Waste management system having unscheduled stop monitoring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016379152-A1
Application number	US-201615185404-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Jun 23, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system is disclosed for managing services of a service vehicle. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, and at least one sensor configured to generate a second signal indicative of a waste service being completed by the service vehicle. The system may further have a computing device in communication with the locating device and the at least one sensor. The computing device may be configured to receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle at a plurality of target locations, and to make a determination that the service vehicle has stopped at a non-target location based on the plurality of target locations and at least one of the first and second signals. The computing device may further be configured to selectively generate an electronic response based on the determination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for managing waste services performed by a service vehicle, comprising:
a locating device disposed onboard the service vehicle and configured to generate a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle; at least one sensor disposed onboard the service vehicle and configured to generate a second signal indicative of a waste service being completed by the service vehicle; and a computing device in communication with the locating device and the at least one sensor, the computing device being configured to:
receive a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle at a plurality of target locations;
make a determination that the service vehicle has stopped at a non-target location based on the plurality of target locations and on at least one of the first and second signals; and
selectively generating an electronic response based on the determination.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one of a lift sensor and an acoustic sensor.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the computing device is further configured to determine, based on the second signal, that a waste service has been performed at the non-target location while the service vehicle is stopped; and the electronic response is generated based further on performance of the waste service.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is configured to determine that the waste service has been performed based on a comparison of the second signal with known data corresponding to expected waste services normally performed by the service vehicle.

5 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is configured to collect the second signal only when the computing device determines that the service vehicle has stopped.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is configured to collect the second signal only when the service vehicle is determined to have been stopped for an amount of time greater than a threshold time.

7 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the electronic response includes a request for input from an operator confirming that the waste service was performed.

8 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the electronic response includes alerting a back office of the service vehicle stopping at the non-target location and performance of the waste service.

9 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the computing device is further configured to selectively adjust an uncompleted remainder of the route assignment.

10 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the waste service includes at least one of a receptacle being emptied into the service vehicle, the receptacle being loaded onto the service vehicle, or the receptacle being offloaded from the service vehicle.

11 . A method for managing waste services performed by a service vehicle, the method comprising:
generating a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle; generating a second signal indicative of a waste service being performed by the service vehicle; determining a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle at a plurality of target locations; making a determination that the service vehicle has stopped at a non-target location based the plurality of target locations and on at least one of the first signal and the second signal; and selectively generating an electronic response based on the determination.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further including determining, based on the second signal, that a waste service has been performed at the non-target location while the service vehicle is stopped, wherein selectively generating the electronic response includes selectively generating the electronic response based further on the waste service being performed.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein generating the second signal indicative of a waste service being completed includes generating the second signal indicative of at least one of a force, a motion, or a sound associated with a receptacle being dumped into or loaded onto the service vehicle.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein determining that the waste service has been performed includes determining that the waste service has been performed based on a comparison of the second signal with known data corresponding to expected waste services normally performed by the service vehicle.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further including collecting the second signal only when the service vehicle is determined to have stopped.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein collecting the second signal includes collecting the second signal only when the service vehicle is determined to have been stopped for an amount of time greater than a threshold time.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein selectively generating the electronic response includes selectively generating a request for input from an operator confirming that the waste service was performed.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein selectively generating the electronic response includes selectively alerting a back office of the service vehicle stopping at the non-target location and performance of the waste service.

19 . The method of claim 12 , further including selectively adjusting an uncompleted remainder of the route assignment.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method of waste management by a service vehicle, the method comprising:
generating a first signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle; generating a second signal indicative of a waste service being completed by the service vehicle; determining a route assignment including waste services to be performed by the service vehicle at a plurality of target locations; determining that the service vehicle has stopped at a non-target location based on the first signal and the plurality of target locations; determining, based on the second signal, that a waste service has been performed at the non-target location while the service vehicle is stopped; and selectively generating an electronic response based on performance of the waste service.

Assignees

• Rubicon Global Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Rodoni Philip

Classifications

• G06Q10/063114

  Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group · CPC title

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title

• G01C21/3476

  using point of interest [POI] information, e.g. a route passing visible POIs · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G06Q10/06398 Primary

  Performance of employee with respect to a job function · CPC title