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Secondary market and vending system for devices

  • US 8,423,404 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2012
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A kiosk for analysis of an electronic device and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the electronic device, the kiosk comprising:

  • a housing having an inspection area for placement of an electronic device 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 electronic device and the image of a display screen of the electronic device, the processor configured to utilize visual inspection and recognition software to determine external dimensions of the electronic device to determine a subset of possible electronic devices from a master database of electronic devices stored in a memory, and the processor utilizing a plurality of secondary features of the electronic device 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 electronic device.

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