Patent ID: 9342884
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: monitoring, by a computer system comprising one or more processors coupled to at least one memory, a waste compartment of a waste container, the waste compartment configured to receive waste items; determining, by the computer system, a waste level of waste items in the waste compartment based at least in part on analysis of an image of the waste compartment; identifying, by the computer system, a waste haul threshold indicative of a predetermined waste level at which a waste haul notification is triggered; determining, by the computer system, that the waste level meets the waste haul threshold based at least in part on an available capacity of the waste container; determining, by the computer system, a first location of the waste container; triggering, by the computer system, the waste haul notification indicating that the waste container is to be emptied based at least in part on the waste level; determining, by the computer system, that the waste haul pickup is complete; determining, by the computer system, a second location of the waste container after the waste haul pickup is complete that is different than the first location; and updating, by the computer system, the waste haul threshold based at least in part on the second location of the waste container.