Device and method for facilitating recycling
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorVincent Pham
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes a device for recycling a payment card, which can include a payment card receiver for receiving a payment card that has a substrate and an information-saving component, an image capture device configured to identify a location of the information-saving component on the substrate, a separating device configured to remove the information-saving component from the substrate, and a storage portion configured receive the substrate and the information-saving component.
Claims20
A method for facilitating recycling of a card via a recycling receptacle, the method comprising:
- receiving the card at the recycling receptacle, the card comprising a substrate and a first data portion;
- receiving, from an image capture device of the recycling receptacle, image data associated with the card;
- automatically identifying, based at least in part on the image data, a first location on the substrate associated with the first data portion;
- outputting instructions for a separating device of the recycling receptacle to remove the first data portion from the substrate such that the substrate remains substantially intact;
- determining that the material of the substrate matches a material associated with a third bin of the recycling receptacle;
- and
- outputting instructions to transport the removed first data portion to a first bin of the recycling receptacle and transport the substrate to the third bin.
A device for facilitating recycling of a card, the device comprising:
- a card receiver configured to receive the card comprising a substrate and an information-saving component;
- an image capture component configured to identify a location on the substrate at which the information-saving component is located;
- a separating component configured to remove the information-saving component from the substrate such that the substrate remains substantially intact;
- one or more substrate bins each configured to receive a specific material;
- a component bin configured to receive the information-saving component;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory, the controller being configured to:
- receive image data from the image capture component;
- identify a location on the substrate of the information-saving component;
- and
- output instructions for the separating component to remove the information-saving component from the substrate;
- determine that the substrate comprises a first material;
- determine that a first substrate bin of the one or more substrate bins corresponds to the first material;
- and
- output instructions to transport the substrate to the first substrate bin.
A device for facilitating recycling of a card, the device comprising:
- a card receiver configured to receive the card comprising a substrate and an information-saving component;
- an image capture component configured to identify a location on the substrate at which the information-saving component is located;
- a separating component configured to remove the information-saving component from the substrate such that the substrate remains substantially intact;
- an internal transport system configured to transport the substrate and the information-saving component within the device;
- a plurality of substrate bins configured to receive the substrate for subsequent recycling,
- a component bin configured to receive the information-saving component;
- and
- a controller comprising a processor and memory, the controller being configured to:
- receive image data from the image capture component;
- output instructions for the separating component based at least in part on the image data;
- determine that the substrate comprises a first material;
- determine that a first substrate bin of the plurality of substrate bins corresponds to the first material;
- and
- output instructions to the internal transport system to transport the substrate to the first substrate bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.