ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,472, issued on July 28, was assigned to ISHITVA ROBOTIC SYSTEMS PVT LTD. (Ahmedabad, India).

"Air sorting unit" was invented by Jitesh Dadlani (Ahmedabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an automated waste sorter (100) for sorting/segregating one or more categories of materials from a mixed waste stream. The automated waste sorter (100) includes a primary conveyor belt (110), an encoder (170), one or more sensors (131), a vision system (130) and an ejection means (150). The primary conveyor belt (110) moves the mixed waste stream at a predefined speed. The vision system (130) is trained to analyze...