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.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of executing an interactive advisor, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- sensing an object to be recycled using a sensor;
- classifying, at a processor, the sensed object to identify a recycle category for the object;
- opening, by the processor, a recycle bin suitable for the recycle category;
- instructing, by the processor, an operator to deposit the object in the opened recycle bin;
- determining, at the processor, a level of compliance of the object with instructions;
- and
- creating, at the processor, at least one new instruction to increase the level of compliance.
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;
- 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 with instructions;
- and
- create at least one new instruction to increase the level of compliance.
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;
- classifying the sensed object to identify a recycle category for the object;
- opening a recycle bin suitable for the recycle category;
- instructing an operator to deposit the object in the opened recycle bin;
- determining a level of compliance of the object with instructions;
- and
- creating at least one new instruction to increase the level of compliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.