System for operating a waste container and method for transferring data from a waste container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12096210-B2
Application number	US-201916718623-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2019
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for operating a waste container comprising a waste container which has an electronic control device, a first communication interface for transmitting and receiving data and a storage device, and a server which is remote from the waste container and has a second communication interface, wherein usage data can be stored in the storage device by the control device after use of the waste container, wherein the first communication interface has no device for direct data transmission to the second communication interface, wherein an indirect first data transfer between the first communication interface and the second communication interface and/or between the second communication interface and the first communication interface can be initiated via at least one further communication interface, which is provided in a further communication device, which is not associated with the waste container, wherein the stored usage data are transferable via the first data transfer to the server.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a waste container including an electronic control device and at least one internal device;
a first communication interface for transmitting and receiving data;
a storage device; and
a server remote from the waste container and including a second communication interface,
wherein the control device stores usage data in the storage device after use of the waste container, wherein the first communication interface has no device for direct data transmission to the second communication interface, wherein an indirect first data transfer is initiable between at least one of the first communication interface and the second communication interface and between the second communication interface and the first communication interface via at least one further communication interface that is provided in a further communication device, wherein the further communication device is not associated with the waste container, wherein the stored usage data are transferable via the indirect first data transfer to the server, wherein at least the control device generates control data that are transferable to the at least one internal device through the first communication interface, wherein data included in the indirect first data transfer includes an access list comprising authorization data of users for an offline usage, wherein the access list is stored in the storage device for offline use, and wherein the offline use comprises a user identification between a receiving device capable of receiving identification data and an identification device.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first communication device disposed in an emptying or service vehicle and comprising a third communication interface capable of performing the indirect first data transfer, wherein the indirect first data transfer between the first and the third communication interface takes place via a first communication channel.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a portable data processing device assigned to a user and comprising a third communication interface capable of performing the indirect first data transfer, wherein the transfer of data between the first and the third communication interface takes place via a first communication channel.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein, for identifying a user before the use of the waste container, a second data transfer is initiable between the first communication interface and a third communication interface and a subsequent third data transfer is initiable between the third communication interface and the second communication interface of the server, wherein the second data transfer between the first communication interface and the third communication interface takes place via a first communication channel, and wherein the third data transfer between the third communication interface and the second communication interface takes place via an a second communication channel.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste container comprises the receiving device, wherein a third data transfer takes place via a first communication channel between the receiving device and the first communication interface, wherein the third data transfer is unidirectional or bidirectional, and wherein, before a use of the waste container, the identification data for identifying a user is sent as a fourth data transfer between the receiving device and the identification device by a second communication channel.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste container comprises at least one sensor device, wherein a third data transfer takes place via a first communication channel between the at least one sensor device and the first communication interface, and wherein the third data transfer is unidirectional or bidirectional.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control data are further transferable to at least one external device from the first communication interface by a second data transfer, wherein the second data transfer takes place via a first communication channel and is unidirectional or bidirectional, wherein the control data are further generated at least partially by a sensor device, and wherein the at least one internal device or the at least one external device is an actuator, a locking device, a display device, an output device or a fire extinguisher.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the indirect first data transfer via the first communication channel is based on wireless technology, wherein the wireless technology has a range below 50 cm, and wherein the wireless technology is selected from a group comprising a near field communication (NFC) technology, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, a wireless-local area network (WLAN) technology, a device pairing technology, and an optical transmission technology.

9. The system of claim 2 , wherein the data transfer between a third communication interface and the second communication interface takes place via a seventh communication channel, wherein a second data transfer takes place between a fourth communication interface and the second communication interface via a second communication channel, wherein the second communication channel is based at least partially on a wireless technology with a maximum range of over 1 kilometer (km), and wherein the wireless technology is based on a transmission technology selected from a group comprising a wireless-local area network (WLAN) connection, a wireless connection, a mobile connection, a 2G connection, a 3G connection, a general packet radio service (GPRS) connection, a 4G connection, and a 5G connection.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the further communication device has a data processing device which is used for modulation of data for transmission on different communication channels and/or for a coding and/or for a decoding of the data received by the first communication interface or the second communication interface before the data are forwarded to the second communication interface or the first communication interface, respectively.

11. A method for data transmission between a waste container which has an electronic control device and at least one internal device, a first communication interface for transmitting and receiving data, a storage device, and a server remote from the waste container and having a second communication interface, the method comprising the steps of:
establishing a data connection by a communication channel between the first communication interface and a further communication interface of a further communication device that is not part of the waste container;
authorizing the data connection;
generating, by at least the electronic control device, control data;
initiating an indirect first data transfer between at least one of the first communication interface and the second communication interface and between the second communication interface and the first communication interface via the further communication interface; and
initiating a second data transfer of the control data from the electronic control device to the at least one internal device through the first communication interface,
wherein data included in the indirect first data transfer includes an access list comprising authorization data of users for offline usage, wherein the access list is stored in the storage device for offline use, and wherein the offline use comprises a user identification between a receiving device capable of receiving identification data of a user and an identification device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the indirect first data transfer occurs on a first communication channel between the first co

Assignees

• Emz Hanauer Gmbh & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Salomon Alexander
• Janssen Raoul
• Hahn Gabi
• Lindner Johannes
• Schmid Michael
• Söldner Andreas

Classifications

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• G06Q10/30

  Administration of product recycling or disposal · CPC title

• B65F2210/128

  Data transmitting means · CPC title

• B65F1/1484

  relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means · CPC title

• Y02W90/00

  Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation · CPC title