System for managing dynamic situations of waste transporting vehicles

• US 6,729,540 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 05/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Niscom Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Niscom Incorporated
• Inventors: Ogawa, Mitsuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nowlin, April A.
• Application Number:
  US10/092,733
• Publication Number:
  US 20020125315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/329, 235/325
• US Class Current: 235/384
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A system for managing dynamic situations of wastes and waste transporting vehicles using barcodes comprises a unit for measuring a position of each of the waste transporting vehicles, and a unit for monitoring a transport route of each vehicle based on the measured position. When the measuring unit measures the position of the waste transporting vehicle, the monitoring means monitors the transport route of the vehicle based on the measured position, thereby managing the transport route of the vehicle and arrival to a disposal site in real time in a centralized manner. The system further comprises a unit for monitoring a vehicle transporting wastes to a disposal site, and the monitoring unit comprises an ID tag attached to the waste transporting vehicle, an ID tag reader provided in an access passage to the disposal site, and, as required, an opening/closing gate opened and closed in accordance with a result of reading the ID tag, whereby arrival of the waste transporting vehicle to the final disposal site is monitored.

Claims

1. A system for managing dynamic situations of wastes and waste transporting vehicles using barcodes, the system comprising:

means for measuring a position of each of the waste transporting vehicles; and

means for monitoring a transport route of each vehicle based on the measured position,

wherein when the measuring means measures the position of the waste transporting vehicle, the monitoring means monitors the transport route of the vehicle based on the measured position, thereby managing the transport route of the vehicle and arrival to a disposal site in real time in a centralized manner.

2. A system for managing dynamic situations of wastes and waste transporting vehicles using barcodes according to claim 1, further comprising means for monitoring a vehicle transporting wastes to a disposal site, whereby arrival of the waste transporting vehicle to the final disposal site is monitored.

3. A system for managing dynamic situations of wastes and waste transporting vehicles using barcodes according to claim 1, further comprising means for monitoring a vehicle transporting wastes to a disposal site, the monitoring means comprising an ID tag attached to the waste transporting vehicle and an ID tag reader provided in an access passage to the disposal site, whereby arrival of the waste transporting vehicle to the final disposal site is monitored.

4. A system for managing dynamic situations of wastes and waste transporting vehicles using barcodes according to claim 1, further comprising means for monitoring a vehicle transporting wastes to a disposal site, the monitoring means comprising an ID tag attached to the waste transporting vehicle, an ID tag reader provided in an access passage to the disposal site, and an opening/closing gate opened and closed in accordance with a result of reading the ID tag, whereby arrival of the waste transporting vehicle to the final disposal site is monitored.