System and method for registering of refuse collection

• US 9,378,489 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2012
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daprox AB (Dametric AB)
• Original Assignee: Daprox AB (Dametric AB)
• Inventors: kerblom, Bengt, Hemln, Mikael
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Brian
• Application Number:
  US14/367,126
• Publication Number:
  US 20140347166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/1484 relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10534 Scanner to be worn on a finger or on a wrist
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/00 Registering or indicating the condition or the working of machines or other apparatus, other than vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/00 Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation

Abstract

The invention shows s system (1) and a method for registering a collection of refuses from a refuse bin (19) to a refuse collection lorry (3). The refuse bin is provided with an information carrier (21) which is adapted to send information upon reception of an electromagnetic signal. An interrogator (9) and a registering unit (4) are provided on a holder (15), which is attachable to a person (23) who collects the refuse. The interrogator (9) is adapted to send an electromagnetic signal and to receive information from the information carrier (21). The registering unit (4) is connected to the interrogator (9) and is able to register information received from the interrogator (9).

Claims

1. A system for registering a collection of refuses from a refuse bin to a refuse collection lorry, the system comprising:

an information carrier provided on the refuse bin, which information carrier is adapted to send information upon receipt of an electromagnetic signal,

an interrogator adapted to send an electromagnetic signal and to receive information from the information carrier,

a registering unit connected to the interrogator, which registering unit is able to register information received from the interrogator, wherein the interrogator and the registering unit are provided on a holder that is attachable to a person, wherein the holder comprises an accelerometer, wherein the accelerometer is connected to the interrogator, wherein the accelerometer unit is adapted to identify a defined movement indicative of refuse collection performed by the person, and upon identification of the defined movement send a request to the interrogator to send an electromagnetic signal to the information carrier.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the holder is a bracelet.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the registering unit is connected to a sound generator provided on the holder, which sound generator is adapted to emit a sound when the registering unit has registered the information received from the interrogator.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the information carrier is an RFID tag and the interrogator is an RFID reader.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the defined movement indicative of refuse collection comprises one or more of a horizontal, a vertical, and a circular movement.

6. A method for registering a collection of refuses from a refuse bin provided with an information carrier to a refuse collection lorry, wherein the collection is performed manually by a person, comprising:

connecting an accelerometer unit to the interrogator,

attaching an interrogator to the person, which interrogator is adapted to send an electromagnetic signal and to receive information from the information carrier, wherein the interrogator sends an electromagnetic signal to the information carrier as the person approaches the refuse bin and the information carrier sends information to the interrogator,

identifying by the accelerometer a defined movement performed by the person, the defined movement indicative of refuse collection; and

in response to identifying the defined movement, sending a request by the accelerometer unit to the interrogator to start sending an electromagnetic signal.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises as an initial step:

attaching a sound generator to the refuse collecting person and connecting the sound generator to the registering unit,

and the following steps are performed after information from the information carrier is sent to the interrogator;

the sound generator emits a sound.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein identifying by the accelerometer the defined movement performed by the person, the defined movement indicative of refuse collection comprises identifying one or more of a horizontal, a vertical, and a circular movement.