A system is disclosed for managing waste services performed by a service vehicle. The system may have a locator mounted to the service vehicle and configured to generate a location signal, a sensor mounted at a waste opening of the service vehicle and configured to generate a receptacle signal, and a processor in communication with the locator and the receptacle sensor. The processor may be programmed to determine, based on the location signal, operation of the service vehicle in a service mode and, during operation in the service mode, automatically detect, based on the receptacle signal, existence of a waste receptacle at the waste opening. The processor may also be programmed to responsively generate an electronic output based on the detection.
G05B 13/04 - Adaptive control systems, i.e. systems automatically adjusting themselves to have a performance which is optimum according to some preassigned criterion electric involving the use of models or simulators
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
A municipal solid waste or recycling facility tip assessment system, controller, and computer program provide remediation for environmental contaminant items dumped at a municipal solid waste or recycling facility. The controller monitors image stream(s) from image capturing device(s) positioned to have a field of view of a haul vehicle unloading waste or recycling articles that creates a hauler-load at a tip location. The controller recognizes within the image stream(s), based on the library, an image of a environmental contaminant item included in the waste articles. The controller generates an environmental contaminant item record that aggregates time, location, and image data that establish that the origin of the recognized environmental contaminant item was the haul vehicle. The controller transmits an alert to the prohibited waste remediation system based on the recognized environmental contaminant item record.
A system is disclosed for monitoring waste collected by a service vehicle. The system may include a sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal indicative of an acceleration of the service vehicle, an output device, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the output device. The controller may be configured to receive the acceleration signal from the sensor after collection of the waste from a service stop. The controller may be further configured to determine an amount of the waste collected by the service vehicle from the service stop based on the acceleration signal, and to relay the amount of the waste to the output device.
B65F 3/00 - Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
B65F 3/02 - Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse with means for discharging refuse receptacles thereinto
G01G 9/00 - Methods of, or apparatus for, the determination of weight, not provided for in groups
G01G 19/03 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing during motion
H04W 4/38 - Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes for collecting sensor information
A system is provided for use in managing waste services performed by a service vehicle. The system may include a sensor configured to capture during completion of a waste service activity an image of waste set out for retrieval by the service vehicle, a portal, and a processor in communication with the sensor and the portal. The processor may be configured to execute instructions stored in memory to receive from a consumer via the portal at least one of a picture and a description of a desired item, to recognize an object in the image captured by the sensor, to make a determination regarding matching of the object with the desired item, and to selectively cause a notification to be displayed on the portal based on the determination.
A system is disclosed for monitoring waste collected by a service vehicle. The system may include a lift actuator configured to cause lifting of the waste, a power takeoff driven by a powertrain of the service vehicle to power the lift actuator, and a sensor configured to generate a speed signal indicative of a speed of the powertrain. The system may also include an output device, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the output device. The controller may be configured to receive the speed signal from the sensor, determine an amount of waste lifted by the lift actuator based on the speed signal, and relay the amount of waste to the out put device.
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
B65F 3/00 - Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse
G08G 1/00 - Traffic control systems for road vehicles
A system is disclosed for managing services at a customer location. The system may have at least one offboard utility meter, a communication device, and a controller in communication with the at least one offboard utility meter via the communication device. The controller may be configured to receive information from the at least one offboard utility meter during a waste service activity at the customer location by a waste service vehicle and to determine based on the information from the at least one offboard utility meter a fee associated with at least one utility service provided at the customer location. The controller may also be configured to generate at least one invoice for the waste service activity and for the fee associated with the at least one utility service.
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
G08B 25/10 - Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems characterised by the transmission medium using wireless transmission systems
G08C 17/02 - Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
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WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING ROADWAY CONDITION DETECTION
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a memory with computer-executable instructions stored thereon, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to receive, via a first portal, sensor data and location data associated with a service vehicle; to make a determination based on the location data of whether the service vehicle is stopped or moving; and based on the determination, to selectively show on a second portal, confirmation of a service activity completed by the service vehicle or an irregularity in a roadway traveled by the service vehicle corresponding to the sensor data.
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle on a roadway, a communication device, and a controller in communication with the locating and communication devices. The controller may be configured to determine a side of the roadway at which a first target location is currently being serviced by the service vehicle, and to determine based on the signal from the locating device a proximity of the service vehicle to a second target location at which the waste services are to be performed. The second target location may be on the same side of the roadway as the first target location. The controller may also be configured to automatically provide via the communicating device an estimated time of arrival to a customer corresponding to the second target location, based on the proximity.
A system is disclosed for tracking receptacles serviced by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device located onboard the at least one service vehicle and configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the at least one service vehicle, a receptacle sensor located onboard the at least one service vehicle and configured to generate an identity signal indicative of an identity of a receptacle in a vicinity of the at least one service vehicle, and a display. The system may also have at least one controller in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the display. The at least one controller may be configured to show on the display an icon representing the receptacle overlaid on a map based on the location and identification signals.
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
10.
SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATED ROUTE DETECTION AND APP INITIATION
A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed, an input device, and a controller in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The controller may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made at least one service stop based on the location and service signals, and to make a comparison of characteristics of the at least one service stop with characteristics of at least one service stop of at least one known service route. Based on the comparison, the controller may be further configured to selectively transmit the recorded characteristics offboard the service vehicle.
A system is disclosed for managing waste services by a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, a sensor configured to generate a service signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle, an input device, and a processing unit in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device. The processing unit may be configured to make a determination that the service vehicle has made a plurality of service stops based on the location and service signals, and to automatically generate at least one service route including the plurality of service stops. The processing unit may also be configured to display the at least one service route and the plurality of service stops on a map in at least one graphical user interface on the input device.
A receptacle is disclosed for containing waste. The waste receptacle may have a container with at least one opening, and a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of rubbish being deposited through the at least one opening. The waste receptacle may also have a public-use device operatively connected to the container, and a controller in communication with the sensor and the public-use device. The controller may be configured to selectively provide access to the public-use device based on the signal.
A receptacle is disclosed for containing waste. The waste receptacle may include a container having a side surface connected to, surrounding, and extending normal to a lower surface. The waste receptacle may also include a false bottom disposed inside the container and having a rigid plate-like body, and a flexible liner connected to a perimeter of the rigid plate-like body. The flexible liner may extend toward an opening of the container. The waste receptacle may further include at least one support configured to support the false bottom a distance away from the lower surface of the container.
B62B 1/02 - Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheels; Equipment therefor in which the wheel axis is disposed between the load and the handles
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle, a motion tracking device wearable by an management personnel of the service vehicle, and a controller in communication with the locating and motion tracking devices. The controller may be configured to determine based on the signal a proximity of the service vehicle to a target location at which the waste services are to be performed, and to monitor an activity of the management personnel via the motion tracking device when the proximity of the service vehicle is within a threshold proximity of the target location. The controller may also be configured to automatically flag the target location in memory as having been serviced based on the monitored activity of the management personnel.
A system is disclosed for auditing waste retrieved by a service vehicle. The system may have an optical sensor mountable onboard the service vehicle and configured to capture image data associated with the waste as the waste falls into the service vehicle during completion of a waste service activity. The system may also have at least one controller in communication with the optical sensor and being configured to generate at least one of an alert and a recommendation regarding a mix of the waste based on the image data.
A tool is disclosed for use in managing waste services, The tool may have an interface configured to receive input from a user indicative of an on-demand service request. The tool may also have a communication device, and a controller in electronic communication with the interface and die communication device, The controller may be configured to transmit a waste management command to a remote service provider via the communication device based on the input.
G11C 7/16 - Storage of analogue signals in digital stores using an arrangement comprising analogue/digital [A/D] converters, digital memories and digital/analogue [D/A] converters
G11C 7/22 - Read-write [R-W] timing or clocking circuits; Read-write [R-W] control signal generators or management
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WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAVING AUTOMATED WASTE TRACKING
A system is disclosed for managing an offloading service performed by a service vehicle at a disposal site. The system may have an identity detection device configured to generate an identity signal associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site, a scale configured to generate a weight signal indicative of an amount of waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service, and at least one processing unit in communication with the identity detection device and the scale. The at least one processing unit may be configured to correlate the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle previously performed an onloading service based on the identity signal, and automatically generate an invoice for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service.
G01G 19/02 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles
G01G 19/08 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for incorporation in vehicles
A system is disclosed for managing waste. The system may have a first portal configured to receive input indicative of a customer service opportunity, a second porta! configured to receive input indicative of a vendor's acceptance of the customer service opportunity, and a central processing unit in electronic communication with the first and second portals. The central processing unit may be configured to determine, from a list of registered vendors stored in memory, a shorter list of vendors capable of accommodating the customer service opportunity. The central processing unit may also be configured to offer the customer service opportunity to at least one vendor on the shorter list of vendors via the second portal, to receive an acceptance from the at least one vendor via the second portal to accommodate the customer service opportunity, and to automatically generate at least one contract based on the acceptance.
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
(1) Computer application software for mobile phones, namely, software to manage, track, facilitate and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste used to facilitate cost-efficient waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing; Computer application software for mobile phones, namely, software to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services (1) Business consulting services in the field of waste management, recycling, and environmental and social sustainability, and excluding leadership training of any kind on critical global business issues
(2) Waste management
(3) Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable cloud computing software to manage, track, facilitate and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste used to facilitate cost-efficient waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable cloud computing software to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services
21.
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APP FOR MANAGING WASTE SERVICES
A system is disclosed for providing a waste management app. The system may have a locating device disposed onboard a service vehicle and configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, an input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle, and to track movement of the service vehicle during performance of the waste services based on the first signal, The controller may also be configured to provide a graphical user interface for display on the input device, listing the waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and showing a location of the service vehicle relative to at least one location at which the waste services are to be performed.
H04W 4/029 - Location-based management or tracking services
G08G 1/0968 - Systems involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle
G01G 19/03 - Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in groups for weighing wheeled or rolling bodies, e.g. vehicles for weighing during motion
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
35 - Advertising and business services
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
(1) Mobile application software to manage and track waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing, and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste so as to improve cost efficiency; mobile application software to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services; cloud-based computing software, namely, software to manage and track waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing, and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste so as to improve cost efficiency; cloud-based platform to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services (1) Business consulting services in the field of waste management, recycling and environmental and social sustainability; waste management
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
40 - Treatment of materials; recycling, air and water treatment,
Goods & Services
(1) Mobile application software to manage and track waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing, and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste so as to improve cost efficiency; mobile application software to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services; cloud-based computing software, namely, software to manage and track waste management and recycling programs, optimize trash-hauler routing, and monitor the pick-up and disposal of trash, recyclable materials, and waste so as to improve cost efficiency; cloud-based platform to facilitate ordering of waste management services, reporting and viewing of sustainability metrics and performance, and billing and invoicing of waste management services (1) Waste management
(1) Business consulting services in the field of waste management and recycling, and excluding leadership training of any kind on critical global business issues.
(1) Business consulting services in the field of waste management and recycling, and excluding leadership training of any kind on critical global business issues.
