US 11,873,162 B2
System for operating a refuse container and method for operating a refuse container
Alexander Salomon, Pfreimd (DE); Raoul Janssen, Schwandorf (DE); Gabi Hahn, Schwandorf (DE); Johannes Lindner, Pfreimd (DE); Michael Schmid, Riedlingen (DE); and Andreas Söldner, Rieden (DE)
Assigned to EMZ-HANAUER GMBH & CO. KGAA, Nabburg (DE)
Filed by emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA, Nabburg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/718,701.
Claims priority of application No. 18215141 (EP), filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0204995 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65F 1/14 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC B65F 1/1484 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0727 (2013.01); G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); B65F 2210/128 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for operating a refuse container, the system comprising:
a refuse container that has an electronic control device and a first communication interface for sending and receiving data; and
a server disposed a first distance from the refuse container and that comprises a second communication interface,
wherein a first data transfer to at least one further communication interface is initiable by way of the first communication interface, the at least one further communication interface being provided in at least one further communication device that is not associated with the refuse container,
wherein a further data transfer from at least one internal device in the refuse container different from the first data transfer can be initiated via the first communication interface,
wherein the first data transfer and the further data transfer are based on a wireless technology,
wherein the first communication interface has no device for direct data transfer to the second communication interface,
wherein an indirect second data transfer is initiable between at least one of the first communication interface and the second communication interface or between the second communication interface and the first communication interface via the at least one further communication interface,
wherein the at least one further communication device is a first communication device that comprises the further communication interface in a form of a third communication interface,
wherein an emptying or service vehicle is equipped with the first communication device,
wherein the electronic control device generates control data based on a triggering event,
wherein the control data are transferred via the first communication interface from the electronic control device to the at least one internal device that includes a locking device, and
wherein the indirect second data transfer and a lapse in a predetermined amount of time represent the triggering event.