System having automated route detection and app initiation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9766086-B1
Application number	US-201615294319-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 14, 2016
Priority date	Oct 14, 2016
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for managing waste services by a service vehicle, comprising:
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 controller in communication with the locating device, the sensor, and the input device, the controller being configured to:
make a determination that the service vehicle has made at least one service stop based on the location and service signals;
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, selectively record the characteristics of all stops in the at least one known service route; and
transmit the recorded characteristics offboard the service vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one known service route includes a plurality of known service routes stored in memory; and
the at least one service stop includes a plurality of sequential service stops.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is one of a lift sensor, a camera, and an acoustic sensor.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the input device is mobile; and
the controller is configured to make the determination only when the input device is within a threshold proximity of the service vehicle.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the input device is one of a smartphone or a tablet.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to selectively call to a foreground of the input device a graphical user interface displaying information associated with the at least one known service route based on the comparison.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the information associated with the at least one known service route includes a schedule of service stops to be completed by the service vehicle.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the at least one known service route further includes a map showing a location of the service vehicle relative to the service stops in the schedule.

9. They system of claim 7 , wherein the information associated with the at least one service route further includes instructions regarding each of the service stops in the schedule.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to update account records associated with the at least one service stop based on the location signal, the service signal, and the comparison.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of the at least one service stop include at least one of a service location, a date of service, a time of service, a duration of service, a type of service completed, a size of receptacle serviced, an amount of waste material received, and a type of waste material received.

Assignees

• Rubicon Global Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Rodoni Philip

Classifications

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• B65F3/00

  Vehicles particularly adapted for collecting refuse (vehicles in general B60; driving vehicle equipment or auxiliaries B60K; discharging contents by tilting entire vehicles B65G; wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F7/10) · CPC title

• G01C21/3676

  Overview of the route on the road map · CPC title