# US 12,008,506 B1 · System and method for customer and/or container discovery based on GPS drive path and parcel data analysis for a waste / recycling service vehicle

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- Number: US 12,008,506 B1
- Document ID: US12008506B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 17/824,740
- Filed: 2022-05-25
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-09
- Assignees: Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
- Applicants: Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
- Inventors: Sergiy Savchenko; Hemachandra Pillutla; Eugene Munoz; Kenneth Simonelic
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008506B1

## CPC

- G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental}
- G01S 5/0027: {of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile}
- G01S 19/14: specially adapted for specific applications
- G01S 19/256: {relating to timing, e.g. time of week, code phase, timing offset}
- G01S 19/42: Determining position
- G01S 19/52: Determining velocity
- G06Q 10/0639: Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
- G06Q 10/06395: {Quality analysis or management}
- G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal
- G06Q 50/26: Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40)
- G06V 20/56: exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- Y02W 90/00: Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation
- 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})
- 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
- 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
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- 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 and method for vehicle drive path analysis for a waste/recycling service vehicle are provided. The system and method can enable identifying of the customers and/or container locations for waste and recycling collection routes using vehicle drive path analysis and parcel data analysis. Some non-limiting properties that can be derived from the analysis include the customer location, address of customers, and/or the locations of containers at the customer location.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of analyzing service route data for a waste or recycling service vehicle on a service route, the method comprising:
collecting location information for the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a locating device capable of satellite communications associated with the vehicle;
identifying a vehicle stop point from the collected location information to determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services at the vehicle stop point, wherein the vehicle stop point for a residential stop comprises an exact vehicle stop point identified by determining that latitude and longitude location information is the same for two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device, and wherein the vehicle stop point for a commercial stop comprises an interpolated vehicle stop point identified by determining that the calculated speed of the vehicle between two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device is less than a predetermined value;
associating the vehicle stop point to a parcel to determine the street address;
determining whether the vehicle is providing collection services to a street address associated with the vehicle stop point;
associating the street address with stored customer related contract and stored customer information;
displaying, on an electronic viewing portal, the street address and an image captured by an optical sensor on the vehicle at the vehicle stop point; and
making the electronic viewing portal available for viewing by a user to confirm whether the street address is associated with the stored customer information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying, on the electronic viewing portal, of the street address further comprises displaying an indicator of whether the street address is linked to the stored customer information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying, on the electronic viewing portal, of the street address further comprises displaying an indicator of whether the street address is not linked to the stored customer information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the image captured by the optical sensor comprises one or more of a video image and a photo image associated with the street address.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the locating device capable of satellite communications is a global positioning system (GPS).

### Claim 6

A system for analyzing service route data for a waste or recycling service vehicle on a service route, the system comprising:
a waste or recycling service vehicle having an optical sensor disposed thereon;
a memory storage area; and
a processor in communication with the memory storage area and configured to:
collect location information for the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a locating device capable of satellite communications associated with the vehicle;
identify a vehicle stop point from the collected location information to determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services at the vehicle stop point, wherein the vehicle stop point for a residential stop comprises an exact vehicle stop point is identified by determining that latitude and longitude location information is the same for two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device, and wherein the vehicle stop point for a commercial stop is an interpolated vehicle stop point is identified by determining that the calculated speed of the vehicle between two consecutive-in-time communications from the locating device is less than a predetermined value;
associate the vehicle stop point to a parcel to determine the street address;
determine whether the vehicle is providing collection services to a street address associated with the vehicle stop point;
associate the street address with stored customer related contract and stored customer information; and
display, on an electronic viewing portal, the street address and an image captured by the optical sensor at the vehicle stop point, such that a user can view the electronic viewing portal and confirm whether the street address is associated with the stored customer information.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined value is associated with slow vehicle movement.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined value is 0.5 miles per hour.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the predetermined value is associated with slow vehicle movement.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein the predetermined value is 0.5 miles per hour.