FR3133382A1 - Device and method for collecting data without network connection - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of processing the collection of waste, mainly household waste, it aims more specifically at a set and a method of collecting data capable of optimizing household waste collection rounds and allowing, where appropriate, a invoicing of depositors in proportion to their respective deposits, method of collecting household waste contained in an electromechanical household waste storage assembly including an electronic management center provided with an RFID chip reader and a source of electrical energy in the form of a storage battery.

Description

Device and method for collecting data without network connection

The invention relates to the field of waste collection treatment, mainly household waste. It aims more specifically at a device and a data collection process capable of optimizing household waste collection rounds and allowing, where applicable, invoicing of depositors in proportion to their respective deposits.

Many systems attempt to solve the problem of the cost of collecting household waste, more precisely the collection of household waste colloquially called OM.

Among the recommended solutions, most involve transmission of the data collected in the container via long-distance networks.

Long distance is included here for a distance which is greater than 1km, even more than 10kms and most often several hundred kms.

Among these networks, some networks such as LORA are less expensive than the GSM network, but all still have a significant cost which is not offset by added value linked to collection to the extent that OM are currently very few recyclable.

Other solutions such as the known device EP3671664A1 advocate drastic integration from mobile phones considering that everyone has a mobile which will necessarily be used to empty the bins and allow invoicing.

The device according to the invention offers a simple and low-cost solution without using data transmission with a long distance network.

• une action manuelle réalisée par au moins un opérateur habilité sur un contacteur afin de réveiller la centrale de gestion électronique,
• la présentation d’un badge intégrant une puce RFID par l’au moins un opérateur habilité sur le lecteur RFID de la centrale de gestion,
• la reconnaissance de la puce RFID
• le transfert des données contenues dans la centrale de gestion de l’ensemble électromécanique de stockage de déchets ménagers par un moyen de transmission à courte distance, distance toujours inférieure à 100 mètres, le plus souvent moins de 50 mètres et avantageusement moins de 20 mètres.
• la validation du transfert suivi immédiatement d’un avertisseur par un moyen d’avertissement à destination de l’au moins un opérateur habilité afin de permettre la collecte effective des déchets ménagers contenus dans l’ensemble électromécanique de stockage de déchets par l’au moins un opérateur habilité.

The invention relates to the field of processing the collection of waste, mainly household waste, it aims more specifically at a device and a method for collecting data capable of optimizing household waste collection rounds and allowing, where appropriate, a billing of depositors in proportion to their respective deposits, method of collecting household waste contained in an electromechanical household waste storage assembly including an electronic management center provided with an RFID chip reader, a source of electrical energy, characterized in what the collection simultaneously allows a transfer of information relating to the depositors of household waste and to the electromechanical assembly for storing household waste by:

• a manual action carried out by at least one authorized operator on a contactor in order to wake up the electronic management unit,
• the presentation of a badge incorporating an RFID chip by the at least one authorized operator on the RFID reader of the management center,
• RFID chip recognition
• the transfer of the data contained in the management center of the electromechanical household waste storage assembly by a means of short distance transmission, a distance always less than 100 meters, most often less than 50 meters and advantageously less than 20 meters.
• validation of the transfer followed immediately by a warning by a warning means intended for the at least one authorized operator in order to allow the effective collection of household waste contained in the electromechanical waste storage assembly by the at least an authorized operator.

Device characterized in that the short distance transmission means is a transfer of data in the RFID chip.

Device characterized in that the short distance transmission means is a transfer of data in a communication device independent of the electromechanical waste storage assembly, the connection between the independent device and the electromechanical assembly being established via WIFI or with the Bluetooth protocol.

Device characterized in that the warning means is a light signal or an audible signal or both.

Device characterized in that the warning means is an electromechanical unlocking of the at least one waste access door.

Device characterized in that the badge integrating the RFID chip is in the form of an object capable of being presented, by at least one authorized operator, to the RFID chip reader, at a reading distance, without the obligation to hold it or handling of said object.

Device characterized in that the maximum duration between the presentation of the badge integrating the RFID chip by the at least one authorized operator on the RFID chip reader and the unlocking of the at least one waste access door is often less than 20 seconds, more generally less than 10 seconds and advantageously less than 3 seconds, thus avoiding loss of time for the at least one authorized operator.

Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the maximum consumption of the electronic management unit is of short duration, exclusively from the moment when it is awakened by the manual action carried out by an authorized operator on the contactor provided for this purpose, maximum consumption cut off by putting the management unit on standby as soon as the warning validating the data transfer has been issued, maximum consumption most often less than 30 seconds, or even 10 seconds and preferably less than 3 seconds.

Device characterized in that no transmission through an ordinary network such as LORA, GSM or any other long-distance data transmission network is required in our waste collection process with data transfer.

• un ensemble électromécanique de stockage de déchets ménagers dispose d’une centrale de gestion électronique pourvue d’un lecteur de puces RFID, une source d’énergie électrique sous la forme d’une batterie,
• un opérateur habilité dispose d’un badge contenant une puce RFID
• l’opérateur habilité réveille la centrale de gestion électronique par un appui sur un contacteur prévu à cet effet,
• l’opérateur habilité présente ensuite son badge devant le lecteur de puce RFID afin d’être identifié par la centrale de gestion,
• l’identification réussie conditionne le transfert des données soit directement dans la puce RFID du badge, soit dans un appareil de communication indépendant de l’ensemble de stockage de déchets et connecté à celui-ci en WIFI ou Bluetooth
• un avertissement de validation de transfert est matérialisé par un signal sonore et/ou lumineux accompagné d’une décondamnation électromécanique de l’au moins une porte d’accès aux déchets si ladite porte est présente sur le contenant.
• L’opérateur habilité procède ensuite à la collecte des déchets.

Method for implementing the concomitant collection of household waste and the transfer of data relating to the deposit of said waste, characterized according to one of the preceding claims in which:

• an electromechanical household waste storage assembly has an electronic management unit provided with an RFID chip reader, a source of electrical energy in the form of a battery,
• an authorized operator has a badge containing an RFID chip
• the authorized operator wakes up the electronic management unit by pressing a contactor provided for this purpose,
• the authorized operator then presents his badge in front of the RFID chip reader in order to be identified by the management center,
• successful identification conditions the transfer of data either directly into the RFID chip of the badge, or into a communication device independent of the waste storage assembly and connected to it via WIFI or Bluetooth
• a transfer validation warning is materialized by an audible and/or light signal accompanied by an electromechanical unlocking of the at least one waste access door if said door is present on the container.
• The authorized operator then collects the waste.

Other aims and advantages of the invention will appear better in the detailed description which follows and which refers to the appended drawings.

These drawings are given as an example only, in which:

There is a perspective showing a bin shelter containing the device according to the invention according to a first preferred embodiment. There is a perspective showing a bin shelter containing the device according to the invention according to a second preferred embodiment.

The device and method according to the invention is in the field of waste collection.

Currently, waste collection is carried out by specialized companies which bill municipalities for a tonnage of waste collected.

This collection is essentially carried out manually, by authorized operators who empty the household waste contained in bins into a truck provided for this purpose.

Trash cans are containers of different kinds, they can be buried, semi-buried or fully visible.

Visible containers allow household waste to be stored in bins equipped with wheels so they can be moved. These containers are called here bin shelters.

A bin shelter can contain several trash cans and has at least one access door to said trash cans.

The cost of collecting household waste is significant and is currently borne mainly by the community.

More and more communities are looking for a way to bill part of this waste collection expense to users who deposit the waste, users here called depositors.

This billing is very little passed on to individuals because the cost of the equipment necessary for this billing is very high.

Indeed, to the price of containers such as bin shelters, buried, semi-buried containers and other containers, to date, it is appropriate to add the cost of GSM subscriptions or other long-distance data transmission networks allowing among other things, said invoicing as well as the related electronic equipment.

Our device and method differ from existing devices and methods by its total absence of connection with a long-distance data transmission network and therefore of expensive subscriptions, both for data collection as we describe it below and for the disposal of waste by depositors.

This deposit is known and most often involves the recognition of an identification badge presented by the depositor on an RFID chip reader, which causes the unlocking of an opening capable of allowing the deposit of waste by the depositor. .

Our device consists of an electromechanical assembly for storing household waste including an electronic management unit provided with an RFID chip reader, a battery, at least one door or a hatch for access to household waste contained in said electromechanical assembly storage in the case of a bin shelter, door or access hatch independent of the opening provided for the deposit of waste by the depositors, and a waste collection process allowing a transfer of data relating to the depositors and to the electromechanical storage assembly.

The data concerning depositors is mainly the identity of the depositor and the quantity of deposits he has made.

The data concerning the electromechanical storage assembly is essentially linked to the filling rate.

Given the plurality of containers, we will deal here with two examples of preferential realizations, the first concerns bin shelters, the second concerns buried and semi-buried collective bins.

• un opérateur habilité OH, OH1 réveille la centrale de gestion en appuyant sur un contacteur prévu à cet effet,
• l’opérateur habilité OH, OH1 est équipé d’un badge PR, PR1 sous la forme d’un bracelet passé à son poignet, badge PR, PR1 équipé d’une puce RFID.
• L’opérateur habilité présente le badge PR, PR1 à distance de lecture sur le lecteur de puce RFID LP, LP1 intégré dans un ensemble E, E1 électromécanique de stockage de déchets ménagers incluant une centrale de gestion électronique CE, CE1 pourvue d’un lecteur LP, LP1 de puces RFID, une batterie B, B1, une porte P.
• La centrale de gestion électronique CE, CE1 identifie et autorise la transmission des données.

The two preferred realizations are identical in the first part which we describe below:

• an authorized operator OH, OH1 wakes up the management unit by pressing a contactor provided for this purpose,
• the authorized operator OH, OH1 is equipped with a PR, PR1 badge in the form of a bracelet worn on his wrist, PR, PR1 badge equipped with an RFID chip.
• The authorized operator presents the badge PR, PR1 at a reading distance on the RFID chip reader LP, LP1 integrated into an electromechanical assembly E, E1 for storing household waste including an electronic management center CE, CE1 provided with a reader LP, LP1 of RFID chips, a battery B, B1, a gate P.
• The CE, CE1 electronic management center identifies and authorizes the transmission of data.

Below is the continuation of the differentiated description of the two preferred embodiments:

- In the first example of preferred embodiment, the electromechanical household waste storage assembly E includes an electronic management center CE, provided with an LP reader of RFID chips, a battery B, a door P.

This set E is most often a bin shelter containing at least one trash can fitted with wheels.

the transmission of the data contained in the CE management center is done directly in the PR chip contained in the badge, here in the form of a bracelet, worn by the authorized operator OH.

The PR chip can also transmit data to the management center, for example a depositor who must be banned or added.

This operation is continued by a light and/or sound signal to authorize the OH authorized operator to remove the PR chip from the LP reader.

At the same time, the electronic control unit CE allows the unlocking of the door P, more precisely the unlocking of an electric strike G which equips the door P.

The time between presentation of the PR chip on the LP player is always less than 30 seconds, frequently 10 seconds and preferably less than 3 seconds.

This preferred duration of less than 3 seconds is much less than the time necessary to unlock a door equipped with a conventional lock, resulting in a significant saving of time, greater ease of use and appreciable savings in effort.

Indeed, you should know that the OH authorized operator most often wears gloves, the action of unlocking a classic lock means removing at least one glove, taking the key to the lock, unlocking it, replacing the key, and put his glove back on.

This repeated operation at each bin shelter constitutes a significant waste of time and energy.

The data storage capacity of the PR chip is calibrated according to the data to be transferred for one working day of the authorized operator.

- In the second example of preferred embodiment, the electromechanical household waste storage assembly E1 includes an electronic management unit CE1, provided with an RFID chip reader LP1, a battery B1.

This E1 set is most often an underground or semi-buried collective trash can.

The transmission of data contained in the CE1 management center is done, via WIFI or Bluetooth technology with an AC device independent of the E1 assembly and connected to it, as soon as the authorized operator OH1 has presented the PR1 chip in front of the LP1 player.

This bidirectional data transmission operation is followed by a light and/or sound signal authorizing the authorized operator OH1 to collect the waste contained in the storage assembly E1.

• des abri bacs pourvus de serrures électriques
• des abri bacs non pourvu d’organes de verrouillage de porte
• des conteneurs pourvus d’une porte avec gâche électrique ou serrure électrique

We have described the two preferred examples of embodiment without excluding:

• bin shelters fitted with electric locks
• bin shelters not provided with door locking devices
• containers fitted with a door with an electric strike or electric lock

The data transmitted in the PR chip or in the AC connected device are intended to be subsequently used electronically as part of deposit management.

This data is encrypted so that it can only be used by an authorized person.

In the event that data transfer cannot be effective, an audible and/or visual warning is sent.

• dans le cas d’un abris bac, l’opérateur habilité OH commence par présenter à nouveau son badge RFID devant le lecteur de puces, en cas d’échec répété, l’opérateur habilité procèdera à l’ouverture de secours de la porte d’accès à l’au moins une poubelle afin de pouvoir collecter les déchets contenus dans ladite poubelle.
• dans le cas d’un contenant sans porte d’accès, avec une liaison WIFI ou Bluetooth entre la centrale de gestion et un appareil de communication indépendant, l’opérateur habilité commence par présenter à nouveau son badge RFID devant le lecteur de puces.

This warning is different from the one sent when the transfer operation has gone well, a procedure is put in place depending on the type of container:

• in the case of a bin shelter, the authorized operator OH begins by presenting his RFID badge again in front of the chip reader, in the event of repeated failure, the authorized operator will proceed to the emergency opening of the door access to at least one trash can in order to be able to collect the waste contained in said trash can.
• in the case of a container without an access door, with a WIFI or Bluetooth link between the management center and an independent communication device, the authorized operator begins by presenting his RFID badge again in front of the chip reader.

In the event of repeated failure and in the presence of the audible and/or light warning, the authorized operator attempts to bring said independent communication device closer to the management center and begins the operation of presenting his badge containing the chip again. PR1 in front of reader LC1.

If the phenomenon repeats itself, the authorized operator OH1 abandons the data transfer attempt and devotes itself to collecting the waste.

Batteries B, B1 can either be recharged at regular intervals, or depending on a low battery fault signaled by the electronic management unit CE, CE1 and recorded either in the RFID chip or in the independent communication device connected in WIFI or Bluetooth with the management center, or recharged by a solar panel provided for this purpose.

We have thus produced a device conforming to the invention.

Of course, the invention is in no way limited to the embodiments described and represented which have been given only by way of example.

The invention includes all the technical equivalents of the means described as well as their combinations, if these are executed according to its spirit and implemented within the framework of the claims which follow.

Claims (10)

The invention relates to the field of processing the collection of waste, mainly household waste, it aims more specifically at a device and a method for collecting data capable of optimizing household waste collection rounds and allowing, where appropriate, a billing of depositors in proportion to their respective deposits, method of collecting household waste contained in an electromechanical household waste storage assembly including an electronic management center provided with an RFID chip reader, a source of electrical energy, characterized in what the collection simultaneously allows a transfer of information relating to the depositors of household waste and to the electromechanical assembly for storing household waste by:

• a manual action carried out by at least one authorized operator on a contactor in order to wake up the electronic management unit,
• the presentation of a badge incorporating an RFID chip by the at least one authorized operator on the RFID reader of the management center,
• RFID chip recognition
• the transfer of the data contained in the management center of the electromechanical household waste storage assembly by a means of short distance transmission, a distance always less than 100 meters, most often less than 50 meters and advantageously less than 20 meters.
• validation of the transfer followed immediately by a warning by a warning means intended for the at least one authorized operator in order to allow the effective collection of household waste contained in the electromechanical waste storage assembly by the at least an authorized operator.

Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the short distance transmission means is a transfer of data in the RFID chip. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the short distance transmission means is a transfer of data in a communication device independent of the electromechanical waste storage assembly, the connection between the independent device and the electromechanical assembly being established via WIFI or with the Bluetooth protocol. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the warning means is a light signal or an audible signal or both. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the warning means is an electromechanical unlocking of the at least one waste access door. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the badge integrating the RFID chip is in the form of an object capable of being presented, by the at least one authorized operator, to the RFID chip reader, at reading distance, without obligation to grip or handle said object. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the maximum duration between the presentation of the badge integrating the RFID chip by the at least one authorized operator on the RFID chip reader and the unlocking of the at least one waste access door is often less than 20 seconds, more generally less than 10 seconds and advantageously less than 3 seconds, thus avoiding loss of time for the at least one authorized operator. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the maximum consumption of the electronic management unit is of short duration, exclusively from the moment when it is awakened by the manual action carried out by an authorized operator on the contactor provided for this purpose, maximum consumption cut off by putting the management unit on standby as soon as the warning validating the data transfer has been issued, maximum consumption most often less than 30 seconds, or even 10 seconds and preferably less than 3 seconds. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that no transmission through an ordinary network of the LORA, GSM type or any other long-distance data transmission network is required in our waste collection process with data transfer . Method for implementing the concomitant collection of household waste and the transfer of data relating to the deposit of said waste, characterized according to one of the preceding claims in which:

• an electromechanical household waste storage assembly has an electronic management unit provided with an RFID chip reader, a source of electrical energy in the form of a battery,
• an authorized operator has a badge containing an RFID chip
• the authorized operator wakes up the electronic management unit by pressing a contactor provided for this purpose,
• the authorized operator then presents his badge in front of the RFID chip reader in order to be identified by the management center,
• successful identification conditions the transfer of data either directly into the RFID chip of the badge, or into a communication device independent of the waste storage assembly and connected to it via WIFI or Bluetooth
• a transfer validation warning is materialized by an audible and/or light signal accompanied by an electromechanical unlocking of the at least one waste access door if said door is present on the container.
• The authorized operator then collects the waste.