Household Hazardous Waste Recovery
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1. A system comprising:
- at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a container of a waste product; and
a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor and configured to;
determine information about the waste product based on the optical data by searching one or more data sources to automatically determine a composition of the waste product within the container;
selectively sort the container into a selected bin of a plurality of bins based on the composition, the selected bin configured to store a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers containing a composition related to the composition of the waste product; and
send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a system includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture one or more optical data associated with packaging of a waste product and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor. The processor may be configured to determine information about the waste product based on the optical data and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one optical sensor configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a container of a waste product; and a processor coupled to the at least one optical sensor and configured to; determine information about the waste product based on the optical data by searching one or more data sources to automatically determine a composition of the waste product within the container; selectively sort the container into a selected bin of a plurality of bins based on the composition, the selected bin configured to store a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers containing a composition related to the composition of the waste product; and send a signal corresponding to the information to one of a destination device and a controller based on the determined information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device comprising:
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one or more optical sensors configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a container of a waste product; a memory configured to store identification data associated with a plurality of waste products; and a processor coupled to the one or more optical sensors and to the memory, the processor configured to determine product data from the optical data associated with the packaging and to search one or more data sources to identify a composition of the waste product within the container based on the product data, the processor to capture images of the waste product in response to failure of the identification and to generate an output signal configured to control a sorting operation to store the waste product into a selected bin of products of unknown compositions, the processor configured to; receive updated data identifying the composition of the waste product from a data source; selectively redirect the waste product from the selected bin of products of unknown compositions to a second selected bin of products of compositions similar to the composition of the waste product based on the updated data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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an interface configured to communicate with a network; one or more optical sensors configured to capture optical data associated with packaging of a container of a waste product; a processor coupled to the interface and the one or more optical sensors; and a memory accessible to the processor and configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to; determine information about the waste product based on the optical data; search a database to automatically determine a composition of the waste product within the container; and selectively sort the waste product into one of a first bin of products of similar composition into a second bin of products of unknown composition based on a result of the search. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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