto a conveyor belt" was invented by Christian Hinterdorfer (Gutau, Austria) and Christian Hinterreiter (Obergrunburg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for determining the particle size distribution of parts of a bulk material (2) fed onto a conveyor belt (1), a depth image (6) of parts of the bulk material (2) is captured in a capturing region (4) by means of a depth sensor (3). In order to reliably classify bulk material at conveying speeds of more than 2 m/s even if there are overlaps, without having to...