US 11,014,093 B1Granted

Secure destruction machine

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsShane Drexler, Avirbhav Kalva, Eric Jason Brandwine, Thomas Joseph Lauducci, David Francis Carter, Ruicong Yuan

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Abstract

A system includes an enclosure about a path toward a physical damaging system configured for rendering media storage devices inoperable. A scanning system obtains identifying information of a media storage device in the path. A barrier is selectively movable between an accessible state in which media storage device introduction into the enclosure is permitted and a blocking state in which such introduction into the enclosure is prevented. A locking mechanism locks the barrier in the blocking state in response to the barrier being moved to the blocking state. The locking mechanism unlocks the barrier and permits a shift to the accessible state subsequent to the scanning system obtaining the identifying information and subsequent to an action triggered based on the identifying information obtained from the scanning system.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A media destruction system, comprising:

an enclosure configured to be situated about a path toward a disposal system;
an identification system configured for obtaining identifying information of a media storage device in the path, the identification system comprising:
a first sensor configured to detect a leading edge and a trailing edge of the media storage device at a first position along the path;
a second sensor configured to detect the leading edge and the trailing edge of the media storage device at a second position along the path, the second position different from the first position;
and
a controller comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
indicate that multiple media storage devices are in the path in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a second leading edge or a second trailing edge in addition to the leading edge and the trailing edge before receiving data from the second sensor indicating the leading edge or trailing edge;
an access control system comprising:
a selectively movable barrier positioned at an end of the enclosure at an end of the path, the selectively movable barrier configured for selectively permitting introduction of the media storage device into the enclosure, the selectively movable barrier configurable between an accessible state in which introduction into the enclosure is permitted and a blocking state in which introduction into the enclosure is prevented;
and
a lock configured to lock the selectively movable barrier in the blocking state in response to the selectively movable barrier being moved to the blocking state, the lock configured to unlock the selectively movable barrier in response to a signal produced subsequent to confirming disposal of a previously received media storage device;
and
an audit system comprising:
an input scale positioned in the path before the disposal system and an output scale positioned at an output of the disposal system, wherein the audit system is configured to:
confirm disposal of the media storage device based on signals from the input scale and the output scale, and
convey the signal to cause the lock to unlock the selectively movable barrier subsequent to confirming disposal of the media storage device.

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A media destruction system, comprising:

an enclosure configured to be situated about a path toward a disposal system;
an identification system configured for obtaining identifying information of a media storage device in the path, the identification system comprising:
a first sensor configured to detect a leading edge and a trailing edge of the media storage device at a first position along the path;
a second sensor configured to detect the leading edge and the trailing edge of the media storage device at a second position along the path, the second position different from the first position;
and
a controller comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
indicate that multiple media storage devices are in the path in response to receiving data from the first sensor indicating a second leading edge or a second trailing edge in addition to the leading edge and the trailing edge before receiving data from the second sensor indicating the leading edge or trailing edge;
and
an access control system comprising:
a selectively movable barrier positioned at an end of the enclosure at an end of the path, the selectively movable barrier configured for selectively permitting introduction of the media storage device into the enclosure, the selectively movable barrier configurable between an accessible state in which introduction into the enclosure is permitted and a blocking state in which introduction into the enclosure is prevented;
and
a lock configured to lock the selectively movable barrier in the blocking state in response to the selectively movable barrier being moved to the blocking state, the lock configured to unlock the selectively movable barrier in response to a signal produced subsequent to confirming disposal of a previously received media storage device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.