US 12,361,432 B1
System and method for customer and/or container discovery based on GPS drive path analysis for a waste / recycling service vehicle
Sergiy Savchenko, Houston, TX (US); and Hemachandra Pillutla, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by WM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,487.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,748, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 50/26 (2024.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/018 (2013.01) [B60W 40/10 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G06Q 50/26 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60W 2520/00 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying a residential customer location on a service route for a waste or recycling service vehicle, the method comprising:
collecting location information for the waste or recycling service vehicle during a plurality of time intervals as the service vehicle travels along the service route, wherein the location information is collected using a global positioning system (GPS) associated with the waste or recycling service vehicle;
associating the location information with street network data relating to the service route, wherein the street network data comprises spatial geometry of the street;
identifying a vehicle stop point on the service route based on one or more of: (i) a determination that the location information for two consecutive time intervals is the same or similar; and/or (ii) a determination based on low speed of the vehicle indicating that customer service is being performed, wherein low speed of the vehicle comprises average vehicle speed of less than 0.5 miles per hour for a time period of greater than 1-3 minutes;
determining whether there is a correspondence between the vehicle stop point and parcel data information relating to the service route; and
designating the location of the residential customer at a parcel from the parcel data information corresponding to the vehicle stop point, wherein the parcel data information comprises:
a parcel owner name;
an address of the parcel;
a type of land use associated with the parcel;
geographic information relating to the spatial geometry of the boundary of the parcel; and
geographic information relating to the centroid of the parcel.