US 12,139,326 B2
Monitoring fullness of containers
Michael Hess, Canandaigua, NY (US); and Michael Roy, Webster, NY (US)
Assigned to WASTE HARMONICS, LLC, Victor, NY (US)
Filed by WASTE HARMONICS, LLC, Victor, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/848,459.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,787, filed on Apr. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0346852 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. G01F 17/00 (2006.01); B65F 1/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01)
CPC B65F 1/1405 (2013.01) [B65F 1/1484 (2013.01); G01F 17/00 (2013.01); B65F 2210/12 (2013.01); B65F 2210/1443 (2013.01); B65F 2210/168 (2013.01); B65F 2210/20 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waste compactor monitoring system comprising:
a monitoring assembly;
a remote processing system; and
a communication connection connecting the monitoring assembly to the remote processing system; wherein
the monitoring assembly comprises a hub device and two or more sensors connected to the hub device and positioned on a waste compactor system, wherein a first sensor of the two or more sensors monitors a first condition of the waste compactor system and a second sensor of the two or more sensors monitors a second condition of the waste compactor system that is different from the first condition; wherein
the first sensor comprises a level sensor for detecting a level of hydraulic fluid in a reservoir; and wherein
the communication connection is configured to communicate the first and second conditions to the remote processing system.