CN104731048A - Washroom monitoring and consumable supply management system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for managing the supply and/or inventory of a washroom product, the system comprising: one or more washroom product dispensers or receivers comprising (i) an electric or electronic sensor configured to identify the stored level of a product therein and (ii) a first wireless communication means, and/or one or more washroom facility installations comprising (i) an electric or electronic sensor configured to indentify a malfunction state of the installation and (ii) a second wireless communication means, and/or one or more washroom sensors configured to identify a washroom environmental parameter, the one or more sensors comprising a third wireless communication means, and/or one or more washroom product storage areas comprising (i); an electric or electronic sensor configured to identify the presence or absence of a washroom product stored therein and (ii) a fourth wireless communication means, a processor-controlled device in network communication with the first and/or second and/or third and/or fourth wireless communication means, wherein, in use, the wireless communication means transmits sensor-obtained information to the processor-controlled device.
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Technical field
The present invention is about the consumer products of toilet manage (comprising toilet, dressing cubicle, nursing room and similar place), its implement system make consumer products supply chain monitor and stock control more efficient.
Background technology
Toilet in public and commercial location, resident's mansion generally can provide consumer products, comprises toilet paper, fluid product, such as hand cleanser and air freshener, Disposable tower, feminine hygiene articles.These products are contained in dispenser device usually, such as hand cleanser bottle or lavatory paper roll frame.Other consumer products, comprise cleaning supplies (such as sanitizer), are also the articles for daily use in toilet.
Certainly, these product needed are responsible for its service condition of daily management by special personnel, such as Cleaner.General Cleaner before distance inspection next time, expecting that the consumer appliance that be finished is changed, can avoid the situation occurring consumer goods shortage.
When going inspection consumer products service condition, Cleaner can estimate the quantity that often kind of consumer products need to change.Generally, the articles for use such as trolley can load onto the hand cleanser that enough expectations will be changed, lavatory paper.Cleaner does not wish trolley overburden, because can cause being difficult to carry out.Usual Cleaner can be finished the consumer products that will change when once patrolling, therefore need to travel back in apotheca required consumer products of again taking.This significantly reduces the work efficiency of Cleaner.
Managerial personnel need the supply situation monitoring toilet consumer appliance in apotheca simultaneously, guarantee there are enough products, prevent supply shortage.General stock will control in low-level as far as possible, but certain product can not be caused to run out of goods.
In toilet, consumer products use is a dynamic and uncertain process.The consumer goods stock in monitoring toilet and warehouse needs spended time, therefore can take the time that Cleaner is mainly used to clean.Cleaner effectively and accurately can not know consumer products service condition, so can carry the product exceeding required amount during general inspection.
Cannot learn that the consumer products stock that toilet consumer products service condition can affect warehouse remains on rational level.Merchandising Manager can not obtain product usage data accurately, and warehouse storage product therefore usually can be caused too much, and this can produce passive impact to Corporate Finance.
Also have the problem that serious, if store equipment and the miscellaneous equipment such as lavatory of product exactly, washbasin, water swivel, hair-dryer and similar product have been broken, and user can not find this problem at once.When therefore probably will wait until that someone uses next time, could find, may be multiple hours during this
Rear ability is found by people.This can cause very large inconvenience to user and because stop over the time thus caused device damage.
But some existing technology are then by consumer products residue situation in electronic equipment monitoring toilet dispenser, these dividers have supply line, cause becoming complicated when installing.Finally, these dividers need by powered battery, therefore must regular monitoring and change battery, add many products needing monitoring and change on the contrary, add the workload of cleaning worker simultaneously.
The present invention can solve the shortcoming of existing technology, and can manage toilet better, guarantees there are enough consumer products, reduce the waste that there is no need, increase security, improve the work efficiency of Cleaner, toilet stock can be monitored better, and accelerate product and again order.
Containing discussion paper in this specification, law, material, equipment, article and similar content, in order to set forth the present invention better.The present invention is not at existing technical composition or widely known in this field because the present invention appear at this application each PRIORITY CLAIM day before.
Summary of the invention
First the present invention is that system comprises following content for toilet provides a supervisory system:
One or more toilet dispenser or container comprise (i) an electronics or electronic inductor configuration, can differentiate inventory level (ii) first radio communication device of product, and/or
One or more toilet product facilities and equipment comprises (i) an electronics or electronic inductor configuration, authentication equipment obstacle and (ii) second radio communication device, and/or
One or more toilet inductor configurations, differentiate environmental parameter, one or more inductor contains the 3rd radio communication device, and/or
(i) an electronics or electronic inductor are contained in one or more consumables storage area, toilet, differentiate toilet product residue situation and situation in short supply and (ii) the 4th radio communication device,
A monitoring processor device in network service, and first and/or second and/or the 3rd and/or the 4th radio communication device.
Wherein in use, radio communication device transmits the information responded to monitoring processor device.
In one embodiment, dispenser refers to lavatory dispenser for rolled paper, absorbing liquid divider, fragrance dispenser, drinking water dispenser, feminine hygiene divider, and sheath divider adds brush divider, comb divider, or dustbin container.
In one embodiment, toilet facility equipment refers to toilet, washbasin, hip bath dish, water swivel, hand dryer, lamp source, ventilating fan, warming machine, air conditioner, or shows display screen or the audio device of advertisement or information.
In one embodiment, sensor can respond to humidity, light, temperature, smell, the appearance of people or walk about.
In one embodiment, first and/or second and/or then the 3rd and/or then the 4th communicator be wireless device.
In one embodiment, wireless device is combination WIFI device, a ZIGBEE device, a BLUETOOTH device, a secondary GHz ISM band equipment.
In one embodiment, in system wireless device according to network protocol operations.
In one embodiment, monitoring processor device is a fixing computer, or a mobile device.
In one embodiment, (i) one or more toilet dispenser or container and/or (ii) one or more toilet facility equipment and/or (iii) one or more toilet inductor, electric flux is transformed into by the mechanical action of user, a chargeable battery can be passed through, hull cell, photovoltaic solar cell plate, microgenerator, shaking generator, or the power supply such as friction generator.
In one embodiment, mechanical action refers to the action comprising and take out product from toilet divider.
In one embodiment, mechanical action is the one in combination, comprises all enablings, lifts toilet seat, press flushing switch, the flowing of water, takes out lavatory paper, from divider, takes out feminine hygiene articles from divider, open dustbin cover, to fetch boiling water tap, turn off the tap, and air flowing.
In one embodiment, in system, mechanical energy transfer becomes electric energy, comprises use generator.
In one embodiment, electric energy storage is in chargeable battery.
On the other hand, the invention provides a toilet dispenser or container contains a (i) charged or electronic inductor, for differentiating product storage situation wherein and a (ii) radio communication device, and the mechanical action that user participates in can be converted to electric energy.
The invention provides a toilet facility, containing a (i) charged or electric inductor configuration, for differentiating malfunction and (ii) radio communication device, and the mechanical action of user's participation can be converted to electric energy.
The invention provides product storage region, a toilet, a (i) charged or electronic induction apparatus is contained in this region, for differentiating to store the residue situation of toilet product or supply shortage situation and a (iii) radio communication device.
The invention provides a toilet transformer device, for differentiating toilet environmental parameter, containing a radio communication device, and the mechanical action that user participates in can be converted to electric energy.
The invention provides a management toilet method, the method comprises the system using and describe in literary composition.
The invention provides the method for management toilet and/or toilet product inventory, the method contains the toilet inductor described in the facilities and equipment and/or literary composition described in the toilet dispenser or container and/or literary composition using and describe in literary composition.
The invention provides the method for management toilet and/or toilet product inventory, the method contains the toilet inductor described in the facilities and equipment and/or literary composition described in the toilet dispenser or container and/or literary composition using and describe in literary composition, and/or the consumable products storage area, toilet described in literary composition.
The invention provides a toilet, containing the toilet dispenser described in literary composition or container and/or containing the facilities and equipment described in literary composition and/or containing the toilet inductor described in literary composition
The invention provides a toilet liquid distributor, divider contains main storage area and off-duty storage region, main storage area and off-duty storage region are connected by liquid, main storage area can be changed independently from off-duty storage region, and main storage area is optionally disposable storage.
The invention provides an electronic databank, containing data or the information of monitoring toilet and/or toilet product inventory, data or information are provided by the system described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet dispenser described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet inductor described in literary composition, the toilet product described in literary composition, or the method described in literary composition, or the toilet described in literary composition.
On the other hand, the invention provides the system described in a literary composition, or the toilet dispenser described in literary composition, or the toilet inductor described in literary composition, the toilet product described in literary composition, or the application claimed method described in literary composition, or the toilet described in literary composition, form a storage medium, containing the data or the information that manage toilet and/or the management of toilet product inventory in storage medium, from a fixing computer with storage medium, a removable computer, a mobile device, a TF card, a usb card, a sd card, a portable hard disk, choose in a cloud server combination.
The invention provides the method for a management toilet and/or toilet product inventory, the method contains data or the information Step of electronic processing management toilet and/or product inventory, data or information are provided by the system described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet dispenser described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet product described in literary composition, or provided by the method described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet described in literary composition.
On the other hand, use of the present invention is provided by the system described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet dispenser described in literary composition, or provided by the toilet product described in literary composition, or provided by the method described in literary composition, or provide data or information by the toilet described in literary composition, for managing toilet and/or toilet product inventory.
The feature and advantage that " toilet monitoring and consumer products supply-chain management system " is invented will be illustrated in the following description, by describing purposes clearly of the present invention, function and use, or can recognize from enforcement the present invention.
In consideration, the present invention describes, and how carries out various alternate embodiment to the present invention and application will be apparent to those skilled in the art.But although be described various embodiment of the present invention, be understandable that, these embodiments are only describe the present invention by exemplary scenario, instead of be limited in the description of exemplary scenario.Just because of this, the description of various alternate embodiment should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the invention or range.In addition, advantage or other side statement are applicable in specific exemplary embodiment, and not necessarily will comprise all embodiments in the claims.
In embodiments of the invention, a kind of Business Process Integration system for toilet can be provided.System described in the invention by consuming articles for use divider, storehouse and shelf, wireless sensor, radio network gateway, remove server network, digital intelligent mobile device forms.
Claims of word in whole instructions and this instructions " comprise " change of this word, such as, " comprise " and " comprising " is not intended to get rid of other additives, component, entirety or step.
The reference of " embodiment " or " embodiment " is quoted to the special characteristic meaning and describe in conjunction with this embodiment in whole instructions, structure or characteristic are included at least one embodiments of the invention.Therefore, the phrase " in one embodiment " that different in whole instructions places occurs differs to establish a capital and refers to identical embodiment.
In first, the invention provides a kind of system, for monitoring a toilet, described system comprises:
One or more bathroom appliances divider or receiver, comprise the storage level that is (i) configured to identify product wherein and (ii) the first radio communication device wherein electrically or electronic sensor, and/or
One or more WC Facilities equipment comprises: (i) electric the or electronic sensor being configured to identify the malfunction of installing and (ii) the second radio communication device, and/or
One or more toilets sensor is configured to the parameter identifying environment of toilet, comprising: one or more sensor devices of the 3rd radio communication, and/or
Comprise (i) be configured to identify toilet product store wherein and (II) the 4th radio communication device with presence or absence of electrically or one or more toilets consumable products storage area of the sensor of electronics,
With described first and/or second and/or the 3rd and/or the 4th radio communication device, in the teleprocessing unit control device of network service, in use, radio communication device is sent to the information that sensor obtains the equipment that processor controls.
The systems approach that applicant proposes, makes toilet, toilet article, the management of item storage area, toilet is improved and efficient.Adopt wireless senser and radio communication device obtaining information, sensor sends to radio communication device the information sensed for this reason, and information is sent to remote computer by wireless device more simultaneously.
In certain embodiments, the invention provides a kind of system, for the data of the information of collecting or toilet consumables, and the process of data subsequently and information, and provide reliable foundation for decision-making, improve work and the efficiency of management with this.This system can improve the customer satisfaction of toilet, reduces the working strength of personnel, reduces cost of human resources, reduces stock, in a more effective manner, increases work efficiency.This system can also be configured to the consumption following the tracks of toilet amenities and cleaning supplies, monitoring stock, controls buying and optimizes storehouse management.
Can be configured to detect the store status at storage area internal sanitary accomodation consumables in toilet of the present invention monitoring described in this paper and consumer products supply-chain management system, and pass through the data of this system process, be supplied to managerial personnel or staff with the form reported.From report, staff or managerial personnel can obtain tank farm stock and the spending rate of consumables, occur the position of the toilet of shortage.Report according to this part, managerial personnel just can determine which toilet needs to replenish, add how many, which toilet inspection route will comprise, amenities and cleaning supplies are whether had to occur the shortage stored, the need of again ordering (order is an option in system again), how long need until order next time, etc.
Information on the remote computer may need video display unit, allows staff to check the state in toilet or certain implements in toilet.Under normal circumstances, video display unit to be anticipated position easily at what.Therefore, before starting a tours of inspection, staff can by video display unit inspect the sanitary conditions in liquid soap device, napkin dispenser, the state of toilet paper dispenser and so on, and the supplementary articles for use that the workload completing oneself tours of inspection exactly required for assessment is carried with needs.
In certain embodiments, video display unit is mobile, and can be the screen of smart phone, panel computer or other portable sets.
Digital mobile equipments, as smart mobile phone, panel computer, palm PC, notebook computer, desktop computer, the network terminal can be set up and go the network of server to connect by logging in, and the information of the cloud database of navigation process.When authorize, intelligent digital mobile device also can direct control some database and go the data in the network of server can control wireless sensor network operation." toilet monitoring and consumer products supply-chain management system " invention refers to wireless senser and cloud computing platform and intelligent digital mobile device by going server realization, integration, large data analysis and the automated wireless network of relevant toilet consumptive material operation flow.
Perhaps eurypalynous electricity or electronic sensor well known to those skilled in the art, useful in the context of the present invention.Such as, when wherein sensor is a kind of horizontal position for test fluid, sensor can comprise the float being connected to a potentiometer.As the empty bottle compressor containing liquid, float declines and slides along described potentiometer moving contact, thus increases its resistance.Optionally, when resistance is when predetermined point (represent residue minimum fluid), suitable signal can produce the information that instruction needs to recharge.
In a more simple embodiment, the sensor of dispenser container can be simple conductance switch.Two electric contacts can be set up towards the lower horizontal position of fluid reservoir, and connect with circuit and form measuring equipment, and liquid (such as hand cleanser) wherein covers two contacts.Such sensor is calculated very much, and a series of contact can be used to the liquid water position information providing more detailed rank.
A kind of simple mechanical switch can be used as sensor in some applications.Such as, toilet tissue dispenser typically keeps multiple rollers of paper.After rolling is finished, more renews volume and may drop a position.A mechanical switch can be arranged on described position, with the presence or absence of the roller of test paper.Complete paper bowl can by compressing switch, thus closed circuit, but when not having paper bowl, this switch is not pressed, and circuit disconnects.Similar arrangement may be used for other products, such as feminine hygiene, miniature soap bar, disposable toothbrush etc.
A kind of device of alternative mechanical switch is an optical sensor.Such sensor detects the higher reliability of moving-member when can be provided for given.Consider in the example of toilet paper dispenser, the paper bowl of an entire volume for subsequent use can stop the light signal of optical sensor.Therefore, light signal is allowed to enter optical sensor when not having paper bowl for subsequent use.Such embodiment can be configured to only when toilet needs lighting to operate.This can realize by the optical sensor on the device of ambient light level by installing.
The malfunction that be provided with toilet facility of sensor for identifying, water existence can be detected, not having or flow.Cistern fault in a FAQs of toilet.There is the valve for cutting off water water tank inside, failsafe valve can detect with a sensor, check the time (being detected by timing circuit) of the current of the conduit between water tank and valve (such as a simple conductance switch is as previously discussed), long flowing water shows that this valve fails to cut out.
Similar scheme, can be used for identifying in toilet that water swivel where is held open state always.
Another toilet maintenance problem is that lavatory and hand basin overflow, and causes because sewer silts up.Again, simple conductance switch can be arranged on the base of toilet, or on floor, to detect the existence of water.
Native system can be equipped with the malfunction sensor that can detect electrical equipment.As an example, be often damaged by the air hand dryer heated, thus cause being discontented with of user.Simple temperature sensor (as thermistor) can be arranged on the position that air goes out from the proper flow of hand dryer.A basic logical circuit detects when lacking temperature and raising, and dryer has started and will be defined as fault.
The sensor of native system can detect toilet environmental parameter.This parameter can be, humidity, electromagnetic energy (such as visible ray, infrared radiation, laser), temperature, pressure, a kind of smell, the existence of a people or motion.Such as humidity sensor can detect the fault of multiple project, as extraction fan, and air-conditioning, the even on off state of hot water tap.Whether or the lavatory of breaking down the air-treatment that scent detector can identify toilet.
Native system is by radio communication device operation, thus allows data/information that the equipment controlled by any sensor processor is obtained.Many buildings have " inside " WiFi network, usually cover all regions in building, comprise toilet.The method that such network can utilize the present invention described hereinbefore easily, the equipment controlled from described sensor to described processor sends information.
The product of a potential operability is that SimpleLinkTM CC3000 supports IEEE 802.11b/g module.This product has the simple internet of realization of the TCP/ IP stack BSD socket API of an integrated IPv4 and any microcontroller, and microprocessor or ASIC connect.Its built-in procotol comprises: ARP, ICMP, and dhcp client and DNS client can be connected to local network and the Internet.This module maybe can be directly connected to powered battery by a preconditioning power supply.
Wireless senser checks the amount of the internal consumption product of divider, then data and the identification code of wireless senser, the MAC code of control chip of mensuration is converged, wireless senser parameter and current running state data convert packet to, according to wireless communication protocol, data are sent to radio network gateway.These packets can be called as " wireless sensor data bag ".
Wireless senser can receive packet from radio network gateway, and this packet and above-described " wireless sensor data bag " adopt identical wireless communication protocol, are called as " radio network gateway packet ".
A kind of wireless senser can have running parameter and operational mode according to determining self in specific radio network gateway packet.Radio communication between wireless senser and gateway can follow IEEE 802.15.4 standard, and carrier frequency is 315MHz, 433MHz, 868MHz, the ISM band of 915MHz, 2.4GHz can be FSK, zigbee, Xbee technology, also can adopt WiFi technology according to IEEE 802.11 standard.Wireless senser and radio network gateway also can be by the wireless connections between wireless repeater or wireless bridge connection, to expand the coverage of communicating wireless signals further.Wireless repeater stems from the technical standard identical with radio network gateway with the normally used wireless communication protocol of wireless bridge and wireless senser.
Wireless senser checks the inside of the amount divider of consumables, then the determination data integrated and the identification code of wireless senser, the MAC code of control chip, wireless senser parameter and current running state data convert packet to, according to wireless communication protocol, and data are sent to radio network gateway.These groupings can be called as " packet of wireless senser ".
Wireless senser can be installed in toilet, or on the shelf in warehouse.Radio network gateway can be installed in wireless senser same toilet or warehouse the position that also can be arranged on other suitable wireless signals and can cover.A kind of radio network gateway can with multiple wireless sensor communication.
Condition and the real-world environment of this system operable are depended in the concrete installation site of radio network gateway.Radio network gateway receives the packet from wireless senser, and packet is converted to the packet of the radio network gateway of the cognizance code, radio network gateway position data, operating parameter and other data that comprise radio network gateway according to identical wireless communication protocol, be then sent on a Cloud Server with the form of packet.
In some embodiments of the invention, radio network gateway is connected to Cloud Server by realizing network according to the WiFi of IEEE802.11g standard.Cloud Server also can by connecting according to the Ethernet of IEEE802.3 standard in addition.Connection between radio network netgate and Cloud Server also by repeater or bridge, expands communication range further.This technology is well known to the skilled person.
Radio network gateway is from the packet of the receipts of network cloud server platform and carry out the running parameter resetting oneself, and its Packet Generation to wireless senser, wireless senser resets running parameter and the method for operation of oneself according to the content of these packets.
Described herein the invention provides a complete case study on implementation, a kind of wireless senser circuit is described in first embodiment, this sensor is by scattered reflection type optical sensor (VISAY semiconductor company of U.S. TCRT5000), the radio receiving-transmitting unit controller (nRF24L01 of Nordic semiconductor company of Norway) of 2.4GHz and circuit, microcontroller (Attiny44 of Atmel) is integrated on a circuit board.
Scattered reflection type photoelectric sensor component detection toilet paper or napkin dispenser, feminine hygiene articles, the use of the expendable consumed products such as baby' diaper.For controlling the reflected light sensing element and the photosignal microcontroller that convert electronic data to, the data after process, lower than lower limit, illustrate that consumptive material is in short supply.Microcontroller becomes packet according to wireless communication protocol definition data assembling, then controls radio controller by Packet Generation to radio network gateway.
Wireless light reflective sensor circuit board is battery-powered, and when not receiving data from radio network gateway, wireless light reflective sensor works to save battery power under static battery saving mode.When receiving radio signal from radio network gateway, the sensor circuit that diffuses enters waking state, microcontroller carries out decoded packet data, if judge that the radio signal be received issues oneself, the duty of self determined according to the information of this packet or operational factor.Wireless diffuse reflective optical sensor assembling datagram after one-shot measurement completes, then Packet Generation to radio network gateway; Or reset its operational factor.If judge not issue oneself with the packet received, the wireless sensor circuit that diffuses enters battery saving mode again to save battery supply.
At invention case study on implementation two as herein described, a kind of wireless senser is by resistance type water level sensing element, microcontroller (Attiny44 of U.S. Atmel), and 2.4GHz wireless transceiver (nRF24L01 of Nordic semiconductor company of Norway) and circuit are integrated into a circuit board.Resistance-type level transducer assembly can be made by hand, and the method is that two electrodes are parallel to be at regular intervals placed on circuit substrate wanting, and will have certain interval between electrode and the bottom of circuit board substrate.Circuit board is vertically inserted liquid, when the liquid that will be detected contacts with two electrodes, just resistance value can be detected between two copper electrodes; When two electrodes depart from liquid, two interelectrode resistance values are very high.This change of liquid resistance represents the amount of the liquid that will consume.
For liquid as liquid soap, air freshener and this wireless water level sensor of other liquid consumer product divider detect the amount of the liquid of storage inside.Its mode is same as described above, and the electric signal of this microprocessor controls level sensor element and measured resistance, when treated data are less than certain lower limit, be then judged as shortage, otherwise short supply does not appear in consumables.
Status information is assembled into packet according to wireless communication protocol by microcontroller, then controls radio controller by Packet Generation to radio network gateway.Wireless senser relies on battery supply, for saving battery power, when not receiving data from radio network gateway, wireless water level sensor is in static power-down mode work, the wireless water level sensor receiving radio signal enters waking state, microcontroller starts the packet received of decoding, and determines self state or operation according to the content of packet.If packet does not belong to issue oneself, then this wireless water level sensor enters battery saving mode to save battery supply.
Two wireless sensers are described, that sensing component uses microcontroller in the present invention, and be not limited to described particular type and manufacturer, sensing element can be other type, and microcontroller can be 8 and 16, even 32.Wireless transceiver can be the other types of the product of other manufacturer, other producers.
In one embodiment of the invention, wireless controller and gateway are circuit boards, are integrated with wireless transceiver, WiFi controller, microcontroller chip.Wireless controller in described wireless transceiver communicates with wireless communication protocol according to identical wireless communication standard.The control device of wireless used in the present invention is not limited to the explanation of other manufacturer, can be the device of other class, other type.Radio network gateway also can be the combination of wireless receiving and dispatching controller and USB controller, the combination of microcontroller, wireless transceiver and serial communication controller, the combination of microcontroller, wireless transceiver and ethernet controller.
Wireless sensor network be forming by multiple wireless sensor node, it is characterized in that short haul connection, multiple network node, little data volume, low-power consumption, low cost, the high reliability of Signal transmissions, in real time by force.Popular short-distance wireless communication technology mainly contains: bluetooth, ZigBee, wireless network.They belong to IEEE802.15.1, IEEE802.15.4, IEEE802.11a/b/g standard.But for wireless senser, for the data transmission between wireless senser and radio network gateway monitoring network, above-mentioned three standards are too complicated, consume a large amount of computing machines and the communication resource, too increase equipment and labour cost expense simultaneously, be applicable to the requirement of low-power consumption and low cost.Therefore, be necessary to adopt the wireless communication standard simplified, namely wireless data transmission protocols to wireless sensor network of the present invention.Extraneous interference may be subject to from wireless launcher to described wireless receiver and data are made a mistake, described wireless data communication protocol, may be used for the wireless communication standard of simplification above-mentioned exactly, be used for correcting a mistake guaranteeing the data that wireless receiver correctly receives transmitter and sends, and determine whether received data are real.The object of a simple wireless data transmission protocols is minimizing power dissipation and cost, to guarantee the reliability of Wireless Data Transmission, and the straightforward procedure of validity.The short-distance wireless communication technology of the ISM band of secondary GHz and 2.4GHz is suitable for requirement described in the present invention.
In some embodiments, in the unavailable all toilets that maybe cannot have access at buildings of inner WiFi network.Mesh network is in these cases feasible.As by the understanding of those skilled in the art to mesh network being the network of a type, its each node not only must gather and propagate himself data, but also can as via node, and namely, it must cooperate with the data in communication network.In the context of the present invention, each radio communication device, device radiates data/information, and node itself also serves as the information of relay transmission data/distance sensor, the equipment that the processor that this network is configured to perform data/information controls.
Mesh network can use water logging technology or route technology to design.When use route technology, during by message along propagated, by from node traverses to node, until arrive destination.In order to ensure the availability in all paths, route network adopts Self-healing Algorithm to allow continuous print connect and reconfigure suspension or channel block.It is the network connected completely each other that the node of mesh network is all connected to.Mesh network can be considered to the ad hoc network of a type.
Self-healing ability, still can run when making the network of route when a nodes break down or connect fault.Consequently, this network very reliable, because often can mulitpath between the destination in active and described network.
The technician of network field is familiar with comprising the various procotols for mesh network routing data bag, comprising, such as AODV(Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector), B.A.T.M.A.N. (Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networking), , Babel agreement (there is the AODV Routing Protocol being applicable to IPv6 and IPv4 of fast convergence), DNVR(Dynamic NIx-Vector Routing), DSDV(Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector Routing) DSR(Dynamic Source Routing), HSLS (Hazy-Sighted Link State), HWMP (Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol), for the IWMP (Infrastructure Wireless Mesh Protocol) of infrastructure Mesh network, MRP(Wireless mesh networks routing protocol), , OLSR(optimizes link-state routing protocol), OORP(OrderOne Routing Protocol) (OrderOne network routing protocol), OSPF(ospf route), PWRP(predicts Wireless Routing Protocol), TORA(Temporally-Ordered Routing Algorithm routing algorithm), IEEE802.15.4 (ZigBee) communication protocol and IEEE802.15.4.These agreements system described by the present invention can be used as a basic agreement use.
Usually, each sensor has a special communication.But two or more sensors in certain embodiments can adopt same communication protocol to implement network connection.Therefore, the first and second, the second and the three, the first, three, or the first, the second and the three radio communication device is identical radio communication device.
In the present system, product dispenser may be toilet tissue dispenser, hand cleanser divider, air freshener dispenser, water dispenser, feminine hygiene divider, sheath divider, toothbrush divider, or comb divider.Function and the such divider of structure are well-known to those skilled in the art.
Receiver can be can accept toilet discard the container of goods or need regularly emptying any container.Receiver can be configured to the napkin of reception, feminine hygiene articles, the waste canisters such as diaper.As an example, waste paper basket can be provided with light source and the optical sensor towards top end opening.When basket is discontented with, light source can be detected by sensor.But when basket is full, waste paper is opened to shelter from and is made optical sensor send abnormal signal in the top light source of basket, thus shows that waste paper basket is full.
Those skilled in the art have the ability to revise these as everyone knows invention and various parts in system described in the invention further combined with, perform the operation required by native system.Once have the benefit described in instructions of the present invention, the involved equipment of these known inventions, its shell and various internal part can varying sized, shape or positions, to adapt to all parts in system of the present invention, as sensor, battery, microcontroller, WiFi module etc.Hereafter exemplary embodiment will be provided.
All dispenser dispensing fluid product (as hand cleanser) dividers can comprise a primary tank and additional reservoir.In the present embodiment, the waste of the minimizing product of two containers is used.
Typically, when hand cleanser is soon finished, the container bag that staff can more renew, ensures that the hand cleanser in divider was not finished before next running maintenance.But have residue in the hand cleanser bag be replaced, be replaced and will cause waste.
By using additional reservoir (normally permanent character, but also can be disposable), the hand cleanser that the hand cleanser in primary tank can be made to exhaust completely before (or even at secondary storage part depletion) in additional reservoir supplements primary tank in time, after the hand cleanser in additional reservoir is all used up, only need change the hand cleanser bag in additional reservoir, so there is no waste.
Such embodiment there is no need to depend on various Blast Furnace Top Gas Recovery Turbine Unit (TRT) and is connected with network.Therefore, in one aspect, the invention provides a kind of toilet liquid distributor, this divider comprises a primary tank case and additional reservoir, and the primary tank that fluid connects and additional reservoir, primary tank accepts fluid from additional reservoir independently.Preferably, described primary tank is disposable.
The facility of toilet described in the present invention, equipment or system can be applicable to monitoring, comprise lavatory, hand basin, bathtub, water swivel, hand dryer, light, exhaust fan, well heater, refrigeratory, the video display devices of advertisement or information, audio frequency apparatus etc.Other devices of those skilled in the art are apparent, and clearly do not list herein with clear for simplicity.All relevant equipment all still comprises within the scope of the invention.
The sensor of native system can be can sense fluid (water), humidity, light, temperature, smell, the existence of a people or motion.
In a system, first and/or second and/or the embodiment of third communication device be/be wireless device.As preferably, described wireless device can be WiFi equipment.Such embodiment can make full use of existing infrastructure, and meets a WiFi agreement.
In one embodiment of the system, this wireless device operates in a mesh procotol.
In one embodiment, the equipment that processor controls is a fixing computing machine or mobile device.The equipment that described processor controls is configured (in hardware and software), for receiving by the information/data obtained with upper sensor of in system.Device as will be understood can have: for receiving wireless signal (signal of concrete WiFi and/or mesh network), optionally have display capabilities.Alternatively, the equipment that described processor controls can be configured to the interface of an equipment that can receive radio signals, as wireless network card.
In one embodiment, described processor control device is fixing substantially, and is adapted to be mounted within a storeroom, Maintenance Room, manager office etc.In this case, this opertaing device normally has the computing machine that software can read, and explained and present the people of the data/information of sensor.
The equipment that processor controls may comprise software, to assist the management of toilet further.Such as, this software can be configured to the state of some toilets of the service required for list (quantity of its consumption or each product) of the product provided, and it is generated the list of the data/information of sensor by reference.Staff is allowed to the product (quantity according to actual needs) loaded needed for his/her service cart, in a tours of inspection, just can complete all renewals and the work of supplementary.
The embodiment of the software of more complicated processor control device is configured to inventory management system mutual.Such as, the usual utilization rate of toilet paper is higher, needs to give more concern (number with reference to the list that the product gyp comprised in toilet roll generates).Inventory management system described in the invention according to the consumption of toilet paper and Current Library in amount, can be predicted the demand of toilet paper, earlier notifies relevant supplier.
Some embodiments of the device that described processor controls can be configured to information feed back be gone back to a production plant.Such as, produce toilet roll can increase or reduce and depend on using forestland.
The equipment that processor controls can the notice system of construction work personnel, and further docking personnel remind the task that should process immediately.Under normal circumstances, for the lavatory of overflowing, there is no toilet paper, the notice of light failure and so on, require to rectify and improve rapidly.Personnel notify that system can be the mode of mobile telephone network, paging system or Public Address system.
Will be appreciated that native system needs electric energy, to operate.Electric energy can be provided by primary power, but the installation of system of the present invention is by will the power supply connecting each sensor/radio communication device respectively be needed to become complicated.One embodiment of the present of invention are battery-powered because herein is provided sensor/radio communication device.Use the wireless module of low-power consumption, consume little electric current, almost do not have current drain (as described above) when not working during this module work, preferably, sensor relies on powered battery in embodiments.
Use battery will regularly replace battery (this can increase the workload of staff), the expense relevant to battery is also the problem of an aspect.
Applicant proposes, and the system that art is retouched by the present invention institute can utilize the energy of generation toilet in itself to carry out generating electric energy, used by the mechanically actuated in the toilet usually carried out being converted to electric energy confession native system.These embodiments provide and are significantly better than the scheme that embodiment depends on external power source (as battery and primary power), carry out electrical install with regard to not needing or change battery, thus have saved the cost and maintenance cost installed.System in these embodiments can part or complete self-powered substantially.
Therefore, in one embodiment, one or more bathroom appliances divider or receiver and/or (ii) described one or more WC Facilities equipment and/or (iii) described one or more toilets sensor powered by the device of the mechanical energy converting electrical energy related to.
Mechanical effect is in one embodiment the operation of taking out product from toilet divider.Mechanical action be in certain embodiments from comprise open door, lifting toilet seat, toilet flushing mechanism, the flowing of water, toilet paper of taking, take the liquid selected liquid distributor, towel paper of taking from divider, to take from divider feminine hygiene, the lid starting refuse container, tap of fetching boiling water, closed tap and air flowing.Other mechanical effects will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the electric energy method that all such mechanical effects convert to is all included within the scope of the invention.
This system can comprise an electric energy for conversioning mechanical energy.Suitable equipment comprises the such generator of the rotation converter equipment the same with generator.This equipment usually in the consumer goods, as batched electric torch, in the apparatus-form of the miniaturization such as radio and charger for mobile phone.Generator can be exercisable, in system described in the invention, can adopt a kind of Blast Furnace Top Gas Recovery Turbine Unit (TRT), as the Hai Shu south of the River, Ningbo Moore factory (Ningbo, China).
A kind of hydroelectric generator, model C MC-20 generator, hydraulic pressure: 0.12-0.4mp(1.2-4kg), voltage: AC3.6V, electric current: during 36 milliamperes of-100mA, diameter: 20 millimeters, length: 16.5 millimeters, shaft diameter: 1.5 millimeters, axial length: 6 millimeters.Or, YAF-N8 model, water pressure: 0.12-0.4mp(1.2-1.4kg), output voltage: 3.6-6.0VAC, output current: during 36 milliamperes of-100mA, long is 22mm, wide: 19.50 millimeters, high: 16.50 millimeters, generator is high: 16.50 millimeters, shaft diameter: 1.50 millimeters.This generator can from lavatory the flow electricity generation of water, as the flowing of water during bathing, the flowing causing water of tap and so on of fetching boiling water.
A kind of aerogenerator, the CMC-63 of model, rotating speed: 3000rpm, output voltage: 10-18V, output current: 1.6A, staring torque: 1000g.cm.This generator can be an electronic hand dryer and powers.
A kind of mechanical generator, model C MC-29, rotating speed 3000 revs/min, sense of rotation clockwise and counterclockwise, working temperature-10 DEG C+60 DEG C, relative humidity 30% 90 %, load voltage 4V(load 4.5 Ω), load current 0.9A(load 4.5 Ω), end play 0.5 1.0 millimeters.This generator can from the enabling of toilet, cut out door action generating.
In some embodiments, mechanical motion (reduction of such as toilet seat) can utilize a rotary flyweights (or similar device) driven rotary generator, this provides turning power relatively for a long time.
For generation of the Blast Furnace Top Gas Recovery Turbine Unit (TRT) of electric energy, comprise use piezoelectric transducer, its distortion and generating electric energy.
Voltage required by system, may need micro voltage regulator.This regulator can be based semiconductor, the product provided by Texas Instrument.The parameter that those skilled in the art can consider, as type (as buck/boost converter, inverter, isolated DC/ DC converter, step-down (step-down) converter, boosting (boosting) converter), export quantity, input voltage (in point), input voltage (maximum), output voltage (minimum value), output voltage (maximum), output current (maximum), topological structure etc., to select suitable regulator.
In order to provide continuous print power system, in system, storage battery can be adopted.Under normal circumstances, a little rechargeable battery is used in and associates with each generator.Capacity, energy density, charge-discharge velocity, self-discharge rate, depth of round, voltage etc.That selects suitable battery routinely will with reference to these parameters.Existing battery technology, comprises internal memory battery, nickel-cadmium battery, Ni-MH battery, lithium ion battery etc., is all applicable in described system of the present invention.
In one embodiment, mechanical energy converts the generator that electric energy comprises use to.Typical electric energy is stored in rechargeable battery.
In second aspect, the invention provides a kind of bathroom appliances divider or receiver, comprise the storage level that is (i) configured to identify product wherein and (ii) a kind of radio communication device, with the sensor device of optional electric or electronics, the user that the machinery for converting uses toilet to become the action of electric energy to relate to.In an exemplary embodiment, (form at a soap dispenser) is presented at Fig. 2.
In the third aspect, the present invention includes a kind of WC Facilities to install, comprise and be (i) configured to identify malfunction and electric or electronic sensor (ii) a kind of radio communication device, and optional apparatus, become electric energy for the mechanically operated use toilet changing involved user.
In fourth aspect, the invention provides and be configured to identify that the parameter of environment of toilet comprises: the toilet sensor of a wireless communication apparatus and optional apparatus, for changing the mechanical effect relating to and use toilet to become electric power users.
In the 5th, the invention provides a kind of for managing lavatory, method as described herein comprises the method for a use system.
In the 6th, the invention provides a kind of method for managing lavatory, the method comprises the installation using the as described herein of bathroom appliances divider or receiver and/or described herein and/or toilet sensor toilet facility as described herein.
In the 7th, the invention provides comprise as described herein and/or as described herein described herein and/or toilet sensor toilet facility the toilet in bathroom appliances divider or receiver is installed.
Any device or process electronic data can be referred to reference to term of the present invention " processor ", such as, the electronic data changed from the computing machine related aspect of a part for the device of register and/or storer, to other electronic data, such as, can be stored in register and/or storer." computing machine " can comprise one or more processor.
This disposal system can also be the distributed processing system(DPS) having network throughput concurrently, and may be a virtual processing system or the disposal system based on cloud.
If disposal system needs display, this display can comprise, such as, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) or cathode ray tube (CRT) display.If need manual data to input, then disposal system also comprises input equipment, such as one or more alphanumeric input unit, such as keyboard, gives directions opertaing device, such as mouse, etc.
As used herein, if clear and definite from context, unless expressly stated, term memory unit, also comprises a kind of storage system, as a disk drive unit.Disposal system in some configurations can comprise audio output device, and Network Interface Unit.Memory sub-system, therefore comprises and carries computer-readable code (such as software), and it comprises one group of instruction, to make in commission to be run by one or more processor, and the computer readable carrier medium that one of multiple method described herein performs.It should be noted that when the method comprises several element, such as, several step, the order that such element does not imply, unless stated otherwise.This software can be in a hard disk resident in the process of implementation, hard disk drive, memory stick, flash card or similar device, or also can exist, completely or at least in part, in RAM and/or in the processor of computer system.Therefore, storer and processor also form the computer readable carrier medium of load capacity calculation machine readable code.
In addition, computer readable carrier medium can be formed or be included in computer program.
Although note that and to describe and diagram only can refer to that single processor and single memory carry computer-readable code, those skilled in the art can understand, and above-mentioned many assemblies are all included, but clearly not illustrate or not describe.
Native system can comprise and carries one group of instruction, and such as, a computer program, it is for performing one or more processor, the computer readable carrier medium of such as one or more processor.Therefore, as those skilled in the art will appreciate that, embodiments of the invention can be presented as a kind of method, a kind of device, such as special purpose device, the such as device of data handling system or computer readable carrier medium, such as, and a computer program.Computer readable carrier medium carries computer-readable code and comprises one group of instruction, when the method making described one or more processor perform when one or more processor performs.Therefore, each aspect of the present invention can take a kind of method, complete hardware embodiment, and complete software implementation or embodiment are in conjunction with the form of software and hardware aspect.In addition, form (computer program such as, on the computer-readable recording medium) supporting body of mounting medium that can take of the present invention now computer readable program code in media as well.
This software can also be transmitted or received the network via Network Interface Unit.And be in a single medium in the exemplary embodiment shown in mounting medium, term " mounting medium " should be understood to include single medium or multiple medium (such as, centralized or distributed data base, and/or the buffer memory be associated and server) store one or more instruction set.Term " mounting medium " also should be regarded as comprising and can storing, encode or carry one group of instruction for being performed by one or more processor, and making any medium of any one or more that described in method of the present invention, one or more processor performs.Mounting medium can take many forms, includes but not limited to, non-volatile media, Volatile media and transmission medium.
Non-volatile media comprises such as CD, disk, magneto-optic disk, flash drive etc.Volatile media comprises dynamic storage, such as primary memory.Transmission medium comprises concentric cable, copper cash and optical fiber, comprises the wire comprising bus subsystem.
Transmission medium also can take sound wave or light wave, the form such as produced during radiowave and infrared data communication.Such as, term " mounting medium " correspondingly should include, but not limited to solid-state memory, is included in the computer product of optics and magnetic medium; The transmitting signal of medium carrying detects by least one processor of one or more processor and a group of expression, when performing, performs a kind of instruction of method; The transmitting signal of transmission medium carrying in a network detects by least one processor in described one or more processor and represents this group instruction.
Should be understood that, the step in the method for the discussion that the suitable processor (or multiple processor) that the execution instruction (computer-readable code) of processed (i.e. computing machine) system is stored in memory storage in one embodiment performs.It is to be further understood that the present invention is not restricted to any specific realization or programming technique, and the present invention can use any suitable technology described herein functional to realize.The present invention is not limited to any specific programming language or operating system.
But should be understood that, in the above description of example embodiment of the present invention, various feature of the present invention is combined in a single embodiment sometimes, accompanying drawing or during it describes, in order to simplify the disclosure and help to understand the object of above various creative aspect.But method of the present disclosure, should not be interpreted as reflecting a kind of intention, and namely invention required for protection needs the detailed features than being clearly set forth in each claim.On the contrary, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspect is all features being less than single above-mentioned disclosed embodiment.Therefore, the claim of the following detailed description is hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description in this detailed description thus, and each claim self is as independent embodiments of the invention.
In addition, although embodiments more described herein comprise the feature of some but not other comprised in other embodiments, the combination of the feature of different embodiment is intended within the scope of the present invention, and is formed in different embodiments, and those skilled in the art is to be understood that.Such as, in claim below, any claimed embodiment can combinationally use with any.
In the description that this provides, many details are set forth.But be understandable that, embodiments of the invention can be put into practice when not having these details.In other instances, well-known method, structure and technology are not shown in detail, in order to avoid fuzzy understanding of this description.
Therefore, although described and be considered to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, person of skill in the art will appreciate that, other is revised with further, can make not departing from spirit of the present invention, and be intended to fall within scope of the present invention claim all such changes and modifications.Such as, any formula more than provided is only representational spendable.Function can be added or operation is deleted from block diagram, may exchange between functional blocks.Step in the method described in the scope of the present invention that can add or delete.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is the principle schematic of this invention.
Accompanying drawing 2 is hand cleanser divider side diagrammatic cross-sections of this invention.
Accompanying drawing 3 is that this invention " toilet monitoring and consumer products supply-chain management system " wireless sensor networks forms schematic diagram.
Accompanying drawing 4 is front elevations of toilet toilet tissue dispenser.
Accompanying drawing 5 is front elevations of toilet napkin dispenser.
Accompanying drawing 6 is physical relation schematic diagram between the inner each device of the wireless inductor that diffuses.
Accompanying drawing 7 is relation schematic diagram between the inner each device physics of radio network gateway.
Accompanying drawing 8 is toilet hand cleanser divider front elevations.
Accompanying drawing 9 is relation schematic diagram between the inner each device physics of radio resistance type water level sensor.
Accompanying drawing 10 is resistor-type water level sensing element structure key diagrams.
Accompanying drawing 11 is toilet consumables rack arrangement plans.
Accompanying drawing 12 is at the schematic diagram being configured with the physical relation between the various assemblies that wireless multipoint diffuses on the warehouse shelf of sensor.
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The present invention will be realized by referring to following non-limiting example more fully.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention
Display is configured to pass the network of liquid level sensor 20 information and the computing machine 36 transmitted in the toilet 30 of local area network (LAN) 34 buildings 32 in FIG.
Each toilet 30 has dispenser 38, and sensor 20 is configured to the consumption degree detecting consumable products in divider 38.Sensor 20 is connected to microcontroller 22, and microcontroller 22 is connected to again WiFi module 26, and sensor 20 and WiFi module are powered by rechargeable battery 24.
The signal that horizon sensor 20 exports is proportional with the consumable products residual quantity in divider 38, signal is the level being interpreted as a number percent (0% sky to 100% is full) by microcontroller 22, the relevant information being delivered to WiFi module 26 is sent to LAN (Local Area Network) 34 through networking 40, and last to computing machine 36.
Shown in Figure 2 have structure 100, its example having main one-trip container 102 and comprise the primary tank 102 of liquid 104 and the figure of additional reservoir 103.Fluidly being linked by conduit 105 in liquid distributor.Pressing loaded actuator 108, liquid 104 is flowed out by nozzle 106.Push rod 110 pushes pump 112 and liquid 104 is flowed out through nozzle 106 or stops flowing out.
Push rod also interlocking generator unit 114 comprises a flywheel (not shown).Actuator 108 fast actuating causes flywheel turns, and flywheel again drive electrical generators unit 114 rotates, and the electric energy produced by generator unit 114 is stored in electric battery 116.
The consumption level of the liquid 104 detected is by utilizing a conductance switch simply comprising two metallic pins 118, two metallic pins 118 pierce through and extend into primary tank 102, be low to moderate shown in two metallic pin 118(figure once the water level of liquid is down to, at 120 level places) position, electric current (via wire 124 from battery 116) is interrupted, and detected by microcontroller 122, be sent to WiFi module 126 by wire 128.WiFi module passes through wire 130 by generator powered.The router that this WiFi module also can be configured to battery-mounted LAN (Local Area Network) carries out communication (not shown).
Figure 3 illustrates the block scheme of system of the present invention.Square 1010,1020,1030, be mounted in the various toilets dispenser in toilet, 10N0 stores toilet product shelf in storage area.Divider and shelf be integrated wireless sensor all.Wireless senser detects the quantity of consumables and testing result is packaged into Packet Generation to radio network gateway 102, and wireless network net is assembled into packet data again and then uploads to Cloud Server.Data through Cloud Server process can be viewed, as notebook computer 103, and smart phone 104, or intelligent digital mobile device 105, can Cloud Server platform courses various toilets divider being passed through, as revised its operational factor, changing its operational mode etc.
The sectional view of what Fig. 4 represented is toilet toilet tissue dispenser 1010 front section view.A dispenser housing 1011, paper roll 1012 of washing one's hands, spool 1013 and a kind of conditioned reflex light sensor 1014,1015 are a kind of wireless reflective optical sensor circuit boards.Photosensory assembly 1014 is arranged near reel 1013, when being soon finished hands-washing paper 1012, huge change will be there is in the light signal that photosensory assembly 1014 detects, this change reflects the quantity of state of hands-washing paper 1012 shortage, microcontroller converts digital electric signal to the light signal of optical sensor 1015, and controller and radio transceiver circuitry are sent to data with the form of packet the gateway 102 of Fig. 2.As shown in Figure 3, the data of gateway 102 are sent to Cloud Server 106.Optical sensor 1015 can also receive data from Cloud Server 106 by radio network gateway 102, arranges oneself operating parameter or duty based on family in data.
Accompanying drawing 5 is that the present invention is at the configuration sketch realizing wireless scattered reflection type optical inductor in the face coin paper divider 1020 in toilet case.
1021 is housings of face coin paper divider, and 1022 is the face coin paper overlayed in divider, and reflection type optical sensing element 1014 is installed near dispenser bottom shown in the figure, and 1015 is wireless optical reflection-type inductors.When the raw paper 1022 of coin will be used up face to face, obvious change can be there is in the light signal that optical inductor element 1014 detects, this change reflects the non-starving condition of divider 1021 inner face coin paper 1022 consumption, microcontroller in optical inductor 1023 converts the digital quantity of several electric signal to this light signal, to send to the gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3 with the form of packet through wireless receiving and dispatching controller and circuit, gateway 102 forwards and delivers on server.Also can receive from the data of removing server 106 from radio network gateway 102, the running parameter of controlling oneself according to the curriculum offering of data or running status.
Accompanying drawing 6 is the present invention realizes the wireless sensor 1015 in case formation block schemes in toilet.
As in " summary of the invention description " tell about, wireless sensor 1015 reflection type optical sensing element 1014, microcontroller 10154, wireless radiofrequency transceiver controller 10152 and peripheral circuit thereof that the present invention realizes in case are integrated on one piece of circuit board 10151.Wireless sensor road plate 10151 is powered by battery 10153, also can be that the electric energy of coming through the conversion of other natural energy resources is powered, as solar photocell power, by pressure, vibration convert to electric energy is powered, wind-power electricity generation is powered, pivot change electric energy power.Reflection type optical sensing element 1014 sensed light signal, light signal converts electric signal to through microcontroller 10154, and the data that electric signal is formed send to the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3 through wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10152.Also can receive from the data of removing server 106 from the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3, the running parameter of controlling oneself according to the curriculum offering of data or running status.
Accompanying drawing 7 is that the present invention's wireless network 102 realized in case accompanying drawing 3 closes formation block diagram.
Radio network gateway 102 encloses circuit by wireless receiving and dispatching controller 1023 and place thereof, microcontroller 1024, WiFi controller 1022 form and be integrated on one piece of circuit board 1021.Wireless receiving and dispatching controller 1023 receives the data sent from wireless sensor, then is sent to through WiFi controller 1022 after microcontroller 1024 processes on the Cloud Server 106 in cloud accompanying drawing 1.Or receive data from Cloud Server 106 through WiFi controller 1022, after microcontroller 1024 processes, be transmitted to wireless senser by wireless receiving and dispatching controller 1023 again.Radio network gateway circuit board 1021 is powered by battery 1025, also can be that the electric energy of coming through the conversion of other natural energy resources is powered, as solar photocell power, by pressure, vibration convert to electric energy is powered, wind-power electricity generation is powered, pivot change electric energy power.
Accompanying drawing 8 is that the present invention is at the configuration sketch realizing the hand cleanser divider 1030 in toilet case.
Hand cleanser divider 1030 is made up of distributor body 1031, liquid pool 1032 of washing one's hands, resistor-type water level sensing element 1033, wireless sensor circuit board 1034, hand cleanser operation valve 1035.Resistor-type water level sensing element 1033 is vertically placed in the liquid pool 1032 of hand cleanser divider 1030, one end of two strip electrodes of resistor-type water level sensing element 10303 is deep into certain depth bottom liquid pool 1032 of washing one's hands, and the other end is connected through the circuit board of electrical lead with wireless sensor 1034.When hand cleanser will be used up, two strip electrodes of hand cleanser and element 1033 will disengage, and at this moment the resistance of the other end of two electrodes can obviously change, and this change reflects the non-starving condition of hand cleanser.The microprocessor of component resistance on inductor circuit plate 1034 of change converts electric signal to, then closes on 102 through the knotless net that wireless receiving and dispatching control device is sent in accompanying drawing 1, then uploads on server.Also can receive from the data of removing server from radio network gateway 102, the running parameter of controlling oneself according to the curriculum offering of data or running status.Radio resistance type water level sensor is battery-powered, also can be that the electric energy of coming through the conversion of other natural energy resources is powered, as solar photocell power, by pressure, vibration convert to electric energy is powered, wind-power electricity generation is powered, pivot change electric energy power.
Accompanying drawing 9 is the present invention realizes the radio resistance type water level sensor 1034 in case formation block schemes in toilet.
As in " summary of the invention description " tell about, the radio resistance type water level sensor 1034 that the present invention realizes in case is integrated on one piece of circuit board 10341 by resistor-type water level sensing element 1033, microcontroller 10342, wireless radiofrequency transceiver controller 10343 and peripheral circuit thereof.Wireless sensor road plate 10341 is powered by battery 10345, also can be that the electric energy of coming through the conversion of other natural energy resources is powered, as solar photocell power, by pressure, vibration convert to electric energy is powered, wind-power electricity generation is powered, pivot change electric energy power.In resistor-type water level sensing element 1033 tracer liquid divider 1030, the resistance variations of liquid, converts electric signal to through microcontroller 10342, and the data that electric signal is formed send to the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3 through wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10343.Also can receive from the data of removing server 106 from the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 1, the running parameter of controlling oneself according to the curriculum offering of data or running status.
Accompanying drawing 10 is the present invention realizes the radio resistance type water level sensing element 1033 in case block diagram in toilet.
Resistor-type water level sensing element 1033 etches one or more pairs of copper electrode 10334 on one piece of circuit board substrate 10331, and between copper electrode 10334 with pad 10333, thin copper film 10332 is connected.Pad 10333 is connected with the microcontroller 10342 in accompanying drawing 7 through electrical lead.Certain magnitude of voltage can be measured between two pairs of pads 10333 after the electrode 10334 of resistor-type water level sensing element 1033 and detected liquid comes into contact, this magnitude of voltage corresponds to interelectrode resistance value, magnitude of voltage changes and reflects the change of fluid to be measured water level, and namely in liquid distributor 1030, the consumption of hand cleanser changes.The magnitude of voltage of change converts data to after microcontroller 10342 in accompanying drawing 7 processes, and data to be sent to by wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10343 with the form of packet on the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3.
Accompanying drawing 11 is the present invention realizes for rack management in case configuration schematic diagram in toilet.
Rack 10N0 layering 10N1, every one deck is divided into again several fixing chord position 10N2, and each chord position is the specific goods one_to_one corresponding with certain all.Each chord position is all installed scattered reflection type photoinduction element 10N3, each shelf is provided with wireless scattered reflection type optical inductor 10N4.A configurable multiple scattered reflection type photoinduction element of scattered reflection type optical inductor.When the goods on a certain chord position is removed, or empty chord position is placed into goods, scattered reflection type photoinduction element on this chord position can detect the change that this chord position goods diffuses, optical inductor 10N4 becomes digitized packet this State Transferring, be sent to the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3, radio network gateway 102 is sent to data on server 106 again.Wireless sensor 10N4 also can receive the packet sent from the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3, according to the information content in packet, revises the running parameter of oneself.
Accompanying drawing 12 is that the present invention realizes physical relation schematic diagram between the inner each device of wireless scattered reflection type optical inductor 10N4 in case on 10N0 equipment in toilet.Rack is N number of by scattered reflection type photoinduction element 10NR44,10N45,10N46 etc. with wireless scattered reflection type optical inductor 10N4, microcontroller 10N47, wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10N42 are integrated on one piece of circuit board 10N41.Circuit board 10N41 is powered by battery 10N43, also can be that the electric energy of coming through the conversion of other natural energy resources is powered, as solar photocell power, by pressure, vibration convert to electric energy is powered, wind-power electricity generation is powered, pivot change electric energy power.Scattered reflection type photoinduction element 10NR44,10N45,10N46 etc. detect chord position and to get in stocks the change diffused of thing, microprocessor 10N47 converts level signal to light signal, be sent to through wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10N41 on the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3, radio network gateway 102 is sent to data on server 106 again.Wireless receiving and dispatching controller 10N41 also can receive the packet sent from the radio network gateway 102 in accompanying drawing 3, according to the information content in packet, revises the running parameter of oneself.
The wireless receiving and dispatching controller of wireless senser 1015,1034,10N4 and radio network gateway 102 is not limited to that those are described in the present invention, and they can be various types of wireless receiving and dispatching controllers by other manufacturer.
The above description of the disclosed embodiments, makes to enable those skilled in the art or uses the present invention.It will be apparent for revising these embodiments for those those skilled in the art, and General Principle described here can be applicable to other embodiment and do not depart from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, be appreciated that here in representing at present preferred embodiments of the invention, and therefore represent its theme and be roughly encompassed in instructions of the present invention and accompanying drawing.It is to be further understood that scope of the present invention contains in other embodiment completely, clearly known for those skilled in the art.
Above-mentioned preferred implementation should be considered as illustrating of the application's scheme implementation mode, allly to duplicate with the application's scheme, technology that is approximate or that make based on this is deduced, replaces, improvement etc., all should be considered as the protection domain of this patent.
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1. the supply of a management toilet product and/or the system of stock, this system comprises following content:
One or more toilet dispenser or receiver, include and (i) configure a charged or electronic inductor, for differentiating storage situation and the (ii) first communicator of product, and/or
One or more toilet equipment, includes a (i) charged or electronic inductor configuration, for differentiating malfunction and (ii) second radio communication device of facilities and equipment, and or
One or more toilet inductor configurations, for differentiating toilet environmental parameter, one or more inductor contains the 3rd radio communication device, and/or
A (i) charged or electronic inductor configuration is contained in one or more product storage region, toilet, for differentiating the residue situation of toilet product or situation in short supply and (ii) the 4th radio communication device
A monitoring processor device in network service, and first and/or second and/or the 3rd and/or the 4th radio communication device.
2., wherein, in use procedure, radio communication device transmits the information responded to monitoring processor device
In claim 1, the dispenser of indication refers to lavatory paper divider, napkin dispenser, hand cleanser divider, fragrance dispenser, drinking water dispenser, feminine hygiene articles divider, sheath divider, toothbrush divider, comb divider, or container, such as litter-bin.
3. the toilet facility equipment of the system indication of claim 1 or claim 2 refers to toilet, hand washing sink, bidet, water swivel, hand dryer, lighting source, ventilating fan, warming machine, air conditioner, or shows display screen or the loudspeaker of advertisement or information.
4. the system configuration of arbitrary claims 1 to 3 has inductor, differentiates the environmental parameter of toilet, can respond to humidity, light, temperature, smell, the appearance of people or walk about.
5. in the system of arbitrary Claims 1-4, first and/or second and/or the 3rd and/or the 4th radio communication device are wireless devices.
6. in the system of claim 5, wireless device selects from following combination: a WIFI device, a ZIGBEE device, a BLUETOOTH device, the ISM band device of one GHz, the ISM band device of a 2.4GHz.
7. in claim 5 or claim 6 system wireless device according to network protocol operations.
8. in claim 1 to 7, monitoring processor device is a fixing computer, or a digitizing mobile device.
9. (i) one or more toilet facility equipment and/or (iii) one or more toilet inductor in claim 1 to 7 system, electric flux is transformed into by user's mechanical action, a chargeable battery can be passed through, hull cell, photovoltaic solar cell plate, microgenerator, shaking generator, or friction generator is powered.
10. in claim 9 system, mechanical action makes finger comprise the action of taking out product from toilet divider.
In 11. claim 10 systems, mechanical action is the one in combination, include and open door, lift toilet seat, press flushing switch, the flowing of water, from divider, take out toilet paper, from divider, take out paper handkerchief, from divider, take out feminine hygiene articles, open dustbin cover, to fetch boiling water tap, turn off the tap, and air flowing.
In 12. claim 9 to 11 systems, changes mechanical energy becomes electric energy, comprises use generator.
In 13. claim 9 to 11 systems, electrical power storage is in chargeable battery.
14. toilet dispensers or container contain a (i) charged or electronic inductor, for differentiating product storage situation wherein and a (ii) radio communication device, and the mechanical action that user participates in are converted to the conversion regime of electric energy.
15. toilet facility equipment contain a (i) charged or electric inductor configuration, for differentiating malfunction and (ii) radio communication device, and the mechanical action of user's participation are converted to the conversion regime of electric energy.
16. toilet transformer devices, for differentiating toilet environmental parameter, containing a radio communication device, and convert the mechanical action that user participates in the conversion regime of electric energy.
Product storage region, 17. 1 toilets, a (i) charged or electronic induction apparatus is contained in region, for differentiating to store the residue situation of toilet product or supply shortage situation and a (iii) radio communication device.
The method of 18. 1 management toilets and/or toilet product inventory, the method comprises the system described in claim 1 to 13.
The method of 19. management toilets and/or toilet product inventory, the method contains the toilet dispenser of claim 14 description or the toilet inductor of container and/or the facilities and equipment containing claim 15 description and/or claim 16 description, and/or the product storage region, toilet that claim 17 describes.
20. toilets, containing the toilet dispenser described in claim 14 or container and/or the toilet facility equipment described containing claim 15 and/or containing the toilet inductor described in claim 16.
21. 1 electronic databanks, containing data or the information of monitoring toilet and/or toilet product inventory, data or information are provided by arbitrary claim 1 to 13 system, or the toilet dispenser described by claim 14 provides, or the toilet inductor described by claim 16, the toilet product that claim 17 describes, or the method described by claim 18 or 19 provides, or provided by the toilet described in claim 20.
22. arbitrary claim 1 to 13 systems, or the toilet dispenser that claim 14 describes, or the toilet inductor that claim 16 describes, the toilet product that claim 17 describes, or the method that claim 18 or 19 describes, or the toilet described in claim 20, form a storage medium, containing the data or the information that manage toilet and/or the management of toilet product inventory in storage medium, from a fixing computer with storage medium, a removable computer, a mobile device, a TF card, a usb card, a sd card, a portable hard disk, choose in a cloud server combination.
The method of 23. 1 management toilets and/or toilet product inventory, the method contains data or the information Step of electronic processing management toilet and/or product inventory, data or information are provided by claim 1 to 13 system, or the toilet dispenser described by claim 14 provides, or the toilet inductor described by claim 16 provides, the toilet product that claim 17 describes, or the method described by claim 18 or 19 provides, or provided by the toilet described in claim 20.
The system of 24. use claims 1 to 13, or the toilet dispenser that claim 14 describes, or the toilet inductor that claim 16 describes, the toilet product that claim 17 describes, or the method that claim 18 or 19 describes, or the data that the toilet equipment described in claim 20 provides or information, management toilet and/or toilet product inventory.
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