Screening material waste
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMarco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Carlos Henrique Cardonha, Igor Cerqueira Oliveira
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Abstract
Material waste screening is provided. A sensor obtains data related to an object. A processor classifies the object based on the data to identify a recycle category for the object, open a recycle bin for the identified recycle category, instruct the operator to deposit the object in the opened recycle bin, determine a level of compliance of the object, and create at least one new instruction to increase the level of compliance.
Claims14
A computer-implemented method of executing an interactive advisor, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- sensing an object to be recycled using a sensor;
- identifying a recyclable state of the object and providing an instruction to the operator to facilitate disposing the object based on the recyclable state, wherein the object includes two or more components having separate recycle categories and the instruction includes instructions for the operator to separate the object into its components and depositing each component into their respective recycle bins;
- opening, by the processor, the recycle bins suitable for the recycle categories;
- and
- instructing, by the processor, an operator to deposit the components of the object in the respective opened recycle bins.
An interactive advisor, comprising:
- a sensor configured to obtain data related to an object;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- classify the object based on the data to identify a recycle category for the object;
- identify a recyclable state of the object and providing an instruction to the operator to facilitate disposing the object based on the recyclable state, wherein the object includes two or more components having separate recycle categories and the instruction includes instructions for the operator to separate the object into its components and depositing each component into their respective recycle bins;
- open the recycle bins for the identified recycle categories;
- and
- instruct the operator to deposit the components of the object in the respective opened recycle bins.
A computer program product for operating a garbage collection station, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- sensing an object to be recycled using a sensor;
- identifying a recyclable state of the object and providing an instruction to the operator to facilitate disposing the object based on the recyclable state, wherein the object includes two or more components having separate recycle categories and the instruction includes instructions for the operator to separate the object into its components and depositing each component into their respective recycle bins
- opening the recycle bins suitable for the recycle categories;
- and
- instructing an operator to deposit the components of the object in the respective opened recycle bins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.