Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trash collection management systems and methods
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Application No.: US17135227Application Date: 2020-12-28
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Publication No.: US11952212B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Doug Moore , Abhishek Sharma , Laura Elliott , Raina Kumar , Gwen Hickey , Jash Patel , Angela Ayers , Eric H. Wingfield
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- Main IPC: B65F5/00
- IPC: B65F5/00 ; B25J9/16 ; B25J11/00 ; G06Q50/26

Abstract:
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for trash collection management. In an example embodiment, a dumpster monitoring apparatus may determine that an amount of garbage in a dumpster exceeds a threshold level (such as, for example, above a full-level marked on the dumpster). If the garbage exceeds the threshold level, the dumpster monitoring apparatus automatically transmits a request to a dumpster management apparatus to dispatch a garbage truck. In an example scenario, the dumpster monitoring apparatus may further determine that a current location of the dumpster is stationed is inaccessible to the garbage truck. Consequently, the dumpster monitoring apparatus may automatically transmit a request to a robot vehicle (such as robotic forklift) to move the dumpster from the current location to a new location that is accessible to the garbage truck. The dumpster monitoring apparatus may then inform the dumpster management apparatus of the new location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220204259A1 TRASH COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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