Human look-alike electronic filing cabinet and a system thereof
The present invention relates to a human look-alike electronic file cabinet. The electronic file cabinet is configured to provide a secure filing system in offices and to replace paper-filing cabinets. The cabinet includes cameras as the eyes and nose, microphone as mouth, two filing slots for dispensing files and receiving files, a fingerprint analysis screen for authorizing users for interacting with the cabinet, speakers, paper shredder, and trash receptacle. The microphone captures user voice requests and accordingly a processor operates the cabinet for dispensing a requested file or digitally storing a re-filed file. The cabinet can be a part of electronic filing system connecting a plurality of cabinets to a central cloud server. The cabinet can understand different languages and can contact emergency services when required.
1. A filing cabinet for receiving files from and dispensing files to authorized users, the filing cabinet comprising:
a housing having a face, a first dispensing slot, and a second receiving slot;
wherein said face having a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and a mouth;
wherein said pair of eyes having cameras therein comprising a field of view for recording video proximal to said filing cabinet;
wherein said pair of ears having integrated speakers therein for playing out audible instructions and notifications for a user of said filing cabinet; and
further wherein said mouth having at least one microphone for capturing audible instructions of the user of said cabinet.
2. The filing cabinet of claim 1 , wherein said cameras detect and authorize a user of said filing cabinet.
3. The filing cabinet of claim 1 , wherein said housing resembles an office professional from a front side.
4. The filing cabinet of claim 1 further comprising a fingerprint detection screen on said housing for scanning a fingerprint of the user and authorizing access to said filing cabinet.
5. The filing cabinet of claim 4 , wherein said fingerprint detection screen is selected from a group consisting of an optical scanner, a thermal scanner, a capacitive scanner, an E-field sensor, and an ultrasonic scanner.
6. The filing cabinet of claim 1 , wherein said microphone is a directional microphone that spatially filters received sound so that sounds arriving from said field of view of said cameras are accepted and sounds arriving from other directions are rejected.
7. The filing cabinet of claim 6 , wherein said first dispensing slot disposed on a front side of said housing for dispensing a file.
8. The filing cabinet of claim 6 , wherein said received sound comprises a file request from the user.
9. The filing cabinet of claim 8 , wherein said filing cabinet locates a digital file corresponding to said file request and dispenses said digital file to the user.
10. The filing cabinet of claim 9 , wherein the dispensing of said digital file to the user comprises sending electronically said digital file to an email address of the user.
11. The filing cabinet of claim 8 , wherein said filing cabinet locates a physical file corresponding to said file request and dispenses said physical file to the user.
12. The filing cabinet of claim 1 , wherein said second receiving slot disposed on said front side of said housing for receiving a file.
13. The filing cabinet of claim 12 , wherein said file is a digital file.
14. The filing cabinet of claim 12 , wherein said file is a physical file.
15. A filing cabinet for receiving files from and dispensing files to authorized users, the filing cabinet comprising:
a housing having a face, a first dispensing slot, a second receiving slot, and a paper shredder;
wherein said face having a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and a mouth;
wherein said pair of eyes having cameras therein comprising a field of view for recording video proximal to said filing cabinet;
wherein said pair of ears having integrated speakers therein for playing out audible instructions and notifications for a user of said filing cabinet;
wherein said mouth having at least one microphone for capturing audible instructions of the user of said cabinet; and
further wherein said paper shredder having a paper shredder slot for receiving papers for shredding including a trash receptacle thereunder.
16. The filing cabinet of claim 15 , wherein said housing having wheels mounted to a bottom surface of said housing for mobility of said housing.
17. The filing cabinet of claim 15 , wherein said housing mounted to a floor for preventing movement of said housing.
18. A filing cabinet for receiving files from and dispensing files to authorized users; the filing cabinet comprising:
a housing having a face, a first dispensing slot, and a second receiving slot;
wherein said face having a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, and a mouth;
wherein said pair of eyes having cameras therein comprising a field of view for recording video proximal to said filing cabinet;
wherein said pair of ears having integrated speakers therein for playing out audible instructions and notifications for a user of said filing cabinet;
wherein said mouth having at least one microphone for capturing audible instructions of the user of said cabinet;
a fingerprint detection screen on said housing for scanning a fingerprint of the user and authorizing access to said filing cabinet; and
a processor having a multi core processor, a graphic processing unit (GPU), and an application processor (AP) for executing the receiving files and for executing the dispensing files.
19. The filing cabinet of claim 18 further comprising a paper shredder, wherein said paper shredder having a paper shredder slot for receiving papers for shredding.
20. The filing cabinet of claim 18 further comprising a printer module, wherein said printer module prints said dispensing files.