Abstract
This description relates to garbage chutes and more particularly to recycling of waste management utilizing intelligent software and computer hardware along with mechanical hardware to implement protocols to properly separate recycled waste into corresponding waste receptacles. Each deposit is logged into a database where software management of analytics aids in the proper management of disposal of waste and timing of separation of recyclable goods creating a more efficient recycling management system.
Claims
1. An intelligent recycling system consisting of a plurality of first user interfaces on each floor which transmits selection of said first user to a primary second operations hardware controller interface which stores selected information of first user selections for analytics, directs operations to a sorter corresponding to user selection, weighs discarded materials in corresponding bins and records event for natural event processing thereby improving the evolution of said intelligent recycling system.
2. A means in claim 1 where intelligent recycling system utilizes Natural Event Processing to enhance operations by Bayesian protocols.
3. A method in claim 1 where Natural Even Processing (NEP) utilizes probability Boolean comparators to determine proper operation and improved functionality of said intelligent recycling system.
4. A means in claim 1 where the plurality of first user interfaces on each floor utilizes a single wire data protocol to communicate between nodes on each floor to signal proper operation and function of the intelligent recycling system.
5. A means in claim 1 where the plurality of first user interfaces one each floor utilizes a wireless data protocol to communicate between nodes on each floor to signal proper operation and function of the intelligent recycling system.
6. A means in claim 1 where the plurality of first user interfaces on each floor utilize a single wire data protocol to communicate between the primary user interface and secondary control interface
7. A means in claim 1 where the plurality of first user interfaces on each floor utilize a wireless data protocol to communicate between the primary user interface and secondary control interface
8. A method in claim 2 where Bayesian Protocols include improvement of operations using adaptive neural network learning of said analytics discussed in claim 1.
9. A method of claim 3 where Natural Event Processing (NEP) include improvement of operations using adaptive neural network learning of said analytics discussed in claim 1.
10. A method of selecting options for recycling on a first user interface on each floor which communicates to a second control interface to turn a sorter (sorter and diverter are one in the same) which corresponds to the firs user choice.
11. A method in claim 10 where first user interface on each floor contains individual proper operational instructions sufficient to control system if system failure of said second control interface is unavailable.
12. A means in claim 10 where first user interface on each floor contains a power backup device which ensures proper operation of functionality in case of system failure thereby ensure each node still communicates and properly operates during a power failure.
13. A method of claim 10 where second control interface returns sorter to a home position to ensure any discarded material will fill the proper bin during power outages.
14. A method in claim 10 where second control interface utilizes intelligent NLP and Bayesian neural network for analytics of each event for adaptive usage statistics.
15. A method in claim 14 where adaptive usage statistics is derived from deviations of prior usage events.
16. A method in claim 15 where adaptive usage statistics includes weight.
17. A method in claim 15 where adaptive usage statistics includes genre of discarded materials
18. A method in claim 15 where adaptive usage statistics include time of discarded material
19. A method in claim 15 where adaptive usage statistics include date of discarded material
20. A method of claims 16, 17, 18 and 19 where adaptive usage statistics is recorded, analyzed and utilized for future comparison of predictive modeling of discarded waste.
21. A method in claim 20 where predictive modeling determines when a recycle bin is full, about to be full or in need of proper maintenance.
22. A method in claim 20 where predictive modeling determines operational usage, selection converted into a graphical representation which can be shared over a network or web.
23. A means for accessing, monitoring, altering or upgrading said intelligent recycling system over a remote network.
24. A means in claim 23 where accessing, monitoring, altering or upgrading can be done on a cellular network.
25. A means in claim 23 where accessing, monitoring, altering or upgrading can be done on a computer network.
26. A means in claim 25 where said computer network is an intranet
27. A means in claim 25 where said computer network is an Internet
28. A means to weigh recyclable material which is recorded in a central processing server for analytics.
29. A means for claim 28 where weight of recyclable material is converted form an analog signal to data and is transferred via single wire data protocols (PLC) to a remote destination where said central processing server resides.
30. A means for claim 28 where weight of recyclable material is converted form an analog signal to data and is transferred via wireless data protocols (PLC) to a remote destination where said central processing server resides.
31. A means of selector control where a first user interface on each floor selects proper selection, where determination of said proper selection is made utilizing sensors sufficient to determine if deposited material matches first user selection on first user interface on each floor prior to diverter rotation to perspective selected recycle bins.
32. A means in claim 31 where first user selection is determined to match by said sensors, diverter rotates to proper position for discarded waste and door is made available.
33. A means in claim 31 where first user selection is determined not to match by said sensors, diverter stays in position, request for redetermination of deposit to match sensor information prior to moving diverter into position and allowing discarded waste through the door which becomes available to said first user.
34. A means in claim 31 where sensor is an Ultra Sonic Transducer.
35. A means in claim 31 where sensor is a TMDI Laser Scanner
36. A means in claim 31 where sensor is a Maldi density Scanner
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0074] FIG. 1 is a waste chute with a plurality of floors where person/s are discarding waste, floor 1 showing person to be in wait mode and floor 2 person in active progress depicted via touch screen interface which is wirelessly connected in a peer to peer (P2P) topology. Below the chute are a plurality of disposal bins respectively with corresponding recyclable material names respectively and a turret pointed to the Glass disposal bin.
[0075] FIG. 2 is a waste chute with a plurality of access interfaces on separate floors whereby each floor depicted by a user interface (UI) with a plurality of recyclable selections which act to rotate the turret below the chute FIG. 1
[0076] FIG. 3. is a wireless scale which weighs recycle bin and wirelessly sends information to a user interface to denote weight of deposited recyclable waste. Note: The UI will contain a Natural Event Processor which analyzes waste usage for future analytics.
[0077] FIG. 4 is a User Interface with a plurality of selections for recyclable deposits being Glass, Plastic, Metal and Rubbish with bottom selection showing Wait mode which is determined if the system is in prior use by another person/s on other floors. (Not Shown)
[0078] FIG. 4a is a User Interface with a plurality of selections for recyclable deposits being Glass, Plastic, Metal and Rubbish with hardware which is activated via touch screen interface. A button correlating to the system I/O sends signal to the processing unit and to a MCU for activation of user selected functions and actions.
[0079] FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing logic of usage which controls each floor if system is in use by other person/s on other floors.
[0080] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing logic of usage which notifies remote maintenance personnel if weight of disposal bin is full or near full condition needing to be emptied.
[0081] FIG. 7 is a login Screen for the control panel restricting access to only participants allowed to alter or view functions of the central control server. Said control panel contains an emergency stop to stop all functions and actions of the intelligent Recycling system.
[0082] FIG. 8 is a Main screen leading to programs which assist maintenance and administrators in viewing, altering and updating existing code on the central control server. Said control panel contains an emergency stop to stop all functions and actions of the intelligent Recycling system.
[0083] FIG. 9 is a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) which in this case identified as such not to be confused with the aforementioned PLC (Power Line Carrier or Power Logic Carrier) used in the methods of preferred embodiments where PLC carries a plurality of meanings, is used to interpret user actions to functions interpreted by the central server controller whereby proper analytics and actions of proper operation of the intelligent recycling system can be processed. Included in the drawing is a limit switch to determine if the local door has been shut by the user as well as relays or plurality of relays which can be operated to send voltage signals to the central server controller.
[0084] FIG. 10 is a HX711 Load cell interface which determines weight of discarded material connected to a wireless hardware allowing communication between the hardware interface and the PC central server computer.
[0085] FIG. 11 is a Stepper Motor Driver and Stepper Motor with an interface which determines direction of the sorter which discards the material in a proper bin which is connected to a wireless hardware allowing communication between the hardware interface and the PC central server computer.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0086] List of Major Components
[0087] FIG. 1. is a waste chute (20) with a plurality of floors where person/s are discarding waste, floor 1 person (34b) showing to be in wait mode and floor 2 person (34a) in active progress depicted via touch screen interface (41a and 42b FIG. 2) which is wirelessly or single wire data transmission connected in a peer to peer (P2P) topology. Below the chute (20) are a plurality of disposal bins (23a, 23b, 23c and 23d) respectively with corresponding recyclable material names respectively and a turret containing a diverter or sorter (17) pointed to the Glass disposal bin (23a FIG. 1). This said turret can rotate the diverter or sorter (17) (Diverter and sorter are considered one in the same) to pre-selected bins (23a, 23b, 23c and 23d) respectively according to users (34b and 34a) on each floor as long as another floor is not currently in use by another person disposing of discarded material.
[0088] FIG. 2 is a waste chute (20) with a plurality of access interfaces (41a & 41b) on separate floors whereby each floor depicted by a user interface (UI) with a plurality of recyclable selections (51, 53, 55 and 57 FIG. 4) which act to rotate the turret thereby rotating the sorter (17 FIGS. 1 and 2) also seen below the chute (20) in FIG. 1. Each touch screen (41a and 41b) contains a User Interface (51) (Interface containing buttons (51, 53, 55 and 57 FIG. 4) for proper selection of discarded materials identifying the proper position of the sorter (17 FIGS. 1 and 2) by said user (34a and 34b).
[0089] FIG. 3 is a wireless scale (23) which weighs recycle bin (21) and wirelessly sends information (15b to 15a) to a central processing server (11) containing a user interface (13) to denote weight (13) of deposited recyclable waste (19). Said waste was diverted from a sorter (17) which traveled from a floor above which was preselected for waste to deposit in trash bin (21) prior to being weighed on a wireless (15b, 15a) scale (23). Note: The UI (13) will contain a Natural Event Processor (Not shown) which analyzes waste usage for future analytics.
[0090] FIG. 4 is a User Interface (41) with a plurality of selections, for recyclable deposits being General (51), Metal (53), Glass (55) and Plastic (57) with bottom selection showing Wait mode (59) which is determined if the system is in prior use by another person/s on other floors. (Not Shown). When each selection is made a control signal activates a wired or wireless transmission
[0091] FIG. 4a is a plurality of User Interfaces (41a, 41b and 41c) with a plurality of selections (51, 53, 55 and 57 FIG. 4) for recyclable deposits being General (51), Metal (53), Glass (55) and Plastic (57) with hardware defined as a central processing unit (911a, 911b and 911c) respectively which is activated via touch screen interface (41) A virtual button correlating to the system I/O sends signal to the processing unit (911a, 911b and 911c) respectively and to a MCU (901a, 901b and 901c) for wireless activation of user selected functions and actions. In this case the user interface utilizes a touch screen interface which is proposed as a python developed interface however other such applications such as C, C# and JSON may be utilized to achieve the same results.
[0092] FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing logic of usage which controls each floor if system is in use by other person/s on other floors. The logical block begins with a select option whereby said user (35a and 35b FIG. 1) on each floor selects an option on the touch screen (41a and 41b FIG. 2) which determines if the system is in use. If the system is in use is true, all floors lock doors (18a and 18b FIG. 2) and notification services identify each node as System In Use. If the system in use is false, the turret rotates to perspective selected position whereby sorter points to the proper bin for recyclable material to be discarded. The Door is unlocked to allow user access for discarding recyclable material down the chute to the sorter or diverter where the said deposit is weighed and the deposit event log is generated.
[0093] FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing logic of usage which notifies remote maintenance personnel if weight of disposal bin is full or near full condition needing to be emptied. The logical block begins with a select option whereby said user (35a and 35b FIG. 1) on each floor selects an option on the touch screen (41a and 41b FIG. 2) which determines if the system is in use. If the system is in use is true, all floors lock doors (18a and 18b FIG. 2) and notification services identify each node as System In Use. If the system in use is false, the turret rotates to perspective selected position whereby sorter points to the proper bin for recyclable material to be discarded. The Door is unlocked to allow user access for discarding recyclable material down the chute to the sorter where the said deposit is weighed and the deposit event log is generated. The said generated information is placed in a NEP or Natural Event Processor where the bin is weighed to determine if it is full requiring notification services. If the bin being full is false, the system returns to the wait screen waiting for the next scale weight event but if the system full is true, the notification internet services can be implemented to notify proper authority, personnel or administrative persons to check on the bin's capacity for proper determined services.
[0094] FIG. 7 is a login Screen for the control panel restricting access to only participants allowed to alter or view functions of the central control server. The said user interface contains a first screen which allows proper access to said second screens which give proper authority the ability to view actions and functions of the intelligent recycling system. User enters proper user name and password to access said system and selects the submit button before allowing access to the second screen. To the left below the touch panel shows an emergency stop button which shuts down functions and actions of the entire intelligent recycling system.
[0095] FIG. 8 is a Main screen leading to programs which assist maintenance and administrators in viewing, altering and updating existing code on the central control server.
[0096] Each of the buttons on the Second Screen User Interface contains access to a more in-depth operation of the intelligent recycling system where Chute Doors allows user access to monitor and control each of the Chute Doors on the system. The fan refers to the ventilation fan which user can control during proper maintenance of said intelligent recycling system. The Clean System refers to the sprinkler system which utilizes a spray nozzle and spherical brush which lowers down the chute to clean the chute and is part of the maintenance of the intelligent recycling system. The analytics is access to the graphical representation of user usage over time which shows usage of the intelligent recycling system. The turret operation virtual button sends the user to a screen to manually operate the Turret during maintenance and finally the Log Information is the data storage and retrieval system where intelligent NLP and NEP processing of user information is converted event processing. Said event processing can be altered for a better long term functionality of the said intelligent recycling system. To the left below the touch panel shows an emergency stop button which shuts down functions and actions of the entire intelligent recycling system. Said proposed recycling system enhancements improve upon the BMI or Building Management Information code standards.
[0097] FIG. 9 is a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) (911) which in this case identified as such not to be confused with the aforementioned PLC (Power Line Carrier or Power Logic Carrier) used in the methods of preferred embodiments where PLC carries a plurality of meanings, is used to interpret user actions to functions interpreted by the central server controller whereby proper analytics and actions of proper operation of the intelligent recycling system can be processed. Included is a limit switch to determine if the local door has been shut by the user as well as relays or plurality of relays which can be operated to send voltage signals connected to a MCU (901) which wired or wirelessly sends data to the central server controller for further processing of proper functions and actions of the intelligent recycling system.
[0098] FIG. 10 is a HX711 Load cell (921) interface (901) HX711 which determines weight of discarded material by converting load cell (921) analog sensor information to digital for communication transport over a serial protocol utilizing a WiFi transceiver (901a) to a receiver connected to a wireless hardware (901) allowing communication between the hardware interface (901a) and the PC central server computer (11); Said information collected from said load cell (921) to be represented graphically on user interface (13) on the PC central server computer (11).
[0099] FIG. 11 is a Stepper Motor Driver (930) and Stepper Motor (935) with an interface (13) which determines direction of the sorter which discards the material in a proper bin which is connected to a wireless hardware (901a) allowing communication between the hardware interface and the PC receiver (901) central server computer (11). Information sent from the floor controllers is transferred to the receiver (901) whereby said central server computer makes decisions to tell the Stepper Motor (935) the direction to turn based on user selection.
