INTELLIGENT RECYCLING CONTAINER

摘要

In an embodiment, a refuse container comprises a camera in electrical communication with a computing processor that is included in one or more computer processors. A radio is in electrical communication with a computing processor that is included in the one or more computer processors having the ability to transmit and/or receive data wirelessly. The digital camera is positioned relative to an included refuse collection point in a manner that allows one or more of an image of a refuse item to be captured as the refuse item enters the refuse collection point and an image of a recycler as the refuse item crosses the aperture threshold.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
in response to detecting a refuse item cross an aperture threshold of a refuse collection point included in a refuse container having one or more computing processors, capturing, via the one or more computer processors, an image of the refuse item; capturing, via one or more computer processors, an image of a depositor of the refuse item; and transmitting, via one or more computer processors, one or more of the image of the refuse item and the image of the depositor of the refuse item.