Hard drive destruction device and method
OwnerChris Hanseninventor
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Abstract
A hard drive destruction device includes a kiosk having: a user interface, a hard drive portal, a camera, and a crushing unit; and a software for managing the hard drive destruction device. The software includes: an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software component that detects and analyzes a hard drive inserted into the hard drive portal using the camera; and a back-end software component comprising a memory that stores a captured image of the hard drive, a verification information, and a chain-of-custody documentation.
Claims20
A hard drive destruction device, comprising:
- a kiosk comprising a user interface, a hard drive portal, a camera, and a crushing unit;
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- a software for managing the hard drive destruction device, the software comprising:
- an artificial intelligence and/or machine learning software component that detects and analyzes a hard drive inserted into the hard drive portal using the camera;
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- a back-end software component comprising a memory that stores a captured image of the hard drive, a verification information, and a chain-of-custody documentation.
A hard drive destruction device comprising a kiosk including a hard drive portal for receiving a hard drive, a camera for capturing images of the hard drive, and a crushing unit, wherein the crushing unit comprises:
- a crushing platform having a first crusher floor and a second crusher floor, wherein a gap between the first crusher floor and the second crusher floor is adjustable based on dimensions of the hard drive;
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- a crushing ram head positioned to fold the hard drive at least 90 degrees during a crushing process,
- wherein the crushing unit is configured to center the hard drive within the crushing unit such that the crushing ram head intersects critical components of the hard drive and renders the hard drive unusable by the crushing process.
A method for operating a hard drive destruction device, the method comprising:
- inserting a hard drive into a drive receiver of the hard drive destruction device by a user;
- capturing an image of the hard drive by a camera in the hard drive destruction device;
- examining the image by a software of the hard drive destruction device, the software generating a verification information comprising at least one of make, model, and serial number of the hard drive;
- storing the image and the verification information by a first memory;
- crushing the hard drive by a crushing unit of the hard drive destruction device after storing the image and the verification information by the first memory;
- generating a chain-of-custody documentation by the software, including a confirmation of crushing the hard drive;
- storing the chain-of-custody documentation by the first memory;
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- outputting the image, the verification information, and the chain-of-custody documentation to the user by the first memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.