ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,816, issued on July 7, was assigned to XORRO PTY LTD (Mount Hawthorn, Australia).
"Bin sensor" was invented by Len Luxford (Mount Hawthorn, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises emitting detection radiation into a container; receiving a reflection of the emitted radiation from contents of the container; interpreting the received reflection to determine the contents of the container."
The patent was filed on Feb. 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/796,802.
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