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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Doug Moore, Southfield, MI (US);
Abhishek Sharma, Troy, MI (US);
Laura Elliott, Dearborn, MI (US);
Raina Kumar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gwen Hickey, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jash Patel, Dearborn, MI (US);
Angela Ayers, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Eric H. Wingfield, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for trash collection management. In an example embodiment, a dumpster monitoring apparatus may determine that an amount of garbage in a dumpster exceeds a threshold level (such as, for example, above a full-level marked on the dumpster). If the garbage exceeds the threshold level, the dumpster monitoring apparatus automatically transmits a request to a dumpster management apparatus to dispatch a garbage truck. In an example scenario, the dumpster monitoring apparatus may further determine that a current location of the dumpster is stationed is inaccessible to the garbage truck. Consequently, the dumpster monitoring apparatus may automatically transmit a request to a robot vehicle (such as robotic forklift) to move the dumpster from the current location to a new location that is accessible to the garbage truck. The dumpster monitoring apparatus may then inform the dumpster management apparatus of the new location.