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

Claim 0:
1. A smart waste bin for waste management, the smart waste bin including:
a plurality of cameras;
a deposit container;
a plurality of waste receptacles; and
a computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to:
receive 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;
receive user data associated with the user;
create, 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;
classify 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;
sort 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;
determine one or more assigned values corresponding to the one or more items based at least in part upon the one or more waste types;
determine a compensation offer based at least in part upon the one or more assigned values;
present the compensation offer to the user;
when the user accepts the compensation offer, compensate 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, dispose the one or more items.