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US 12,103,181 B2Granted
Garbage box, garbage collection system, and garbage collection method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKunihiro Iwamoto, Yutaro Takagi, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
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Abstract
A garbage box includes an opening-closing unit and a switch on a predetermined surface, the switch being a switch by which the opening-closing unit is opened. The garbage box is installed such that the predetermined surface faces a base surface with a predetermined interval from the base surface, the base surface being a floor surface or a ground surface.
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A garbage collection system including a garbage box and an autonomous mobile robot,
- the garbage box including an opening-closing unit and a switch on a predetermined surface, the switch being a switch by which the opening-closing unit is opened,
- the garbage box being installed such that the predetermined surface faces a base surface with a predetermined interval from the base surface, the base surface being a floor surface or a ground surface,
- the autonomous mobile robot moving to a position of the garbage box,
- the autonomous mobile robot operating the switch, and
- the autonomous mobile robot collecting the garbage in the garbage box.
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A method for collecting garbage in a garbage box,
- the garbage box including an opening-closing unit and a switch on a predetermined surface, the switch being a switch by which the opening-closing unit is opened,
- the garbage box being installed such that the predetermined surface faces a base surface with a predetermined interval from the base surface, the base surface being a floor surface or a ground surface,
- an autonomous mobile robot moving to a position of the garbage box,
- the autonomous mobile robot operating the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.