System and method for managing waste services
First Claim
1. A system for managing waste services, comprising:
- a wearable device configured to generate a first signal indicative of motion of management personnel;
a locating device configured to generate a second signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle;
an electronic transmitter-receiver on-board the service vehicle configured to receive local wireless signals corresponding to a target location and generate a third signal identifying a unique transmitter and a strength of a local wireless signal from the target location to the service vehicle; and
a controller on-board the service vehicle in communication with the locating device and the wearable device, the controller being configured to;
determine based on the second signal a proximity of the service vehicle to the target location at which one or more waste services are to be performed;
automatically monitor an activity of the management personnel to be tracked via the wearable device attached to the management personnel, the wearable device including a motion sensor and a transmitter configured to wirelessly broadcast signals, in response to the proximity of the service vehicle being within a threshold proximity of the target location;
receive the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel from the wearable device by the management personnel;
correlate the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel to service activity patterns;
determine based on the correlation of the first signal to the service activity patterns, completion of a first service activity; and
automatically flag the target location in a memory as having been serviced based on the completion of the first service activity at the target location based on activity of the wearable device exceeding a threshold.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for managing waste services. The system may have a locating device configured to generate a signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle, a motion tracking device wearable by an management personnel of the service vehicle, and a controller in communication with the locating and motion tracking devices. The controller may be configured to determine based on the signal a proximity of the service vehicle to a target location at which the waste services are to be performed, and to monitor an activity of the management personnel via the motion tracking device when the proximity of the service vehicle is within a threshold proximity of the target location. The controller may also be configured to automatically flag the target location in memory as having been serviced based on the monitored activity of the management personnel.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for managing waste services, comprising:
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a wearable device configured to generate a first signal indicative of motion of management personnel; a locating device configured to generate a second signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; an electronic transmitter-receiver on-board the service vehicle configured to receive local wireless signals corresponding to a target location and generate a third signal identifying a unique transmitter and a strength of a local wireless signal from the target location to the service vehicle; and a controller on-board the service vehicle in communication with the locating device and the wearable device, the controller being configured to; determine based on the second signal a proximity of the service vehicle to the target location at which one or more waste services are to be performed; automatically monitor an activity of the management personnel to be tracked via the wearable device attached to the management personnel, the wearable device including a motion sensor and a transmitter configured to wirelessly broadcast signals, in response to the proximity of the service vehicle being within a threshold proximity of the target location; receive the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel from the wearable device by the management personnel; correlate the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel to service activity patterns; determine based on the correlation of the first signal to the service activity patterns, completion of a first service activity; and automatically flag the target location in a memory as having been serviced based on the completion of the first service activity at the target location based on activity of the wearable device exceeding a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17)
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9. A method for managing waste services, comprising:
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receiving a first signal indicative of motion of management personnel; generating a second signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; determining based on the second signal a proximity of the service vehicle to a target location at which one or more waste services are to be performed; receiving via an electronic transmitter-receiver on-board the service vehicle local wireless signals corresponding to the target location; generating a third signal identifying a unique transmitter and a strength of a local wireless signal from the target location to the service vehicle; automatically monitoring an activity of management personnel to be tracked via a wearable device by the management personnel in response to the proximity of the service vehicle being within a threshold proximity of the target location; correlating the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel to service activity patterns; determining based on the correlation of the first signal to the service activity patterns, completion of a first service activity; and automatically flagging the target location as having been serviced based on activity of the wearable device exceeding a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable programming instructions for performing a method of waste service management, the method comprising:
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receiving a first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel from a wearable device by the management personnel; generating a second signal indicative of a location of a service vehicle; determining based on a strength of local wireless signals broadcast from the target location, a proximity of a service vehicle to a target location at which one or more waste services are to be performed; generating a third signal identifying a unique transmitter and a strength of the local wireless signals broadcast from the target location to the service vehicle; automatically monitoring activity of the management personnel to be tracked via the wearable device by the management personnel in response to the strength of the local wireless signals broadcast being above a threshold strength; correlating the first signal indicative of motion of the management personnel to service activity patterns; determining based on the correlation of the first signal to the service activity patterns, completion of a service activity; and automatically flagging the target location as having been serviced based on activity of the wearable device exceeding a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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