System and Method of Monitoring Vehicle Disposal of Regulated Substances
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1. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles, comprising:
- receiving data indicative of events including presence in an authorized pickup zone, taking on a load and presence in an authorized disposal zone; and
processing the data with an algorithm to produce an alert indicative of an unauthorized load disposal wherein the algorithm, in order to avoid producing an alert, include determining that at least a first set of events for a vehicle, including presence in an authorized pickup zone and taking on of a load therein, are followed by a second event for the vehicle, including presence in an authorized disposal zone, before taking on of a subsequent load.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles including processing data indicative of sequences of events, the events preferably including presence in authorized pickup zones, picking up of loads, and presence in authorized disposal zones, and possibly including disposals of loads and amount of load carried or load capacity taken on.
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1. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles, comprising:
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receiving data indicative of events including presence in an authorized pickup zone, taking on a load and presence in an authorized disposal zone; and processing the data with an algorithm to produce an alert indicative of an unauthorized load disposal wherein the algorithm, in order to avoid producing an alert, include determining that at least a first set of events for a vehicle, including presence in an authorized pickup zone and taking on of a load therein, are followed by a second event for the vehicle, including presence in an authorized disposal zone, before taking on of a subsequent load. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
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2. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles, comprising:
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receiving data indicative of events including presence in an authorized pickup zone, taking on a load, presence in an authorized disposal zone and a load disposal; and processing the data with an algorithm to produce an alert indicative of an unauthorized load disposal wherein the algorithm, in order to avoid producing an alert, includes determining that a load disposal following a first set of events for a vehicle, wherein the first set of events includes presence in an authorized pickup zone and taking on of a load therein, occurs in an authorized disposal zone. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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9. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles, comprising:
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receiving at one or more processors data that, at least in combination with other data, is indicative of (A) presence in an authorized pickup site;
(B) presence in an authorized disposal site; and
(C) operation of vehicle hardware or equipment associated with picking up of a load or disposing of a load, the latter picking up or disposing operations including at least one of data indicative of operation of (1) the vehicle power take-off, (2) the vehicle load intake valve;
(3) the vehicle dump valve and (4) the vehicle scales;sequencing at least some of (A), (B) and (C); and processing (A), (B) and (C) in light of the capacity to sequence and an algorithm in order to create alerts of probable unauthorized disposals.
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10. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by vehicles, comprising:
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communicating to a processor vehicle related data indicative of vehicle events, the vehicle events including;
(1) presence in an authorized pickup zone;
(2) presence in an authorized disposal zone; and
at least one of;
(3) operation of a vehicle power take off;
(4) operation of a vehicle load intake valve;
(5) operation of a vehicle load dump valve and (6) operation of vehicle scales;sequencing, at least in part, the communicated data in accordance with an algorithm in order to create an alert to investigate a probable unauthorized disposal of a substance by a vehicle.
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13. A method of monitoring unauthorized disposals of substances by trucks, comprising:
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receiving directly or indirectly
1) truck location event data, including data indicating directly or indirectly presence in an authorized pick-up zone and presence in an authorized disposal zone and/or absence of such presence; and
2) truck operational event data including data indicating directly or indirectly a truck pick-up event or a truck dump event; andprocessing the data using an algorithm taking into account, directly or indirectly, a sequencing of events including an event of a presence or absence in an authorized pick-up zone or authorized disposal zone and a pick-up and/or a dump operation for enabling producing an alert to investigate a probable unauthorized disposal of a substance. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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