Patent ID: 11948130
Assignee: BLUEOWL, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method for managing waste, said method carried out via a smart waste bin, the smart waste bin including a plurality of cameras, a plurality of waste receptacles, and a deposit container, said method comprising:
receiving image data of one or more items inserted into the deposit container by a user, the image data captured by at least one camera of the plurality of cameras;
receiving user data associated with the user;
creating, based at least in part upon the image data of the one or more items, one or more three-dimensional image data corresponding to the one or more items;
classifying the one or more items as one or more waste types based at least in part upon the one or more three-dimensional image data;
sorting the one or more items into one or more corresponding waste receptacles of the plurality of waste receptacles based at least in part upon the one or more waste types;
determining one or more assigned values corresponding to the one or more items based at least in part upon the one or more waste types;
determining a compensation offer based at least in part upon the one or more assigned values;
presenting the compensation offer to the user;
when the user accepts the compensation offer, compensating the user for disposing the one or more items according to the compensation offer; and
when the user declines the compensation offer and chooses to dispose the one or more items, disposing the one or more items.