KR102052323B1 - Smart trash management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart waste storage device and a smart waste management system, comprising: a main body part having an inner space in which an upper part is opened and a lower part is closed, a cover part coupled to the main body part to open and close an upper part of the main body part, an upper part of the main body part; Opening and closing driving unit for controlling the opening and closing of the cover for the first, the first sensing unit for detecting the external object, and when there is an access object among the external objects detected through the first sensing unit, by opening and closing the cover through the opening and closing drive, the access object It characterized in that it comprises a control unit for closing the cover through the opening and closing drive unit when retreating.

Description

Smart Waste Management System {SMART TRASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a smart waste storage device and a smart waste management system, and more particularly, a smart waste storage device capable of automatically controlling the operation according to the detection result of the external object and the remaining amount of the inside and managing the current state of the waste. It relates to a smart garbage management system.

Garbage bins are for collecting various kinds of garbage generated in daily life and are essential tools for maintaining a clean living environment and living a pleasant life.

Various types of garbage can be thrown away in the trash. Among these wastes are relatively clean garbage which does not cause odors, while others generate odors or dust.

Therefore, the trash can is suppressed to be discharged to the outside and the cover is formed at the entrance so that the aesthetic waste is not visible, and thus the trash can inlet can be opened and closed by the cover, and the trash can is opened by the cover after the trash is put in. It can be closed to prevent odor emissions.

However, in the case of a waste bin provided with a lid, the lid itself may be contaminated by garbage when the garbage is put in, and the user's hand contacting the lid may be contaminated due to the dirty lid.

Meanwhile, the trash can is provided in the home to accommodate household waste, and is provided throughout the city for environmental management in an apartment complex, a park, or a large site to accommodate outdoor waste.

In the case of such outdoor waste bins, there is a problem that it is difficult to know the amount of waste that can be accommodated, unlike the waste bins provided in the home. There is a problem of discharging.

Background art of the present invention is disclosed in Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0067839 (published on June 19, 2015).

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object according to an aspect of the present invention is to be able to discard the garbage without touching the contaminated cover to remove the user's discomfort and contamination due to physical contact It is to provide a smart garbage storage device.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a smart waste management system for solving the problem of spoiling the aesthetics of the surrounding environment by discharging the waste to the waste bin in a timely manner.

Smart garbage storage device according to an aspect of the present invention is the main body portion having an inner space is formed by opening the upper portion and closed the lower portion, the cover portion coupled to the main body portion to open and close the upper portion of the main body portion, the upper portion of the main body portion Opening and closing the driving unit for controlling the opening and closing of the cover unit, a first sensing unit sensing an external object, and an access object among the external objects detected through the first sensing unit, opening and closing the cover unit through the opening and closing driving unit And a control unit configured to close the cover part through the opening / closing driving part when the access object is retreated.

In the present invention, the opening and closing drive unit is characterized in that it comprises a motor for controlling the opening and closing of the cover portion relative to the upper portion of the main body portion by rotating the cover.

In the present invention, the first sensing unit includes a first ultrasonic sensor for sensing the external object, and the control unit, the reduction rate of the distance to the external object obtained through the first ultrasonic sensor within a preset reference range When the decrease according to the external object is determined as the access object, when the access object reaches within a predetermined reference access distance, characterized in that for opening the cover through the opening and closing drive unit.

The present invention further includes a second detection unit installed inside the cover unit facing the main body unit and including a second ultrasonic sensor configured to sense an internal object accommodated in the main body unit, wherein the control unit includes the second ultrasonic sensor. The remaining amount of rubbish acceptable to the main body is determined based on the distance between the cover part and the inner object obtained through the main body.

The present invention further includes a weight sensing unit for sensing a weight of the inner object accommodated in the main body unit, wherein the control unit is configured to detect the weight of the inner object together with the distance between the cover unit and the inner object. The remaining amount is determined in consideration of the weight.

In the present invention, if the distance between the cover portion and the inner object is less than the predetermined reference distance and the weight of the inner object is more than the predetermined reference weight, the controller determines that there is no residual amount of garbage acceptable to the body portion The garbage collection request is characterized in that for transmitting to the terminal of the administrator.

Smart garbage management system according to an aspect of the present invention operates to automatically open and close the cover portion for opening and closing the upper portion of the main body portion for accommodating garbage according to the result of sensing the external object, and determines the remaining amount of garbage acceptable to the body portion Wherein each of the remaining amount of waste received from the waste receiving unit and the waste receiving unit including at least one of the waste receiving unit, and each of the waste receiving unit included in the waste receiving unit and the waste received in the waste receiving unit, Based on the information, the collection target waste accommodation unit which needs to collect the waste among the waste accommodation units is determined, and the manager who manages the waste collection of the determined waste target collection unit receives a request for garbage collection for the waste target collection unit. Transporting garbage management server Characterized in that it comprises.

In the present invention, the garbage receiving unit is characterized in that, when there is an access object of the external object, the cover part is operated to open, and when the retracting of the access object, the cover part is operated to close.

In the present invention, the garbage receiving unit is based on the distance between the inner object detected by the weight sensor provided, and the distance between the inner portion of the lid portion and the main body portion obtained through the provided second ultrasonic sensor; It is characterized by determining the residual amount.

In the present invention, the collection target garbage receiving unit is characterized in that it does not perform the automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit according to the result of detecting the external object.

In the present invention, the waste management server transmits a collection flag to the manager along with a waste collection request for the waste target waste collection unit, and the waste target waste storage unit detects the external object. It is characterized in that the automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit is performed only when an administrator assigned the collection flag is detected.

In the present invention, when the garbage is collected by the manager, the collection target waste accommodation unit is characterized in that the automatic opening and closing operation of the cover part according to the result of detecting the external object is normally performed.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention can remove the discomfort of the user's discomfort and body contact through the control operation of automatically opening and closing the lid of the trash can according to the detection result of the approach object, integrated the remaining amount of the trash can By managing the waste collection in a timely manner, it can damage the aesthetics of the surrounding environment and solve the problem of odor emission.

1 is a perspective view of a smart garbage storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a smart garbage storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a smart waste management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of a smart garbage storage device and smart garbage management system according to the present invention. In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a perspective view of a smart garbage storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a smart garbage storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the smart garbage storage device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10, a cover 20, an opening / closing driving unit 30, and a first detecting unit 40. The second sensing unit 50 may include a weight sensing unit 60 and a control unit 70.

The main body portion 10 may be formed to have an inner space formed by opening the upper portion and closing the lower portion thereof to accommodate garbage, and the cover portion 20 may be coupled to the main body portion 10 through the coupling portion 80. It may be operable to open and close the upper portion of the body portion 10. The opening and closing drive unit 30 may control the opening and closing of the cover unit 20 with respect to the upper portion of the main body unit 10, and in the present embodiment, the opening and closing drive unit 30 rotates the cover unit 20 so that the main body unit 10 is rotated. It may include a motor for controlling the opening and closing of the cover portion 20 for the upper portion of, the motor may be implemented as a servo motor. Although not specifically illustrated in FIG. 1, as the coupling unit 80 rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the motor, the cover unit 20 rotates to automatically open and close the upper part of the main body unit 10. Since is well known to those skilled in the art, a detailed description of the operation is omitted. On the other hand, Figure 1 is only an example to help understand the embodiment, the structure and shape of the smart garbage storage device 100 according to this embodiment may be designed in various ways.

The first detector 40 may detect an external object, and in the present embodiment, the first detector 40 may include a first ultrasonic sensor that detects the external object. Accordingly, the first sensing unit 40 may detect the distance to the external object by transmitting a pulse signal to the external object through the first ultrasonic sensor and measuring the return time reflected from the external object.

The controller 70 opens the cover 20 through the opening / closing driving unit 30 when an access object exists among the external objects detected by the first sensing unit 40, and opens / closes the driving unit when the access object is retreated. The cover 20 may be closed through 30.

That is, in the case of the trash bin provided with a lid as described above, the lid itself may be contaminated by garbage when the garbage is put in, and the user's hand contacting the lid may be contaminated due to the contaminated lid. The embodiment automatically opens the lid 20 when there is an access object (i.e. a user) approaching to discard the rubbish, and automatically closes the lid 20 when the access object retreats after discarding the rubbish. As a result, even when the access object does not contact the lid 20, the lid 20 is automatically opened and closed.

At this time, the controller 70 determines that the external object as an access object when the distance to the external object obtained through the first ultrasonic sensor of the first sensor 40 decreases according to a reduction rate within a preset reference range. When the access object reaches within a preset reference access distance, the cover 20 may be opened through the opening / closing driving unit 30.

That is, since the external object detected by the first ultrasonic sensor exists not only a person approaching to dispose of garbage, but also a simple pedestrian passing by the smart garbage storage device 100 according to the present embodiment, the external object is transmitted through the first ultrasonic sensor. There is a need to automatically open and close the cover 20 by determining only an access object approaching to discard garbage among the external objects, rather than automatically opening and closing the cover 20 each time is detected.

The approach object approaching to discard the garbage is gradually reduced in distance from the smart garbage storage device 100, so in the present embodiment, the controller 70 reduces the distance to the external object according to a reduction rate within a preset reference range. In this case, the external object can be determined as an access object. Here, the reference range may be variously selected according to the designer's intention in consideration of the average walking speed of a person, and may be preset in the controller 70 (eg, -1.3 m / s to -1.1 m / s). .

In addition, even if it is determined that the access object is present, if the cover part 20 is opened in advance more than necessary, the odor may be discharged from the garbage contained in the main body part 10, so that the control unit 70 may preset the access object. The cover 20 may be opened when it reaches within the reference approach distance. Here, the reference approach distance may be variously selected according to the designer's intention and may be preset in the controller 70 (for example, 1 m).

On the other hand, the control unit 70 may close the cover unit 20 through the opening and closing drive unit 30 when the access object retreats after discarding the trash, the control unit 70 is the access object through the first ultrasonic sensor When not detected, or when the distance to the approaching object obtained through the first ultrasonic sensor increases, it may be determined that the approaching object retreats.

This embodiment may include an embodiment for determining the remaining amount of rubbish that can be accommodated in the main body 10 and transmitting it to the terminal of the administrator, for this purpose, the second embodiment as shown in Figs. The sensing unit 50 and the weight sensing unit 60 may be further included.

The second sensing unit 50 may detect an internal object accommodated in the main body 10, and for this purpose, the second sensing unit 50 may be installed inside the cover 20 facing the main body 10 and accommodated in the main body 10. It may include a second ultrasonic sensor for detecting the internal object.

Accordingly, the controller 70 may determine the remaining amount of rubbish that can be accommodated in the main body 10 based on the distance between the cover 20 and the internal object obtained through the second ultrasonic sensor.

That is, as the distance between the cover part 20 and the inner object decreases, the remaining amount may be determined to be smaller. When the distance between the cover part 20 and the inner object is less than or equal to a preset reference distance, the main body 10 may be accommodated. It can be determined that there is no residual amount of garbage.

In this case, when the remaining amount is determined only by the second ultrasonic sensor, a problem may occur in which the remaining amount may not be determined more precisely (for example, when a compressible box is accommodated in the main body 10). The remaining amount may be determined by further considering the weight of the internal object sensed by the unit 60. The weight sensing unit 60 may be implemented to include a weight sensor installed under the main body 10 to sense the weight of the internal object.

Accordingly, when the distance between the cover part 20 and the inner object is less than or equal to the preset reference distance and the weight of the inner object is greater than or equal to the preset reference weight, the controller 70 does not have a residual amount of garbage that can be accommodated in the body part 10. The garbage collection request may be transmitted to the terminal of the manager. Here, the reference distance and the reference weight may be variously selected according to the designer's intention and may be preset in the controller 70. For example, the terminal of the manager may be a terminal (for example, a smartphone) possessed by the user when the smart waste storage device 100 of the present embodiment is provided in a home, or the smart waste storage device 100 when the outdoor device is provided outdoors. ) May be a terminal possessed by an administrator who manages publicly. In addition, the control unit 70 may transmit a garbage collection request to a terminal of a manager using a wireless communication method such as WIFI. For this purpose, the smart garbage storage device 100 of the present embodiment requests the garbage collection by the control unit 70. It may further include a wireless communication module (not shown) for transmitting to the terminal of the manager.

Meanwhile, the controller 70 of the present embodiment may visually output the residual amount determined through the above-described process through the display unit 90 (eg, LCD) provided in the main body unit 10, and display the display unit 90. The residual amount output through the main body 10 may be output in various forms such as the volume or mass of the waste that can be accommodated in the main body unit 10. Accordingly, the user can check the remaining amount of the smart garbage storage device 100 in real time.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a smart waste management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the smart waste management system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a waste storage unit 1000 and a waste management server 2000.

The garbage container 1000 operates to automatically open and close the lid part 20 which opens and closes an upper part of the main body part 10 that accommodates garbage according to a result of sensing the external object, and is accommodated in the main body part 10. It may include one or more garbage receiving unit 100 for determining and providing a residual amount of garbage.

Here, it is assumed that each waste accommodation unit 100 included in the waste accommodation unit 1000 is the same as the smart waste accommodation apparatus 100 described in the above-described embodiment, and is installed in various places outdoors. That is, each garbage receiving unit 100 is installed in various places in the outdoors, when there is an access object of the external object, the cover 20 is operated to open, so that the cover 20 is closed when the access object retreat In operation, the residual amount may be determined based on the distance between the cover 20 and the inner object of the main body 10 and the weight of the inner object. Since the description thereof has been described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The rubbish management server 2000 may receive a residual amount from each rubbish accommodating unit 100 included in the rubbish accommodating part 1000 and manage the current status of the rubbish accommodated in the rubbish accommodating part 1000. At this time, the garbage management server 2000 determines a collection target waste accommodation unit that requires the collection of waste in each waste accommodation unit 100 based on the remaining amount information, and the manager for managing the waste collection of the determined waste target waste accommodation unit The garbage collection request for the garbage collection unit to be collected may be transmitted to the 3000.

Here, when the operation of the above-mentioned waste target receiving unit is described in detail, the waste target receiving unit may not perform the automatic opening / closing operation of the cover unit 20 according to a result of sensing the external object.

That is, the garbage receiving unit 100 may determine whether it is a garbage collecting unit to be collected on the basis of the determined remaining amount (the distance between the lid 20 and the internal object is equal to or less than a preset reference distance and the weight of the internal object is previously determined. If it is equal to or more than the set reference weight, the waste accommodation unit may determine that it corresponds to the garbage collection unit to be collected by itself), and the garbage collection unit to be collected no longer has a residual amount of waste that can be accommodated in the main body unit 10. In order to eliminate the problem of overcapacity of waste and thus detrimental odors and aesthetics, the collection target garbage receiving unit may not perform the automatic opening / closing operation of the lid 20 according to a result of sensing an external object (that is, access). Even if an object exists, the lid 20 may not be automatically opened).

On the other hand, as a user approaching the collection target garbage storage unit to discard the garbage may be wrongly judged as a failure of the garbage storage unit 100 when the lid 20 of the garbage storage unit 100 is not automatically opened and closed. The garbage collection unit to which the garbage is to be collected is notified of the remaining amount of the main unit 10 or the garbage collection unit to be collected through the display unit 90 so that the user may recognize that the garbage collection unit is the garbage collection unit to be collected. You may.

However, the manager 3000 who manages the collection of waste even in the target waste accommodation unit should recognize and automatically open the lid 20 so that the manager 3000 can perform the garbage collection. To this end, in the present embodiment, the waste management server 2000 may transmit a collection flag to the manager 3000 together with the waste collection request for the waste collection unit to be collected. The automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit 20 may be performed only when the manager 3000 granted with the collection flag is detected as a result of detecting the object.

Here, the manager 3000 may be a worker who performs a garbage collection for the garbage collection unit to be collected, and in this case, the garbage collection request and the collection flag may be transmitted to the terminal of the worker, and the garbage accommodation unit may be connected to the terminal of the worker. By checking the collection flag set in the worker terminal through the short-range wireless communication it is possible to perform the automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit 20.

In addition, the manager 3000 may be a work vehicle that carries out garbage collection for the garbage collection unit to be collected, and in this case, the waste collection request and the collection flag may be transmitted to a separate electronic device provided in the work vehicle, The accommodation unit may perform the automatic opening / closing operation of the cover unit 20 by confirming the collection flag set in the electronic device through the near field communication with the electronic device of the work vehicle.

The collection flag may be designed in various ways, such as a 1-bit digital code. For example, the collection target garbage receiving unit checks whether the collection flag assigned to the manager 3000 has a value of '1', and then the cover part. The automatic opening and closing operation of 20 may be performed.

When the garbage is collected by the manager 3000, the collection target waste accommodation unit may normally perform the automatic opening / closing operation of the cover unit 20 again according to a result of detecting the external object.

As described above, the present embodiment can remove the discomfort caused by the user's discomfort and physical contact through a control operation of automatically opening and closing the lid of the trash can according to the detection result of the approach object, and collecting garbage by managing the remaining amount of the trash can integrally. By making it timely, it can damage the aesthetics of the surrounding environment and solve the problem of odor emission.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible for those skilled in the art to which the art pertains. I will understand the point. Therefore, the technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

100: smart garbage storage unit, garbage collection unit
10: main body
20: cover part
30: opening and closing drive unit
40: first detection unit
50: second detection unit
60: weight detection unit
70: control unit
80: coupling part
90: display unit
1000: garbage collection
2000: garbage management server
3000: manager

Claims (12)

delete delete delete delete delete delete The cover unit for opening and closing the upper part of the main body for accommodating garbage according to the result of detecting the external object is automatically opened and closed, the garbage comprising at least one garbage receiving unit for determining and providing a residual amount of garbage acceptable to the main body Receptacle; And
Receives the remaining amount from each of the waste receiving unit included in the waste receiving unit, respectively, and manages the current state of the waste accommodated in the waste receiving unit, the collection target that needs to collect the waste of each waste receiving unit based on the remaining amount information A waste management server that determines a waste accommodation unit and transmits a waste collection request for the waste target waste collection unit to a manager managing waste collection of the determined waste target waste collection unit;
Including,
The garbage receiving unit is operable to open the cover part when there is an access object among the external objects, and to close the cover part when the access object is retreated.
The garbage receiving unit may determine the residual amount based on a distance between the inner part of the cover part and the main body part obtained through the provided second ultrasonic sensor, and the weight of the internal object detected through the provided weight sensor. ,
If the distance between the lid portion and the inner object is less than the predetermined reference distance and the weight of the inner object is more than the predetermined reference weight, the waste storage unit determines that there is no residual amount of garbage acceptable to the body portion,
The waste management server determines the waste storage unit determined to have no residual amount of waste that can be accommodated in the main body as the collection target waste storage unit, and transmits a waste collection request to the manager.
The collection target garbage storage unit does not perform an automatic opening / closing operation of the cover unit according to a result of detecting the external object,
The collection target waste storage unit outputs the remaining amount of the main body portion of the collection target waste storage unit through the provided display unit,
The garbage management server transmits a collection flag to the manager together with a garbage collection request for the garbage collection unit to be collected,
And the collection target waste accommodation unit performs the automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit only when a manager assigned to the collection flag is detected as a result of detecting the external object.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The waste storage unit may include an opening / closing driving unit including a motor for controlling opening and closing of the cover part with respect to an upper part of the main body part, and rotating the cover part to control opening and closing of the cover part with respect to an upper part of the main body part. Smart garbage management system. The method of claim 8,
The garbage receiving unit includes a first ultrasonic sensor for sensing the external object, and when the distance to the external object obtained through the first ultrasonic sensor decreases according to a reduction rate within a preset reference range, the corresponding external object And determine an object as the access object, and open the cover part through the opening / closing driving part when the access object reaches within a preset reference access distance.
delete delete The method of claim 7, wherein
The collection target waste accommodation unit, when the garbage is collected by the manager, smart garbage management system, characterized in that to perform the normal automatic opening and closing operation of the cover unit according to the result of detecting the external object.

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