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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John W. Barrs, II, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Arun K. Ramamurthy, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Massimo Terpolilli, Cary, NC (US);
Loan Vo, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mail receptacle platform is configured to receive and to stack mail, and rotate to collect new mail. The mail receptacle includes a retained mail compartment, a discarded mail compartment, a video camera configured to capture video within a general mail receptacle compartment, an extendible arm including a mail grabber, the extendible arm is connected to an actuator configured to be actuated based on control signals, to place a particular piece of mail for viewing by the video camera, and to sort mail retained by the mail receptacle platform into one of the retained mail compartment and the discarded mail compartment, and a control interface configured to receive control signals and transmit video captured by the video camera. The control interface includes: a receiver, a transmitter and a power source.