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US 12,002,002 B1Granted
Trash routing system
OwnerAndrew David Jenkinsinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus includes solar panels. The apparatus includes a battery system. The top surface of the battery system attaches to a bottom surface of the solar panels, and a bottom surface of the battery system has blocks that fit through apertures within the grooves of a dumpster lid. The apparatus includes a sensor system. The sensor system is attached to a bottom surface of the battery system, and a top surface of the sensor system has a corrugated design that fits into the bottom surface of the battery system. The apparatus includes a microprocessor. The microprocessor sends electronic information to a computing device. The electronic information includes one or more electronic images, and distance information between a top surface of garbage within a dumpster and a bottom surface of the sensor system.
Claims12
A garbage pickup routing system, comprising:
- a dumpster with a dumpster lid;
- solar panels;
- a battery system, wherein a top surface of the battery system attaches to a bottom surface of the solar panels, and
- wherein a bottom surface of the battery system has blocks that are configured to fit through apertures within the grooves of the dumpster lid;
- a sensor system, wherein the sensor system is configured to attach to a bottom surface of the dumpster lid,
- wherein a top surface of the sensor system has a corrugated design that fits into the bottom surface of the dumpster lid, and
- wherein the battery system is configured to send power to the sensor system;
- a camera, wherein the camera is configured to automatically take one or more images that are taken at particular time intervals;
- a first computing device and a computer database with electronic historical information;
- a second computing device, wherein the second computing device is configured to:
- generate and send electronic dumpster capacity information to the first computing device,
- wherein the electronic dumpster capacity information includes:
- a dumpster location,
- the one or more electronic images from the camera, and
- electronic distance information about a distance between a top surface of garbage within a dumpster and a bottom surface of the sensor system;
- a routing system, wherein the routing system is attached to a garbage truck;
- a garbage truck sensor, wherein the garbage truck sensor is configured to send truck electronic capacity information to the routing system,
- and wherein the routing system is configured to send the electronic truck capacity information and garbage truck location to the first computing device,
- wherein the first computing device is configured to:
- receive the electronic truck capacity information and the electronic dumpster capacity information,
- simultaneously receive additional electronic dumpster capacity information from another dumpster,
- analyze the electronic truck capacity information, the electronic dumpster capacity information, the additional electronic dumpster capacity information, the dumpster location, and the truck location, and
- determine a particular route of the garbage truck based on the analysis of the electronic truck capacity information and the electronic dumpster capacity information, the additional electronic dumpster capacity information, the garbage truck location, and the dumpster location.
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A method comprising:
- attaching solar panels to a top surface of a battery system, wherein the battery system is mounted on top of a dumpster lid that is part of a dumpster;
- wherein a bottom surface of the battery system has blocks that are configured to fit within grooves of the dumpster lid;
- attaching a sensor system to the bottom surface of the dumpster lid, wherein a top surface of the sensor system has a corrugated design that fits into the bottom surface of the dumpster lid;
- generating, by the sensor system, electronic distance information, wherein the electronic distance information is about a distance between a top surface of garbage within a dumpster and a bottom surface of the sensor system and
- sending, by the computing device, the electronic distance information to another computing device;
- taking, by a camera;
- electronic images of the dumpster interior, wherein the electronic images are taken at particular time intervals which occur automatically;
- sending, by the computing device, the electronic images to the other computing device;
- sending, by the computing device, electronic dumpster capacity information to the other computing device;
- sending, by the computing device, dumpster location;
- determining, by a garbage truck sensor system, a garbage truck capacity;
- sending, by a routing system, based on the garbage truck capacity, electronic truck capacity information to the other computing device;
- sending, by the routing system, garbage truck location to the other computing device;
- analyzing, by the other computing device, the truck capacity electronic information and the dumpster capacity electronic information, the dumpster location, and the garbage truck location,
- simultaneously receiving, by the other computing device, additional electronic dumpster capacity information from another dumpster
- determining, by the other computing device, a first particular route of the garbage truck based on the analysis of the truck capacity electronic information, the dumpster capacity electronic information, the additional electronic dumpster capacity information, the garbage truck location, and the dumpster location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.