# US 12,110,175 B2 · Distributed monitoring system and waste management system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,175 B2 - Document ID: US12110175B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/116,982 - Filed: 2020-12-09 - Published: 2021-03-25 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-23 - Assignees: Xorro Pty Ltd - Applicants: Xorro Pty Ltd - Inventors: Len Luxford - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110175B2 ## CPC - B65F 1/14: Other constructional features; {Accessories}(holders or carriers for hand articles A45F5/00; fastening devices E05C) - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 10/08: Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management - G06Q 50/26: Government or public services (business processes related to the transportation industry G06Q50/40) - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - B65F 2210/128: Data transmitting means - B65F 2210/1443: Electrical - B65F 2210/168: Sensing means - B65F 2210/184: Weighing means - B65F 2210/20: Temperature sensing means - G01F 17/00: Methods or apparatus for determining the capacity of containers or cavities, or the volume of solid bodies (measuring linear dimensions to determine volume G01B) - G01F 23/00: Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm - H04Q 2209/20: using a distributed architecture - H04Q 2209/84: Measuring functions - B65F: GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE (disinfecting refuse A61L; refuse disintegrators B02C; sorting refuse B03B; B07B; handcarts for transporting refuse receptacles B62B; sack holders B65B67/00; converting refuse into fertilisers C05F; converting refuse into solid fuels C10L; sewers, cesspools E03F; arrangements in buildings for the disposal of refuse E04F17/10; refuse-consuming furnaces F23G; {for surgical articles A61B50/36}) - 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 - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME ## Abstract A monitoring system comprises a plurality of monitoring stations disposed in or associated with a respective rubbish bin housing or surround. Each monitoring station comprising an identifier, a sensor for monitoring the bin or a detectable quality of the environment in which the bin is located, a processor for receiving a signal from the sensor and a transmitter for transmitting the signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A detection system for a rubbish receiving bin, the detection system comprising: a sensor positioned so as to sense the level of rubbish in the bin and for creating a signal representing the sensed rubbish level in the bin; an output for transmitting the level of rubbish in the bin; a receiver of the transmitted output; a transmitter for sending a signal to a personal device of a rubbish collector, the signal comprising a representation of the level of rubbish; wherein the personal device comprises a display configured to present the level of rubbish in the bin as an overlaid image on an image of the bin. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the signal to the personal device when the personal device is proximal to the bin. ### Claim 3 A method of a waste collection comprising receiving a signal representing a rubbish level and an identifier of the bin from each bin; determining the position of a waste collector and whether a bin that is proximate to the waste collector has reached the predetermined level based on the received level signals and bin identifiers; indicating to the waste collector whether the proximate bin is to be emptied based on whether the proximate bin has reached the predetermined level; and determining whether the waste collector has attended to the collection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, wherein the step of indicating to the waste collector comprises transmitting information to the waste collector for display on a personal device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, wherein the step of indicating to the waste collector comprises transmitting information to the waste collector for display on an in-vehicle device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, wherein the step of indicating to the waste collector comprises transmitting information to the waste collector for display as an electronic map on a display device, wherein the electronic map is updated showing the proximate bin has been collected from. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, wherein the step of indicating to the waste collector comprises transmitting the rubbish level to the waste collector for display of the rubbish level as an augmented reality on a display device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A method according to claim 7, wherein the augmented reality indicates the level of rubbish in the bin or whether the bin is to be emptied or not as an image overlaid on an image of the bin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A method according to claim 8, wherein the step of indicating to a personal device carried by a waste collector is triggered when the waste collector is proximal to the bin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A method according to claim 8, wherein the step of indicating to the personal device of the waste collector comprises displaying an indicia of the rubbish level on an augmented reality on the display device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) A method according to claim 6, wherein the step of indicating to the personal device of the waste collector comprises displaying an indicia on a map display device. ### Claim 12 A method of waste collection comprising receiving a signal representing a rubbish level and an identifier of the bin from each bin; determining which bins have reached a predetermined level of rubbish therein from the received level signals and bin identifiers; determining the location of those bins that have reached the predetermined level; determining the position of a waste collector and whether a bin that has reached the predetermined level is proximate to the waste collector; indicating to the waste collector whether a respective bin determined to the proximate to the waste collector is to be emptied based on whether the proximate bin has reached the predetermined level; and determining whether the waste collector has attended to the collection.