JP7810298B2 - Garbage disposal support device, garbage disposal support method, and garbage disposal support program - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to a garbage disposal support device, a garbage disposal support method, and a garbage disposal support program.

In order to reduce illegal waste disposal, it is preferable to have an incentive for people to dispose of waste. For example, the waste collection device disclosed 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 of.

JP 2016-18290 A

The garbage collection device of Patent Document 1 provides an incentive for people to dispose of garbage by awarding points to people who dispose of garbage, but has the problem that people who dispose of garbage do not know the location of the garbage collection device (i.e., the disposal location), which places a heavy burden on the person disposing of garbage.

The purpose of the present disclosure has been made 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 an embodiment of the present disclosure includes:
an image acquisition unit that acquires image information of an 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 identification unit that identifies a waste disposal location based on the location information of the waste and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
a transmitting unit that transmits the location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
Equipped with.

A garbage disposal support method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes:
acquiring image information of an environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
A step of identifying a disposal location for the waste based on the location information of the waste and disposal location information stored in a database;
a step of transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
Equipped with.

A garbage disposal support program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes:
acquiring image information of an environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
A step of identifying a disposal location for the waste based on the location information of the waste and disposal location information stored in a database;
a step of transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
Equipped with.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to realize a garbage disposal support device, a garbage disposal support method, and a garbage disposal support program that can reduce the burden on people who dispose of garbage.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a garbage disposal support system using a garbage disposal support device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the process of disposing of garbage using the garbage disposal support system of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the process of disposing of garbage using the garbage disposal support system of the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a state in which a person activates a support application on a mobile terminal. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually illustrating how dust is detected from image information within a facility. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually illustrating how the type of dust is determined by comparing dust image information with dust image information for each type. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually showing how a waste disposal location is identified based on waste type information and waste disposal location information for each type of waste. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually showing how participants are selected. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually illustrating the mobile terminal when prompting the user to input whether or not route guidance is required. FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing route information displayed on a display device. FIG. 10 is a diagram conceptually showing image information of the vicinity of a disposal site. FIG. 10 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 description and drawings have been simplified as appropriate for clarity of explanation.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a garbage disposal support system using a garbage disposal support device according to the present embodiment. The garbage disposal support system 1 according to the present embodiment can be used, for example, to provide an incentive for people 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 by a network 6.

Here, the network 6 is, for example, the Internet, and is constructed using a telephone 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 includes a camera and captures images of the inside of the facility.
The imaging devices 2 are arranged along the passageways of the facility so as to be able to capture images of the passageways, and are also arranged around the waste disposal area located inside the facility so as to be able to capture images of the area around the waste disposal area. Therefore, multiple imaging devices 2 are installed 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, so that the waste disposal location information or route information can be displayed on the passageway or on a wall, etc., to people walking along the passageway of the facility.
are placed along the aisles.

The garbage disposal support device 4 includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a terminal information acquisition unit 41, an image acquisition unit 42, a garbage detection unit 43, a disposal location identification unit 44, a participation recruitment unit 45, a route generation unit 46, a transmission/reception unit 47, a disposal 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 within the facility from the mobile terminal 7. Here, the mobile terminal 7 is a smartphone, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), or the like connected to the network 6. The location information of the mobile terminal 7 can be acquired based on location information from, for example, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver or the like mounted on the mobile terminal 7, 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 provided 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, detects dust within the facility, and acquires location information of the dust.

For example, the dust detection unit 43 performs image processing on image information of the facility captured by a plurality of image capture devices 2 to detect dust, and then combines the image information in which dust is detected with the position information of the image capture devices 2 that captured the image information.
It is preferable to obtain location information of garbage within the facility based on location information of garbage within the image information.

Here, the dust detection unit 43 may compare the image information of the dust 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 specification unit 44 specifies 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 specification unit 44 may specify the waste disposal location closest to the waste by taking into account the route information within the facility stored in the database 5. Furthermore, the waste disposal location specification unit 44 may specify 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 garbage 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 garbage 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 predetermined range for the garbage, based on the location information of the mobile terminals 7 and the location information of the garbage.

Furthermore, the participation recruitment section 45 may select, from among the participants, the person who owns the mobile terminal 7 that is closest to the garbage, as the person to dispose of the garbage, based on the location information of the mobile terminal 7 and the location information of the garbage within the facility.

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

The route generating unit 46 generates route information for disposing of the 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 specified disposal location information. At this time, the route generating unit 46 generates route information for disposing of the waste, for example, in response to a request from the selected person.
Route information may be generated.

The transmitting/receiving unit 47 is an interface with the network 6. The transmitting/receiving unit 47 receives ID information and location information from the portable terminal 7, image information within the facility from the imaging device 2, and
The transmitting/receiving 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 device 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 device 7 owned by the selected person. For example, the disposal confirmation unit 48 may confirm that the location information of the mobile device 7 indicates the area around the disposal site, and confirm the mobile device 7 owned by the person who disposed of the garbage at the disposal site from the image of the area around the disposal site, based on the location information of the mobile device 7 owned by the selected person, image information of the garbage, and image information of the area around the disposal site within the facility.

When the selected person disposes of waste at the disposal site, the reward granting unit 49 grants a reward to the mobile device 7 owned by the selected person. 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 transmitting/receiving unit 47, for example.

At this time, the reward granting unit 49 may determine, for example, the size of the garbage, whether the garbage is recyclable,
The amount of reward may be increased or decreased based on factors such as the distance to the disposal site, the amount of baggage carried by the selected person, the weather, or the time from when the location information of the garbage is transmitted until the garbage is disposed of.
The reward granting unit 49 may transmit the 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 preferably stores garbage image information for each type of garbage and disposal location information for each type of garbage. Here, the garbage image information may include, for example, the shape, color,
It can be generated using supervised machine learning based on the material, whether it is recyclable, etc.

Next, we will explain the flow of disposing of garbage using the garbage disposal support system 1 of this embodiment. 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 Fig. 4, a person P who owns a mobile terminal 7 starts up the support app on the mobile terminal 7 (S1). In Fig. 4, the left side shows the state of the person P who owns the mobile terminal 7, and the right side shows the state of the support app on the mobile terminal 7 being started up. 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 image capturing device 2 captures an image of the inside of the facility, and transmits the 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, the acquisition of images of the inside of the facility may be performed, for example, while the facility is open.
It will continue.

Next, the garbage detection unit 43 of the garbage disposal support device 4 checks the image information of the facility and the database 5
The garbage image information stored in is compared with the garbage image information stored in the facility to determine whether garbage has been detected within the facility (
If no waste is detected (NO in S3), the waste 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
The location information of the dust D is acquired. 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.

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

Next, the waste disposal location specification unit 44 of the waste disposal support device 4 specifies the disposal location of the waste D based on the location information of the waste D within the facility and the disposal location information stored in the database 5 (
At this time, the waste disposal location specification unit 44 takes into consideration 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, and determines the waste disposal location as shown in FIG.
It is advisable to identify a disposal site S for the waste D.

Next, the participation solicitation unit 45 of the waste disposal support device 4 generates recruitment information for soliciting participants for 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 participant (S6).

If no applicants have applied to participate (NO in S6), the waste disposal support device 4 ends the support process. However, if no applicants have applied, the participation solicitation unit 45 may solicit applicants again. On the other hand, if applicants have applied to participate (YES in S6), the participation solicitation unit 45 selects a person P who will dispose of the waste D from the applicants (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 person P who selected the waste D (S8). Then, the mobile terminal 7 displays the waste D on the display device 71.
The waste disposal location information is displayed, and the person P is prompted to input whether or not route guidance to the waste disposal location is required (S
9) However, the waste disposal support device 4 may transmit information to the display device 3 to prompt the mobile terminal 7 to input whether or not route guidance to the waste disposal location S is required.

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

9, the left side shows the person P holding the portable terminal 7, and the right side shows the portable 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, which allows the person P to recognize the location and route to the disposal location S. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the route information M may preferably indicate the current location of the person P on the guided route in addition to the guided route connecting the point where route guidance started and the disposal location S.

At this time, the transmitter/receiver 47 may transmit the route information M to the display device 3 located closest to the person P in the direction of travel of the person P among the plurality of display devices 3 based on the position information of the person P within the facility, and may cause the display device 3 to display the route information M as the person P moves.
According to the movement of the waste, the disposal location information and route information can be displayed on the display device 3.

9, the transmitting/receiving unit 47 may transmit the route information M to the portable terminal 7 and cause the display device 71 of the portable terminal 7 to display the route information M. Note that the transmitting/receiving unit 47 may transmit the disposal location information or the route information M to either the display device 3 or the display device 71 of the portable 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 as to be able to capture images of the area around the waste disposal location S (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 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 place S based on the acquired image information of the area around the disposal place S (S12
Then, the transmitting/receiving unit 47 transmits the route information M to the display device 3, and then the first route information M is transmitted to the display device 3.
The mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the garbage D at the disposal site S during the time
If the confirmation cannot be made (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 location S within a predetermined second time period after the transmission/reception unit 47 has transmitted 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, the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposed of the garbage D at the disposal site S
If this is confirmed (YES in S12), the reward granting unit 49 of the waste disposal support device 4 grants a reward to the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P (S13).

12, the reward granting unit 49 transmits reward information for adding points or the like to the assistance app of the mobile terminal 7 via the transmitting/receiving unit 47. At this time, the reward granting unit 49 determines the reward information based on the type information of the waste D, image information within the facility, weather information acquired from outside, etc.
12, the left side shows the person P who owns the mobile terminal 7, and the right side shows the mobile terminal 7 when points are awarded.

In this way, the waste disposal support device 4 and the waste disposal support method of this embodiment provide a reward to the person P who discards the waste D, thereby providing the person P with an incentive to discard the waste D, and
When a person P disposes of garbage D, the person P can be made aware of the location of the disposal site S for the garbage D, thereby reducing the burden on the person P disposing of the garbage D.

Furthermore, the waste disposal support device 4 and the waste disposal support method of this embodiment solicit participants who wish to participate in the work of disposing of the waste D, and the participants can apply to dispose of the waste D as if it were a game for the purpose of receiving a reward. 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.

Furthermore, the garbage disposal support device 4 and the 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.

Furthermore, the waste disposal support device 4 and the waste disposal support method of this embodiment generate route information M to a waste disposal location in response to a request from a person P who disposes of the waste D, and display the route information M on a display device 3.
Alternatively, the information may be displayed on the display device 71 of the mobile terminal 7, which further reduces the burden on the person P disposing of the garbage 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.

Furthermore, the garbage disposal support device 4 and garbage disposal support method of this embodiment can prevent illegal dumping of garbage D by sending reminder information to the mobile terminal 7 owned by the person P who disposes of garbage D if the person P does not dispose of the garbage D at the disposal location S.

The present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the present disclosure.

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

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

For example, in the above embodiment, the explanation is given on the premise that waste within a facility is disposed of.
This can be carried out not only inside a facility but also outdoors in a similar manner.

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.
This can also be achieved by having a computer program executed on a Singing Unit.

The Program may be stored on various types of non-transitory computer-readable media.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium may be stored on, and provided to, a computer using any type of tangible storage medium.
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, semiconductor memories (e.g., mask ROMs, PROMs (Programmable ROMs), EPROMs (Erasable ROMs)), and the like.
The program may be stored on various types of transitory computer readable media (e.g., PROM, flash ROM, RAM).
The program may be supplied to the computer via a temporary computer-readable medium. Examples of the temporary computer-readable medium include an electric signal, an optical signal, and an electromagnetic wave. The temporary computer-readable medium can supply the program to the computer via a wired communication path such as an electric wire or an optical fiber, or via a wireless communication path.

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 (3)

an image acquisition unit that acquires image information of an 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 identification unit that identifies a waste disposal location based on the location information of the waste and waste disposal location information stored in a database;
a transmitting unit that transmits the location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
A garbage disposal support device comprising: On the computer,
acquiring image information of an environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
A step of identifying a disposal location for the waste based on the location information of the waste and disposal location information stored in a database;
a step of transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
A method of supporting waste disposal. On the computer,
acquiring image information of an environment;
detecting dust based on image information within the environment and acquiring position information of the dust;
A step of identifying a disposal location for the waste based on the location information of the waste and disposal location information stored in a database;
a step of transmitting location information and disposal location information of the waste to a mobile terminal;
A program that executes the following.