Patent ID: 11961054
Assignee: PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY
Field: Environmental technology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A waste management system, comprising:
a waste management device, comprising a collection unit, a classification unit, a segregation unit, a plurality of sensors, a barrier, and a power unit in a top section of the waste management device and a plurality of waste bins in a bottom section of the waste management device;
wherein the collection unit is configured to collect one or more waste articles;
wherein the classification unit comprises
a proximity sensor, a camera and a lamp mounted on an interior surface of the collection unit; wherein the proximity sensor is configured to sense the one or more waste articles in the collection unit and activate the camera and the lamp; wherein the lamp is configured to illuminate the collection unit having the one or more waste articles, and wherein the camera is configured to capture an image of the one or more waste articles in the collection unit; and
a machine-learning model trained to identify a waste category of the one or more waste articles using the image captured by the camera;

wherein the segregation unit comprises a sorting pipe and a stepper motor, wherein the sorting pipe is configured to transport the one or more waste articles from the collection unit to a particular waste bin of the plurality of waste bins in the bottom section of the waste management device corresponding to the identified waste category; and
wherein the power unit is configured to supply power to the waste management device;
a monitoring unit configured to monitor the waste management device; and
a communication unit configured to communicate one or more data between the monitoring unit and a control station using a plurality of IoT devices.