CAM-24

Waste dumped outside the trash can

The trash cans are full and the trash has been left beside them: boxes, bags and loose waste now cover the sidewalk and part of the road. The corner of the crossing is blocked.

CAM-24 · 6 CONTAINERS

What IRIS understands

What it recognizes in this scene

overflowing trash can
waste on the ground
trash cans
waste on the road
pedestrian
vehicle

The rule

You decide once. IRIS applies it always.

waste is left outside the trash cans

Duringmore than 2 hours

And alsoit spreads onto the sidewalk or the road

Then

alert the waste service
bring forward the collection at this point
measure how often it happens each month

The instruction that set it up«Tell me if trash is piling up outside the trash cans, and how long it has been there.»

What changes

What changes for whoever runs the city

The street-cleaning supervisor knows that spot overflows, but not at what hour or how many days in a row. The round leaves at the same time it did ten years ago, and the resident’s complaint arrives when the bags are already on the crossing. With IRIS he gets the alert as soon as waste appears outside the trash can, with how long it’s been there. And with a month of history he can do what he can’t do today: order the round by what actually happens on the street, and ask for one more trash can where it is needed, instead of paying for emergency clean-ups.

What people usually ask

Can IRIS tell that a trash can is full without sensors inside it?

Yes, IRIS can tell that a trash can is full without sensors inside it, from what can be seen from outside. It reads the camera image and recognizes a lid propped open, bags leaning against the trash can and waste on the ground around it. It doesn’t measure the level inside the way a fill sensor would, but it does catch the effect that bothers residents and dirties the street. If the internal reading is needed, IRIS can work alongside sensors that are already there.

Can IRIS say which trash cans need emptying first tomorrow?

Yes, IRIS can say which trash cans are worth emptying first. Each site is logged with the time waste starts piling up outside it, so the round stops running street by street and starts running by overflow: first the one that gives way at six, then the one that holds out until mid-morning. What IRIS doesn’t know is how heavy each trash can is or how much fits in the truck; the service puts that in when it builds the round.

Does IRIS spot a sofa or a mattress dumped next to the trash can?

Yes, IRIS spots a sofa or a mattress left next to the trash can: a bulky object that appears and stays put is exactly the kind of change in the image it recognizes. It’s usually configured as a separate alert from loose bags, because a different service collects it, at a different time. Who receives each one is your call when the rule is defined.

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