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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus Vtt Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Ilkka Moilanen, Oulu, FI;
Markku Kiviranta, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/14 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/1484 (2013.01); G01S 13/42 (2013.01); G01S 13/86 (2013.01); B65F 2210/128 (2013.01); B65F 2210/1443 (2013.01);
Abstract
An enhanced local node to be installed to a waste collection site. A radio interface unit is configured for communication using signals specified for radio access in a radio access network, and a radar unit is configured to use information on received or transmitted signals of the radio interface unit to determine a distance from the local node to refuse objects inside a container. The local node thus uses the same signals to detect a fill state of a container and to transmit the fill state of the container from the local node to the control node.