EP3875700A1 - Contactless actuatable plate - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an actuating plate 1 for triggering at least one flush valve of a sanitary facility, the actuating plate 1 comprising an electronic control device, a lighting device and a detector for detecting a distance of a body from an actuating side A of the actuating plate 1, from which the actuating plate 1 can be actuated . The actuation side A comprises a first and a second surface section 41, 42, which are offset from one another along the actuation side A, the control device being designed to use the detector to each distance the body from the first and second surface sections 41, 42 detect, wherein in a definable first operating mode in the control device, the control device is designed to control the lighting device for emitting light from the first and second surface sections 41, 42 and in a ready-to-wash state when a first distance between the body and the first surface section is detected 41 to output a first control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a first volume of water and, when a second distance between the body and the second surface section 42 is detected, to output a second control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a second volume of water.

Description

The invention relates to an actuating plate for triggering at least one flush valve of a sanitary facility according to the preamble of claim 1, a use of the actuating plate for flushing a sanitary facility and a method for configuring an actuating plate.

Generic actuator plates are usually used for flushing a sanitary facility. A sanitary facility usually has a body to be flushed, in particular a urinal body or a toilet body, which is connected to a flushing device. The flushing device has a flushing valve via which water can be discharged into the body to be flushed. For example, it can be provided for this purpose to provide the flush valve directly at the outlet of a water line, whereby when the flush valve is opened, water exits the flush valve according to the pressure present in the water line and can enter the body of the sanitary facility from there. Frequently, however, cisterns, in particular lower cisterns, are used in such flushing devices. Such a cistern has a water connection via which it can be connected to a water pipe, as well as a water outlet via which it can be connected to the body of a conventional sanitary facility. A cistern usually has a wall for collecting flushing water, and a filling valve is provided at the connection, via which the inflow of water into the cistern can be controlled depending on the level of the water in the cistern, as well as a drain valve that functions as a flushing valve and via which the delivery of water from the cistern into the body of the sanitary facility can be controlled. A wide variety of solutions for realizing a flushing valve, in particular a drain valve, and a filling valve are known in the prior art. For example, these valves can be designed as solenoid valves. It is also widely known to design the filling valve as a float-controlled mechanical valve and to design the drain valve functioning as a flushing valve as a hydrostatically controlled mechanical drain valve, this drain valve being selectively actuatable so that when the drain valve is triggered, a preset first water volume or, alternatively, a preset second water volume (ie small or large flush volume) can be dispensed through the drain valve. One possibility of realizing such a drain valve is, for example, in EP 2 092 128 AI revealed.

The actuating plate usually serves to enable simple actuation of the flushing valve of a sanitary facility to trigger the flushing valve for flushing the sanitary facility. For this purpose, the actuating plate is connected to the flushing valve in a suitable manner. For example, actuating plates are known which have mechanical toggle buttons that are directly connected to a mechanical flush valve via actuating pins, so that manual actuation of the respective toggle button results in the delivery of a volume of water caused the flush valve. Generic actuation plates work, however, in that they issue an electronic control command which causes the flush valve to dispense a volume of water, whereby they can be actuated without contact. Such an electronically operating actuator plate has significant advantages. On the one hand, such an actuation plate can be designed to be more vandal-proof, since no movable toggle buttons have to be provided; on the other hand, such an actuation plate can be designed in very different ways and have specific optical or signal elements. A flush valve is triggered via such an actuation plate in that the actuation plate issues an electronic control command via which the flush valve is opened in a predefined manner in order to dispense a predefined volume of water. For example, an electric motor can be provided for this purpose in a flushing device to which the actuating plate is connected, which mechanically controls a hydrostatic drain valve designed as explained above, in particular for dispensing a first predefined water volume or alternatively for dispensing a second predefined water volume. For example, the flushing valve can be designed as a solenoid valve, the control command output by the actuating plate defining a time over which the flushing valve designed as a solenoid valve is open, whereby a water volume output by the flushing valve is also determined. For example, the control command can be used to trigger an electromechanical device which actuates a mechanical pressure valve over a predefined period of time which is determined by the control command and which defines the volume of water dispensed by the flushing valve.

Generic actuating plates which have a display device, in particular a lighting device, and a detector have proven to be particularly advantageous. The display device is used to visualize the actuating plate, for example to visualize an area of the actuating plate that is to be actuated. The detector is used to detect a body, in particular a hand. Usually, a detector is designed as an infrared detector which sends a detection signal to the control device of the actuating plate as soon as it detects a body within a distance range. In most cases, an active infrared detector is used for this, which comprises at least one light-emitting diode for emitting infrared light and at least one photodiode for receiving infrared light, the infrared light preferably being emitted in a pulsed manner and the distance being determined via a transit time measurement. The distance measurement is usually carried out using the triangulation principle, in which at least two photodiodes and one light-emitting diode or at least two light-emitting diodes and one photodiode are used. As soon as the detector outputs a detection signal to the control device of the actuating plate, the actuating plate sends a control command to the connected flushing valve to control the flushing valve to dispense a volume of water. Such actuation plates have proven to be particularly advantageous from a hygienic point of view, since actuation plates with smooth and easy-to-clean surfaces can thereby be implemented and, moreover, such actuation plates can be operated easily and without contact. However, such actuator plates are still in need of improvement in many respects. For example, it is not usually possible to specify different water volumes for rinsing via actuating plates of this type, since the actuating plate issues a control command for the delivery of a volume of water to the flush valve as soon as a body has been detected. Such actuation plates usually also have a mechanical emergency release, via which the flushing valve can be triggered in the event of a failure of the electronics of the actuation plate, in particular due to a power failure. This makes the actuation of the actuating plate confusing for a user, leads in particular to an unnecessary double triggering of the flushing valve and also brings with it higher manufacturing costs and poorer hygiene. Different actuating plates, in which different detectors and different control devices are provided, also have to be kept ready for different purposes, which further increases the manufacturing costs.

The present invention is based on the object of providing an actuating plate, a use of an actuating plate and / or a method for configuring an actuating plate in order to at least partially remedy at least one disadvantage of generic actuating plates, uses and methods.

As a solution to the described object according to the invention, the invention proposes an actuating plate having the features of claim 1. The actuating plate according to the invention can in particular have features which can be seen from the above explanation of generic actuating plates. The actuating plate according to the invention has an electronic control device and a detector which is designed to detect a distance between a body and an actuating side of the actuating plate. The actuation side of the When the actuating plate is properly installed on a wall or front wall, the actuating plate points towards the room so that it is easily accessible to a user. The actuation plate is usually designed with its plate shape in such a way that the actuation side forms one of the two large-area plate sides of the actuation plate. With the opposite side of the plate, the actuating plate faces the wall or pre-wall when installed as intended. For example, it can be provided that the actuating plate is arranged on the room side of a front wall and covers an inspection opening provided in the front wall. The actuation side extends along a transverse plane along which the plate shape of the actuation plate extends with its extensive plate extension, and when an actuation plate is installed as intended, this transverse plane is defined by the wall side of the wall or front wall facing the room on which the actuation plate is fixed is. In the actuating plate according to the invention, the control device is designed to output a control command for activating the flushing valve to dispense a volume of water as a function of the detected distance of the body from the actuating side. For this purpose, the actuating plate naturally has an electrical interface, via which it can be connected to a flushing valve in order to issue the control command to the flushing valve. When the actuating plate is used as intended, the actuating plate is connected to the flushing valve via this interface. In the actuation plate according to the invention, the actuation side comprises a first and a second surface section, these surface sections along the actuation side and thus along at least one transverse extension of the transverse plane are offset from one another. In one embodiment, the surface sections have a common cut surface. In one embodiment, the surface sections are spaced from one another. The control device is designed to use the detector to detect a distance between the body and the first and the second surface section. The control device and the detector are thus coordinated with one another in such a way that when a body is positioned on the actuation side and at a distance from the actuation side, a distance between the body and each of the two surface sections can be detected when the body is in a detection area assigned to the respective surface section of the detector. It is essential that a distance assigned to it can be recorded for each of the surface sections. For example, the distance can be calculated based on the respective center point of the respective surface section, wherein a suitable other point within the respective surface section can also be selected, which is defined as a reference point and to which the distance of the body is determined in each case. In a particularly preferred embodiment, a detector element is provided in each of the surface sections, which is encompassed by the detector, the distance from the detector element assigned to the respective surface section to the body being recorded as the distance to the respective surface section. In general, each of the detector elements can each have a detection area, in particular a spherical detection area, the respective detector element being at the tip of the respective cone, each detector element being able to detect a body and the distance of the body only when it is located located within the detection area. According to the invention, a first operating mode can be set in the control device and thus selectively selected, for example via an interface provided on the actuation plate, in particular a wired or wireless interface, or via a selector switch provided on the actuation plate, which can be provided, for example, on the back of the actuation plate opposite the actuation side can. In the first operating mode that can be set in the control device, the control device is designed to output a first control command to control the flush valve to dispense a first volume of water when a first distance between the body and the first surface section is detected, and when a second distance from the body is detected to output a second control command for activating the flushing valve to dispense a second volume of water to the second surface section. The control device can be designed, for example, so that a first distance and / or second distance assigned to the first operating mode is stored in the control device in the form of a respective distance range, the control device issuing the respective control command as soon as a body has been detected within the distance range. The first and second distance can also be defined as exact values, so that the control device only issues a respective control command if the body was detected exactly at the first or second distance from the first or second surface section. Of course, the control device only issues a control command when it is in a ready-to-wash state. In particular, a condition can be stored in the control device which must be fulfilled so that the control device is in the ready-to-wash state is located. For example, it can be provided as such a condition that a minimum time must have passed since the last output of a control command or that a body is not located within a third distance range detected by the detector or that a sufficient energy supply for issuing the control command and / or for outputting the Volume of water is given through the flush valve.

The actuating plate according to the invention has significant advantages compared to conventional actuating plates. Since the said first operating mode can be set in the control device, an operating mode can be specifically selected in which the presence of a body is assigned to two different locations on the actuation side of the operating plate, each of these locations being assigned a different control command. In this way, for example, it can be made possible in a particularly simple manner that the actuating plate is used to control a flushing valve for dispensing two different water volumes when the first and second control commands are each assigned to different first and second water volumes. In addition, the actuating plate is particularly easy for a user to operate and its functionality is particularly easy to grasp. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the first surface section is larger than the second surface section, the first water volume being smaller than the second water volume. Particularly preferably, the second surface section has at least 1.3 times, in particular at least 1.5 times the extent of the first surface section, with reference to the flat extent over which the respective surface section on the in the first operating mode Actuation side is identified.

In one embodiment, the actuation device comprises a third surface section which is arranged along the actuation side, the control device being designed to, in a second operating mode that can be defined in the control device as an alternative to the first operating mode, in the ready-to-wash state when a third distance of the body is detected third surface section to control a third control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a third volume of water. The third surface section particularly preferably extends between the first and the second surface section. The third surface section particularly preferably comprises at least part of the first and / or part of the second surface section. By providing the two different operating modes, the actuating plate can be used for different purposes by switching between the operating modes in a simple manner, whereby the switching between the operating modes can preferably take place via a pure software setting in the control device. Particularly preferably, the actuating plate can thus be used for two fundamentally different purposes without exchanging components. In the first operating mode, the actuating plate can be used, for example, in an application area in which a user should be able to choose between two different flush quantities, for example in the application area of a toilet flush, in particular in the case of ladies' toilets. In the second operating mode, the actuating plate can be used in areas of application in which a user should not have any influence on the flush volume used, for example when flushing urinals or possibly also when flushing toilets in men's toilets. In general, the control device is preferably designed such that in the first operating mode it exclusively outputs the first or the second control command as a function of the detected first and second distance and, in the second operating mode, only outputs the third control command as a function of the detected third distance. The control device is preferably set up so that, in the first operating mode, as a function of a predefined detected distance of the body to one of the surface sections, the control command to be output exclusively as a function of the detected distance of the body to the first and second surface section between the first and the second Selects control command and outputs this selected control command and that in the second operating mode, as a control command to be output depending on a predefined detected distance of the body to one of the surface sections, it exclusively selects the third control command depending on the distance of the body to the third surface section and outputs this third control command . The control device is preferably set up to select in the first operating mode between the output of the first and the second control command exclusively depending on the detected first and second distance, and in the second operating mode to output the third control command exclusively depending on the third detected distance . The detection of the third distance to the third surface section can take place analogously to the detection of the first and second distance to the first and second surface section. The arrangement of the third surface portion such that it extends between the first and the second surface portion can be particularly advantageous for the fact that the first and second surface sections are spaced apart from one another in the first operating mode and that the third surface section can be particularly easily identified and placed in the center in the second operating mode.

In one embodiment, the actuation plate has a display device which is designed to identify the surface sections on the actuation side. The control device is preferably designed to control the display device for identifying the first and second surface sections on the actuation side in the first operating mode, in particular to control only the first and second of the surface sections, and in the second operating mode the display device for identifying the third To control surface section on the actuation side, in particular to control to identify only the third of the surface sections. The identification by the display device can take place in a suitable manner. For example, the display device can comprise a lighting device, the lighting device being designed to emit light from the surface sections, the control device being designed to control the lighting device for emitting light from the surface sections. The control device is particularly preferably designed to control the lighting device for emitting light from the first and second surface sections in the first operating mode and to control the lighting device for emitting light from the third surface section in the second operating mode. The lighting device has at least one light source which is coupled to the respective surface section in such a way that at a control of the lighting device for emitting light couples this light into the respective surface section in such a way that light emerges on the actuation side within the respective surface section. The actuation plate is particularly preferably designed so that in the first operating mode in the area of the third surface section that is not part of the first or second surface section, no light is emitted from the actuation side, whereas in the second operating mode in the respective area of the first and second Surface portion that is not included by the third surface portion, no light is emitted on the actuation side. The actuation plate is particularly preferably designed so that in the first operating mode only within the first and second surface sections and in the second operating mode exclusively within the third surface section, light that is emitted by the lighting device can exit the actuation side. For example, the display device can be designed as a display, for example as an OLED or LCD display, the various surface sections being shown in the respective operating modes on the display, for example in the first operating mode only the first and second surface sections and in the second operating mode only the third surface section. The representation can for example take place in that the surface sections are marked with a different color than the sections of the display surrounding them. The representation can take place, for example, in that the surface sections are identified by hatching or, for example, are framed by a frame representation on the display. For example, the display in the first Operating mode emitting light with a specific color exclusively within the first and second surface section and in the second operating mode exclusively within the third surface section, in particular emitting light at all. For example, the display device can be designed as an E-INK display, the display device changing different surface sections of the actuation side in the different operating modes in such a way that the surface sections have different reflectivity. In general, the display device is preferably designed to identify the surface sections by changing the reflectivity of the actuating side along its flat extension and / or by changing the light emission from the actuating side along its flat extension. The display device is thus designed to change the reflectivity of the actuation side and / or the light emission from the actuation side over the flat extension of the actuation side, the surface sections being characterized in that, within their flat extension area on the actuation side, a different reflectivity and / or Light emission predominates than in areas of the actuation side that are adjacent to them. The change in the reflectivity and / or light emission can in particular be a change in relation to the wavelength of the light to be reflected or emitted and / or in relation to the light emission a change in the intensity of the light to be emitted. The provision of a display device has further particular advantages. This is because in the respective operating modes at the same time via activation by the control device surface sections assigned to the respective operating modes are identified by the display device and a control command is assigned to these specific surface sections, which is output when a distance of a body assigned to each of these surface sections is detected, it is ensured that a user is visually displayed in the first operating mode that he has two different actuation options for triggering a flush through the flush valve, and that in the second operating mode it is visually indicated to a user that he has only one operating option for triggering a flush through the flush valve.

In one embodiment, the control device is designed to assume a flush-preventing state when a predetermined movement pattern of the body is detected within a distance range from the actuation side. The flush-preventing state is an alternative to the flush-ready state of the control device, so that the control device is never in the flush-ready state when it is in the flush-preventing state. In the flush-preventing state, the control device is therefore not designed to output a control command for delivering a volume of water to the flushing valve. Various predetermined movement patterns are particularly preferably stored in the control device, the control device assuming the flush-preventing state when each of the predetermined movement patterns is detected. The provision of a state that prevents flushing, which the control device assumes when a corresponding predetermined movement pattern is detected, has the particular advantage that it is triggered in an undesired manner the flush valve can be prevented. For example, it can be prevented in public toilets that flushing the toilet is triggered when walking past a toilet body without using the toilet body. For example, it can be prevented that a toilet flush is triggered while a user is sitting on the toilet body. For example, it can be provided as a movement pattern that a body remains over a predetermined period of time in a predetermined distance range from the actuation side, as is the case, for example, when a person sits on a toilet body for a longer period of time. For example, the detection of a body in a specific distance range can be provided as the movement pattern.

In general, according to the invention, such a detector is particularly advantageously provided which has at least one detector element which measures the distance of a body located at a distance of 2 m from the detector element with an accuracy of at least 2 cm, in particular at least 1 cm, in particular 5 mm can capture. The detector element particularly preferably has an area along the actuation side which is less than 20 mm ² , in particular less than 10 mm ² , in particular less than 5 mm ² . The detector element is particularly preferably designed to detect a body within a conical detection area with an opening angle of at least 10 °, in particular 10 ° to 45 °, in particular 15 ° to 30 °. For example, the detector element can comprise a light source and a light sensor, wherein it is designed to emit light of a predetermined wavelength with the light source and to receive the light of this predetermined wavelength with the sensor, with a transit time measurement or a Interference measurement between the emitted light and the received light the distance of the body within the detection area of the detector element from the detector element can be determined, in particular based on the center of the area of the detector element based on its areal extent along the transverse plane. Particularly preferably, a laser diode is provided as the light source and, in particular, a diode is provided as the sensor. Of course, a detector element can also have, for example, ultrasound components instead of light components as transmitting and receiving components. In general, the detector element is thus preferably designed to transmit a transmission signal and to receive this transmission signal and to detect the distance of the body within the detection range of the detector element from the information of the transmitted and received signal. The transmission signal is particularly preferably a pulsed signal, for example pulsed with a frequency of less than 500 MHz, in particular less than 200 MHz. This frequency thus indicates the time intervals at which the transmitter of the detector element transmits the transmission signal. The provision of a transmission signal pulsed with a frequency can be particularly advantageous for the detection of a distance, in particular for the conclusions that can be obtained from the measurement of the received signal. The transmission signal is preferably a light signal, the wavelength of which lies outside the wavelength range that can be perceived by a human being. The provision of such a detector with at least one, in particular several of these detector elements can be particularly advantageous in various respects. On the one hand, the most precise possible detection of a distance from a body enables a particularly clear predefinability of distances from a body to specific surface sections, each of which has a specific one Control command can be assigned. On the other hand, this enables a predefined movement pattern to be defined particularly clearly, and when it is detected, the control device assumes the described flush-preventing state. In addition, the provision of particularly small detector elements can be particularly advantageous in order to distinguish between different surface sections, with one detector element being particularly preferably assigned to each surface section. In general, the detector or at least one of its detector elements is particularly preferably designed to detect the section of a body in a distance range of up to at least 2 m. The detector or the detector elements are particularly preferably designed to detect this distance with a precision of at least 5 mm, in particular at least 2 mm, when a body is at a distance of less than 3 cm from the actuation side. In general, the detector is particularly preferably designed to determine the distance of a body in a detection direction which is perpendicular to the actuation side. Accordingly, the distance preferably relates to the distance along this detection direction. This distance can also be determined, for example, by conversion, in particular on the basis of distances that were determined with a different direction.

In one embodiment, a plurality of surface areas are provided on the actuation side, the light from the lighting device being able to be emitted exclusively via these surface areas on the actuation side, each of the surface sections each comprising at least one of the surface areas and in particular at least one of the surface sections comprising a plurality of these surface areas. Generally differs the common area of all surface areas comprised by the first surface section from the common area of all surface areas comprised by the second surface section, the ratio of these areas preferably being at least 1: 1.3, in particular at least 1: 1.5. Particularly preferably, the surface areas of the surface section which comprises a plurality of the surface areas are spaced less from one another than from the respective closest surface area of the closest surface section. The embodiment described can bring the particular advantage that visually indistinct surface areas can be illuminated, which indicate discrete locations on the actuation side, whereby the definition of the radiating surfaces on the surface areas provides a user with clear indications of the various surface sections with which he or she different Can trigger control commands.

The detector preferably has a plurality of detector elements, a first detector element being assigned to the first surface section and a second detector element being assigned to the second surface section. A third detector element is particularly preferably assigned to the third surface section. Particularly preferably, exactly one detector element is assigned to each of the surface sections. The control device is particularly preferably designed to use the detector element assigned to the respective surface section to detect the distance between the body and the respective surface section. At least one of the detector elements is particularly preferred within the transverse extension, ie within the extension area along the actuation side, of the surface section assigned to it arranged. Each of the detector elements is particularly preferably arranged within the transverse extension of the surface section assigned to it. By providing the various detector elements, which are each assigned to one, in particular exactly one, of the surface sections and which are particularly preferably arranged within the transverse extent of the respective surface section, a particularly precise distance detection to the respective surface section can be ensured. Particularly preferably, the detector elements are each arranged within the two-dimensional extension of the surface section respectively assigned to them, which is characterized by the display device. Of course, configurations are possible in which the detector elements do not extend as far as the surface of the actuation side but are covered by a detector cover section, but extend within the surface section in relation to the extent along the actuation side. In at least one of the surface sections, in particular in each of the surface sections, the detector element assigned to it is particularly preferably arranged between two surface areas of the surface section, so that the detector element is preferably within the space provided between the surface areas, of course also here based on the extension along the actuation side is arranged. This can ensure a particularly advantageous integration of the detector element into the surface section. Particularly preferably, the detector elements each have a detection area, the detection areas preferably within a distance range from 0 cm to 3 cm, in particular from 0 cm to, extending along a vertical that is perpendicular to the actuation side 5 cm apart.

In one embodiment, the control device is designed to use the detector to detect a distance between the body and the actuation side within a close distance range and within a far distance range, the first and second distance, in particular also the third distance, being within the close distance range. A near distance range is particularly preferably a range within 10 cm, in particular within 5 cm, of the respective surface section. The far distance range is particularly preferably an area outside the close distance range, in particular an area with a distance of at least up to 1 m, in particular at least up to 2 m, in particular at least up to 3 m away from all surface sections of the actuation side. By detecting a distance of a body within a near distance range and within a far distance range, the actuating plate can have a particularly high degree of functionality through appropriate programming. The detector is particularly preferably designed to detect the distance within the near distance range with greater precision than within the far distance range, preferably with a precision of at least 5 mm within the entire near distance range and of at least 2 cm within the entire far distance range. Particularly preferably, the control device is designed to assume a standby state after a predetermined time interval has elapsed after the last detection of a body or after the last triggering of the flush valve and, when a body is detected within the remote distance range, from the standby state to a previously in the The control device is preferably designed to control the flushing valve for dispensing flushing water in the specified operating mode after detecting a predetermined distance to one of the surface sections within the near-distance range in the ready-to-flush state. The provision of such a standby state can in particular permanently reduce the energy requirement of the actuating plate. The actuating plate particularly preferably has a lower energy requirement in the standby state than in the first operating mode, in particular an energy requirement of less than 80% of the energy requirement in the first operating mode, the energy requirement in the first operating mode in which the control device is in is in the ready-to-flush state, but does not issue a control command to the flush valve. For example, in the standby state, the light intensity with which the display device, in particular the lighting device, emits light can be reduced. For example, in the standby state, detection of a body in the near-distance range can be inactive. For example, in the standby state, a transmission frequency of a transmission signal, with which the signal is pulsed, can be smaller than in the first operating mode. Provision is particularly preferably made in the standby state that the transmission signal is transmitted less than 1 / ms, in particular less than 10 / s. The lighting device is particularly preferably switched off in the standby mode or lights up with a light intensity of less than 50%, in particular less than 30%, in particular less than 10% of the light intensity with which it emits light in the first operating mode. The standby state can thus be designed as an energy-saving state. That is particularly preferred Actuating plate designed so that whenever a predetermined time interval has expired after the last detection of a body or after the last output of a control command, the actuation plate or control device assumes the standby state.

The detector particularly preferably has a third detector element, the third detector element preferably being arranged offset from the first and the second detector element, in particular offset from the first and the second surface section, in particular between the first and the second surface section. This is based on an offset along the flat extension of the actuation side. The control device is particularly preferably designed to use the third detector element to detect the body in the remote distance range. In the first operating mode, the control device is particularly preferably designed to use the third detector element to exclusively detect the body in the far-away distance range or to determine a distance or a predetermined movement pattern of the body in the far-away distance region. The control device is particularly preferably designed to use the third detector element to detect the predefined movement pattern in the near-distance region. The control unit is particularly preferably designed to detect the third distance between the body and the third surface section by means of the third detector element within the near distance range in the second operating mode. Particularly preferably, the control unit is designed to use the third detector element in the second operating mode to detect the distance from the body both in the near and in the far distance range. The provision of three different detector elements, the three different ones Surface sections are assigned, and the assignment of at least one of the special functionalities to the third detector element can be particularly advantageous in order to trigger a particularly targeted triggering of the flush valve with the first or second control command when a body, for example a hand, approaches the to enable the first or second surface section and, moreover, to provide further functionalities in particular by means of the third detector element and in particular to provide the functionality during the second operating mode.

In one embodiment, the lighting device has a plurality of light source groups. Each of the light source groups has at least one light source. A first of the light source groups is assigned to the first surface section, and a second of the light source groups is assigned to the second surface section. Furthermore, a third light source group is particularly preferably assigned to the third surface section. The control device is particularly preferably designed to control the light source groups independently of one another. By providing different light source groups that are each assigned to different surface sections, which are particularly preferably controllable independently of one another, the control device can specifically control the surface sections in which light is emitted on the actuation side in order to display certain areas to the user in a particularly targeted manner it can trigger a rinse.

In one embodiment, the actuating plate has a housing part and a panel part, the panel part being arranged in a recess in the housing part and forms at least a portion of the actuation side. In one embodiment, the screen part extends completely, in one embodiment in sections within the recess. With its section extending within the recess, the screen part preferably forms the section of the actuation side. The aperture part particularly preferably completely fills the recess on the actuation side. The diaphragm part has light guide sections which each form a region of one of the surface sections. The light guide sections preferably form all of the surface areas. The lighting device is particularly preferably arranged on a side of the screen part facing away from the actuation side and is designed to emit light into the light guide sections. By providing a panel part, which is arranged in a recess in the housing part and forms at least one section of the actuation side and which has the light guide sections, a precise definition of areas can be provided in the actuation plate in a particularly simple manner, via which on the actuation side of the Lighting device light is emitted in the respective operating mode of the actuating plate. The screen part is particularly preferably made from a plastic, in particular by means of a multi-component injection molding process. The panel part is particularly preferably produced independently of the housing part. The housing part is particularly preferably completely non-transparent for visible light. The housing part particularly preferably has a metallized surface at least on the actuation side; in particular, the housing part is made from a metal. The diaphragm part particularly preferably has at least one offset from the light guide sections along the extension of the actuation side Detector cover section which forms a further section of the actuation side, the detector being arranged on the side of the diaphragm part facing away from the actuation side. The detector cover section is particularly preferably non-transparent for visible light. Particularly preferably, the detector cover section has a plurality of spaced apart detector cover section areas, each of these detector cover section areas being assigned a detector element of the detector which is arranged on this detector cover section area, namely on the side of the detector cover section area facing away from the actuation side. Particularly preferably, each of the detector cover section areas is designed as a recess on the side of the diaphragm part facing away from the actuation side. The detector particularly preferably emits light whose wavelength is outside the visible range and for whose wavelength the detector cover section is transparent.

In one embodiment, the screen part is designed as a plastic part, in particular as an injection-molded part, in particular as a multi-component injection-molded part, at least in the area of the surface sections. The control device particularly preferably comprises a printed circuit board on which the light sources and the detector are arranged. The circuit board is particularly preferably arranged on the side of the panel part facing away from the actuation side. The diaphragm part particularly preferably has recesses in each of which a detector element of the detector is arranged, ie into which the respective detector element at least protrudes, preferably the sensor surface of the respective detector element via which the detector element emits and receives a special signal can, is arranged completely within the recess for protection purposes. Particularly preferably, the light guide sections enclosed by the screen part form step sections, with at least one light source of the lighting device being arranged on each of the step sections.

In one embodiment, the actuation plate has a connection for connecting a battery as an energy source for supplying the electrical components of the actuation plate. The connection is particularly preferably designed as a battery box and designed to accommodate commercially available batteries, in particular mono batteries (D), baby batteries (C), mignon batteries (AA) or 9 volt block batteries. Particularly preferably, the control device is designed to recognize that the actuation plate is supplied exclusively via the battery or via the connection to which the battery is connected as an energy source, and when it is recognized that the actuation plate is supplied exclusively via the battery takes place to switch to an energy-saving mode. The control device is preferably designed to only output an energy-saving mode control command in the energy-saving mode in the ready-to-wash state when a predefined distance between the body and the actuation side is detected to control the filling valve to output an energy-saving mode water volume, so that only a single control command is provided in the energy-saving mode. The energy-saving mode is particularly preferably provided as the second operating mode or generally at least in such a way that, in the energy-saving mode, there is only a distance to a specific one of the surface sections, in particular a specified energy-saving mode surface section, in particular comprising at least a part of at least one of the other surface sections, is detected and when a predetermined distance is detected, the energy-saving mode control command is output. Particularly preferably, the control device is designed to operate the display device, in particular the lighting device, and / or the detector with lower electrical power than when the energy-saving mode is not detected, ie when the actuating plate is not exclusively supplied by the battery or completely independently of the battery. In particular, the display device and / or the detector can be operated with low electrical power, as explained above with regard to the standby mode. Particularly preferably, the components of the actuation plate are designed to correspond to one another in such a way that when the battery provided in accordance with the connection is connected, this energy source ensures that the energy-saving mode control command is output at least 5,000 times, in particular at least 10,000 times over a period of two years, with an even distribution over time. times, in particular at least 15,000 times, if the energy source is before its shelf life expires during this period. In general, the actuating plate can preferably be actuated exclusively electronically via a contactless detection of a body by means of the detector.

In one embodiment, a safety operating state can be established in the control device, in which the control device is designed to, after detecting a body outside all of the distances assigned to the surface sections, when these are detected, the control device issues a control command with a given movement scheme to output a safety flush control command to the flush valve to control the flush valve to deliver a safety flush water volume. The safety operating state can be defined at the same time as, for example, an operating mode. The definition of the safety operating state ensures that when the detector detects a body outside of the distances assigned to the surface sections according to the respective operating mode, when they are detected a corresponding control command assigned to the respective surface section is output and it is detected that the Body moved according to the specified movement pattern, a safety flush is carried out. For example, it can be recognized that a body is initially in a far distance area, then in a near distance area and then again in the far distance area, whereby a minimum length of stay is preferably defined in the respective distance areas, and this is identified as the use of a toilet, after which the The actuating plate also triggers a flush, namely a safety flush, if the user has not actuated the actuating plate, ie has not approached the actuating plate at the prescribed distances from the respective surface section.

In one embodiment, a hygienic flushing state can be set in the actuating plate, in which the control device is designed to output a hygiene flushing control command to the flushing valve after a predetermined hygiene time interval has elapsed since the last flushing valve was triggered in order to control the flushing valve to dispense a hygiene flushing water volume. Of the The hygienic flushing state can, for example, be defined in the control device in parallel to a safety operating state and parallel to one of the above-mentioned operating modes. By providing a hygienic flush condition, it can be ensured that a water pipe is flushed at regular intervals even when it is not in use. For example, an interval of 72 hours can be specified as the hygiene time interval. In such an actuating plate of a sanitary facility, the hygienic flushing state is particularly preferably set in the control device, the flushing valve of which is located at the end of a line section of a series line or in the middle of a line ring.

In one embodiment, the control device has an interface, in particular a wireless interface, by means of which an input device can be connected to the control device, via which the operating mode and in particular a state, for example hygienic flushing state or safety operating state, can be set in the control device. This can be, for example, a standard interface, for example an NFC, Bluetooth, WiFi or USB interface. For example, a smartphone can be provided as the input device on which a program is stored that is designed to be compatible with the interface. The invention thus particularly preferably relates to a smartphone on which a program compatible with the interface and thus the control device is stored, and an actuating plate according to the invention. Particularly preferably, parameters of the respectively specified operating mode can be set via the terminal, for example the first, second and / or third water volume and / or a luminosity of the Lighting device and / or the duration of the hygiene time interval and / or the hygiene flushing water volume and / or the safety flushing water volume and / or the energy-saving mode water volume and / or the size of the surface sections or the number of surface areas of the respective surface section. The interface is particularly preferably designed as a bidirectional interface and is set up so that data can be read from the control device via the input device. The control device preferably has a memory and is used to record and store in the memory the number of control commands issued, and in particular the respective type of control command, the number of hygiene flush control commands to be output, the water consumption associated with the control commands output and / or the number of body presences recorded trains. The interface is preferably designed to enable at least one of the aforementioned items of information and / or the specified operating mode to be read out via the input device.

The invention also relates to a sanitary installation which comprises several sanitary devices according to the invention, each of which has a flush valve and an actuating plate according to the invention. The flush valve of the respective sanitary facility is connected to an outlet of a water pipe, and the actuating plate of the respective sanitary facility is connected to the flush valve of its sanitary facility for issuing a control command. In a first group of the sanitary facilities there is a different operating mode and / or a different state, in particular a hygienic flushing state and / or in the control device Safety operating status, defined as for a second group of sanitary facilities. It is particularly preferred that all the actuating plates of the sanitary installation have the same interface and can be programmed and, in particular, read out via the same terminal. The sanitary installation according to the invention has the particular advantage that, depending on the location at which the respective sanitary facility is provided, special operating modes or states can be defined in the control device of the respective sanitary facility. For example, a different operating mode can be set in a ladies' room than in a men's room. For example, the sanitary flushing status can only be defined in the control device for selected sanitary facilities, in particular one sanitary facility per sanitary installation. The sanitary installation according to the invention can be implemented particularly easily and inexpensively, since an actuator plate equipped with the same hardware components can be provided for a large number of sanitary facilities, which actuation plate can be programmed via the same terminal, in particular with the same program, to determine the respective operating mode or status as above explained, whereby the particular requirements for the respective sanitary facility can be addressed by simple programming depending on its place of application and purpose.

The invention also relates to the use of an actuator plate according to the invention for flushing a sanitary facility. The sanitary facility can, as explained, for example, with regard to the generic sanitary facilities, be designed expediently. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the sanitary facility has a cistern and a toilet body, the The cistern has a water inlet, a water outlet and the flush valve, wherein the flush valve is arranged along the water outlet and closes the water outlet in a closed position and releases the water outlet in an open position. In one embodiment of the use according to the invention, the operating mode of the control device is determined in the control device of the actuating plate. A distance between a body and at least one of the surface sections of the actuation side of the actuation plate is detected by means of the detector, a control command being output to the flushing valve as a function of the established operating mode and the detected distance, by which the flushing valve is activated to output a control command assigned water volume for flushing the sanitary facility. The invention also relates to a method for configuring an actuator plate according to the invention. In the method according to the invention, the control device is set to the first or, alternatively, to the second operating mode. Particularly preferably, parameters of the established operating mode, including at least the volume of water to be dispensed depending on the control command provided, are set. The use according to the invention and the method according to the invention can have further features which can be seen from the above explanation of various embodiments of an actuator plate according to the invention.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to three figures using an exemplary embodiment.

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in einer schematischen Prinzipdarstellung eine Ansicht auf die Betätigungsseite einer Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Betätigungsplatte;

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in einer schematischen Prinzipdarstellung eine Ansicht auf die der Betätigungsseite gegenüberliegende Seite von Teilen der Ausführungsform gemäß Figur 1;

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in einer schematischen Prinzipdarstellung eine Querschnittsansicht auf Teile der Ausführungsform gemäß Figur 1 mit schematischen Einzeichnungen zur Erläuterung des Funktionsprinzips dieser Ausführungsform.

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Figure 1:

in a schematic diagram, a view of the actuation side of a Embodiment of an actuator plate according to the invention;

Figure 2:

in a schematic representation of the principle, a view of the side opposite the actuation side of parts of the embodiment according to FIG Figure 1 ;

Figure 3:

in a schematic principle illustration, a cross-sectional view of parts of the embodiment according to FIG Figure 1 with schematic drawings to explain the functional principle of this embodiment.

In the Figures 1, 2 and 3 various views of extracts of an embodiment of an actuator plate 1 according to the invention are shown in schematic representations. The exemplary embodiment shown is explained below on the basis of a common explanation of the three figures. The actuating plate 1 of the embodiment described has a lighting device as a display device and has a screen part 10 and a housing part 9. The housing part 9 has a recess in which a section of the diaphragm part 10 is arranged, as in particular from Figure 1 to recognize. The panel part 10 completely fills the recess on the actuation side A and also extends flat on the side B of the housing part 9 facing away from the actuation side A, which is generally advantageous according to the invention. The sides A and B are opposite sides of the actuating plate 1 in relation to a vertical direction Z, which is perpendicular to the transverse plane spanned by the transverse directions X and Y, along which the actuating side A extends. The actuation side A is the side of the actuation plate 1 from which the Actuating plate 1 is actuated as intended, whereas side B of actuating plate 1, when installed as intended, faces the wall or front wall to which actuating plate 1 is attached. The screen part 10 is manufactured as a two-component injection-molded part and has light guide sections 12 that are transparent for visible light in the wavelength range from 350 nm to 750 nm, and sections 11 that are nontransparent for visible light. The housing part 9 is made of aluminum.

the end Figure 1 it can be seen that the actuation plate 1 is flat and smooth on its actuation side A, which is generally advantageous from a hygienic point of view. The actuation side A has a first surface section 41 and a second surface section 42 as well as a third surface section 43. In the embodiment described, the first and second surface sections 41, 42 are offset from one another along the actuation side A and are spaced apart from one another. The third surface section 43 is offset from the first and second surface sections 41, 42 along the actuation side A, overlaps with the second surface section 42 and is spaced apart from the first surface section 41. Each of the surface sections 41, 42, 43 has a plurality of surface areas 120. These surface areas 120 are each formed by the light guide sections 12 of the diaphragm part 10. In the embodiment described, the lighting device of the actuating plate 1, which is shown in FIG Figure 3 comprises light sources 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 shown, so arranged relative to the panel part 10 and overall to the other components of the actuating plate 1 that the lighting device can only emit light on the actuation side A via the surface areas 120 which are formed by the light guide sections 12. Furthermore, the screen part 10 has recesses 13 in its section 11 which is nontransparent for the visible light, a detector element 21, 22, 23 of the detector of the actuating plate 1 being arranged so as to protrude into each of the recesses 13. A recess 13 is arranged between two light guide sections 12 of the diaphragm part 10. In each case, a detector element 21, 22, 23 is arranged within the extent of the respective surface section 41, 42, 43 along the actuation side A and thus along the transverse plane spanned by the directions X and Y, and is assigned to the respective surface section 41, 42, 43 is. A plurality of light sources 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 are assigned to each of the surface sections 41, 42, 43, namely the light sources 31, 32 to the first surface section 41, the light sources 34, 35, 36 and the second surface section 42 third surface section 43 the light sources 33, 34.

In the embodiment described, two different operating modes can be set in the control device of the actuating plate 1. In the first operating mode, the control device controls the lighting device in such a way that the light sources 31, 32, 34, 35, 36 emit light that is assigned to the first and second surface sections 41, 42. When a predetermined distance of a body from the first surface section 41 is detected, the control device of the actuating plate 1 issues a first control command to a flush valve with which the flush valve is controlled to dispense a first volume of water, the distance in the embodiment described being a Distance range from 0 cm to 2 cm corresponds. When a corresponding distance of a body of 0 cm to 2 cm from the second surface section 42 is detected, the control device issues a control command to the flush valve for dispensing a second volume of water, the second volume of water being 1.5 times the first volume of water. The arrangement of the surface sections and their extension along the first transverse direction Y directly indicates to a user that a larger amount of flushing is provided for rinsing when approaching the second surface section 42 than when approaching the first surface section 41. The control device is embodied in this way in the present case that in the event that a body is brought into such a position relative to the actuating plate 1 that the spacing condition for both surface sections 41, 42 is met and thus the first and the second predetermined spacing of the body relative to the first and second surface section 41, respectively , 42 is detected, a control command for outputting the second volume of water is output by the control device to a flushing valve, which is generally advantageous according to the invention. In the second operating mode, the control device is designed to control the lighting device in such a way that light is only emitted via the light sources 33, 34 and thus only via the surface areas 120 that are formed by the light guide sections 12 that are assigned to the third surface section 43 , is emitted on actuation side A. In the second operating mode, the control device is designed to issue a control command for emitting a third volume of water, which otherwise corresponds to the second volume of water, as soon as a body is at a predetermined third distance relative to the third Surface section 43 is located, this predetermined third distance being defined in the present case as a distance range in a range from 0 cm to 2 cm. In the second operating mode, when a corresponding third distance of a body is detected, the control device always outputs such a control command that a specifically predetermined flush quantity of water is output. In the second operating mode, the actuation plate 1 is thus only designed to control a flush valve for dispensing a single flush water quantity when actuated.

In Figure 3 the functional principle of the detector elements 21, 22, 23, which are assigned to the respective surface sections 41, 42, 43, is described purely schematically. Each of the detector elements 21, 22, 23 is designed to detect a body within a cone assigned to it. Since the detector elements 21, 22, 23 are each arranged within the surface section 41, 42, 43 assigned to them, the arrangement and configuration of the detector elements 21, 22, 23 make it possible to detect in a particularly targeted manner the distance at which a body is approaching each of the surface sections 41, 42, 43 is located. A particularly advantageous factor here is that the detection areas of the different detector elements 21, 22, 23 in the vicinity of the actuation side A are spaced apart from one another.

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Claims (18)

Actuating plate (1) for triggering at least one flush valve of a sanitary facility, the actuating plate (1) comprising an electronic control device and a detector for detecting a distance of a body from an actuating side (A) of the actuating plate (1), from which the actuating plate (1 ) can be actuated, the control device being designed to output a control command for activating the flushing valve to dispense a volume of water as a function of the detected distance of the body,
characterized in that
the actuation side (A) comprises a first and a second surface section (41, 42) which are offset from one another along the actuation side (A), the control device being designed to use the detector to set a distance between the body and the first and the to detect the second surface section (41, 42), the control device for this purpose in a first operating mode which can be set in the control device is designed to output a first control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a first volume of water when a first distance between the body and the first surface section (41) is detected, and when a second distance between the body and the second surface section (42) is detected to issue a second control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a second volume of water, wherein the actuating plate (1) comprises a third surface section (43) which is arranged along the actuating side (A), the control device being designed to operate in an alternative to the first Operating mode in the control device definable second operating mode in the ready-to-wash state when detecting a third distance of the body to the third surface section (43) to control a third control command for controlling the flush valve to dispense a third volume of water, with the third surface in particular The end portion (43) extends between the first and second surface portions (41, 42). Actuating plate according to claim 1,
characterized in that
the actuation plate (1) comprises a display device which is designed to identify the surface sections (41, 42, 43) on the actuation side (A), the control device being designed to display the display device for identifying the first and second in the first operating mode Surface section (41, 42) and in the second operating mode for identifying the third surface section (43) on the actuation side, wherein in particular the display device is designed to display the surface sections (41, 42, 43) to be identified by a change in a reflectivity of the actuation side along its flat extension and / or by a change in light emission from the actuation side along its flat extension. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the control device is designed to assume a flushing-preventing state when a predetermined movement pattern of the body is detected within a distance range from the actuating side (A), in which the control device does not issue a control command to deliver a volume of water to the flushing valve. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the detector has several detector elements (21, 22, 23), a first detector element (21) being assigned to the first surface section (41) and a second detector element (22) being assigned to the second surface section (42) and in particular to each surface section (41, 42, 43) a detector element (21, 22, 23) is assigned, the control device being designed to use the detector element (21, 22, 23) assigned to the respective surface section (41, 42, 43) to determine the distance between the body and the respective surface section (41, 42, 43), in particular at least one of the detector elements (21, 22, 23) within the extension along the actuation side (A) of the one assigned to it Surface portion (41, 42, 43) is arranged. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the control device is designed to use the detector to detect a distance between the body and the actuation side (A) within a near distance range and within a far distance range, the first and the second distance being within the close distance range, the control device in particular being designed to follow A predetermined time interval after the last detection of a body or after the last triggering of the flush valve to assume a standby state and, when a body is detected within the remote distance range, starting from the standby state, to switch to an operating mode previously defined in the control device, in which it is designed to after detecting a predetermined distance to one of the surface sections (41, 42, 43) within the close distance area in the ready-to-wash state, to control the flushing valve for dispensing flushing water. Actuating device according to one of claims 4 or 5,
characterized in that
the detector comprises a third detector element (23), the third detector element (23) being arranged in particular offset from the first and second surface sections (41, 42), the control device being designed to use the third detector element (23) to detect the body to detect in the far distance range. Actuator plate (1) according to claims 3 and 6,
characterized in that
the control device is designed to use the third detector element (23) to detect the predetermined movement pattern in the close-up range. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the control unit is designed to detect the third distance between the body and the third surface section (43) in the second operating mode by means of the third detector element (23) within the near distance range. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the display device of the actuating plate has a lighting device, the control device being designed to control the lighting device in the first operating mode to emit light from the first and second surface section and in the second operating mode to control it to emit light from the third surface section, in particular A plurality of surface areas (120) are provided on the actuation side (A), the light emitted by the lighting device being emitted exclusively via these surface areas (120) on the actuation side (A), with each of the surface sections (41, 42, 43) at least one the surface areas (120) and in particular at least one of the surface sections (41, 42, 43) comprises several of the Surface areas (120), wherein in particular the surface areas (120) of this surface section (41, 42, 43) are less far apart than from the respectively closest surface area (120) of the closest surface section (41, 42, 43). Actuating plate (1) according to claim 9,
characterized in that
the lighting device has a plurality of light source groups, each with at least one light source (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36), of which a first light source group is assigned to the first surface section (41) and a second light source group is assigned to the second surface section (42) and in particular a third light source group is assigned to the third surface section (43), the control device in particular being designed to control the light source groups independently of one another. Actuating plate (1) according to one of claims 9 or 10,
characterized in that
the actuating plate (1) has a housing part (9) and a diaphragm part (10) which is arranged in a recess in the housing part (9) and forms at least a section of the actuating side (A), the diaphragm part (10) light guide sections (12) which each form an area of one of the surface sections (41, 42, 43), the lighting device being arranged on a side (B) of the diaphragm part (10) facing away from the actuation side (A) and for emitting light into the light guide sections ( 12) is formed, wherein In particular, the aperture part (10) has at least one detector cover section which is offset from the light guide sections (12) along the extension of the actuation side (A) and forms a further section of the actuation side (A), the detector on the one facing away from the actuation side (A) Side (B) of the diaphragm part (10) is arranged, wherein in particular the at least one detector cover section is nontransparent for visible light. Actuating plate (1) according to claim 11,
characterized in that
the screen part (10) is designed at least in the area of the surface sections (41, 42, 43) as a plastic part, in particular as an injection-molded part, in particular as a multi-component injection-molded part, the control device in particular comprising a circuit board on which light sources (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36) and the detector are arranged, the circuit board being arranged on the side (B) of the diaphragm part (10) facing away from the actuation side (A), the diaphragm part (10) in particular having recesses (13) in which a detector element (21, 22, 23) of the detector is arranged in each case and / or the light guide sections (12) form step sections, with at least one light source (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36) of the lighting device on each of the step sections is arranged. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the actuator plate (1) has a connector for connecting a battery as an energy source for supplying the electrical components of the actuating plate (1), the control device in particular being designed to recognize that the actuating plate (1) is supplied exclusively via the battery, and to switch to an energy-saving mode, the control device is designed to only output an energy-saving mode control command in the energy-saving mode in the ready-to-wash state when a predefined distance of the body from the actuation side (A) is detected for controlling the flushing valve to output an energy-saving mode water volume, and / or is designed to display the display device, in particular the lighting device, and / or to operate the detector with lower electrical power than in the absence of detection of the energy-saving mode. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the control device, in a safety operating state that can be defined in the control device, is designed to output a safety flush control command to the flush valve after detection of a body moving with a predetermined movement pattern outside of all the distances assigned to the surface sections (41, 42, 43) to control the flush valve to deliver a safety flush water volume , and / or that the control device is designed, in a hygiene flushing state that can be defined in the control device, to output a hygiene flushing control command to the flushing valve after a predetermined hygiene time interval has elapsed since the flushing valve was last triggered Activation of the flush valve to dispense a volume of hygiene flushing water. Actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that
the control device has an interface, in particular a wireless interface, by means of which an input device can be connected to the control device, via which the operating mode can be set and in particular parameters of the respectively specified operating mode can be set, in particular the first and second water volumes can be set. Sanitary installation comprising several sanitary devices, the flushing valve of which is connected to an outlet of a water pipe and which each have an actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims, with a different operating mode and / or another state being defined in a first group of the sanitary devices in the control device is than a second group of sanitary facilities. Use of an actuating plate (1) according to one of the preceding claims for flushing a sanitary facility, which in particular comprises a cistern and a toilet body, the cistern having a water inlet, a water outlet and the flush valve, the flush valve being arranged along the water outlet and in closes the water outlet in a closed position,
characterized in that
the operating mode of the control device is set in the control device of the actuating plate (1) and a distance of the body to at least one of the surface sections (41, 42, 43) is detected by means of the detector and, depending on the established operating mode and the detected distance, a control command is output to the flushing valve, by which the flushing valve is activated and a control command gives off assigned water volume for flushing the sanitary facility. Method for configuring an actuating plate (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 15,
characterized in that
the control device is set to the first or, alternatively, the second operating state, wherein in particular parameters of the specified operating state are set including the volume of water to be emitted depending on the control command provided.

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