# US 2024/0203264 A1 · Methods and internet of things systems for managing garbage treatment device in smart cities

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- Number: US 2024/0203264 A1
- Document ID: US20240203264A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/153,331
- Filed: 2023-01-11
- Published: 2024-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-15
- Assignees: Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Zehua SHAO; Bin LIU; Yaqiang QUAN; Yong LI; Xiaojun WEI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240203264A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal
- G08G 1/207: {with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries}
- G06Q 10/06315: {Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis}
- G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching}
- G06Q 10/08355: {Routing methods}
- G16Y 10/35: Utilities, e.g. electricity, gas or water
- 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
- 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})
- G16Y: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE INTERNET OF THINGS [IoT]

## Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and Internet of Things (IoT) systems for managing a garbage treatment device in a smart city. The method may be executed based on a management platform of the IoT system for managing the garbage treatment device in the smart city. The method may include: obtaining a garbage accumulation condition in a target area; determining at least one sub-area in the target area as at least one garbage point to be treated based on the garbage accumulation condition; and determining, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area. The garbage truck dispatching plan may include: a type of at least one garbage truck to be dispatched, and a departure time of the at least one garbage truck.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for managing a garbage treatment device in a smart city, executed based on a management platform of an Internet of Things (IoT) system for managing the garbage treatment device in the smart city, comprising:
obtaining a garbage accumulation condition in a target area;
determining, based on the garbage accumulation condition, at least one sub-area in the target area as at least one garbage point to be treated; and
determining, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area, wherein the garbage truck dispatching plan includes: a type of at least one garbage truck to be dispatched, and a departure time of the at least one garbage truck.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the garbage accumulation condition includes a historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at a plurality of historical moments; and
the determining, based on the garbage accumulation condition, at least one sub-area in the target area as at least one garbage point to be treated comprises:
predicting, based on the historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at the plurality of historical moments, a garbage increment of each sub-area at a future moment; and
determining, based on the historical garbage volume and the garbage increment of each sub-area, the at least one garbage point to be treated.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the predicting, based on the historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at the plurality of historical moments, a garbage increment of each sub-area at a future moment comprises:
predicting, based on the historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at the plurality of historical moments and a historical pedestrian volume sequence, the garbage increment of each sub-area at the future moment, wherein the historical pedestrian volume sequence is determined based on pedestrian volume corresponding to the sub-area at the plurality of historical moments.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the determining, based on the historical garbage volume and the garbage increment of each sub-area, the at least one garbage point to be treated comprises:
determining, based on the historical garbage volume and the garbage increment of each of sub-area, a treatment demand degree of each of sub-area; and
determining, based on the treatment demand degree of each of sub-area, the at least one garbage point to be treated.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area comprises:
constructing, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a departure point of the garbage truck, and road network information of the target area, a garbage treatment map corresponding to the target area, wherein
a node of the garbage treatment map includes a departure point node and an intersection node, the departure point node corresponding to the departure point of the garbage truck, and the intersection node corresponding to a street intersection in the target area;
a node feature of the node of the garbage treatment map includes: whether the node is a garbage point to be treated, a historical garbage volume, and a garbage increment at a future moment;
an edge of the garbage treatment map corresponds to a street in the target area;
an edge feature of the edge of the garbage treatment map includes: whether the edge is a garbage point to be treated, the historical garbage volume, and the garbage increment at a future moment; and
determining, based on the garbage treatment map, the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the determining, based on the garbage treatment map, the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area comprises:
determining at least one garbage treatment sub-map based on the garbage treatment map, wherein each of the at least one garbage treatment sub-map includes the at least one departure point node;
determining, based on the garbage treatment sub-map, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the departure point of the garbage truck corresponding to the departure point node in the garbage treatment sub-map, and determining a garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map; and
determining, based on the garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to each of the at least one garbage treatment sub-map, the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the determining at least one garbage treatment sub-map based on the garbage treatment map comprises:
determining, based on the departure point node of the garbage treatment map, at least one initial garbage treatment sub-map, wherein each of the at least one initial garbage treatment sub-map includes the at least one departure point node;
taking the intersection node of the garbage treatment map as a node to be distributed, and selecting, based on a preset screening mode, a target node from the node to be distributed;
determining, based on a target function value of the target node relative to each of the at least one initial garbage treatment sub-map, the initial garbage treatment sub-map to which the target node belongs;
determining a new target node, and repeating the operations until the initial garbage treatment sub-maps to which all the nodes to be distributed belong are determined; and
taking each of the initial garbage treatment sub-maps after the operations as a final garbage treatment sub-map.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the garbage truck dispatching plan further includes a garbage truck route; and
the determining a garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map comprises:
determining a route starting from the departure point node of the garbage treatment sub-map and traversing the garbage point to be treated in the garbage treatment sub-map in an area corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map as the garbage truck route; and
determining, based on the garbage truck route, the garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
feeding back the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area to a user.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the IoT system for managing the garbage treatment device in the smart city further includes a user platform, a service platform, a sensor network platform, and an object platform, wherein
the object platform is configured to obtain the garbage accumulation condition;
the sensor network platform is configured to transmit the garbage accumulation condition to the management platform;
the sensor network platform includes several sensor network sub-platforms;
the management platform includes a general database of the management platform and several management sub-platforms;
the service platform is configured to feed back the garbage truck dispatching plan to the user through the user platform;
the service platform includes several service sub-platforms;
each of the several sensor network sub-platforms, each of the several management sub-platforms, and each of the several service sub-platforms are corresponding to the target area; and
the general database of the management platform communicates with the several sensor network sub-platforms corresponding to the several management sub-platforms through the several management sub-platforms.

### Claim 11

An Internet of Things (IoT) system for managing a garbage treatment device in a smart city comprising a user platform, a service platform, a management platform, a sensor network platform, and an object platform, wherein
the object platform is configured to obtain a garbage accumulation condition in a target area;
the sensor network platform is configured to transmit the garbage accumulation condition in the target area obtained by the object platform to the management platform; and
the management platform is configured to:
determine, based on the garbage accumulation condition, at least one sub-area in the target area as at least one garbage point to be treated; and
determine, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area, wherein the garbage truck dispatching plan includes: a type of at least one garbage truck to be dispatched, and a departure time of the at least one garbage truck; and
the service platform is configured to feed back the garbage truck dispatching plan to a user through the user platform.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein
the sensor network platform includes several sensor network sub-platforms;
the management platform includes a general database of the management platform and several management sub-platforms;
the service platform includes several service sub-platforms;
each of the several sensor network sub-platforms, each of the several management sub-platforms, and each of the several service sub-platforms are corresponding to the target area; and
the general database of the management platform communicates with the several sensor network sub-platforms corresponding to the several management sub-platforms through the several management sub-platforms.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the garbage accumulation condition includes a historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at a plurality of historical moments; and
the management platform is further configured to:
predict, based on the historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at the plurality of historical moments, a garbage increment of each of sub-area at a future moment; and
determine, based on the historical garbage volume and the garbage increment of each of sub-area, the at least one garbage point to be treated.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the management platform is further configured to:
predict, based on the historical garbage volume of each sub-area in the target area at the plurality of historical moments and a historical pedestrian volume sequence, the garbage increment of each of sub-area at the future moment, wherein the historical pedestrian volume sequence is determined based on pedestrian volume corresponding to the sub-area at the plurality of historical moments.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The system of claim 13, wherein the management platform is further configured to:
determine, based on the historical garbage volume and the garbage increment of each of sub-area, a treatment demand degree of each of sub-area; and
determine, based on the treatment demand degree of each of sub-area, the at least one garbage point to be treated.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the management platform is further configured to:
construct, based on the at least one garbage point to be treated, a departure point of the garbage truck, and road network information of the target area, a garbage treatment map corresponding to the target area, wherein
a node of the garbage treatment map includes a departure point node and an intersection node, the departure point node corresponding to the departure point of the garbage truck, and the intersection node corresponding to a street intersection in the target area;
a node feature of the node of the garbage treatment map includes: whether the node is a garbage point to be treated, a historical garbage volume, and a garbage increment at a future moment;
an edge of the garbage treatment map corresponds to a street in the target area;
an edge feature of the edge of the garbage treatment map includes: whether the edge is a garbage point to be treated, the historical garbage volume, and the garbage increment at a future moment; and
determine, based on the garbage treatment map, the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The system of claim 16, wherein the management platform is further configured to:
determine at least one garbage treatment sub-map based on the garbage treatment map, wherein each of the at least one garbage treatment sub-maps includes the at least one departure point node;
determine, based on the garbage treatment sub-map, a garbage truck dispatching plan of the departure point of the garbage truck corresponding to the departure point node in the garbage treatment sub-map, and determine a garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map; and
determine, based on the garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to each of the at least one garbage treatment sub-map, the garbage truck dispatching plan of the target area.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The system of claim 17, wherein the management platform is further configured to:
determine, based on the departure point node of the garbage treatment map, at least one initial garbage treatment sub-map, wherein each of the at least one initial garbage treatment sub-maps includes the at least one departure point node;
take the intersection node of the garbage treatment map as a node to be distributed, and select, based on a preset screening mode, a target node from the node to be distributed;
determine, based on a target function value of the target node relative to each of the at least one initial garbage treatment sub-map, the initial garbage treatment sub-map to which the target node belongs;
determine a new target node, and repeating the above operations until the initial garbage treatment sub-maps to which all the nodes to be distributed belong are determined; and
take each of the initial garbage treatment sub-maps after the operations as a final garbage treatment sub-map.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The system of claim 17, wherein the dispatching plan further includes: a garbage truck route; and
the management platform is further configured to:
determine a route starting from the departure point node of the garbage treatment sub-map and traversing the garbage point to be treated in the garbage treatment sub-map in an area corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map as the garbage truck route; and
determine, based on the garbage truck route, the garbage truck dispatching plan corresponding to the garbage treatment sub-map.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions, wherein when reading the computer instructions in the storage medium, a computer implements the method for managing a garbage treatment device in a smart city according to claim 1.