ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,538, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (Espoo, Finland).
"Local node for a waste management system" was invented by Ilkka Moilanen (Oulu, Finland) and Markku Kiviranta (Oulu, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enhanced local node to be installed to a waste collection site. A radio interface unit is configured for communication using signals specified for radio access in a radio access network, and a radar unit is configured to use information on received or transmitted signals of the radio interface unit to determine a distance from the local node to refuse objects inside a container. The loc...