MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641069659 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Chennai on June 03, 2026, for A System And Method For Monitoring And Managing Civic Waste Bins For Disposal.
Inventors include Saravana Iyyappan S; and Benila S.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: A system 100 to monitor civic waste bins 102 for disposal includes a plurality of sensors 104 configured with each waste bin 102; an IoT gateway with edge device 106; and a cloud platform 110 including a plurality of modules 110, at least one database, one or more processors to receive real-time fill-level data from IoT gateway along with location of waste bins 102; process data and compare with a predefined threshold value to decide bins 102 with highest fill value require immediate attention; transmit processed data to an administrator’s 112 dashboard to display status of prioritized waste bins 102 along with their locational coordinates through a wireless network; assign workers automatically for immediate collection of priority waste bins 102 by following assigned optimized route; track assigned workers and receive reports 120 on collection of priority bins; and record all operational events as immutable entries in a block chain-based distributed ledger for audit.
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