US 2021/0354911 A1 · WASTE RECEPTACLE WITH SENSING AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Systems and methods for operating a system. The methods comprise: generating sensor data by at least one sensor of a waste receptacle that specifies at least one characteristic of at least one item; performing operations by the waste receptacle to identify first media content that is associated with the at least one characteristic of the at least one item; causing the first media content to be output from the waste receptacle or an external device when the first media content is identified by the waste receptacle; and selecting second media content different from the first media content and causing the second media content to be output from the waste receptacle or the external device, when the first media content is unable to be identified by the waste receptacle.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for operating a system, comprising:

generating sensor data by at least one sensor of a waste receptacle that specifies at least one characteristic of at least one item;
performing operations by the waste receptacle to identify first media content that is associated with the at least one characteristic of the at least one item;
when the first media content is identified by the waste receptacle, causing the first media content to be output from the waste receptacle or an external device;
and
when the first media content is unable to be identified by the waste receptacle, selecting second media content different from the first media content and causing the second media content to be output from the waste receptacle or the external device.

2 more elements

A waste receptacle, comprising:

a processor;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to implement a method for operating the waste receptacle, wherein the programming instructions comprise instructions to:
obtain sensor data specifying at least one characteristic of at least one item;
identify first media content that is associated with the at least one characteristic of the at least one item;
when the first media content is identified by the processor, cause the first media content to be output from the waste receptacle or an external device;
and
when the first media content is unable to be identified by the processor, select second media content different from the first media content and cause the second media content to be output from the waste receptacle or the external device.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/389,728Filed 30 Jul 2021

Priority

15 Jul 2016

Published

18 Nov 2021

Term ends

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Classification20 codes

B65F 1/0033
Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor: specially adapted for segregated refuse collecting, e.g. receptacles with several compartments;…
B65F 1/1426
Other constructional features; Accessories: housings, cabinets or enclosures for refuse receptacles
B65F 2001/008
Specially adapted for segregated refuse collecting, e.g. receptacles with several compartments; Combination of receptacles: means for…
B65F 2001/1489
Other constructional features; Accessories: refuse receptacles adapted or modified for gathering compostable domestic refuse

Family

Application62/363,028Us provisional application · filed 15 Jul 2016

Application15/649,988Continuation in part · filed 14 Jul 2017

Application63/059,523Us provisional application · filed 31 Jul 2020

Application17/389,728Continuation in part

US 11,104,512 B2Related patent

US 2018/0016096 A1Published application

US 2021/0354911 A1This patent

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Waste receptacle with sensing and interactive presentation system

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Waste receptacle with sensing and interactive presentation system

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Abstract

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