Automated data destruction system and method of use
OwnerMichael Koufos, Simon Levininventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides an automated data destruction system to remove data effectively and reliably from a mobile communication device. The system comprises a housing, a platform, a securement mechanism, a positioning mechanism, a power drill, a vision recognition system, and a controlling system. The vision recognition system and the processor identify the mobile communication device, and the controlling system controls the securement mechanism, the positioning mechanism, and the power drill to a corresponding location based on the identified mobile communication device and activates the power drill to penetrate the mobile communication device at an exact depth to restrict the damage to the flash memory chip.
Claims8
An automated data destruction system, comprising:
- (a) a housing having a top side, a bottom side opposite from the top side, a front side coupled to the top side and the bottom side, a rear side opposite from the front side, and two lateral sides coupled to the top side, the bottom side, the front side and the rear side;
- wherein the housing comprises an opening configured to provide access to an interior of the housing;
- (b) a securement mechanism disposed within the interior of the housing, comprising:
- a first track disposed on the bottom side of the housing in the direction of an X-axis;
- a second track coupled to the first track and in the direction of a Y-axis perpendicular to the X-axis;
- a slip resistant pad positioned on the bottom side of the housing;
- wherein the first track, the second track, and the slip resistant pad define a space configured to retain an associated mobile communication device;
- (c) a positioning mechanism disposed within the interior of the housing, comprising:
- a first rail disposed along a first end of the bottom side,
- a second rail disposed along a second end of the bottom side, opposite from the first end,
- a beam having a first edge and a second edge positioned in the direction of the Y-axis;
- wherein each of the first edge and the second edge of the beam is mounted on the first rail and the second rail respectively;
- wherein the beam is configured to move in the direction of the X-axis;
- a tower mounted on the beam and configured to move along the beam in the direction of the Y-axis;
- wherein the tower includes at least one guide bar in the direction of a Z-axis orthogonal to the X-axis and the Y-axis;
- a movable carriage mounted on the at least one guide bar, and configured to move along the at least one guide bar;
- (d) a drill coupled to the carriage;
- (e) a camera;
- (f) a processor in communication with the camera, the positioning mechanism, and the drill;
- wherein the camera and the processor are configured to identify the associated mobile communication device by:
- receiving images of the associated mobile communication device captured by the camera;
- and
- establishing a profile of the associated mobile communication device from the images, the profile comprising measurements of the associated mobile communication device, and the profile further comprising a location and a depth of a flash memory chip within the associated mobile communication device;
- and
- wherein, based on the established profile of the associated mobile communication device, the processor determines movement of the positioning mechanism and the drill such that the drill penetrates the associated mobile communication device at the location and the depth of the flash memory chip of the associated mobile communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.