Seven Views of a Reusable Cup Judged at Once: INTELLIZ Releases AI Inspection System Field Video
The system identifies foreign matter, grease, water marks and damage on washed containers and sorts them into reuse and rewash. The video came out four…
The system identifies foreign matter, grease, water marks and damage on washed containers and sorts them into reuse and rewash. The video came out four days before the pilot rollout of the disposable cup deposit system in Jeju and Sejong.
An AI inspection system makes the call on whether a washed reusable cup is used again or washed once more. INTELLIZ, a Korean AI machine vision company led by CEO Hyunsik Na, delivered an AI inspection system for reusable containers in 2022 and released a field video on November 28. The video's title translates as "INTELLIZ Field | Field Application: AI Vision Solution for Recycled Cup Defect Inspection." Reusable containers are washed and sent out again, so checking their condition after washing becomes a step in the process. The system identifies remaining contamination such as foreign matter, grease and water marks, as well as damage, on washed containers and sorts them into those to reuse and those to rewash. Reusable cups are judged from seven views at once. The video came out as disposable cup policy was in transition. According to Segye Ilbo (September 23, 2022), the disposable cup deposit system, under a law revised in 2020, was to take effect on June 10, 2022, but was postponed by six months, and the Ministry of Environment decided on a pilot rollout only in Jeju and Sejong from December 2. It did not set a date for expansion to other regions. The deposit system covers disposable cups but is also connected to reusable cups. According to Better Future (September 23, 2022), using a reusable cup at stores covered by the deposit system earns carbon neutrality points worth 10% of the beverage price, and the responsible Ministry of Environment director general hoped the s…