System for inspecting and sorting textiles

Abstract

A system for inspecting and sorting textiles includes at least one conveyor belt, a first near infrared (NIR) inspection module, an ultraviolet (UV) camera device, a plenoptic camera device, an image processing module, and an artificial intelligence (AI) module. The conveyor belt is configured to transport a textile. The first NIR inspection module and the UV camera device are located below the conveyor belt and respectively configured to obtain NIR spectral data and a UV image. The plenoptic camera device is located above the conveyor belt and configured to obtain a plenoptic image. The image processing module is configured to convert the plenoptic image, the UV image, and the NIR spectral data into 2D images. The AI module is electrically connected to the image processing module and configured to sort the textile for material, color and chroma based on the plenoptic image, the NIR spectral data, and the UV image after being converted into the2D images.

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