Smart self sustaining parking lot security surveillance donation and/or recycling center
OwnerRolando Martinezinventor
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Abstract
A multi-functional collection box enhances the security of the surrounding environment and convenience of item collection. The box features one or more chutes for receiving various categories of items, a structural pole equipped with outward facing cameras for capturing and transmitting security footage, and flood lights for illumination. An electronic interface provides users with receipts based on the weight of their donations, measured by an internal scale within the box.
Claims20
A collection repository apparatus, comprising:
- a box portion, comprising:
- two or more chutes for receiving items, each chute leading to a collection volume of the box portion and configured to receive a unique category of items, and
- a service door;
- a structural pole extending from one or more surfaces of the box portion;
- a chute-facing camera configured to capture image data of a user placing content in at least one of the two or more chutes in response to actuation of the at least one of the two or more chutes;
- one or more outward facing cameras supported by the structural pole and having a field of view covering a surrounding environment of the collection repository apparatus;
- one or more storage devices configured to store image data collected from the one or more outward facing cameras;
- and
- a network interface by which the image data is transmitted to a remote device associated with the surrounding environment.
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A collection repository apparatus, comprising:
- a box portion, comprising:
- one or more chutes for receiving items, each chute leading to a collection volume of the box portion, wherein each collection volume comprises a scale, and
- a service door;
- a display;
- a printer;
- and
- a computer readable medium comprising computer readable code executable by one or more processors to:
- determine, from the scale, a change in weight of box portion contents;
- present a user interface comprising collection data based on the change in weight;
- generate a receipt for the collection data, wherein the receipt comprises at least a unique identifier and a timestamp;
- and
- cause the printer to print the receipt.
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A collection repository apparatus, comprising:
- a box portion, comprising:
- one or more chutes for receiving items, each chute leading to a collection volume of the box portion, and
- a service door;
- one or more sensors comprising at least one tamper detection sensor and at least one motion sensor;
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer readable media comprising computer readable code executable by the one or more processors to:
- obtain sensor data from the one or more sensors,
- determine that the sensor data satisfies an alert criterion, wherein the alert criterion comprises information indicative of at least one of unexpected access to the box portion, unexpected movement of the box portion, and violation of a predefined geofence, and
- in response to a determination that the sensor data satisfies the alert criterion:
- generate a notification based on the sensor data, and
- transmit the notification to a remote device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.