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Patent No.:

US 11899460 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2021

Automated alignment and dumping of refuse cans

Applicant:

Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Koga, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Emily Davis, Rochester, MN (US);

Jerrod Kappers, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Vince Schad, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Robert S. Messina, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Christopher K. Yakes, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Joshua D. Rocholl, Rochester, MN (US);

Vincent Hoover, Byron, MN (US);

Clinton T. Weckwerth, Pine Island, MN (US);

Zachary L. Klein, Rochester, MN (US);

John Beck, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Brendan Chan, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Skylar A. Wachter, Dodge Center, MN (US);

Dale Matsumoto, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Assignee:

Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI (US);

Attorney:

Foley & Larnder LLP

Primary Examiner:

Anne Marie Antonucci

Assistant Examiner:

Jingli Wang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B65F 3/04 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B65F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B65F 3/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); B65F 2003/025 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0269 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for detecting and engaging a refuse can includes at least one sensor positioned on a refuse collection vehicle and configured to detect objects on one or more sides of the refuse vehicle, an actuator assembly configured to actuate to engage the refuse can, and a controller configured to detect, using a single-stage object detector, the presence of the refuse can based on first data received from the at least one sensor, determine, based on the first data, a position of the refuse can with respect to the refuse collection vehicle, generate a first trajectory from the refuse collection vehicle to the position of the refuse can, generate a second trajectory for the actuator assembly, and initiate a control action to move at least one of the refuse collection vehicle along the first trajectory or the actuator assembly along the second trajectory to engage the refuse can.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Koga, Jeffrey. (2024). Automated alignment and dumping of refuse cans (U.S. Patent No. 11899460). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11899460

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