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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); B65F 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 105/00 (2024.01); G05D 105/28 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 3/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01N 33/0075 (2013.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B65F 9/00 (2013.01); G05D 2105/14 (2024.01); G05D 2105/29 (2024.01);
Abstract
A method executed by a control device includes: acquiring odor information indicating an odor intensity of each of a plurality of garbage collection sites, the odor intensity being detected by an odor sensor; determining an order in which garbage is collected from each of the garbage collection sites based on the odor information; and causing a garbage collection device to sequentially collect the garbage from each of the garbage collection sites according to the order.