Industrial Waste Collection Automation via Radio Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional industrial waste collection systems are inefficient, leading to long waiting times, traffic jams, increased environmental load, and risk of disease transmission due to manual handling and reliance on truck scales for weight measurement.
Innovation Solution
A high-efficiency collection system that uses a vehicle-mounted unit and a controller at the acceptance facility to automate the measurement and reception process, employing AI to estimate load weight and type from camera images, and printing manifests electronically, reducing the need for physical interaction and manual data entry.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual measurement and reception procedures are used with truck scales, then weight measurement accuracy is ensured, but waiting time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-registering waste generator information, transport trustee details, and manifest data before the actual waste delivery. The vehicle-mounted unit transmits this information in advance via radio, so that when the vehicle arrives at the acceptance facility, the controller already has the data ready for immediate processing, eliminating manual data entry and waiting time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical truck scale measurement system with an automated electronic data transmission system. Instead of physically weighing the waste on a truck scale, the system uses radio communication to transmit weight data and manifest information electronically to the controller, which automatically processes and stores the data, significantly reducing waiting time while maintaining measurement accuracy.
2Reliability
If multiple vehicles wait in line for reception, then all vehicles can be processed systematically, but traffic jams occur and environmental load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle-mounted unit enables self-service by automatically transmitting waste information, weight data, and manifest details via radio to the acceptance facility's controller. The driver does not need to manually submit documents or wait for staff to collect information, as the system autonomously completes the data transmission and registration process, allowing vehicles to be processed more rapidly and reducing queue formation.
3Ease of operation
If physical document transfer is conducted at reception, then manifests can be properly issued, but disease transmission risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates electronic copies of manifest data through radio transmission from the vehicle-mounted unit to the controller. Instead of physically handling and transferring paper manifests, the controller receives and stores digital copies of all manifest information, waste details, and weight data, eliminating the need for physical document exchange while maintaining complete record-keeping capability.
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AI summary
[Problem to be solved] To provide a high-efficiency collection system that improves working efficiency by performing reception operation more easily and promptly. [Solution] A high-efficiency collection system 1000 for industrial waste includes a vehicle-mounted unit 1210 and a controller 1120. The vehicle-mounted unit 1210 is mounted on a waste transport vehicle 1200 that collects industrial waste and transports the industrial waste to a treatment site. The controller 1120 is provided at an acceptance facility that accepts and treats the industrial waste, acquires a load weight on the waste transport vehicle 1200 measured using a weighbridge 1110, receives industrial waste treatment related information from the vehicle-mounted unit 1210, and performs acceptance operation. The industrial waste treatment related information includes at least the name of a waste generator, a transport trustee, a transport permission number, the type, quantity, shape, and packing type of the industrial waste to be discharged, a driver's name, and a transport date.