ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,530, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to WasteVision LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Processing of refuse contamination media captured by cameras" was invented by Phil Lamb (Eagle, Colo.), Barry Sanders (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Anthony Peter Genovese (Southborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system for identifying individual materials from waste streams are disclosed. A request can be received from a requester to assess waste within a waste container. Media in the form at least one of still images or video streams can be accessed from at least one camera located in association with a waste container. The media can be tr...