US 12,067,536 B2
System and method for waste management
Jason Skylar Gates, Pittsburgh, PA (US); and Benjamin Chehebar, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Compology LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Compology LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,613.
Application 18/110,613 is a continuation of application No. 16/288,593, filed on Feb. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,610,185.
Application 16/288,593 is a continuation of application No. 14/479,136, filed on Sep. 5, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/479,136 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/211,709, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/801,021, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196307 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/30 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01); Y02W 90/00 (2015.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for waste management, comprising:
sampling information indicative of waste entering a waste container, wherein the waste container is configured to contain waste material;
at an optical sensor arranged within the waste container, sampling at least one image of content within the waste container, comprising, in response to sampling the information, capturing a first image of content within the waste container;
based on the at least one image, determining a volume parameter associated with the content;
estimating a time at which the volume parameter will exceed a threshold value; and
based on the estimated time, after sampling the at least one image, routing a waste removal vehicle to a location of the waste container such that the waste removal vehicle reaches the location before the estimated time.