US 11,748,716 B2
System and method for automatically monitoring recyclable materials
Charles Lardner, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to SHAPIRO SALES COMPANY, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Shapiro Sales Company, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/296,556.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,907, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0279168 A1, Sep. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); B65D 90/51 (2019.01); G01G 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/02 (2006.01); G01G 19/52 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [B65D 90/51 (2019.02); G01G 17/00 (2013.01); G01G 19/021 (2013.01); G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G01G 19/083 (2013.01); G01G 19/414 (2013.01); G01G 19/52 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06314 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
at least one imaging device mounted on a container and positioned to have a field of view of an interior of the container, the at least one imaging device configured to generate image data depicting recyclable material within the container;
at least one weight sensor configured to generate weight data corresponding to the container; and
one or more processors configured to:
determine an estimated volume of the recyclable material within the container based on the image data;
determine an estimated weight of the recyclable material within the container based on the weight data;
calculate an estimated density of the recyclable material based on the estimated volume and the estimated weight and
determine a type of the recyclable material within the container by matching the estimated density to a first known material type of multiple different known material types in a look-up table.