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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Gordon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Meenal Pore, Nairobi, KE;
Komminist Weldemariam, Nairobi, KE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A type of a waste item is identified at a waste collection location using at least a drone-based system. The drone-based system characterizes one or more properties of the waste item. Based on the identified type and the one or more properties, the drone-based system performs a risk assessment based on human health of content of the waste item. One or more actions are taken by one or more drones of the drone-based system based on the risk assessment of the content of the waste item.