SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE MANAGMENT
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1. A method for waste management, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of waste containers, recording a measurement of content within the respective waste container;
extracting a content parameter for the respective content from each measurement;
determining a volume parameter for the respective content from each measurement;
determining a purity index for a material category for each waste container, based on the respective content parameter;
selecting a subset of the plurality of waste containers for retrieval based on the respective material purity index and volume parameter; and
routing a waste removal vehicle to retrieve content from the selected subset of waste containers.
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Abstract
A method for waste management, including recording an image of content within a waste container; extracting a set of content parameters from the image; characterizing the content within the waste container based on the set of content parameters; and routing a waste removal vehicle based on the content characterization.
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1. A method for waste management, comprising:
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for each of a plurality of waste containers, recording a measurement of content within the respective waste container; extracting a content parameter for the respective content from each measurement; determining a volume parameter for the respective content from each measurement; determining a purity index for a material category for each waste container, based on the respective content parameter; selecting a subset of the plurality of waste containers for retrieval based on the respective material purity index and volume parameter; and routing a waste removal vehicle to retrieve content from the selected subset of waste containers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for waste management, comprising:
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recording an image of content within a waste container; extracting a set of content parameters from the image; characterizing the content within the waste container based on the set of content parameters; and routing a waste removal vehicle based on the content characterization. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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