Waste Route GPS Stop Analysis for Customer Location Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for detecting customer and container locations in waste/recycling operations are expensive, burdensome, and lack reliable data collection and analysis for determining service duration and location, hindering route planning and customer service efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing GPS drive path analysis to identify customer and container locations by collecting location data, associating it with street network and parcel data, and determining stop points based on consistent GPS pings and low vehicle speed, enabling accurate designation of customer and container locations on a service route.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual logging or equipment modifications (arm lift sensors, cameras) are used to detect customer and container locations, then service detection capability is improved, but implementation cost and operational burden increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the vehicle's own existing GPS telemetry data to automatically detect customer and container locations, service events, and route information without requiring external sensors or manual logging. The vehicle essentially monitors and reports on its own service activities through automated analysis of its GPS trajectory, speed, and stop duration patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical/electronic sensor systems (arm lift sensors, cameras, RFID readers) with a computational analysis system that processes GPS telemetry data. Instead of adding physical detection equipment to the vehicle, the system uses software algorithms to interpret existing GPS data for service detection purposes.
2Loss of information
If existing sensor-based approaches (GPS, RFID) are deployed to collect service data, then data collection capability is improved, but overall system cost and data integration complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes the existing GPS telemetry system serve multiple functions: route tracking, customer location discovery, container location discovery, service event detection, and performance monitoring. Instead of adding separate sensor systems for each function, the patent extracts multiple service-related insights from the universal GPS data stream already collected by the vehicle.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a data integration and analysis platform that acts as an intermediary between the vehicle's GPS telemetry system and the service provider's business systems. This intermediary layer processes raw GPS data, correlates it with customer and container databases, and delivers structured service information without requiring modifications to the vehicle or container hardware.
3Measurement precision
If precise customer and container location detection is achieved through equipment modifications, then service accuracy is improved, but deployment cost and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses inexpensive, widely available GPS telemetry data that is already being collected by the vehicle for route management purposes. Rather than investing in expensive specialized sensors or equipment modifications, the patent leverages this low-cost data source to achieve precise location and service detection capabilities.
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AI summary
A system and method for vehicle drive path analysis for a waste/recycling service vehicle are provided. The system and method can enable identifying of the customers and/or container locations for waste and recycling collection routes using vehicle drive path analysis. Some non-limiting properties that can be derived from the analysis include the customer location, address of customers, and/or the locations of containers at the customer location.