Waste management system having automated waste tracking
First Claim
1. A system for managing an offloading service, comprising:
- a service vehicle, including;
a first lift device configured to dispose of waste material contained in the service vehicle at a disposal site, the first lift device including one or more lift arms and one or more actuators; and
at least one sensor comprising one of a load cell, a force gauge, a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, and a camera and configured to generate a service signal indicative of an onloading service being performed; and
an identity detection device configured to generate an identity signal associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site;
a scale configured to generate a weight signal indicative of an amount of waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service; and
at least one processor in communication with the identity detection device and the scale, the at least one processor being configured to;
monitor a location of the service vehicle using a locating device;
determine a first waste material type based on determining a first location of the service vehicle, the first location corresponding with a service site and the first waste material type;
correlate the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle previously performed the onloading service based on the identity signal and based on the service signal from the at least one sensor;
determine a price based on the weight signal, the first waste material type, and the identity signal; and
automatically generate an invoice including the determined price for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for managing an offloading service performed by a service vehicle at a disposal site. The system may have an identity detection device configured to generate an identity signal associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site, a scale configured to generate a weight signal indicative of an amount of waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service, and at least one processing unit in communication with the identity detection device and the scale. The at least one processing unit may be configured to correlate the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle previously performed an onloading service based on the identity signal, and automatically generate an invoice for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service.
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1. A system for managing an offloading service, comprising:
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a service vehicle, including; a first lift device configured to dispose of waste material contained in the service vehicle at a disposal site, the first lift device including one or more lift arms and one or more actuators; and at least one sensor comprising one of a load cell, a force gauge, a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, and a camera and configured to generate a service signal indicative of an onloading service being performed; and an identity detection device configured to generate an identity signal associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site; a scale configured to generate a weight signal indicative of an amount of waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service; and at least one processor in communication with the identity detection device and the scale, the at least one processor being configured to; monitor a location of the service vehicle using a locating device; determine a first waste material type based on determining a first location of the service vehicle, the first location corresponding with a service site and the first waste material type; correlate the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle previously performed the onloading service based on the identity signal and based on the service signal from the at least one sensor; determine a price based on the weight signal, the first waste material type, and the identity signal; and automatically generate an invoice including the determined price for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for managing an offloading service, the method comprising:
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generating, by a service vehicle including a first lift device configured to dispose of waste material contained in the service vehicle at a disposal site, the first lift device including one or more lift arms and one or more actuators, a service signal indicative of an onloading service being performed, the service signal generated by at least one sensor comprising one of a load cell, a force gauge, a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, and a camera; generating an identity signal using an identity detection device associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site; monitoring using a processor in communication with the identity detection device and a scale, a location of the service vehicle using a locating device; determining a first waste material type based on determining a first location of the service vehicle, the first location corresponding with a service site and the first waste material type;
disposing of the waste material by activating the first lift device of the service vehiclegenerating a weight signal using the scale indicative of an amount of the waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service; correlating the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle previously performed the onloading service based on the identity signal and based on the service signal; determining a price based on the weight signal, the first waste material type, and the identity signal; and automatically generating an invoice including the determined price for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method of managing an offloading service, the method comprising:
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generating, by a service vehicle including a first lift device configured to dispose of waste material contained in the service vehicle at a disposal site, the first lift device including one or more lift arms and one or more actuators, a service signal indicative of an onloading service performed by the service vehicle, the service signal being generated by at least one sensor comprising one of a load cell, a force gauge, a pressure sensor, a motion sensor, and a camera; monitoring using a processor in communication with an identity detection device and a scale, a location of the service vehicle using a locating device; determining a first waste material type based on determining a first location of the service vehicle, the first location corresponding with a waste material site and the first waste material type; generating an identity signal using the identity detection device associated with the service vehicle at the disposal site; generating a location signal indicative of a location of the service vehicle during the onloading service;
activating the first lift device of the service vehicle to dispose of the waste materialgenerating a weight signal using the scale indicative of an amount of waste material disposed of by the service vehicle at the disposal site during the offloading service; correlating the weight signal to a customer for which the service vehicle performed the onloading service based on the identity signal, the service signal, and the location signal; determining a price based on the weight signal, the first waste material type, and the identity signal; automatically generating an invoice including the determined price for the customer for the onloading service and for the offloading service; automatically generating payment to the disposal site based on the identity signal and the weight signal; automatically generating payment to a service provider responsible for the service vehicle based on the determined price; and automatically updating an account record of at least, one of the customer and the service provider based on the determined price, the identity signal, the weight signal, the service signal, the location signal, and correlating of the weight signal to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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