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Smart Trash Can: Image Classification and Segmentation for Waste Quality Management in the Home

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Figure 1: Illustration of the disposal of organic waste and non-organic contaminants to the Smart Trash Can in the producer's home, with the device taking photos of the added waste after closing the lid and uploading these to the cloud (left).Automatic, computer vision-based detection of impurities and estimation of the amount of contamination in the container (center).Application scenario in which feedback, incentives, or nudges could encourage the user to separate the waste more carefully (right).

Source: International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT)

DOI: 10.1145/3703790.3703798

Authors: Florian Wolling, Gabor Pal, Lukas Larcher, Florian Michahelles

Institution: TU Wien

Language: English

Topic: Waste Management and Recycling

Subfield: Waste Management and Disposal

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Technische Universität Wien