Apparatus And Method For Recycling Mobile Phones

Abstract

A recycling kiosk for recycling and financial remuneration for submission of a mobile telephone is disclosed herein. The recycling kiosk includes an inspection area with a plurality of white walls in order to perform a visual analysis of the mobile telephone for determination of a value of the mobile telephone. The visual analysis inspects the LCD screen of the mobile phone to determine if the LCD screen is damaged. The recycling kiosk also includes a processor, a display and a user interface.

1 . A recycling kiosk for analysis of a mobile phone and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the mobile phone, the recycling kiosk comprising:
 a housing;   a user interface on an exterior of the housing;   an inspection area in the housing and having a plurality of white walls;   at least one camera disposed in the inspection area;   a processor within the housing and in communication with the at least one camera, the processor configured to identify a mobile phone placed within the inspection area based on at least one of the information from the user and an at least one image from the at least one camera, the processor configured to perform a visual analysis of the display of the mobile phone, and the processor configured to determine a financial remuneration value for the mobile phone.   
     
     
         3 . The recycling kiosk according to  claim 1  further comprising an electrical connection to connect to the mobile phone and perform electrical analysis of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         4 . A recycling kiosk for analysis of a mobile phone and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the mobile phone, the recycling kiosk comprising:
 a housing;   a user interface on an exterior of the housing;   an inspection area in the housing and having a plurality of white walls;   at least one camera disposed in the inspection area;   a processor within the housing and in communication with the at least one camera, the processor configured to identify a mobile phone placed within the inspection area based on at least one of the information from the user and an at least one image from the at least one camera, the processor configured to perform a visual analysis of a LCD screen of the mobile phone when a term is displayed on the LCD screen of the mobile phone, the term comprising a plurality of characters, the processor configured to inspecting an image of the LCD screen of the mobile phone obtained by at least one camera disposed in the inspection area utilizing an optical character recognition program of the recycling kiosk to determine if the LCD screen of the mobile phone has any defects and to define an analyzed mobile phone, and the processor configured to determine a financial remuneration value for the analyzed mobile phone.   
     
     
         5 . The recycling kiosk according to  claim 4  wherein the term is a telephone number. 
     
     
         8 . The recycling kiosk according to  claim 4  wherein the term is a word. 
     
     
         9 . A recycling kiosk for analysis of an electronic device and financial remuneration to a user for submission of the electronic device, the recycling kiosk comprising:
 a housing;   a user interface on an exterior of the housing;   an inspection area in the housing and having a plurality of white walls;   at least one camera disposed in the inspection area;   a processor within the housing and in communication with the at least one camera, the processor configured to identify an electronic device placed within the inspection area based on at least one of the information from the user and an at least one image from the at least one camera, the processor configured to perform a visual analysis of a LCD screen of the electronic device when a term is displayed on the LCD screen of the electronic device, the term comprising a plurality of characters, the processor configured to compare a known image on the LCD screen of the electronic device with a stored duplicate of the known image stored on the recycling kiosk to determine any defects in the LCD screen of the electronic device, and the processor configured to determine a financial remuneration value for the electronic device.   
     
     
         13 . The recycling kiosk according to claim  12  wherein the known image is a start-up image for the carrier of the mobile phone. 
     
     
         14 . The recycling kiosk according to claim  12  wherein the known image is an image of a national park.