US Patent Issued to McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing on July 29 for "Systems and methods for detecting waste receptacles" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,254, issued on July 29, was assigned to McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc. (Dodge Center, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for detecting waste receptacles" was invented by Justin Szoke-Sieswerda (London, Canada), Kenneth Alexander McIsaac (St. Mary's, Canada) and Leo Van Kampen (Conestogo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a camera, a single-stage object detector, and one or more processors. The camera can capture image data that includes a waste receptacle. The single-stage object detector can detect waste receptables. The one or more processors can communicate with a waste-collection vehicle, the camera, and...