CN103999053A - Method and apparatus for recycling electronic devices - Google Patents
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Abstract
A recycling kiosk (100) for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of an electronic device (150) is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk (100) includes an inspection area (101) with preferably two mirrored, domed hemispheres (520, 530) positioned about a transparent table (545) and cameras (610) for imaging an electronic device (150) placed on the table (545). Inspection of an About page or a barcode within a battery compartment of the electronic device (150) is performed to determine a value for the electronic device (150). Alternatively, a robotic finger (725) is utilized to inspect the electronic device (150). The recycling kiosk (100) also includes a processor (160), a display (115) and a user interface (167).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to the recovery of electronic equipment.More particularly, the present invention relates to have for analytical electron equipment so that the self-service machine of the mechanical finger reclaiming.
Background technology
The quantity of the electronic equipment being used by common consumer rolls up.These equipment comprise mobile phone, palm PC, Mp 3 player, GPS equipment, camera, beeper, remote control, wireless telephone, counter etc.Under the quick paces of introducing in the new technology of electronic equipment and model, the situation that has formed many consumers and upgrade continually or replace one or more recyclable equipment.Conventionally, consumer does not process previous electronic equipment, but only stops using it and bring into use new equipment.This may cross over this equipment of several generations and occur.
Except above-mentioned electronic equipment, also there is the device of many other types with relative high frequency replacement velocity, comprise the Portable mobile electronic device such as mobile phone, MP3 player etc., and such as the non-portable electronic equipment of computer, printer etc.Except electronic equipment, also there is the content-based Digital Media such as the game on CD, DVD or cassette disk, or such as the large capacity storage thing of amusement of CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Disc etc.Exist via the needs that reclaim or process in the friendly mode of ecology by suitable handling procedure these article.It is inconvenient for everyone of electronic equipment, reclaiming this equipment or suitably processing this equipment.Current for the equipment owner seldom have encouragement to " doing correct thing " with the equipment of crossing.In the time that the owner only stops using device and put it into simply storage: just lost the chance that reclaims or re-use by the opposing party.If the owner is only discarded in this equipment in common refuse container, just obstructed suitable recovery or the safe handling of this equipment.
Can a relevant special problem of phenomenon be therewith described by the example of mobile phone.Exist and exceed 3,600,000,000 mobile phone users in the world, to increase in annual 10% year.The replacing speed of cell phone is roughly every 18 months, because new model has the development of more features and new standard.Cellular carrier also provides lower than cost or free new phone, as the encouragement of 2 years service contracts of consumer being signed to money-making to guarantee the continuous accumulation of old mobile phone.Old mobile phone and other mobile device (beeper, PDAs) have proposed day by day serious threat to environment.From 2007, have more than 7.5 hundred million mobile phones in drawer or medium to be recycled in waste stream in the U.S..Annual increase approximately 1.5 hundred million in addition+.Once in waste stream, these devices may make lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and other noxious material be leaked in water source.Municipality incinerates their refuse conventionally, these poisonous elements are put in air immediately, and they turns back to soil in rainwater.The problem that needs to solve is to make for the public easily and can operate to reclaim or resale their mobile phone and other recyclable equipment.Two reasons why mobile phone does not reclaim or sell are to be difficult to enter into reclaim or marketing facility again, and are secondly about the safety issue that is stored in the information on mobile phone.Except mobile phone, identical problem is applicable to multiple other electronic equipments.
Technology not yet for this reason problem solution is provided.The automatic vending for honeycomb cell-phone and mobile phone service of the U.S. Patent number 4951308 that invention is Bishop, it discloses the selling device that distributes the mobile phone of buying by selling device by consumer.Bishop has aggravated this problem by making more easily to obtain mobile phone in fact.
The U.S. Patent Publication No. 2009/0190142 of Taylor etc. there is craft port and the self-service machine for the optical identification equipment of the FPDP on identification data memory storage for data storage device being connected to the method and system of self-service machine, disclosing.Taylor is for print digital picture at photo self-service machine place.
Prior art do not recognize with to consumer tempting and have the mode of economy return to identify the problem relevant to reclaiming mobile phone to reclaimer.In addition, prior art can not determine aut.eq. in case vision check mobile phone LCD shield to determine whether LCD screen damages.
Summary of the invention
The invention enables people in public addressable place, to reclaim safely, donate, exchange old for new and/or to sell mobile phone.Reclaim therein in the embodiment of mobile phone, the mobile phone owner submits his/her mobile phone to the present invention to reclaim and accept in some way compensation via reclaiming self-service machine.Compensation can be to distribute via cash, voucher, credit or debit card or other magnetic or electronic trade method.
In one embodiment, collect the electronic equipment previously having used for reclaiming the self-service machine that uses public addressable place with the method for renovation for carrying out.Self-service machine shows one or more transaction selections.The method also comprises mutual between selecting of user and self-service machine display, and it can comprise opens electronic equipment, test and optical scanning, the storage data in electronic equipment of erasing, determined and accepted the compensation for the value of electronic equipment by consumer.The method can also comprise by consumer by interacting and select multiple compensation method with self-service machine, comprises and distributes cash or use the convertible note of reward voucher or credit card debit or credit, electronics are donated charity organization or multiple charity organization or other electric paying method of specifying to user.
One aspect of the present invention is the method for analytical electron equipment and the user's to submission electronic equipment economic returns.The method comprises electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, and wherein said surveyed area has the image-forming block such as camera.Surveyed area preferably has near infrared ray illumination.The method also comprises to be made the bar coded sticker imaging of electronic equipment and analyzes the information obtaining from the bar coded sticker of electronic equipment.Finally, the method comprises the value of determining electronic equipment.The method can also be included in the value of definite electronic equipment and automatically electronic equipment be cased later.Preferably, the method comprises the rear panel and the battery that remove electronic equipment before user is in being positioned at inspection area by electronic equipment.
The self-service machine of the method comprises: housing, and this housing comprises user interface so that user's input information on the outside surface of housing; Upper dome and lower dome, wherein go up dome and lower dome comprises multiple mirrors.Self-service machine also comprises mechanical finger mechanism.Self-service machine also comprises chamber image-forming block (such as camera), lower chamber image-forming block (such as camera or scanner) and transparent surface.Self-service machine is also included in housing and the processor of communicating by letter with at least one image-forming block, processor is configured to according to from least one information of user and from brand and the model of the image recognition electronic equipment of at least one image-forming block, and this processor is configured to determine that the economic returns of electronic equipment is worth.
Another aspect of the present invention is the method for analytical electron equipment and the user's to submission electronic equipment economic returns.The method comprises electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, and surveyed area has camera.The method also comprises the Snipping Tool imaging about the page that makes electronic equipment, and the Snipping Tool about the page that detects the electronic equipment that at least one camera by being arranged in surveyed area obtains has any defect to determine whether electronic equipment.The method also comprises the value of determining electronic equipment.Finally, the method comprises the value of determining electronic equipment.
The self-service machine of the method comprises housing, on the outside surface of housing so that the user interface of user's input information; Upper dome and lower dome, wherein go up dome and lower dome comprises multiple mirrors.Self-service machine also comprises chamber camera, lower chamber camera and transparent surface.Self-service machine is also included in housing and the processor of communicating by letter with at least one camera, processor is configured to according to from least one information of user and from brand and the model of the image recognition electronic equipment of at least one camera, and this processor is configured to determine that the economic returns of electronic equipment is worth.Preferably, the method also comprises by the information obtaining from bar code joint strip and from comparing about page acquired information.
Another aspect of the present invention is the method for analytical electron equipment and the user's to submission electronic equipment economic returns.The method comprises electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, and wherein surveyed area has camera.The method also comprises to be utilized mechanical finger to carry out active electron equipment and makes electronic equipment imaging.The imaging that detects the electronic equipment by being arranged at least one camera acquisition in surveyed area has any defect to determine whether electronic equipment.Finally, the method comprises the value of determining electronic equipment.
Another aspect of the present invention is dome-shaped device, and this dome-shaped device comprises dome, lower dome, and upper dome and lower dome comprise multiple walls, and wherein multiple walls comprise mirror.This dome-shaped device also comprises transparent surface and at least one camera, and this camera can obtain multiple views of the electronic equipment being arranged in dome-shaped device.Upper dome preferably includes chamber camera.Lower dome preferably includes lower chamber camera.Preferably, the combination of each and multiple mirrors of upper dome camera and lower dome camera allows to be arranged in the imaging of the equipment on transparent surface.Preferably, the combination of each and multiple mirrors of upper dome camera and lower dome camera allows to be arranged in 360 degree of the electronic equipment on transparent surface.
Another aspect of the present invention is that the sequence number for reading mobile phone is to follow the tracks of the method for mobile phone.The method comprises utilizes mechanical finger mechanism in mobile phone, to dial * #06#.The method is also included in demonstration screen display IMEI number or unique sequence number of mobile phone.The method also comprises that the imaging system of the self-service machine by utilizing OCR recognition and tracking sequence number/mobile phone reads IMEI number or the unique sequence number on the display screen of mobile phone.
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Fig. 1 is the stereographic map that reclaims self-service machine;
Figure 1A is the front view of the recovery self-service machine of Fig. 1;
Figure 1B is the isolated view above of the recovery self-service machine of Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 C is the isolated view above of the recovery self-service machine of Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is the isolated view of electric connector wheel.
Fig. 2 A is the isolated view of the electric connector of working region.
Fig. 2 B is the isolated view of the electric connector in removal position.
Fig. 2 C is the isolated view of the electric connector of dismounting.
Fig. 2 D is the isolated view of the electric connector of withdrawal.
Fig. 3 is the stereographic map of the internal part of self-service machine.
Fig. 3 A is the stereographic map of the internal part of self-service machine.
Fig. 3 B is the stereographic map of the internal part of self-service machine.
Fig. 3 C is the stereographic map of the internal part of self-service machine.
Fig. 4 is the isolated view of the phone of the check-out console in self-service machine.
Fig. 4 A is the isolated view of the phone that transmits in self-service machine.
Fig. 4 B is the isolated view of the phone that transmits in self-service machine.
Fig. 4 C is the isolated view of the phone of casing in self-service machine.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram that reclaims the parts of self-service machine.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram that reclaims the parts of self-service machine.
Fig. 7 is the isolated view of the surveyed area of self-service machine.
Fig. 8 be self-service machine dome in the isolated view of camera.
Fig. 9 is the isolated view of the phone of the surveyed area in self-service machine.
Figure 10 is the front view of phone.
Figure 11 is the front view that is connected to the phone of electric connector.
Figure 12 is the process flow diagram for reclaiming electronic equipment.
Figure 13 is the process flow diagram for obtaining in advance auction system.
Figure 14 is the process flow diagram for the method for analytical electron equipment.
Figure 15 is the process flow diagram for the method for analytical electron equipment.
Figure 16 is the process flow diagram for the method for analytical electron equipment.
Figure 17 is the isolated view that the lcd screen of the mobile phone of white screen is shown.
Figure 18 is the isolated view that the lcd screen of the mobile phone of telephone number is shown.
Figure 19 is the isolated view that the lcd screen of the mobile phone of national park is shown.
Figure 20 is the isolated view that the mobile phone in the surveyed area of recovery self-service machine in the visual field of the camera of mobile phone is shown.
Figure 21 is the stereographic map of analyzing the mechanical finger mechanism of the mobile phone for reclaiming.
Figure 22 is the stereographic map of analyzing the mechanical finger mechanism of the mobile phone for reclaiming.
Figure 23 is the stereographic map of analyzing the mechanical finger mechanism of the mobile phone for reclaiming.
Embodiment
The present invention allows to utilize mechanical finger, and automatically analytical electron equipment is impaired so that the value of the electronic equipment of definite recovery to determine whether electronic equipment.Preferably reclaiming the method for self-service machine place execution for analytical electron equipment.Mechanical finger is preferably positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine.
Figure 21-Figure 23 shows the mechanical finger mechanism 725 of the touch-screen display 153 of the mobile phone 150 on the transparent panel that use " finger tip " 726 touches the surveyed area that is positioned at self-service machine.In movement on display 153 and touch, mechanical finger mechanism 725 is preferably similar to human finger's operation.Mechanical finger mechanism 725 preferably includes base portion 727, pivotal arm 728, and this pivotal arm has the first pivot 728a, the second pivot 728b, the 3rd pivot 728c, the 4th pivot 728d and Wushu axle 728e.Finger tip 726 is the touch of simulating human finger preferably.Mechanical finger mechanism 725 can preferably rotate, vibrates and grasp.Mechanical finger mechanism 725 preferably has multiple one-movement-freedom-degrees.Mechanical finger mechanism 725 allows self-service machine to activate phone and navigates by the menu screen on the display of mobile phone.Mechanical finger mechanism 725 can also open and close mobile phone.
Preferred electronic equipment is mobile phone.Mobile phone is preferably divisible into three basic configurations: 1) such as clamshell phone or the clamshell style of MOTOROLA RAZR; 2) such as the exposure keyboard of MOTORLA DROID or the slide phone of screen; And 3) such as the strip mobile phone of apple iPHONE or the BLACKBERRY in research and development.The present invention is also for the network of the self-service machine of public space, and it is carried out, and reception, identification, vision-based detection, electrical testing, electricity are wiped, classification quality, vanning (bag), label and the combination of the recycling step of the callable electronic equipment of stock.Each self-service machine is the compensation that the owner of equipment determines certain form.This compensation preferably with direct payment, credit accounts, contribute to organized charities, for the form of the reward voucher of shopping or the compensation of some similar type in the future.This equipment owner has compensation or the selection of concluding the business and fetching this equipment of reversing that reception provides.
In the following description, provide the example about mobile phone.But the technician in correlative technology field will recognize that, can implement this system by any amount of miscellaneous equipment with LCD screen in the case of not departing from the spirit and scope of this system.
As shown in Fig. 1, Figure 1A, Figure 1B and Fig. 1 C, for reclaiming electronic equipment and providing the self-service machine of economic returns substantially with 100 instructions.Electronic equipment can be smart phone, mobile phone, panel computer,
equipment, MP3 player, GPS equipment, electronic reader etc.Self-service machine 100 has to imitate the housing 105 of rectangular shape.Head 103 allows to sell and video.Entrance door 130 in front body regions 131 provides the surveyed area 106 entering into for electronic equipment.Before housing 105, there is the display screen 115 for information being provided to user, and be used as user interface in touch-screen embodiment.The outside of housing 105 also preferably has label machine 125, voucher divider 126, receipt printer 127 and cash or card divider 128.External shell can also have thumbprint reader.
Self-service machine 100 allows the automatic vision analysis of electronic equipment to identify electronic equipment and definite electronic equipment is impaired so that the value of definite electronic equipment about reclaiming.In addition, self-service machine 100 also allows the electroanalysis of electronic equipment.The Application No. 13/438924 of submitting on April 4th, 2012, " for reclaiming the self-service machine of electronic equipment " set forth other explanation of reclaiming self-service machine, and its mode of quoting by entirety is contained in this.
As shown in Fig. 2, Fig. 2 A, Fig. 2 B, Fig. 2 C and Fig. 2 D, self-service machine 100 comprises the carousel 500 that contains multiple electric connector 505a-505y.Each unique attachment plug having for being connected to removedly electronic equipment in electric connector 505.Each in electric connector 505a-505y has the box being removably mounted in carousel 500.Therefore, can utilize new electric connector 505 to replace older electric connector 505.In addition, self-service machine 100 is designed to allow to utilize remove mechanism's 511 automatic movings except electric connector 505.In Fig. 2 A, electric connector 505 is awaiting orders in district, and it will be connected to the port (as shown in figure 11) of electronic equipment there.Then, as shown in Fig. 2 B and Fig. 2 C, the articulated jib 512 of disassembly mechanism 511 engages with the displaceable member of electric connector 505 to force the outside movement of displaceable member and electric connector 505 to disconnect (as shown in Figure 11) from the port of electronic equipment.As shown in Fig. 2 D, electric connector 505 is regained from removing mechanism 511 by cable.
As shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 3 A, Fig. 3 B and Fig. 3 C, the internal mechanism 101 of self-service machine 100 comprises chamber 520, lower chamber 530, box loading plate 540, transparent panel 545, door 550, storage box 555 and carousel 500.Preferably, mechanical finger mechanism 725 is positioned in internal mechanism 101.Preferably, carousel 500 can keep approximately 25 electric connectors 505, and wherein electric connector 505 is interchangeable easily to adapt to the change in USB and in other similar connector.As shown in Figure 3 B, mobile phone 150 is arranged on transparent panel 545 and is sent in the surveyed area 106 in 520Yu Xia chamber, chamber 530.Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber all preferably has mitriform shape.As shown in Fig. 3 C, mobile phone moves so that visual analysis between 520Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber 530.Transparent panel, is preferably made up of the glass of transparent plastic material, and the image-forming block in permission in chamber 520Yu Xia chamber 530 obtains the multi-view image of mobile phone 150.Preferably, the 3-D profile that generates mobile phone is to be provided for the identification of mobile phone and the visual analysis of situation.Once complete visual analysis, transparent panel 545 just shifts out between 520Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber 530.
Fig. 4, Fig. 4 A, Fig. 4 B and Fig. 4 C, show automatic transmission and the vanning of the electronic equipment 150 in the internal mechanism 101 of self-service machine 100.As shown in Figure 4, door 550 declines to be positioned at transparent panel 545 tops, and it is then along with the mobile phone 150 on it upcountry moves.As shown in Figure 4 A, in the time that transparent panel 545 moves inward, mobile phone is stopped by door 550 and engages with box loading plate 540 in the time that mobile phone starts to drop in the opening being formed by moving inward of transparent panel 545.As shown in Figure 4 B, once mobile phone on box loading plate 540, box loading plate 540 just in a side slow decreasing to be opened in storage box 555.As shown in Fig. 4 C, mobile phone 150 falls lentamente and enters into storage box 555 to fix mobile phone 150 and for collecting in time subsequently by opening 556.All processes is all carried out with given pace in case stop loss the bad electronic equipment reclaiming.
Self-service machine 100 has the common size and shape such as the automatic vending machine of Soda water machine, paper money break machine, tank recycling machine or other automatic vending machine.The housing 105 of self-service machine 100 is protected internal mechanism 101 and the fixing electronic equipment for reclaiming of submitting to.Housing 105 is preferably by constructing such as the metal material of steel or aluminium, to prevent the access of mandate of self-service machine 100.
Surveyed area 106 is preferably designed to allow the detailed vision-based detection such as the electronic equipment of mobile phone, panel computer, electronic reader, MP3 player, palm PC.The wall of surveyed area preferably white and/or mirror-polishing so that the imaging of electronic equipment to be provided.
From self-service machine 100 and to the connection of remote computer preferably to the single connection of communication network, such as the internet via wired lan, WLAN, honeycomb or any other personal communication system.Self-service machine 100 preferably includes for the treatment of the information obtaining from mobile phone and for controlling the processor 160 of parts of self-service machine 100.Preferably, processor 160 is inserted computers of other type of the PC (" PC ") of standard or any operating system of operation such as Linux or MAC OS.Processor 160 is most preferably the small-sized PC with other component communication of integrated hard disk drive (" HDD "), CPU (central processing unit) (" CPU ") and USB (universal serial bus) (" USB ") port and self-service machine 100.The PC OPTIPLEX780 that a kind of most preferred CPU is Dell.Alternatively, treating apparatus is to have and other parts of microprocessor, power supply and the self-service machine 100 of the independent mainboard that independently HDD docks.Self-service machine 100 preferably includes that storage can be carried out application, testing software, database and for operating the storer 161 or other memory device that reclaim other required software of self-service machine 100, such as disc driver.
PERCOM peripheral communication parts for self-service machine 100 preferably include wired ethernet to be provided to the connection of internet, or alternatively PERCOM peripheral communication parts comprise the radio modem such as the GSM for data communication, CDMA, 3G and 4G technology.
As shown in Fig. 7-Fig. 9, preferably carry out the visual inspection of the electronic equipment such as mobile phone 150 in surveyed area 106 by least one camera 610 in upper chamber 520.Lower chamber 530 also preferably has at least one camera or other image-forming block such as scanner.Alternatively, carry out vision-based detection by multiple cameras.Preferred camera 610 is vision camera of a mega pixel machine.If use single camera 610 in surveyed area 106, camera 610 preferably removable with increase the visual field of surveyed area 106 with detection arrangement the electronic equipment 150 such as mobile phone on transparent panel 545.Camera 161 is preferably removable.Preferably, camera 610 is orientated as and is made lcd screen 153 imagings of electronic equipment 150 to determine whether lcd screen 153 is damaged.The inside surface of 520Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber 530 preferably includes mirror 615 so that be positioned at the observation optimization of the electronic equipment in surveyed area 106.As shown in Figure 9, show the reflection 150 ' of mobile phone 150.Camera 610 also preferably removable the so that FPDP imaging of electronic equipment with the type of electric connector 505 that is identified for electronic equipment to carry out the electroanalysis of electronic equipment.Alternatively, the whole inside surface of 520Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber 530 be all mirror-polishing so that the imaging optimization of electronic installation.Camera is alternatively CCD or CMOSS.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the critical piece of self-service machine 100.Processor 160 preferably with other parts UNICOM of self-service machine 100.Storer 161 preferably contains the database of the information about multiple mobile phones that comprises image, physical features, price and other similar information.PERCOM peripheral communication 167 preferably by wireless connections or Ethernet and network link to receive and information be sent to remote site.Preferably receive power supply 170 by the plug-in connection to wall socket.Mechanical part 165 comprises electric connector carousel 500, transparent panel 545, box loading plate 540, door 550 and other similar parts.Camera 610 or multiple camera, electric connector and user interface and processor as above 160 interact.Fig. 5 shows the inside rear that reclaims self-service machine 100.As shown, processor 160 preferably has the PC of reserve battery 170a, wireless connections part 167 for PERCOM peripheral communication, electrical connector 140, receipt distributor 104 and display screen 115.
Processor 160 utilizes from the information identification of vision-based detection and user interface and submits the electronic equipment 150 for reclaiming to.Processor 160 also utilizes the information obtaining in visual inspection process or from user interface to determine suitable electric connector 505 to be connected to the FPDP of electronic equipment 150.The information of the electroanalysis from electronic equipment 150 that the electric connector 505 that processor 160 also guides and receive utilization to be connected to the FPDP of electronic equipment 150 is carried out.Processor is also preferably according to vision-based detection, optional electroanalysis and be stored in the data in the storer 161 of self-service machine or the information that externally provides by PERCOM peripheral communication parts 167 is determined the economic returns of the electronic equipment 150 of submitting to.
Process flow diagram for preferred recovery method has been shown in Figure 12.Select to sell or reclaim electronic equipment the consumer of step 301 place.Consumer checks by the list on the screen of self-service machine whether this electronic equipment support is sold/renovated.Consumer activated on-screen menu single system and directly enter telephony mode or through some row menus with determine whether this electronic equipment be applicable to sell or only for reclaim.Determining that piece 302 places determine whether that electronic equipment is only applicable to reclaim.If so, (that is, it is not in the list of the electronic equipment that can be used for selling again), in the consumer of step 303 place can be inserted into receiver by electronic equipment and this electronic equipment drop to storage bin 112 in so as to reclaim.
If electronic equipment support renovate/is sold again, consumer is encouraged to participate in test/grading operation of this system so.At step 304 place, system is definite to be used and the correct connector that is connected to electronic equipment.Connect select and be not limited to cable, standard or special connector, hard base, read removable or external physical storer or similar WiFi, other wireless method of bluetooth, RFID, NFC etc.Connect and be inserted in inspection area 106 at step 305 place electronic equipment.If correctly complete this, for example, advance to step 306 just give consumer some instruction (, green light) and systems.In the utilization diagnosis of step 306 place and via for example operation of OMSI interface operation test electronic.Diagnosis preferably includes electricity and physical testing, comprises battery, screen, storer, push button function and the structural intergrity of test electronic.
Preferably, electronic equipment is imaged and uses analysis software identification cut, crackle, wear pattern, depression, damage or disappearance part, comprises such as lens, button, connector, badge, label and/or trade mark feature.Can by imaging relatively or other similar approach complete this identification, wherein take electronic equipment image by standardization and with compare with reference to image.Can use other detection method in conjunction with vision and/or electrical testing, comprise and weigh to determine concrete weight and utilize these data further to improve the identification of manufacturer and the identification of unit type accurately.In another embodiment, identify correct manufacturer and model number/production number with photographs.Visual identity can comprise combination in any below: for example, according to measuring, physics (, millimeter, inch), pixel count or other.According to the identification of the position/size of electronic equipment size, button, LCD and other physical features.Can determine height, width, the degree of depth with a camera or multiple camera as required.Identification is the identifier OCR (optical character identification) based on such as operator's (for phone and panel computer), brand, model, sequence number, other identifier.According to bar code recognition.Can make consumer by CE be positioned at before it, below, side and then make as needs change location.Consumer even can be required to remove CE covering, battery etc. to obtain the project identified such as alphanumeric or barcode data.Self-service machine 100 provides the mode of utilizing visual inspection, is looked into identification equipment, is determined its value and reduce possible mistake by electric-examination.
In one embodiment, the operator that self-service machine 100 is relevant to same mobile phone communicates by letter to collect device-dependent any information therewith, for example comprises validity or authentication, registration entitlement, account status, service time etc.In some cases, in the time that consumer's identity information does not mate with everyone information of registration, self-service machine 100 in some way (call automatically, mail, text message etc.) automatically contacts owner of supposition with the possible transaction of the owner of warning phone.
Another feature of the embodiment of self-service machine 100 is to determine on electronic equipment, whether there is personal information.By the data that exist in the specific storage register in storer (for example, the storage number of bug key) or by observing file type (jpegs, mp3 etc.), or only suppose that whole non-default storage position must comprise personal data and determine this.The chance that provides consumer that data are erased from phone.Option allows consumer ask first downloading data and then send to the position (for example, E-mail address, website etc.) of being specified by consumer.In another embodiment, have the groove that enters storage card (such as usb driver, memory stick etc.) for consumer, in storage card there, self-service machine 100 upload the data to memory device.In another embodiment, self-service machine 100 provides net position, certain time subsequently if desired user fetch therefrom data.In another embodiment, user is chosen as data is located in another electronic equipment of being bought at self-service machine 100 places or in the position of self-service machine 100 or some other shops by consumer.The memory location that consumer preferably selects user name and the password system of entering to provide.
Once determine this value, just this value be provided to self-service machine in step 307.Then self-service machine 100 provides the price that is normally less than again sales value or other remuneration to this phone for consumer.In other embodiments, self-service machine 100 provides cost or the remuneration of current Real-time markets price for consumer.Determine at step 308 place whether user accepts this proposal.If not, self-service machine 100 advances to step 309 and opens door and electronic equipment is discharged into consumer to returning.Propose if user expects to accept this, self-service machine 100 advances to step 310.User accepts the some place of price therein, self-service machine 100 then downwards lock-in detection region to prevent further accessing electronic equipment by user.Then self-service machine 100 disconnects attached any cable.At step 310 place, user accepts this decision by confirm instruction on key plate or touch-screen.Carry out deleting personal data from electronic equipment at this some place self-service machine 100.In addition,, once confirm this transaction, self-service machine 100 is just for electronic installation sticks and the label of diagnostic data and self the relevant Transaction Identification Number of concluding the business.This is preferably physically regularly to the adhesive label of the printing of phone and/or will be loaded into corresponding to the electronic data of Transaction Identification Number phone from it so that the object of traceability.
At step 311 place, self-service machine 100 completes any extra test and diagnostic of electronic equipment, cable and electronic equipment is disconnected and print receipt for consumer.Can be by credit consumer credit card or account, authorize transfer fund by distribution cash or by distributing voucher or reward voucher via self-service machine 100.Upgrade its inventory database and renewal is sent to self-service machine server via communication network at step 312 place self-service machine 100.
There is shown a method for optimizing for auction before purchasing in the flow process of Figure 13.A kind of for analytical electron equipment and to submitting to user's the method for economic returns of described electronic equipment substantially with 400 instructions.At frame 401 places, identification electronic equipment.At frame 402 places, for the electronic equipment collection quotation of the model of the use in predetermined situations.Preferably collect online quotation by website and bidder preferably obtains qualification in advance.At frame 403 places, from multiple bidder receive for used the electronic equipment quotation of model.At frame 404, set the electronic equipment purchasing price for paying the model having used according to the multiple quotations that receive from multiple bidder.Normally, purchasing price is taking successful bidder as basis.Preferably obtain at this moment the distribution information for successful bidder.At frame 405 places, identify the electronic equipment of the model having used at the recovery self-service machine place for electronic equipment.Preferably, consumer expects to reclaim electronic equipment.At 406 places, the integrality of the electronic equipment of the model of use is proved at recovery self-service machine place.Preferably, set up the state of electronic equipment at self-service machine place, self-service machine is determined any damage of electronic equipment according to the vision of electronic equipment and electroanalysis.At frame 407 places, assessment and classification electronic equipment.At frame 408 places, be provided to consumer for the purchasing price of the electronic equipment of the model that uses at self-service machine place.At frame 409 places, the electronic equipment of automatically casing after the electronic equipment of buying from the consumer of self-service machine by the model of crossing.At frame 410 places, electronic equipment is dispensed into successful bidder.
There is shown a method for optimizing of the present invention in the flow process of Figure 14.Method 1000 starts at frame 1001 places, and electronic equipment 150 is positioned in the surveyed area 106 of self-service machine 100, and wherein surveyed area has camera and mechanical finger mechanism.At frame 1002 places, the method also comprises the bar code paster imaging that makes electronic equipment.At frame 1003 places, the method comprises the information of obtaining from the bar code paster of electronic equipment of analyzing.At frame 1004 places, as explanation in further detail below, determine the value of mobile phone.Preferably, the method is also included in and determines the value of the electronic equipment electronic equipment of later automatically casing.In addition, the method preferably includes indicating user and removes before in electronic equipment is positioned to inspection area rear panel and the battery of electronic equipment.
Preferably, the self-service machine 100 of the method comprises housing 105, and this housing 105 is included in user interface on the outside surface of housing so that user's input information, and upper dome and lower dome, wherein go up dome and lower dome comprises multiple mirrors.Self-service machine 100 also comprises chamber camera, lower chamber camera and transparent surface.Self-service machine 100 is also included in housing and the processor 160 of communicating by letter with at least one camera, processor 160 is configured to according to from least one information of user and from brand and the model of the image recognition electronic equipment of at least one camera, and processor 160 is configured to determine that the economic returns for electronic equipment is worth.
There is shown alternative methods of the present invention in the flow process of Figure 15.The method 2000 starts at frame 2001 places, and wherein electronic equipment is arranged in the inspection area of self-service machine 100, and inspection area 106 has the image-forming block such as camera and mechanical finger mechanism.At frame 2002 places, the method comprises the Snipping Tool imaging of the page (being preferably about page) that makes electronic equipment.At frame 2003 places, detect the Snipping Tool of the page of the electronic equipment by being arranged at least one image-forming block acquisition in surveyed area.At frame 2004 places, determine whether it is the display screen of electronic equipment.Determine the value of electronic equipment at frame 2005 places.The method preferably includes the comparison information of obtaining from bar coded sticker and the information of obtaining from the page to determine that whether information is consistent or to conflict.
Alternatively, the method comprises the Snipping Tool of the Snipping Tool imaging of known screen of the battery charging screen display that makes electronic equipment and the known screen of the battery charging screen display of the electronic equipment that detection obtains by least one camera.
The present invention also comprises dome-shaped device, and this dome-shaped device comprises dome, lower dome.Upper dome and lower dome comprise multiple walls, and wherein multiple walls are made up of mirror.This dome-shaped device also comprises transparent surface and at least one camera, and this camera can obtain multiple views of the electronic equipment being arranged in dome-shaped device.Upper dome preferably includes chamber camera.Lower dome preferably includes lower chamber camera.Preferably, the combination of each and multiple mirrors of upper dome camera and lower dome camera allows to be arranged in the imaging of the equipment on transparent surface.Preferably, the combination of each and multiple mirrors of upper dome camera and lower dome camera allows to be arranged in 360 degree of the equipment on transparent surface.Preferably, each in upper dome camera and lower dome camera is movably.
Alternatively, the method is positioned at the interior beginning in inspection area 106 of self-service machine 100 with mobile phone 150.Utilize mechanical finger mechanism to open mobile phone.Utilize mechanical finger mechanism that phrase is input in mobile phone 150 to be presented in the lcd screen of mobile phone 150.Preferred phrase is for being presented at the telephone number in lcd screen 153 as shown in Figure 18.Phrase can also be the input such as word, character.Lcd screen 153 is carried out to the detection damaging such as crack, picture element flaw, variable color etc.Self-service machine 100 detects the defect of lcd screen 153 in the demonstration of the phrases such as telephone number.In addition, can also measure the luminous of lcd screen 153, especially telephone number, to determine this luminous whether execution in the level of the manufacturer's explanation by mobile phone 150.As explanation in further detail below, on mobile phone 150, carry out optional electroanalysis.Finally, as explanation in further detail below, determine the value of mobile phone.
There is shown alternative methods of the present invention in the flow process of Figure 16.Method 3000 starts at frame 3001 places, and electronic equipment 150 is positioned in the surveyed area 106 of self-service machine 100, and surveyed area has camera.At frame 3002 places, utilize mechanical finger active electron equipment.At frame 3003 places, to electronic equipment imaging.At frame 3004 places, the imaging one that detects the electronic equipment by being arranged at least one camera acquisition in surveyed area determines whether that electronic equipment has any defect.Determine the value of electronic equipment at frame 3005 places.
Preferably, the method is also included in and determines the value of the electronic equipment electronic equipment of later automatically casing.The method preferably includes the text that utilizes mechanical finger call testing telephone number or alternatively send test telephone number.Text preferably includes the each letter in alphabet, and this allows to determine whole letters functional of keyboard.The method also comprises text, and the text comprises and contain numeral 1 to 10 character string, to allow to determine the functional of whole numerals on keyboard.In addition, mechanical finger can be for sending the text that is included in the each symbol on keyboard.The method also comprises the Photographing Mode of utilizing described mechanical finger to activate described electronic equipment.
Another aspect of the present invention is the device for reclaiming electronic equipment.This device comprises surveyed area, transparent panel, the mechanical finger in surveyed area and the camera of at least one in surveyed area in surveyed area.Mechanical finger is programmed for the electronic equipment of detection and location on transparent panel.Preferably, mechanical finger has the test side being made up of the polymeric material that is similar to human skin.Mechanical finger can sweep on the touch-screen of electronic equipment.Electronic equipment is mobile phone, panel computer or MP3 player.This device preferably includes the mechanical finger with multiple phalanges and joint so that various dimensions motion.In addition, mechanical finger has the rotation base portion for 360 degree motions.In addition, mechanical finger has for vertically mobile oscillator.Mechanical finger comprises multiple modular members so that the dimension of the size and shape to mechanical finger changes.Mechanical finger comprises the electrical connector of the port for being connected to electronic equipment.
Alternative methods of the present invention comprises the mobile phone 150 in the surveyed area 106 that is positioned at self-service machine 100.Utilize mechanical finger mechanism to open mobile phone.Known image is presented in the lcd screen of mobile phone 150.As shown in Figure 19, be the national park such as yosemite for an example that is presented at the known image on LCD screen 153.The known image of alternative is the startup mark of the mobile-phone carrier of all marks of VERIZON as everyone knows or AT & T mark.Can be by self-service machine 100 directly by electrical connector or by making a phone call and wirelessly known image sent to mobile phone to mobile phone 150.Lcd screen 153 is carried out to the detection damaging such as crack, picture element flaw, variable color etc.Self-service machine 100 preferably utilizes optical identification software, by the known image that relatively shows and the known image of storage, detects the defect in the demonstration of 153 pairs of known image of LCD screen.In addition, can also measure the luminous of lcd screen 153, especially telephone number, to determine this luminous whether execution in the grade of the manufacturer's explanation by mobile phone 150.As explanation in further detail below, on mobile phone 150, carry out optional electroanalysis.As explanation in further detail below, determine the value of mobile phone.
As shown in Figure 19, be the national park such as yosemite for an example that is presented at the known image on LCD screen 153.The known image of alternative is the startup mark of the mobile-phone carrier of all marks of VERIZON as everyone knows or AT & T mark.Can be by self-service machine 100 directly by electrical connector or by making a phone call and wirelessly known image sent to mobile phone to mobile phone 150.At frame 3004 places, lcd screen 153 is carried out to the detection damaging such as crack, picture element flaw, variable color etc.Self-service machine 100 preferably utilizes optical identification software, by the known image that relatively shows and the known image of storage, detects the defect in the demonstration of 153 pairs of known image of LCD screen.In addition, can also measure the luminous of lcd screen 153, especially telephone number, to determine this luminous whether execution in the grade of the manufacturer's explanation by mobile phone 150.At frame 3005 places, as explanation in further detail below, on mobile phone 150, carry out optional electroanalysis.At frame 3006 places, as explanation in further detail below, determine the value of mobile phone.
Preferably, analyze mobile phone 150 by self-service machine 100 use vision-based detection and identification software.In a method for optimizing, recognizer is applied to the mobile phone 150 of specific manufacturer and model.The border that vision-based detection and identification software are determined mobile phone 150 under detecting is to determine the external dimensions of mobile phone 150.External dimensions for from be stored in the storer 161 of self-service machine 100 or utilize the master data base of the mobile phone that PERCOM peripheral communication can obtain online to self-service machine 100 determine may mobile phone subset.Then vision-based detection and identification software preferably further distinguish mobile phone 150 by one group of secondary and three grades of features.These secondarys and three grades of features can comprise the layout of the layout of display screen and size, keyboard and size, unique button, layout and other distinguishing characteristics of port.Once determine accurate manufacturer and the model of mobile phone, vision-based detection and identification software are from the image of the figure image subtraction mobile phone 150 of the perfect mobile phone of same manufacturer and model.This result deducting is preferably calibrated to damage or lost part, split the pixel count of the quantification of the type of screen and low etc., medium or high wearing and tearing.
Alternatively, utilize network mode recognition technology to carry out vision-based detection with identification mobile phone 150, then utilize filtering algorithm to determine such as the defect of splitting screen.In addition, the technician in correlative technology field will recognize that in the situation that not departing from scope of the present invention and spirit and can use other vision detection technology.
In addition, vision-based detection comprises the heat signature obtaining for mobile phone 150 alternatively.A method for optimizing of heat signature that obtains mobile phone 150 be grating laser across mobile phone so that the mobile phone 150 of submitting to has heat fade contour feature.Then this heat fade profile is compared with the heat fade profile of the perfect sample for identical mobile phone 150.Heat fade profile represents the wearing and tearing of the outside surface of mobile phone 150, and it is for calculating the economic returns for mobile phone 150.
Another method of the present invention comprises electronic equipment is positioned at and is reclaimed in the surveyed area of self-service machine 100, utilizes mechanical finger mechanism opening electronic equipment and in the lcd screen of electronic equipment, shows known image.Known image on the LCD of electronic equipment screen be stored in the stored copies that reclaims the known image on self-service machine and compare to determine any defect in the LCD screen of electronic equipment and the electronic equipment of defined analysis.The method also comprises the value of determining about the electronic equipment of analyzing.
In an embodiment of the method, known image is the startup image for the operator of electronic equipment.In the embodiment of alternative, known image is the image of national park.The method can also comprise the electroanalysis of carrying out electronic equipment.
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1. for analytical electron equipment and to submitting user's the method for economic returns for described electronic equipment to, described method comprises:
Described electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine; Described surveyed area has at least one camera and near infrared ray LED illumination;
To the ID label imaging of described electronic equipment;
Analyze the information obtaining from the described ID label of described electronic equipment;
Determine the value about described electronic equipment.
2. method according to claim 1, is also included in and determines the value of the described electronic equipment described electronic equipment of later automatically casing.
3. method according to claim 1, also comprises the rear panel and the battery that before the described user of instruction is in being positioned at described inspection area by described electronic equipment, remove described electronic equipment.
4. method according to claim 1, wherein said ID label comprises RFID label, near field communication means, QR label, bar code, text or the ID of manufacturer label.
5. method according to claim 1, wherein said self-service machine also comprises:
Housing; User interface, its on the outside surface of described housing so that described user's input information; Yu Xia chamber, upper chamber, wherein said upper chamber comprises multiple mirrors; Upper chamber camera; Lower chamber camera; Transparent surface; And processor, it communicates by letter in described housing and with described at least one camera, described processor is configured to according to brand and model from electronic equipment described in the image recognition of described at least one camera, and described processor is configured to determine that the economic returns for described electronic equipment is worth.
6. for analytical electron equipment and to submitting user's the method for economic returns for described electronic equipment to, described method comprises:
Electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, described surveyed area has at least one camera;
The Snipping Tool imaging of the page to described electronic equipment;
The described Snipping Tool that detects the described page of the described electronic equipment by being arranged at least one camera acquisition in described surveyed area has any defect to determine whether described electronic equipment; And the value of definite electronic equipment.
7. method according to claim 6, is also included in and determines the value of the described electronic equipment described electronic equipment of later automatically casing.
8. method according to claim 6, the wherein said page be described electronic equipment about the page, and comprise by the information obtaining from described ID label with compare from the described information obtaining about the page.
9. method according to claim 6, also comprises and analyzes the content of the described page and the normal data of the content of the content of described analysis and the described page is compared.
10. method according to claim 6, also comprises other identification factor of the text that extracts on described screen, No. MEID, IMEI number, sequence number or described electronic equipment.
11. 1 kinds for analytical electron equipment and to submitting user's the method for economic returns of described electronic equipment to, and described method comprises:
Electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, described surveyed area has at least one camera;
Utilize mechanical finger to activate described electronic equipment,
To described electronic equipment imaging;
The image that detects the described electronic equipment by being arranged at least one camera acquisition in described surveyed area has any defect to determine whether described electronic equipment; And
Determine the value of electronic equipment.
12. methods according to claim 11, are also included in and determine the value of the described electronic equipment described electronic equipment of later automatically casing.
13. methods according to claim 11, also comprise and utilize described mechanical finger test calls telephone number.
14. methods according to claim 11, wherein said method also comprises the Photographing Mode of utilizing described mechanical finger to activate described electronic equipment.
15. methods according to claim 11, also comprise utilize described mechanical finger with the menu of the described electronic equipment that navigates to expose manufacturer, model or about the page.
16. methods according to claim 11, also comprise and utilize described mechanical finger input test character or test the virtual push button on whole physical button or touch-screen.
17. methods according to claim 16, wherein said test character comprises other key of each letter, punctuate and described electronic equipment in alphabet.
18. methods according to claim 16, wherein said test character comprises the character string that contains numeral 0 to 9.
19. methods according to claim 16, also comprise and utilize described mechanical finger to activate the each function key in described function key.
20. 1 kinds for reclaiming the device of electronic equipment, and described device comprises:
Upper chamber; Lower chamber; Yu Xia chamber, described upper chamber comprises multiple walls, and described multiple walls of described upper chamber are made up of mirror; Transparent surface; And at least one camera, described camera can obtain the multidimensional view that is arranged in the electronic equipment in described device.
21. devices according to claim 20, wherein said transparent surface can rotate, to allow to be arranged in the multidimensional view of the described electronic installation on transparent surface.
22. devices according to claim 20, wherein said upper chamber comprises chamber camera.
23. devices according to claim 20, wherein said lower chamber comprises imaging device.
24. devices according to claim 23, the combination of each and described multiple mirrors of wherein said upper chamber camera and lower chamber camera allows to be arranged in many viewpoints imaging of the described electronic equipment on described transparent surface.
25. devices according to claim 23, the combination of each and described multiple mirrors of wherein said upper chamber camera and lower chamber camera allows to be arranged in the scope of 360 degree of the described electronic equipment on described transparent surface.
26. 1 kinds for reclaiming the device of electronic equipment, and described device comprises:
Surveyed area; Transparent panel in described surveyed area; Mechanical finger; And at least one camera in described surveyed area.
27. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger is programmed for the electronic equipment of test position fix on described transparent panel.
28. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger has the test side being made up of the polymeric material that is similar to human skin.
29. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger can sweep on the described touch-screen of described electronic equipment.
30. devices according to claim 26, wherein said electronic equipment is mobile phone, panel computer or MP3 player.
31. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger has multiple phalanges and joint so that various dimensions motion.
32. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger has the rotation base portion for 360 degree rotations.
33. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger has the actuator for vertical or tangential movement.
34. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger comprises multiple modular members so that the dimension of the size and shape to described mechanical finger changes.
35. devices according to claim 26, wherein said mechanical finger comprises the electrical connector of the port for being connected to described electronic equipment.
36. 1 kinds for analytical electron equipment and to submitting user's the method for economic returns of described electronic equipment to, and described method comprises:
Electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine, described surveyed area has at least one camera;
The Snipping Tool of the known screen of the battery charging screen display to described electronic equipment carries out imaging,
The described Snipping Tool that detects the described known screen of the described battery charging screen display of the described electronic equipment by being arranged at least one camera acquisition in described surveyed area has any defect to determine whether described electronic equipment; And
Determine the value of electronic equipment.
37. 1 kinds for analytical electron equipment and to submitting user's the method for economic returns of described electronic equipment to, and described method comprises:
Electronic equipment is positioned in the surveyed area of self-service machine; Described surveyed area has at least one imaging device and the illumination of non-visible spectrum;
To the ID label imaging of described electronic equipment;
Analyze the information obtaining from the described ID label of described electronic equipment;
Determine the value of described electronic equipment.
38. according to the method described in claim 37, and wherein said illumination is near infrared ray illumination.
39. 1 kinds for reclaiming the device of electronic equipment, and described device comprises:
Surveyed area; Transparent panel in described surveyed area;
Mechanical finger; At least one image-forming block in described surveyed area.
40. 1 kinds for reclaiming the device of electronic equipment, and described device comprises:
Upper chamber; Lower chamber; Yu Xia chamber, described upper chamber comprises multiple walls, and described multiple walls of described upper chamber comprise mirror; Transparent surface; And at least one image-forming block, described image-forming block can obtain the multidimensional view that is arranged in the electronic equipment in described device.
41. 1 kinds for reading the sequence number of mobile phone to follow the tracks of the method for described mobile phone, described method comprises:
Require in described mobile phone, to dial * #06# the user at self-service machine place;
Demonstration screen display at described mobile phone is used for the IMEI number of described mobile phone or unique sequence number; And
Utilize OCR read for the described IMEI number of described mobile phone or unique sequence number with identification and follow the tracks of the described sequence number of described mobile phone by imaging system.
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