Sensor Waste Bin Monitoring for Collection and Decontamination Alerts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for mitigating environmental issues such as waste disposal and pollution are not intuitive, convenient, and easy to use, discouraging community members from engaging with them.
Innovation Solution
A network-based system utilizing sensor and alternative power technologies, including detection and alert computing devices, insurance provider servers, client devices, and databases, to monitor waste bins and electric devices, providing real-time alerts and energy efficiency management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional waste disposal systems are used, then waste collection occurs, but the systems are not intuitive, convenient, or easy to use, discouraging community engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The waste bin system performs self-monitoring of waste levels and self-notification to users and collection services, eliminating the need for manual checking and reporting by community members. The system autonomously tracks waste accumulation and initiates communication about collection needs.
Solution Approach 2:
Manual waste monitoring and reporting mechanisms are replaced with electronic sensors and digital communication systems. The mechanical act of checking waste levels is substituted with automated optical or weight sensors that continuously monitor the bin state.
2Productivity
If manual waste monitoring is performed, then waste collection can be tracked, but it requires continuous human intervention and is not convenient
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor system operates continuously to monitor waste levels, providing uninterrupted tracking without requiring periodic manual checks. This ensures constant awareness of waste accumulation status and enables immediate notification when collection is needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback to users and waste management services about waste bin status. Sensors continuously detect waste levels and automatically communicate this information through digital channels, creating a closed-loop information system that eliminates delays associated with manual monitoring.
3Use of energy by moving object
If traditional energy management systems are used, then energy consumption occurs, but lack of real-time monitoring prevents optimization of energy efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
Energy consumption data is continuously collected by sensors and fed back to users and management systems in real-time. This enables immediate awareness of energy usage patterns and facilitates prompt optimization decisions based on actual consumption data rather than estimates or periodic readings.
Solution Approach 2:
Digital communication systems and data transmission protocols serve as intermediaries between energy-consuming devices and monitoring/management systems. These intermediaries capture, transmit, and deliver energy consumption information, enabling remote monitoring and analysis that would otherwise be unavailable.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer system including sensor and alternative power technologies for enhancing waste disposal and energy efficiency using is provided. The computer system may be configured to receive waste data and recycling data from at least one sensor located proximate to a waste bin, and determine a level of waste in the waste bin based upon the received waste data, and a level of contamination of the waste bin based upon the received recycling data. The computer system may be also configured to determine whether collection of waste in the waste bin or decontamination of the waste bin is required. The computer system may be further configured to generate an alert including information corresponding collection or decontamination of the waste bin, and transmit the alert to one or more client devices associated with at least one user.