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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2021
Sidewalk Labs Llc, New York, NY (US);
Rohit Thomas Aggarwala, New York, NY (US);
Anand Naga Babu, New York, NY (US);
Jesse Shapins, New York, NY (US);
Matthew Eli Breuer, New York, NY (US);
Violet Whitney, Long Island City, NY (US);
Daniel Henry Vanderkam, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Michael Constantine Mattheakis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Amanda Meurer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Sidewalk Labs LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.