JP7655023B2 - Garbage disposal support device and garbage disposal support method - Google Patents

Description

This disclosure relates to a garbage disposal support device and a garbage disposal support method.

To reduce illegal waste disposal, it is preferable to provide an incentive for people to dispose of waste. For example, the waste collection device in Patent Document 1 is configured to give points to people who dispose of waste according to the weight and quantity of the waste disposed.

JP 2016-18290 A

The garbage collection device in Patent Document 1 gives points to people who dispose of garbage, giving them an incentive to dispose of garbage, but it has an issue in that people who dispose of garbage do not know the location of the garbage collection device (i.e., the disposal site), which places a heavy burden on the person disposing of garbage.

The purpose of this disclosure is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to realize a garbage disposal support device and a garbage disposal support method that can reduce the burden on people who dispose of garbage.

A garbage disposal support device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes:
a terminal information acquisition unit that acquires ID information of a mobile terminal within a preset environment and location information of the mobile terminal;
an image acquisition unit that acquires image information of the environment;
a dust detection unit that detects dust based on image information within the environment and acquires position information of the dust;
a waste disposal location specification unit that specifies a waste disposal location based on the waste location information and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
A transmission unit that transmits the location information and disposal location information of the garbage to the mobile terminal;
a disposal confirmation unit that confirms that the mobile device belongs to a person who disposed of the waste at the disposal site based on image information of the environment and location information of the mobile device;
a reward granting unit that grants a reward to the mobile terminal owned by the person who discarded the waste;
Equipped with.

A garbage disposal support method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes:
acquiring ID information and location information of a mobile terminal within a preset environment;
acquiring image information of the environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
Identifying a waste disposal location based on the waste location information and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to the mobile terminal;
A step of identifying the mobile device owned by the person who disposed of the waste at the disposal site based on image information of the environment and location information of the mobile device;
A step of providing a reward to the mobile terminal owned by the person who disposed of the waste;
Equipped with.

This disclosure makes it possible to realize a garbage disposal support device and a garbage disposal support method that can reduce the burden on people who dispose of garbage.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a garbage disposal support system using a garbage disposal support device according to an embodiment. 1 is a flowchart showing the flow of disposing of waste using the waste disposal support system of an embodiment. 1 is a flowchart showing the flow of disposing of waste using the waste disposal support system of an embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a state in which a person activates a support application on a mobile terminal. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a state in which dust is detected from image information within a facility. 13 is a diagram conceptually showing how the type of dust is determined by comparing dust image information with dust image information for each type. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually showing how a waste disposal location is specified based on waste type information and waste disposal location information for each type of waste. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually showing how participants are selected. 13 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the mobile terminal when prompting a user to input whether or not route guidance is required. FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually illustrating route information displayed on a display device. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually showing image information of the vicinity of a disposal site. FIG. 13 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the mobile terminal when points are awarded.

Specific embodiments to which the present disclosure is applied will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present disclosure is not limited to the following embodiments. In addition, the following descriptions and drawings have been simplified as appropriate for clarity of explanation.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a garbage disposal support system using a garbage disposal support device according to this embodiment. The garbage disposal support system 1 according to this embodiment can be used, for example, to give people an incentive to dispose of garbage at a disposal site located within a facility, which is a type of pre-defined environment, and to make the person disposing of the garbage aware of the location of the disposal site.

As shown in FIG. 1, the waste disposal support system 1 includes, for example, an imaging device 2, a display device 3, a waste disposal support device 4, and a database 5, which are interconnected via a network 6.

Here, the network 6 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a telephone line network, a wireless communication path, Ethernet (registered trademark), etc. However, the imaging device 2, the display device 3, the waste disposal support device 4, and the database 5 may be connected to each other by wire or wirelessly.

The imaging device 2 is equipped with a camera and the like, and captures images inside the facility. For example, the imaging device 2 is arranged along the facility's corridors so as to be able to capture the images of the corridors, and is also arranged around a waste disposal site located inside the facility so as to be able to capture the images of the area around the waste disposal site. Therefore, multiple imaging devices 2 are provided inside the facility.

The display device 3 displays waste disposal location information (i.e., location information of the waste disposal location) or route information, which will be described later. The display device 3 is equipped with a projection device such as a projector, and is arranged along the corridors of the facility so that the waste disposal location information or route information can be displayed on the corridors or walls to people walking along the corridors.

As shown in FIG. 1, the waste disposal support device 4 includes, for example, a terminal information acquisition unit 41, an image acquisition unit 42, a waste detection unit 43, a waste location identification unit 44, a participation recruitment unit 45, a route generation unit 46, a transmission/reception unit 47, a waste confirmation unit 48, and a reward granting unit 49.

The terminal information acquisition unit 41 acquires ID information and location information of a mobile terminal 7 in the facility from the mobile terminal 7. Here, the mobile terminal 7 is a smartphone or a tablet PC (Personal Computer) connected to the network 6. The location information of the mobile terminal 7 can be acquired based on location information of a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver or the like mounted on the mobile terminal 7, for example, and is linked to the ID information of the mobile terminal 7.

The image acquisition unit 42 acquires image information of the inside of the facility captured by the imaging device 2. However, the image acquisition unit 42 only needs to be able to acquire image information of the inside of the facility, and may, for example, be equipped with the imaging device 2. The dust detection unit 43 compares the image information of the inside of the facility with the dust image information stored in the database 5 to detect dust within the facility and acquire the position information of the dust.

For example, the dust detection unit 43 may detect dust by performing image processing on image information of the facility captured by multiple imaging devices 2, and obtain location information of the dust within the facility based on location information of the imaging devices 2 that captured the image information in which dust was detected and location information of the dust within the image information.

Here, the dust detection unit 43 may compare the dust image information extracted from the image information within the facility with the dust image information for each type stored in the database 5 to determine the type of dust.

The waste disposal location identification unit 44 identifies the waste disposal location based on the location information of the waste within the facility and the waste disposal location information stored in the database 5. At this time, the waste disposal location identification unit 44 may identify the closest waste disposal location to the waste by taking into account the route information within the facility stored in the database 5. The waste disposal location identification unit 44 may also identify the waste disposal location by taking into account the waste type information and the waste disposal location information for each type of waste stored in the database 5.

The participation solicitation unit 45 generates recruitment information for soliciting participants for the waste disposal work, and transmits the recruitment information to mobile terminals 7 in the facility via the transmission/reception unit 47. The participation solicitation unit 45 then selects people to dispose of the waste from among the applicants who have applied. For example, the participation solicitation unit 45 may transmit the recruitment information to mobile terminals 7 that are located within a preset range for the waste, based on the location information of the mobile terminals 7 and the location information of the waste.

In addition, the participation recruitment unit 45 may select, from among those who wish to participate, the person who owns the mobile device 7 that is closest to the garbage, as the person who will dispose of the garbage, based on the location information of the mobile device 7 and the location information of the garbage within the facility.

At this time, the support app installed on the mobile device 7 displays the recruitment information on the display device 71, and those who wish to participate in the waste disposal work input a response indicating their wish to participate via the mobile device 7, and the participation request information is then transmitted to the waste disposal support device 4.

The route generating unit 46 generates route information for disposing of waste based on the location information of the mobile terminal 7 owned by the selected person, the route information stored in the database 5, and the identified disposal location information. At this time, the route generating unit 46 may generate the route information in response to a request from the selected person, for example.

The transmission/reception unit 47 is an interface with the network 6. The transmission/reception unit 47 receives ID information and location information from the mobile terminal 7, image information within the facility from the imaging device 2, and participation request information from the mobile terminal 7. The transmission/reception unit 47 also transmits disposal location information or route information to the display device 3 or the mobile terminal 7, and transmits recruitment information to the mobile terminal 7.

The disposal confirmation unit 48 confirms the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person who disposed of the garbage at the disposal site based on image information within the facility and location information of the mobile terminal 7 owned by the selected person. For example, based on location information of the mobile terminal 7 owned by the selected person, image information of the garbage, and image information of the vicinity of the disposal site within the facility, the disposal confirmation unit 48 may confirm that the location information of the mobile terminal 7 indicates the vicinity of the disposal site and that the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person who disposed of the garbage at the disposal site is from the image of the vicinity of the disposal site.

When the selected person disposes of waste in the waste disposal site, the reward granting unit 49 grants a reward to the mobile device 7 owned by that person. The reward granting unit 49 transmits, for example, reward information for adding points or the like to the support app of the mobile device 7 via the transmission/reception unit 47.

At this time, the reward granting unit 49 may increase or decrease the amount of reward based on, for example, the size of the garbage, whether the garbage is recyclable or not, the distance to the disposal site, the amount of baggage of the selected person, the weather, or the time from when the garbage location information is transmitted until the garbage is disposed of. The reward granting unit 49 may also transmit reward information to a server operated by a general point site.

The database 5 stores garbage image information, disposal location information, and facility passageway information. In this case, as described above, the database 5 may store garbage image information for each type and disposal location information for each type of garbage. Here, the garbage image information can be generated by supervised machine learning based on, for example, the shape, color, material, whether or not the garbage is recyclable, etc.

Next, the flow of disposing of garbage using the garbage disposal support system 1 of this embodiment will be described. Figures 2 and 3 are flow charts showing the flow of disposing of garbage using the garbage disposal support system of this embodiment. Figures 4 to 12 are diagrams conceptually showing the state of each process.

First, as shown in Figure 4, a person P who owns a mobile terminal 7 starts up the support app on the mobile terminal 7 (S1). Here, in Figure 4, the left side shows the appearance of the person P who owns the mobile terminal 7, and the right side shows the appearance of the support app on the mobile terminal 7 being started. Then, when the person P who owns the mobile terminal 7 enters the facility, the terminal information acquisition unit 41 of the waste disposal support device 4 acquires the ID information and location information of the mobile terminal 7.

Next, the imaging device 2 captures images of the inside of the facility and transmits image information of the inside of the facility to the waste disposal support device 4. As a result, the image acquisition unit 42 of the waste disposal support device 4 acquires image information of the inside of the facility (S2). Here, acquisition of images of the inside of the facility continues, for example, while the facility is open.

Next, the garbage detection unit 43 of the garbage disposal support device 4 compares the image information of the facility with the garbage image information stored in the database 5 to determine whether garbage has been detected within the facility (S3). If garbage has not been detected (NO in S3), the garbage disposal support device 4 returns to step S3.

On the other hand, when dust D is detected as shown in FIG. 5 (YES in S3), the dust detection unit 43 acquires the position information of the dust D. At this time, as described above, the dust detection unit 43 may compare the image information of the dust D extracted from the image information within the facility with the dust image information for each type stored in the database 5, and determine the type of the dust D as shown in FIG. 6.

Incidentally, FIG. 6 shows how trash D is determined to be trash d1 of the first type (e.g., burnable trash) as a result of comparing image information of trash d1 of the first type (e.g., a plastic bottle) stored in database 5 with image information of trash d2 of the second type (e.g., a plastic bottle), image information of trash d3 of the third type (e.g., non-burnable trash), and image information of trash D.

Next, the waste disposal location identification unit 44 of the waste disposal support device 4 identifies the waste disposal location of the waste D based on the location information of the waste D within the facility and the waste disposal location information stored in the database 5 (S4). At this time, the waste disposal location identification unit 44 may identify the waste disposal location S of the waste D as shown in FIG. 7, taking into account the type information of the waste D and the waste disposal location information for each type of waste stored in the database 5, as described above.

Next, the participation solicitation unit 45 of the waste disposal support device 4 generates recruitment information for soliciting people who wish to participate in the waste D disposal work, and transmits the recruitment information to the mobile terminal 7 in the facility via the transmission/reception unit 47 (S5). Then, the participation solicitation unit 45 determines whether or not there has been an application from a person who wishes to participate (S6).

If no one applies to participate (NO in S6), the waste disposal support device 4 ends the support process. However, if no one applies to participate, the participation solicitation unit 45 may solicit participants again. On the other hand, if someone applies to participate (YES in S6), the participation solicitation unit 45 selects a person P who will dispose of the waste D from among the people who have applied (S7), as shown in FIG. 8.

Next, the transmitter/receiver 47 of the waste disposal support device 4 transmits the waste D disposal location information to the mobile terminal 7 owned by the selected person P (S8). The mobile terminal 7 then displays the waste D disposal location information on the display device 71, and prompts the person P to input whether or not route guidance to the disposal location is required (S9). However, the waste disposal support device 4 may also transmit information to the display device 3 and, at the same time, to the mobile terminal 7 to prompt the person P to input whether or not route guidance to the disposal location S is required.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the person P inputs a response that route guidance is required via the support app on the mobile device 7 (in FIG. 9, by touching the Route portion displayed on the display device 71 of the mobile device 7) (YES in S9), the route generation unit 46 of the waste disposal support device 4 generates route information M from the person P's current location to the disposal site S and transmits the route information M to the display device 3 via the transmission/reception unit 47 (S10).

In FIG. 9, the left side shows the appearance of person P who owns the mobile terminal 7, and the right side shows the mobile terminal 7 when prompted to input whether or not route guidance is required. The display device 3 displays route information M as shown in FIG. 10. This allows person P to recognize the location and route to the disposal location S. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the route information M may show not only the guided route connecting the point where route guidance started and the disposal location S, but also the current location of person P on the guided route.

At this time, the transceiver 47 transmits route information M to the display device 3 that is located closest to the person P in the direction of travel of the person P, among the multiple display devices 3, based on the position information of the person P within the facility, and causes the display device 3 to display the route information M as the person P moves. This makes it possible to display disposal location information and route information on the display device 3 in accordance with the movement of the person P.

The transmitter/receiver 47 may also transmit route information M to the mobile terminal 7 and display the route information M on the display device 71 of the mobile terminal 7 as shown in FIG. 9. The transmitter/receiver 47 may transmit the disposal location information or route information M to either the display device 3 or the display device 71 of the mobile terminal 7.

Next, the image acquisition unit 42 of the waste disposal support device 4 acquires image information of the area around the waste disposal location S from the imaging device 2 arranged at the waste disposal location S so that the area can be imaged (S11). Here, if the person P inputs a response that route guidance is not required via the support app on the mobile terminal 7 (NO in S9), the waste disposal support device 4 proceeds to step S11.

Next, the waste disposal confirmation unit 48 of the waste disposal support device 4 confirms the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the waste D at the disposal location S based on the acquired image information of the area around the disposal location S (S12). Then, if the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the waste D at the disposal location S cannot be confirmed within the time period from when the transceiver unit 47 transmits the route information M to the display device 3 until a preset first time period has elapsed (NO in S12), the waste disposal support device 4 ends the support process.

At this time, if the disposal confirmation unit 48 cannot confirm the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the garbage D at the disposal site S within a preset second time period after the transmission/reception unit 47 transmits the route information M to the display device 3, the disposal confirmation unit 48 may transmit, via the transmission/reception unit 47, reminding information to the mobile terminal 7 to remind the person P to dispose of the garbage D. Here, the second time period may be shorter than the first time period.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 11, if the mobile device 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the garbage D at the disposal site S can be confirmed (YES in S12), the reward granting unit 49 of the garbage disposal support device 4 grants a reward to the mobile device 7 owned by the person P (S13).

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the reward granting unit 49 transmits reward information for adding points or the like to the assistance app of the mobile device 7 via the transceiver unit 47. At this time, the reward granting unit 49 may generate the reward information to be granted based on information on the type of garbage D, image information within the facility, or weather information acquired from outside. Here, in FIG. 12, the left side shows the appearance of a person P who owns the mobile device 7, and the right side shows the mobile device 7 when points are granted.

In this way, the garbage disposal support device 4 and garbage disposal support method of this embodiment provide a reward to the person P who disposes of garbage D, thereby giving the person P an incentive to dispose of garbage D, and also allows the person P to recognize the location of the disposal site S for garbage D when disposing of garbage D, thereby reducing the burden on the person P who disposes of garbage D.

In addition, the waste disposal support device 4 and the waste disposal support method of this embodiment recruit people who wish to participate in the waste disposal work, so that people who wish to participate can apply to dispose of the waste D as if it were a game to earn rewards. In this case, if the person P who owns the mobile terminal 7 that is closest to the waste is selected as the person to dispose of the waste D, the waste D can be disposed of efficiently.

In addition, the garbage disposal support device 4 and garbage disposal support method of this embodiment determine the type of garbage D and identify a disposal location according to the type of garbage D, so that the garbage D can be separated and disposed of.

In addition, the waste disposal support device 4 and waste disposal support method of this embodiment generate route information M to the disposal location of the waste D in response to a request from the person P who disposes of the waste D and display it on the display device 3 or the display device 71 of the mobile terminal 7, thereby further reducing the burden on the person P who disposes of the waste D.

In this case, displaying route information M on one of the multiple display devices 3 that is located closest to person P in the direction of travel of person P can contribute to reducing power consumption compared to displaying route information M on all display devices 3 at the same time.

In addition, the waste disposal support device 4 and the waste disposal support method of this embodiment transmit, if a person P who disposes of waste D does not dispose of the waste D at a disposal location S, reminder information to be sent to the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P to dispose of the waste D, thereby preventing illegal dumping of the waste D.

This disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be modified as appropriate without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

For example, the waste disposal support device 4 in the above embodiment includes a participation solicitation unit 45 and a route generation unit 46, but one or both of the participation solicitation unit 45 and the route generation unit 46 may be omitted.

For example, in the above embodiment, the route information M is generated after the person P is prompted to answer whether or not route guidance is required, but the route information M may be generated without prompting the person P to answer whether or not route guidance is required.

For example, the above embodiment is described on the premise that garbage is disposed of within a facility, but the embodiment can be carried out in a substantially similar manner not only within a facility but also outdoors.

For example, in the above embodiment, the present disclosure has been described as a hardware configuration, but the present disclosure is not limited to this. Any processing in the present disclosure can also be realized by having a CPU (Central Processing Unit) execute a computer program.

The program can be stored and supplied to the computer using various types of non-transitory computer readable media. Non-transitory computer readable media include various types of tangible storage media. Examples of non-transitory computer readable media include magnetic recording media (e.g., flexible disks, magnetic tapes, hard disk drives), magneto-optical recording media (e.g., magneto-optical disks), CD-ROMs (Read Only Memory), CD-Rs, CD-R/Ws, and semiconductor memories (e.g., mask ROMs, PROMs (Programmable ROMs), EPROMs (Erasable PROMs), flash ROMs, and RAMs (random access memories)). The program may also be supplied to the computer by various types of transitory computer readable media. Examples of transitory computer readable media include electrical signals, optical signals, and electromagnetic waves. The transitory computer readable media can supply the program to the computer via wired communication paths such as electric wires and optical fibers, or wireless communication paths.

Reference Signs List 1 Garbage disposal support system 2 Imaging device 3 Display device 4 Garbage disposal support device 41 Terminal information acquisition unit 42 Image acquisition unit 43 Garbage detection unit 44 Disposal location identification unit 45 Participation recruitment unit 46 Route generation unit 47 Transmitting/receiving unit 48 Disposal confirmation unit 49 Reward granting unit 5 Database 6 Network 7 Portable terminal 71 Display device D Garbage M Route information P Person S Disposal location

Claims (5)

a terminal information acquisition unit that acquires ID information of a mobile terminal within a preset environment and location information of the mobile terminal;
an image acquisition unit that acquires image information of the environment;
a dust detection unit that detects dust based on image information within the environment and acquires position information of the dust;
a waste disposal location specification unit that specifies a waste disposal location based on the waste location information and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
A transmission unit that transmits the location information and disposal location information of the garbage to the mobile terminal;
a disposal confirmation unit that confirms that the mobile device belongs to a person who disposed of the waste at the disposal site based on image information of the environment and location information of the mobile device;
a reward granting unit that grants a reward to the mobile terminal owned by the person who discarded the waste;
A garbage disposal support device comprising: a participation solicitation unit that generates recruitment information for soliciting participants for the waste disposal work, transmits the recruitment information to the mobile terminal via the transmission unit, and selects a person to dispose of the waste from among the participants who have applied;
The waste disposal support device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the location information of the waste and the disposal location information to a mobile terminal owned by a person who disposes of the selected waste. the dust detection unit compares the dust image information with dust image information for each type stored in the database to determine the type of dust;
The waste disposal support device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the waste disposal location identification unit identifies the waste location based on the location information of the waste, the type information of the waste, and the waste disposal location information for each type of waste stored in the database. a route generating unit that generates route information to the waste disposal site based on location information of the mobile terminal, location information of the garbage, and waste disposal site information stored in the database;
The waste disposal support device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission unit transmits the route information to a display device arranged in the environment or a display device of the mobile terminal. acquiring ID information and location information of a mobile terminal within a preset environment;
acquiring image information of the environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
Identifying a waste disposal location based on the waste location information and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to the mobile terminal;
A step of identifying the mobile device owned by the person who disposed of the waste at the disposal site based on image information of the environment and location information of the mobile device;
A step of providing a reward to the mobile terminal owned by the person who disposed of the waste;
The waste disposal support method includes:

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