Garbage Disposal Support Apparatus with Image-Based Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current garbage disposal systems either burden individuals with high loads due to unknown disposal locations or fail to incentivize proper disposal effectively, as they do not provide adequate support in reducing the effort required to dispose of garbage correctly.
Innovation Solution
A garbage disposal support apparatus and method that includes a position obtaining unit, image processing for garbage identification, route generation, and payment assignment, which guides individuals to disposal locations and incentivizes proper disposal by reducing the load and providing incentives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a garbage can automatically opens the movable lid when a person is detected, then the load on the person disposing of garbage is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The garbage disposal support apparatus automatically performs multiple functions including detecting garbage, identifying disposal locations, generating routes, and providing guidance without requiring manual intervention from the user. The system serves itself by autonomously completing the entire garbage disposal support process from detection to disposal confirmation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If points are assigned to incentivize garbage disposal, then disposal motivation is improved, but the position of disposal places remains unknown to users
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-detecting garbage, pre-identifying appropriate disposal locations, and pre-generating optimal routes before the user needs them. This advance preparation ensures that when the user is ready to dispose of garbage, all necessary information including disposal place positions and routes is already available.
Solution Approach 2:
The garbage disposal support apparatus acts as an intermediary between the user and the garbage disposal system. It mediates by detecting garbage, determining disposal locations, generating routes, and providing guidance, thereby bridging the gap between the user's intent to dispose of garbage and the actual disposal process.
3Reliability
If manual garbage disposal guidance is provided, then disposal correctness is improved, but the time and effort required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by confirming whether the user has successfully disposed of the garbage at the designated location. This feedback mechanism ensures disposal correctness by verifying that the garbage was actually disposed of at the appropriate place, while the automated nature of the feedback process minimizes additional time requirements.
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AI summary
A garbage disposal support apparatus capable of reducing the load on a person disposing of garbage is achieved. A garbage disposal support apparatus (5) according to an aspect of the present disclosure, includes: a position obtaining unit (53) configured to obtain position information about a person (PI) having an object (O) ; an object image obtaining unit (54) configured to obtain image information about the object (O) that the person (PI) has; a garbage determination unit (55) configured to check the image information about the object (O) that the person (P1) has against garbage image information stored in a database (6), and determine whether the object (O) is garbage or not; a route generation unit (56) configured to generate route information (Ml) to a disposal place (S1) of the garbage, based on the position information about the person (P1) and on disposal place information stored in the database (6), if the object (O) is garbage; and a transmitter unit configured to transmit the route information (M1) to a display apparatus.