# US 11,906,319 B2 · System, method, and app for managing waste services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,319 B2 - Document ID: US11906319B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/658,400 - Filed: 2022-04-07 - Published: 2022-11-24 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-23 - Assignees: Rubicon Technologies Holdings, LLC - Applicants: Rubicon Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Philip Rodoni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906319B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/362: {received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application} - G01C 21/3407: {specially adapted for specific applications} - G01C 21/343: {Calculating itineraries (travelling salesman problem G06Q10/04; optimisation of routes G06Q10/047)} - G01C 21/36: Input/output arrangements for on-board computers - G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)} - G01S 5/0027: {of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile} - G01S 5/0294: {Trajectory determination or predictive filtering, e.g. target tracking or Kalman filtering} - G01S 19/42: Determining position - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06Q 10/06311: {Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group} - G06Q 10/0833: Tracking - G06Q 50/10: Services - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching} - G08G 1/207: {with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - Y02W 90/00: Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for providing a waste management app, comprising: an input device onboard a service vehicle coupled to a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor being configured to generate a first signal associated with waste services that are performed by the service vehicle and the second sensor being configured to generate a second signal associated with characteristics of waste material inside one or more receptacles; and a controller in communication with a locating device onboard the service vehicle configured to generate a third signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to: determine the characteristics of waste material inside the one or more receptacles based on the second signal to determine a type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determine an assigned route of the service vehicle based on the type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determine completion of waste services along the assigned route based on the first signal and the third signal; and cause a graphical user interface (GUI) on board the service vehicle to display a listing of waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and provide an indication of which waste services have been completed. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is an acoustic sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is an accelerometer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second sensor is a camera. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second sensor is one of a group of devices, comprising an infrared (IR) sensor, RADAR sensor, and LIDAR sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to cause the GUI to display the location of the service vehicle relative to the location at which waste services are to be performed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is configured to detect one or more of a group comprising engagement conditions, cycle completion of list arms, and cycle completion of an in-bed compactor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the first sensor is configured to detect during lifting, dumping, or shaking of the one or more receptacles. ### Claim 9 A method for providing a waste management app, the method comprising: generating a first signal associated with performance of one or more waste services from a first sensor and a second signal associated with location of a service vehicle from a locating device; generating a third signal associated with characteristics of waste material inside one or more receptacles using a second sensor onboard the service vehicle; determining the characteristics of waste material inside the one or more receptacles based on the third signal to determine a type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determining an assigned route of the service vehicle based on the type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determining completion of waste services along the assigned route based on the first signal and the second signal; and causing a graphical user interface (GUI) on board the service vehicle to display a listing of waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and providing an indication of which waste services have been completed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising determining conditions surrounding the one or more receptacles using a fourth signal from the second sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the conditions surrounding the one or more receptacles are determined before servicing by the service vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the second sensor is a camera. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the second sensor is one of a group of devices, comprising an infrared (IR) sensor, RADAR sensor, and LIDAR sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: tracking movement of the service vehicle based on the second signal; making a determination that the service vehicle is approaching a particular location at which waste services are to be performed based on the tracking; and in response to the determination, causing the graphical user interface to display information associated with the particular location. ### Claim 15 A system for providing waste management app, comprising: a controller in communication with a first sensor, a second sensor, and a locating device, wherein the controller is configured to: generate a first signal associated with performance of one or more waste services from a first sensor and a second signal associated with location of a service vehicle from a locating device; generate a third signal associated with characteristics of waste material inside one or more receptacles using a second sensor onboard the service vehicle; determine the characteristics of waste material inside the one or more receptacles based on the third signal to determine a type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determine an assigned route of the service vehicle based on the type of waste material inside the one or more receptacles; determine completion of waste services along the assigned route based on the first signal and the second signal; and cause a graphical user interface (GUI) on board the service vehicle to display a listing of waste services from the route assignment to be performed by the service vehicle and providing an indication of which waste services have been completed. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the third signal includes a photograph. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the second sensor is a RADAR or LIDAR sensor.