US 12,378,067 B2
Refuse vehicle dump verification system and apparatus
Ricardo Castano Salinas, Fort Payne, AL (US); Brian Huston Ham, Huntsville, AL (US); Henry Michael Hund, Jr., Cedar Bluff, AL (US); and John Forrest Smith, Fort Payne, AL (US)
Assigned to The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed by The Heil Co., Chattanooga, TN (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,357.
Application 18/151,357 is a continuation of application No. 16/857,681, filed on Apr. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,548,730.
Application 16/857,681 is a continuation of application No. 15/611,986, filed on Jun. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,633,180, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/348,537, filed on Jun. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159269 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B65F 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65F 3/02 (2013.01) [B65F 2003/022 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0223 (2013.01); B65F 2003/0279 (2013.01); B65F 2210/124 (2013.01); B65F 2210/128 (2013.01); B65F 2210/138 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dump verification system, comprising:
a lift supported by a chassis of a refuse vehicle, the lift configured to selectively engage a container and move through a dump cycle while engaged with the container;
a plurality of sensors supported by the chassis, the plurality of sensors comprising a radar sensor positioned on the chassis to scan at least a portion of the container during the dump cycle of the lift; and
one or more processors configured to identify, based on at least a portion of received input from the radar sensor, a presence of the container only when a proximity between the container and the radar sensor is such that there exists an engagement of the container by the lift during the dump cycle.