Service verification system
AssigneeRehrig Pacific Company
InventorsJason Crawford Miller, Rahul Agarwal, Robert Lee Martin, JR.
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Abstract
A service verification system includes at least one collection truck including a hopper for receiving material and at least one camera positioned and oriented to image a container to be emptied into the hopper. At least one server receives images from the at least one camera. The collection truck may include an RFID reader configured to read RFID tags on containers to be emptied into the hopper. The server receives identification information from the RFID reader associated with the images from the camera. The images may be triggered upon the reading of the RFID tag, or by activation of a lift arm lifting the container, or manually by a driver.
Claims19
A collection vehicle comprising:
- a hopper for receiving material, the hopper having an opening and an interior volume;
- an RFID reader positioned proximate the opening to the hopper and configured to read an RFID tag on a container to be emptied into the hopper;
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- at least one camera on the vehicle, wherein the at least one camera is positioned and oriented to image the container.
A service verification system comprising:
- at least one collection truck including a hopper for receiving material and at least one camera positioned and oriented to image a container to be emptied into the hopper;
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- at least one server receiving images from the at least one camera.
A method for collecting material from containers including:
- a) reading an identifier on a first container;
- b) lifting the first container;
- c) transferring the material from the first container to a hopper on a truck;
- d) capturing a first image of the first container based upon at least one of steps a) to c);
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- e) associating the first image with the first container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.