Secondary Market And Vending System For Devices
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1. A kiosk for analysis of a mobile phone and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the mobile phone, the kiosk comprising:
- a housing having an inspection area for placement of a mobile phone therein;
a user interface on the housing for the user to input information;
at least one machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area of the housing;
a processor within the housing;
wherein the processor is in electrical communication with the at least one machine vision camera to receive the image of the portion of the mobile phone and the image of the display screen of the mobile phone, the processor configured to utilize visual inspection and recognition software to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone to determine a subset of possible mobile phones from a master database of mobile phones stored in a memory, and the processor utilizing a plurality of secondary features of the mobile phone selected from the group of a placement of a display screen, a size of a display screen, a placement of a keyboard, a size of a keyboard, a plurality of buttons, and a placement of ports, wherein the processor determines an exact make and model of the mobile phone.
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Abstract
A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with at least one camera and a plurality of electrical connectors in order to perform a visual analysis and an electrical analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.
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1. A kiosk for analysis of a mobile phone and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the mobile phone, the kiosk comprising:
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a housing having an inspection area for placement of a mobile phone therein; a user interface on the housing for the user to input information; at least one machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area of the housing; a processor within the housing; wherein the processor is in electrical communication with the at least one machine vision camera to receive the image of the portion of the mobile phone and the image of the display screen of the mobile phone, the processor configured to utilize visual inspection and recognition software to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone to determine a subset of possible mobile phones from a master database of mobile phones stored in a memory, and the processor utilizing a plurality of secondary features of the mobile phone selected from the group of a placement of a display screen, a size of a display screen, a placement of a keyboard, a size of a keyboard, a plurality of buttons, and a placement of ports, wherein the processor determines an exact make and model of the mobile phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for analysis of mobile phones and financial remuneration to users for submission of the mobile phones, the system comprising:
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a plurality of kiosks, each of the plurality of kiosk comprising a housing having an inspection area for placement of a mobile phone therein, a user interface on the housing for the user to input information, at least one machine vision camera focused on a field of view within the inspection area of the housing, a processor within the housing, wherein the processor is in electrical communication with the at least one machine vision camera to receive the image of the portion of the mobile phone and the image of the display screen of the mobile phone, the processor configured to utilize visual inspection and recognition software to determine external dimensions of the mobile phone to determine a subset of possible mobile phones from a master database of mobile phones stored in a memory, and the processor utilizing a plurality of secondary features of the mobile phone selected from the group of a placement of a display screen, a size of a display screen, a placement of a keyboard, a size of a keyboard, a plurality of buttons, and a placement of ports, wherein the processor determines an exact make and model of the mobile phone; and a server in communication with each of the plurality of kiosks over a communication network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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