EP3875700B1 - Plaque d'actionnement actionnable sans contact - Google Patents

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EP3875700B1
EP3875700B1 EP21154692.4A EP21154692A EP3875700B1 EP 3875700 B1 EP3875700 B1 EP 3875700B1 EP 21154692 A EP21154692 A EP 21154692A EP 3875700 B1 EP3875700 B1 EP 3875700B1
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Uwe Koziol
Martin Feldmann
André MEIERMANN
Martin Krabbe
Julian Heitjans
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/10—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated electrically, e.g. by a photo-cell; also combined with devices for opening or closing shutters in the bowl outlet and/or with devices for raising/or lowering seat and cover and/or for swiveling the bowl
    • E03D5/105—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated electrically, e.g. by a photo-cell; also combined with devices for opening or closing shutters in the bowl outlet and/or with devices for raising/or lowering seat and cover and/or for swiveling the bowl touchless, e.g. using sensors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • E03D5/028—Pusher plates and actuating mechanisms for built-in cisterns

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  • the invention relates to an actuation plate for triggering at least one flushing valve of a sanitary facility according to the preamble of claim 1, a use of the actuation plate for flushing a sanitary facility and a method for configuring an actuation plate.
  • 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 through which water can be released into the body to be flushed.
  • it can be provided for this purpose to provide the flushing valve directly at the outlet of a water pipe, whereby when the flushing valve is opened, water emerges from the flushing valve in accordance with the pressure present in the water pipe and can reach the body of the sanitary device from there.
  • cisterns especially under-cisterns, are often used in such rinsing 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 on 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 through which the release 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.
  • these valves can be designed as a solenoid valve. It is also widely known to design the filling valve as a float-controlled mechanical valve and to design the drain valve, which functions as a flushing valve, as a hydrostatically controlled, mechanical drain valve, whereby this drain valve can be specifically actuated in such a way 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.
  • a preset first water volume or alternatively a preset second water volume ie small or large flush volume
  • the actuation plate usually serves to enable easy actuation of the flush valve of a sanitary facility to trigger the flush valve to flush the sanitary facility.
  • the actuation plate is connected to the flushing valve in a suitable manner.
  • actuation plates are known which have mechanical tilt buttons which are directly connected to a mechanical flushing valve via actuation pins, so that manual actuation of the respective tilt button results in the release of a volume of water the flush valve causes.
  • generic actuation plates work by issuing an electronic control command that causes the flushing valve to release a volume of water, whereby they can be operated without contact. Such an electronically operating actuator plate brings significant advantages.
  • such an actuation plate can be designed to be more vandal-proof, since no movable tilt buttons have to be provided, and on the other hand, such an actuation plate can be designed in very different ways and have targeted optical or signaling elements.
  • a flushing valve is triggered via such an actuation plate in that the actuation plate issues an electronic control command, via which the flushing valve is opened in a predefined manner to release a predefined volume of water.
  • an electric motor can be provided in a flushing device to which the actuation plate is connected, which mechanically controls a hydrostatic drain valve designed as explained above, in particular for dispensing a first predefined volume of water or alternatively for dispensing a second predefined volume of water.
  • the flushing valve can be designed as a solenoid valve, wherein the control command issued by the actuation plate determines a time over which the flushing valve designed as a solenoid valve is opened, whereby a water volume output by the flushing valve is also determined.
  • the control command can be used to trigger an electromechanical device that operates a mechanical pressure valve over a predefined period of time, which is determined by the control command and defines the volume of water delivered by the flushing valve.
  • Actuation plates of this type 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 actuation plate, for example to visualize an area of the actuation plate that is to be actuated.
  • the detector is used to detect a body, especially a hand.
  • a detector is usually designed as an infrared detector, which emits a detection signal to the control device of the actuation plate as soon as it detects a body within a distance range.
  • An active infrared detector is usually used for this purpose, 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 pulses 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.
  • 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 be realized and, moreover, such actuation plates can be operated easily and without contact.
  • such actuator plates still need improvement in many respects. It is usually not possible to specify different water volumes for flushing using such actuating plates the actuation plate issues a control command to deliver a volume of water to the flushing valve as soon as a body has been detected.
  • Such actuation plates also usually have a mechanical emergency release, via which the flushing valve can be triggered in the event of a failure of the actuation plate's electronics, in particular due to a power failure.
  • an actuation plate is disclosed with which a flush can be triggered with a preset amount of flush water.
  • an actuation plate for triggering a flushing valve is disclosed, which comprises a lamp for illuminating the actuation plate and a detection element for triggering the flushing valve.
  • an actuation plate for the non-contact triggering of a flushing valve is disclosed, the actuation plate comprising sensors for the non-contact detection of body movements and by a predefined Body movement can trigger the flushing valve.
  • the present invention is based on the object of providing an actuation plate, a use of an actuation plate and/or a method for configuring an actuation plate in order to at least partially eliminate at least one disadvantage of generic actuation plates, uses and methods.
  • the invention proposes an actuation plate with the features of claim 1.
  • the actuation plate according to the invention can in particular have features that can be seen from the above explanation of generic actuation plates.
  • the actuation plate according to the invention has an electronic control device and a detector which is designed to detect a distance of a body from an actuation side of the actuation plate.
  • the actuation side of the When the actuator plate is properly installed on a wall or pre-wall, it faces the room so that it is easily accessible to a user.
  • the actuation plate is usually designed with its plate shape such that the actuation side forms one of the two large plate sides of the actuation plate.
  • the opposite side of the plate faces the actuation plate towards the wall or pre-wall.
  • the actuation plate is arranged on the room side of a pre-wall and covers an inspection opening provided in the pre-wall.
  • the actuation side extends along a transverse plane along which the plate form actuation plate extends with its large plate extension, and when an actuation plate is installed as intended, this transversal plane is determined by the wall side of the wall or pre-wall facing the room, to which the actuation plate is fixed is.
  • the control device is designed to issue a control command for activating the flushing valve to deliver a volume of water depending on the detected distance of the body from the actuation side.
  • the actuation plate of course 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.
  • the actuation plate is connected to the flushing valve via this interface.
  • the actuation side comprises a first and a second surface section, these surface sections being along the actuation side and thus along at least a transverse extent of the transversal plane are offset from one another.
  • the surface sections have a common cutting surface.
  • the surface sections are spaced apart from one another.
  • the control device is designed to use the detector to detect a distance between the body and the first and second surface sections.
  • 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 of the body from each of the two surface sections can be detected if the body is in a detection area assigned to the respective surface section of the detector.
  • a distance assigned to each of the surface sections can be recorded. For example, the distance can be calculated based on the respective surface center of the respective surface section, whereby a suitable other point within the respective surface section can also be selected, which is set as a reference point and to which the distance of the body is determined in each case.
  • 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.
  • each of the detector elements can each have a detection area, in particular a spherical detection area, with the respective detector element being located at the tip of the respective cone, with each detector element being able to detect a body only and can detect the distance of the body when it is is within the detection area.
  • a first operating mode can be defined in the control device and can therefore be selected in a targeted manner, 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.
  • the control device In the first operating mode that can be defined in the control device, the control device is designed to issue a first control command for activating the flushing valve to release a first volume of water when a first distance of the body from the first surface section is detected in a ready-to-flush state and when a second distance of the body is detected to issue a second control command to the second surface section for activating the flushing valve to deliver a second volume of water.
  • the control device can, for example, be designed such 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, with the control device issuing the respective control command as soon as a body has been detected within the distance range.
  • the first and second distances 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.
  • the control device only issues a control command when it is in a ready-to-wash state.
  • a condition can be stored in the control device that must be fulfilled so that the control device is in the flush-ready state located. For example, such a condition can be provided that a minimum time must have passed since the last output of a control command or that a body is not within a third distance range detected by the detector or that there is sufficient energy supply to issue the control command and / or to issue the Water volume is given by the flush valve.
  • the actuation plate according to the invention has significant advantages compared to conventional actuation plates. Because the said first operating mode can be defined 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 actuation plate, with each of these locations being assigned a different control command. This can, for example, make it possible in a particularly simple manner for a flushing valve to be activated with the actuation plate for dispensing two different water volumes if the first and second control commands are each assigned to different first and second water volumes. In addition, the actuation plate is particularly easy for a user to operate and its functionality is particularly easy to grasp.
  • the first surface section is larger than the second surface section, with the first water volume being smaller than the second water volume.
  • the second surface section has at least 1.3 times, in particular at least 1.5 times, the extent of the first surface section, based on the flat extent over which the respective surface section in the first operating mode The actuation side is marked. 2.
  • the actuating device comprises a third surface section which is arranged along the actuating side, wherein the control device is designed to be in a second operating mode that can be set in the control device as an alternative to the first operating mode in the ready-to-wash state upon detecting a third distance of the body from the third surface section to control a third control command for activating the flushing valve to deliver a third volume of water.
  • the third surface section particularly preferably extends between the first and second surface sections.
  • the third surface section comprises at least part of the first and/or part of the second surface section.
  • the actuation plate can be used for different purposes by switching between the operating modes in a simple manner, with the change between the operating modes preferably being able to take place via a pure software setting in the control device.
  • the actuation plate can therefore be used for two fundamentally different applications without exchanging components.
  • the actuation plate can be used, for example, in an area of application in which a user should be able to choose between two different flush quantities, for example in the area of application for flushing a toilet, in particular in women's toilets.
  • the actuation plate can be used in areas of application in which a user should not have any influence on the amount of flushing used, for example when flushing urinals or possibly also when flushing toilets in men's toilets.
  • the control device is preferably designed so that in the first operating mode it exclusively outputs the first or the second control command depending on the detected first and second distance and in the second operating mode it only outputs the third control command depending on the detected third distance.
  • the control device is set up so that in the first operating mode it is to be issued as a function of a predefined detected distance of the body from one of the surface sections, exclusively depending on the detected distance of the body from the first and second surface sections 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 issued depending on a predefined detected distance of the body from one of the surface sections, it exclusively selects the third control command depending on the distance of the body from the third surface section and outputs this third control command .
  • the control device is set up to select in the first operating mode between the output of the first and the second control command exclusively as a function of the detected first and second distance, and in the second operating mode to output the third control command exclusively as a function of the third detected distance .
  • the detection of the third distance to the third surface section can be carried out analogously to the detection of the first and second distances to the first and second surface sections.
  • Arranging the third surface portion such that it extends between the first and second surface portions may be particularly advantageous in that the first and second surface sections are spaced apart from one another in the first operating mode and the third surface section is particularly easy to recognize and can be placed centrally in the second operating mode.
  • 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 to control the display device for identifying the third To control the surface section on the actuation side, in particular to control only the third of the surface sections.
  • the identification by the display device can be done in a suitable manner.
  • the display device can comprise a lighting device, wherein the lighting device is designed to emit light from the surface sections, wherein the control device is designed to control the lighting device to emit light from the surface sections.
  • control device is 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 a control of the lighting device for emitting light couples this light into the respective surface section so that light emerges on the actuation side within the respective surface section.
  • the actuation plate is designed such that in the first operating mode, no light is emitted from the actuation side in the area of the third surface section that is not part of the first or second surface section, whereas in the second operating mode in the respective area of the first and second Surface section that is not included in the third surface section, no light is emitted on the actuation side.
  • the actuation plate is designed such that in the first operating mode, light emitted by the lighting device can emerge from the actuation side exclusively within the first and second surface sections and in the second operating mode only within the third surface section.
  • the display device can be designed as a display, for example as an OLED or LCD display, with the different surface sections being shown on the display in the respective operating modes, for example exclusively the first and second surface sections in the first operating mode and exclusively in the second operating mode the third surface section.
  • the display can be carried out, for example, by marking the surface sections 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 marked by hatching or, for example, are shown on the display framed by a frame representation.
  • the display in the first Operating mode emit 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 emit light at all.
  • the display device can be designed as an E-INK display, with 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.
  • the display device is preferably designed to mark the surface sections by changing a reflectivity of the actuation side along its planar extent and/or by changing a light emission from the actuation side along its planar extent.
  • 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 extent of the actuation side, the surface sections being characterized in that within their flat extent on the actuation side a different reflectivity and/or Light radiation predominates in adjacent areas of the actuation side.
  • the change in 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 a change in the intensity of the light to be emitted in relation to the light emission.
  • the control device is designed to assume a flush-preventing state when detecting a predetermined movement pattern of the body within a distance range from the actuation side.
  • the flushing-preventing state is alternative to the flushing-ready state of the control device, so that the control device is never in the flushing-ready state when it is in the flushing-preventing state.
  • the control device is therefore not designed to issue a control command for delivering a volume of water to the flushing valve.
  • various predetermined movement patterns are stored in the control device, with the control device assuming the flush-preventing state when detecting each of the predetermined movement patterns.
  • Providing a flush-preventing state, which the control device assumes when a corresponding predetermined movement pattern is detected, has the particular advantage of preventing unwanted triggering the flush valve can be prevented.
  • a toilet flush is triggered when walking past a toilet body without using the toilet body.
  • a toilet flushes while a user is sitting on the toilet body For example, a movement pattern can be provided for a body to remain in a predetermined distance range from the actuation side for a predetermined period of time, as is the case, for example, when a person sits on a toilet body for a longer period of time.
  • the detection of a body in a specific distance range can be provided as a movement pattern.
  • such a detector is particularly advantageously provided which has at least one detector element which measures the distance of a body that is 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°.
  • 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, using a transit time measurement or via a Interference measurement between the emitted light and the received light, the distance of the body within the detection range of the detector element can be determined by the detector element, in particular based on the surface center of the detector element based on its areal extent along the transverse plane.
  • a laser diode is provided as the light source and, in particular, a diode is provided as the sensor.
  • a detector element can also have, for example, ultrasound components as transmitting and receiving components instead of light components.
  • the detector element is therefore preferably designed to send out 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 from the transmitted and received signals.
  • 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 therefore indicates the time intervals at which the transmitter of the detector element sends out the transmission signal. Providing a transmission signal pulsed with a frequency can be particularly advantageous for detecting a distance, in particular for the conclusions that can be drawn from the measurement of the received signal.
  • the transmission signal is preferably a light signal whose wavelength lies outside the wavelength range that a human can perceive.
  • a detector with at least one, in particular several, of these detector elements can be particularly advantageous in various respects.
  • detecting a distance of a body as precisely as possible enables a particularly clear definition of distances between a body and certain surface sections, each of which has a specific one Control command can be assigned.
  • this makes it possible to particularly clearly define a predefined movement pattern, upon detection of which the control device assumes the flush-preventing state described.
  • the provision of particularly small detector elements can be particularly advantageous in order to distinguish between different surface sections, with each surface section particularly preferably being assigned a detector element.
  • 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 detector elements are 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 from the actuation side of less than 3 cm.
  • the detector is particularly preferably designed to determine the distance of a body in a detection direction that is perpendicular to the actuation side. Accordingly, the distance preferably refers to the distance along this detection direction. This distance can also be determined, for example, by conversion, in particular based on distances that were determined in a different direction.
  • a plurality of surface areas are provided on the actuation side, wherein the light can be emitted from the lighting device exclusively via these surface areas on the actuation side, each of the surface sections 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.
  • each of the surface sections 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.
  • the common area of all surface areas encompassed by the first surface section from the common area of all surface areas included by the second surface section the ratio of these areas preferably being at least 1:1.3, in particular at least 1:1.5.
  • the surface areas of the surface section, which comprises a plurality of the surface areas are less far apart from each other than from the closest surface area of the closest surface section.
  • the described embodiment can have the particular advantage that visually unblurred surface areas can be illuminated, which indicate discrete locations on the actuation side, whereby by fixing the radiating surfaces on the surface areas, a user receives clear information about the different surface sections with which he can use different Can trigger control commands.
  • the detector preferably has a plurality of detector elements, with 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.
  • exactly one detector element is assigned to each of the surface sections.
  • the control device is particularly preferably designed to detect the distance between the body and the respective surface section using the detector element assigned to the respective surface section.
  • Particularly preferred is at least one of the detector elements within the transverse extent, ie within the extent region along the actuation side, of the surface section assigned to it arranged.
  • each of the detector elements is arranged within the transverse extent of the surface section assigned to it.
  • the 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.
  • the detector elements are each arranged within the flat extent of the surface section assigned to them, marked by the display device.
  • the detector elements do not extend to 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.
  • the detector element assigned to it is arranged between two surface areas of the surface section, so that the detector element is preferably within the gap provided between the surface areas, of course also here in relation to the extension along the actuation side is arranged.
  • the detector elements each have a detection area, the detection areas preferably within a distance range of 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.
  • control device is designed to detect a distance of the body from the actuation side by means of the detector within a close distance range and within a far distance range, the first and the second distance, in particular also the third distance, being within the close distance range.
  • a close distance area is particularly preferably an area within 10 cm, in particular within 5 cm, of the respective surface section.
  • the far distance range is 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.
  • the actuation plate can have a particularly high level of functionality through appropriate programming.
  • the detector is designed to detect the distance within the close distance range with a higher precision than within the far distance range, preferably with a precision of at least 5 mm within the entire close distance range and of at least 2 cm within the entire long distance range.
  • 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 flushing valve and, when a body is detected within the remote distance range, to move from the standby state to a previously in the To change the operating mode specified by the control device, 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 close distance range in the ready-to-flush state. Providing such a standby state can, in particular, permanently reduce the energy requirement of the actuation plate.
  • the actuation plate 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, based on 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 flushing valve.
  • the light intensity with which the display device, in particular the lighting device, emits light can be reduced.
  • detection of a body in the close distance range can be inactive.
  • a transmission frequency of a transmission signal with which the signal is pulsed can be smaller than in the first operating mode.
  • the transmission signal is sent less frequently than 1/ms, in particular less frequently than 10/s.
  • the lighting device is switched off in the standby mode or lights up with a lighting intensity of less than 50%, in particular less than 30%, in particular less than 10% of the lighting intensity with which it emits light in the first operating mode.
  • the standby state can therefore be designed as an energy saving state.
  • This is particularly preferred Actuation 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, wherein the third detector element is preferably arranged offset from the first and second detector elements, in particular offset from the first and second surface sections, in particular between the first and second surface sections.
  • the aim is to offset along the flat extent of the actuation side.
  • the control device is particularly preferably designed to detect the body in the remote distance range by means of the third detector element.
  • the control device in the first operating mode is designed to use the third detector element to exclusively detect the body in the remote distance range or to determine a distance or a predetermined movement pattern of the body in the remote distance range.
  • the control device is particularly preferably designed to detect the predetermined movement pattern in the close distance range by means of the third detector element.
  • control unit is designed to detect the third distance of the body from the third surface section within the close distance range in the second operating mode by means of the third detector element.
  • control unit is designed to detect the distance of the body in both the near and long distance range in the second operating mode by means of the third detector element.
  • the provision of three different detector elements, the three different 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 flushing valve with the first or second control command when a body, for example a hand, approaches it in the first operating mode to enable the first or second surface section and, in addition, 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.
  • the lighting device has several 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.
  • 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, each of which is assigned to different surface sections, which can particularly preferably be controlled independently of one another, the control device can control in a particularly targeted manner in which surface sections light is emitted on the actuation side in order to show the user in a particularly targeted manner certain areas over which it can trigger a flush.
  • the actuation plate has a housing part and a cover part, the cover part being arranged in a recess in the housing part and forms at least a section of the actuation side.
  • the panel part extends completely, in one embodiment, in sections within the recess.
  • the panel part preferably forms the section of the actuation side with its section extending within the recess. Particularly preferably, the panel part completely fills the recess on the actuation side.
  • the aperture part has light-guiding sections, each of which forms an area of one of the surface sections. The light-guiding sections preferably form all surface areas.
  • the lighting device is arranged on a side of the aperture part facing away from the actuation side and is designed to radiate light into the light-guiding sections.
  • a cover part which is arranged in a recess in the housing part and forms at least a section of the actuation side and which has the light-guiding sections, a precise definition of areas can be provided in the actuation plate in a particularly simple manner, via which areas on the actuation side of the Lighting device light is emitted in the respective operating mode of the actuation plate.
  • the panel part is particularly preferably made of a plastic, in particular by means of a multi-component injection molding process.
  • the cover part is particularly preferably manufactured independently of the housing part.
  • the housing part is continuously non-transparent to visible light.
  • the housing part has a metallized surface at least on the actuation side, in particular the housing part is made of a metal.
  • the diaphragm part has at least one arranged offset from the light-guiding sections along the extent 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 aperture part facing away from the actuation side.
  • the detector cover section is non-transparent for visible light.
  • the detector cover section has a plurality of detector cover section areas spaced apart from one another, with 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.
  • each of the detector cover section areas is designed as a recess on the side of the aperture part facing away from the actuation side.
  • the detector particularly preferably emits light whose wavelength lies outside the visible range and for whose wavelength the detector cover section is transparent.
  • the panel part is designed, at least in the area of the surface sections, as a plastic part, in particular as an injection-molded part, in particular as a multi-component injection-molded part.
  • the control device particularly preferably comprises a 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 aperture part has recesses in which a detector element of the detector is arranged, ie into which the respective detector element at least projects, preferably the sensor surface of the respective detector element, via which the detector element emits and receives a special signal can be arranged completely within the recess for protective purposes.
  • the light guide sections encompassed by the aperture part form step sections, with at least one light source of the lighting device being arranged on one of the step sections.
  • the actuation plate has a connection for connecting a battery as a power source for powering the electrical components of the actuation plate.
  • the connection is particularly preferably designed as a battery box and is designed to accommodate commercially available batteries, in particular mono batteries (D), baby batteries (C), Mignon batteries (AA) or 9-volt block batteries.
  • 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 with the corresponding recognition that the actuation plate is supplied exclusively via the battery to switch to an energy saving mode.
  • the control device is designed to issue only an energy-saving mode control command in the energy-saving mode in the ready-to-wash state upon detection of a predefined distance of the body from the actuation side for activating the filling valve to deliver 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 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 defined 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 issued.
  • the control device is designed to operate the display device, in particular the lighting device, and / or the detector with lower electrical power than if the energy saving mode is not detected, that is, if the actuation plate is not supplied exclusively via the battery or completely independently of the battery.
  • the display device and/or the detector can be operated with low electrical power, as explained above for the standby mode.
  • the components of the actuation plate are designed to correspond to one another in such a way that when the battery provided according to the connection is connected, it is ensured that this energy source outputs the energy-saving mode control command at least 5,000 times, in particular at least 10,000 times, with uniform temporal distribution within a period of two years. times, in particular at least 15,000 times, if the energy source is within this period before its shelf life expires.
  • the actuation plate can preferably be actuated exclusively electronically via a contactless detection of a body using the detector.
  • a safety operating state can be set in the control device, in which the control device is designed to, after detecting a body outside all the distances assigned to the surface sections, upon detection of which the control device issues a control command, with a to issue a safety flushing control command to the flushing valve according to the predetermined movement scheme in order to control the flushing valve to deliver a safety flushing water volume.
  • the safety operating state can be set at the same time as, for example, an operating mode.
  • the determination of the safety operating state ensures that when the detector detects a body outside the distances assigned to the surface sections according to the respective operating mode, upon detection of which a corresponding control command assigned to the respective surface section is issued and it is detected that the Body moves according to the specified movement pattern, a safety flush is carried out.
  • a body is first in a long-distance area, then in a close-distance area and then again in the far-distance area, with a minimum length of stay in the respective distance areas preferably being set in each case, and this can be identified as using a toilet, after which the The actuation plate also triggers a flush, namely a safety flush, if the user has not actuated the actuation plate, ie has not approached the actuation plate according to the prescribed distances from the respective surface section.
  • a hygiene flushing state can be set in the actuation plate, in which the control device is designed to issue 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 deliver a volume of hygiene flushing water.
  • the Hygiene flushing state can, for example, be set in the control device in parallel with a safety operating state and in parallel with one of the operating modes mentioned. By providing a hygienic flushing condition, it can be ensured that a water pipe is flushed at regular intervals even when not in use. For example, an interval of 72 hours can be set as the hygiene time interval.
  • the hygiene flushing state is particularly preferably set in the control device, the flushing valve of which is located at the end of a line of a series line or in the middle of a line ring.
  • 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 hygiene flushing state or safety operating state, can be determined in the control device.
  • This can be, for example, a standard interface, for example an NFC, Bluetooth, Wifi or USB interface.
  • a smartphone can be provided as an input device, on which a program is stored that is designed to be compatible with the interface.
  • the invention therefore particularly preferably relates to a smartphone on which a program compatible with the interface and thus the control device is stored, and an actuation plate according to the invention.
  • parameters of the respective specified operating mode can be set via the terminal, for example the first, second and/or third water volume and/or a luminosity Lighting device and/or the duration of the hygiene time interval and/or the hygiene rinsing water volume and/or the safety rinsing 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 out from the control device via the input device.
  • the control device preferably has a memory and is designed 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 flushing control commands to be issued, the water consumption associated with the issued control commands and / or the number of detected body presences trains.
  • the interface is preferably designed to enable the reading of at least one of the aforementioned information and/or the specified operating mode via the input device.
  • the invention further relates to a sanitary installation which comprises several sanitary devices according to the invention, each of which has a flush valve and an actuation plate according to the invention.
  • the flushing valve of the respective sanitary facility is connected to an outlet of a water pipe
  • the actuation plate of the respective sanitary facility is connected to the flushing valve of its sanitary facility in order to issue a control command.
  • the control device has a different operating mode and/or a different state, in particular a hygienic flushing state and/or Safety operating status defined as a second group of sanitary facilities.
  • all actuation plates of the sanitary installation have the same interface and can be programmed and, in particular, read out via the same terminal device.
  • the sanitary installation according to the invention has the particular advantage that, depending on the location at which the respective sanitary device is provided, special operating modes or states can be defined in the control device of the respective sanitary device. For example, a different operating mode can be set in a women's toilet than in a men's toilet. For example, the hygiene flushing state 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 cost-effectively, since an actuation plate equipped with the same hardware components can be provided for a large number of sanitary facilities, which can be programmed via the same terminal, in particular with the same program, to determine the respective operating mode or state as above explained, whereby the special requirements for the respective sanitary facility can be addressed through simple programming depending on its application location and purpose.
  • the invention further relates to the use of an actuation plate according to the invention for flushing a sanitary facility.
  • the sanitary facility can be designed appropriately, as explained, for example, for generic sanitary facilities.
  • the sanitary facility has a cistern and a toilet body, wherein the Cistern has a water access, a water outlet and the flushing valve, the flushing valve being arranged along the water outlet and closing the water outlet in a closed position and releasing the water outlet in an open position.
  • the operating mode of the control device is determined in the control device of the actuation plate.
  • the invention further relates to a method for configuring an actuation plate according to the invention.
  • the control device is set to the first or alternatively to the second operating mode. Parameters of the defined operating mode, including at least the volume of water to be delivered depending on the intended control command, are particularly preferably set.
  • the actuation plate 1 of the described embodiment has a lighting device as a display device and has a cover part 10 and a housing part 9.
  • the housing part 9 has a recess in which a section of the cover part 10 is arranged, as shown in particular Figure 1 to recognize.
  • the panel part 10 completely fills the recess on the actuation side A and also extends flatly 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 actuation plate 1 with respect to a vertical direction Z, which is perpendicular to the transverse plane spanned by the transversal directions X and Y, along which the actuation side A extends.
  • the actuation side A is the side of the actuation plate 1 from which the Actuation plate 1 is operated as intended, whereas side B of the actuation plate 1 faces the wall or pre-wall to which the actuation plate 1 is attached when installed as intended.
  • the aperture part 10 is manufactured as a two-component injection molded part and has light-guiding sections 12 that are transparent to visible light in the wavelength range from 350 nm to 750 nm, as well as sections 11 that are non-transparent to visible light.
  • the housing part 9 is made of aluminum.
  • 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.
  • the first and second surface sections 41, 42 are offset from one another along the actuation side A and 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 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-guiding sections 12 of the aperture part 10.
  • the lighting device of the actuation plate 1 which is in Figure 3 light sources 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 shown, arranged relative to the aperture part 10 and overall to the remaining components of the actuation plate 1, that the lighting device can emit light on the actuation side A exclusively via the surface areas 120, which are formed by the light-guiding sections 12.
  • the aperture part 10 has recesses 13 in its section 11, which is non-transparent to visible light, with a detector element 21, 22, 23 of the detector of the actuation plate 1 being arranged projecting into each of the recesses 13.
  • a recess 13 is arranged between two light-guiding sections 12 of the aperture part 10.
  • 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, which is assigned to the respective surface section 41, 42, 43 is.
  • Each of the surface sections 41, 42, 43 is also assigned several light sources 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, namely the first surface section 41 the light sources 31, 32, the second surface section 42 the light sources 34, 35, 36 and the third surface section 43, the light sources 33, 34.
  • two different operating modes can be defined in the control device of the actuation plate 1.
  • 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.
  • the control device of the actuation plate 1 outputs a first control command to a flushing valve, with which the flushing valve is controlled to release a first volume of water, the distance in the described embodiment being one Distance range from 0 cm to 2 cm corresponds.
  • the control device issues a control command to the flushing valve to release 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 immediately indicates to a user that when approaching the second surface section 42, a larger flushing quantity is provided for flushing than when approaching the first surface section 41.
  • the control device is designed in this way in the present case that in the event that a body is brought into such a position relative to the actuation plate 1, that the distance condition for both surface sections 41, 42 is fulfilled and thus the first and second predetermined distance of the body relative to the first and second surface sections 41 , 42 is detected, a control command for outputting the second volume of water is issued by the control device to a flushing valve, which is generally advantageous according to the invention.
  • the control device is designed to control the lighting device in such a way that light is emitted only via the light sources 33, 34 and thus only via the surface areas 120, which are formed by the light-guiding sections 12, which are assigned to the third surface section 43 , is emitted on the actuation side A.
  • the control device In the second operating mode, the control device is designed to issue a control command for releasing a third volume of water, which in the present case 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 here as a distance range in a range from 0 cm to 2 cm.
  • the control device In the second operating mode, when a corresponding third distance of a body is detected, the control device always issues a control command such that a specifically predetermined flushing amount of water is output.
  • the actuation plate 1 In the second operating mode, the actuation plate 1 is therefore only designed to control a flushing valve for dispensing a single amount of flushing water when actuated.
  • 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 design of the detector elements 21, 22, 23 makes it possible to detect in a particularly targeted manner the distance at which a body is located each of the surface sections 41, 42, 43. A particularly advantageous contribution to this is that the detection areas of the different detector elements 21, 22, 23 are spaced apart from one another in the vicinity of the actuation side A.

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  1. Plaque d'actionnement (1) pour actionner au moins une vanne de chasse d'une installation sanitaire, ladite plaque d'actionnement (1) comprenant un dispositif de commande électronique et un détecteur pour détecter une distance entre un corps et un côté d'actionnement (A) de la plaque d'actionnement (1) à partir duquel la plaque d'actionnement (1) peut être actionnée, dans laquelle le dispositif de commande est configuré pour émettre un ordre de commande pour contrôler la vanne de chasse afin de délivrer un volume d'eau, en fonction de la distance détectée pour le corps, dans laquelle le côté d'actionnement (A) comprend une première et une deuxième section de surface (41, 42) qui sont décalées l'une par rapport à l'autre le long du côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle le dispositif de commande est configuré pour détecter, au moyen du détecteur, une distance respective du corps par rapport à la première et à la deuxième section de surface (41, 42), dans laquelle dans un premier mode de fonctionnement qui peut être défini dans le dispositif de commande, le dispositif de commande est configuré pour émettre, dans un état prêt pour la chasse d'eau, un premier ordre de commande pour commander la vanne de chasse afin de délivrer un premier volume d'eau, en fonction de la distance détectée du corps de la première section de surface (41), et un deuxième ordre de commande pour commander la vanne de chasse afin de délivrer un deuxième volume d'eau lorsqu'une deuxième distance entre le corps et la deuxième section de surface (42) est détectée, dans laquelle la plaque d'actionnement (1) comprend une troisième section de surface (43) qui est disposée le long du côté de l'actionnement (A), caractérisé en ce que, dans un deuxième mode de fonctionnement qui peut être réglé alternativement au premier mode de fonctionnement dans le dispositif de commande, le dispositif de commande est configuré pour émettre, dans l'état prêt pour la chasse d'eau, un troisième ordre de commande pour commander la vanne de chasse d'eau afin de délivrer un troisième volume d'eau lorsqu'une troisième distance du corps à la troisième section de surface (43) est détectée, dans laquelle, en particulier, la troisième section de surface (43) s'étend entre la première et la deuxième section de surface (41 42).
  2. Plaque d'actionnement selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la plaque d'actionnement (1) comprend un dispositif indicateur conçu pour marquer les sections de surface (41, 42, 43) sur le côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle le dispositif de commande est configuré pour commander, dans le premier mode de fonctionnement, le dispositif indicateur pour indiquer la première et la deuxième section de surface (41, 42) et pour commander, dans le deuxième mode de fonctionnement, le dispositif indicateur pour indiquer la troisième section de surface (43) sur le côté d'actionnement, dans laquelle, en particulier, le dispositif indicateur est configuré pour marquer les sections de surface (41, 42, 43) en modifiant la réflectivité du côté d'actionnement sur son étendue bidimensionnelle et/ou en modifiant le rayonnement de la lumière provenant du côté d'actionnement sur son étendue bidimensionnelle.
  3. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est configuré pour adopter un état de prévention de la chasse d'eau lorsqu'un modèle de mouvement prédéfini du corps à l'intérieur d'une plage de distance du côté d'actionnement (A) est détecté, état dans lequel le dispositif de commande n'émet pas d'ordre de commande pour délivrer un volume d'eau à la vanne de chasse d'eau.
  4. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le détecteur comprend plusieurs éléments de détection (21, 22, 23), un premier élément de détection (21) étant affecté à la première section de surface (41) et un deuxième élément de détection (22) étant affecté à la deuxième section de surface (42), un élément de détection (21, 22, 23) étant en particulier affecté à chaque section de surface, le dispositif de commande étant configuré pour détecter, avec l'élément détecteur (21, 22, 23) affecté à la section de surface respective (41, 42, 43), la distance du corps à la section de surface respective (41, 42 43), dans laquelle, en particulier, au moins un des éléments détecteurs (21, 22, 23) est disposé dans l'étendue le long du côté d'actionnement (A) de la section de surface (41, 42 43) qui lui est affectée.
  5. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est configuré pour détecter, au moyen du détecteur, une distance entre le corps et le côté d'actionnement (A) dans une plage de distance proche et dans une plage de distance éloignée, la première et la deuxième distance se trouvant dans la plage de distance proche, le dispositif de commande étant notamment configuré pour passer à l'état d'attente après l'expiration d'un intervalle de temps prédéfini après la dernière détection d'un corps ou après le dernier déclenchement d'une opération de chasse d'eau, et passer de l'état d'attente à un mode de fonctionnement préalablement défini dans le dispositif de commande, lorsqu'un corps est détecté dans la zone de distance éloignée, mode de fonctionnement dans lequel le dispositif de commande est configuré pour commander la vanne de chasse, dans l'état prêt pour la chasse, afin d'acheminer l'eau de chasse après la détection d'une distance prédéfinie vers l'une des sections de surface (41, 42, 43) dans la plage de distance proche.
  6. Dispositif d'actionnement selon la revendication 5, dans la mesure où il dépend de la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le détecteur comprend un troisième élément de détection (23), dans lequel, en particulier, le troisième élément de détection (23) est disposé de manière décalée par rapport à la première et à la deuxième section de surface (41 42), dans lequel le dispositif de commande est configuré pour détecter, au moyen du troisième élément de détection (23), le corps dans la plage de distance éloignée.
  7. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon les revendications 3 et 6,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est configuré pour détecter, au moyen du troisième élément de détection (23), le modèle de mouvement prédéfini dans la plage de distance proche.
  8. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon la revendication 5, dans la mesure où elle dépend de la revendication 4,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est configuré pour détecter, dans le deuxième mode de fonctionnement, au moyen d'un troisième élément détecteur (23) disposé dans la troisième section de surface (43), la troisième distance du corps par rapport à la troisième section de surface (43) dans la plage de distance proche.
  9. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif indicateur de la plaque d'actionnement comprend un dispositif d'éclairage, dans lequel le dispositif de commande est configuré pour commander le dispositif d'éclairage dans le premier mode de fonctionnement pour émettre de la lumière à partir de la première et de la deuxième section de surface et dans le deuxième mode de fonctionnement pour émettre de la lumière à partir de la troisième section de surface, dans laquelle, en particulier, plusieurs régions de surface (120) sont prévues sur le côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle la lumière émise par le dispositif d'éclairage ne peut être rayonnée que par ces régions de surface (120) sur le côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle chaque section de surface (41, 42, 43) comprend respectivement une des régions de surface (120) et, en particulier, au moins une des sections de surface (41, 42, 43) comprend plusieurs des régions de surface (120), dans laquelle, en particulier, les régions de surface (120) de cette section de surface (41, 42, 43) sont moins éloignées les unes des autres que de la région de surface (120) respective la plus proche de la section de surface la plus proche (41, 42, 43) .
  10. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon la revendication 9,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif d'éclairage comprend plusieurs groupes de sources lumineuses, chacun avec au moins une source lumineuse (31, 32, 33, 34, 35 36), dont un premier groupe de sources lumineuses est affecté à la première section de surface (41) et un deuxième groupe de sources lumineuses est affecté à la deuxième section de surface (42) et, en particulier, un troisième groupe de sources lumineuses est affecté à la troisième section de surface (43), dans laquelle, en particulier, le dispositif de commande est configuré pour commander les groupes de sources lumineuses indépendamment l'un de l'autre.
  11. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 9 ou 10,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la plaque d'actionnement (1) comprend une partie de boîtier (9) et une partie de couvercle (10) qui est disposée dans un renfoncement de la partie de boîtier (9) et forme au moins une section du côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle la partie de couvercle (10) comprend des sections de guidage de la lumière (12) qui forment chacune une région de l'une des sections de surface (41, 42, 43), dans laquelle le dispositif d'éclairage est disposé sur un côté (B) de la partie de couvercle (10) opposé au côté d'actionnement (A) et est conçu pour rayonner de la lumière dans les sections de guidage de la lumière (12), dans lequel, en particulier, la partie de couvercle (10) comprend au moins une section de recouvrement de détecteur disposée à l'écart des sections de guidage de la lumière le long du côté d'actionnement (A), ladite section de recouvrement de détecteur formant une autre section du côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle le détecteur est disposé sur le côté (B) de la partie de couvercle (10) orienté à l'opposé du côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle, en particulier, la section de recouvrement de détecteur au moins est opaque à la lumière visible.
  12. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon la revendication 11,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la partie de couvercle (10) est formée comme une pièce en plastique, en particulier comme une pièce moulée par injection, en particulier comme une pièce moulée par injection à plusieurs composants, au moins dans la région des sections de surface (41, 42, 43), dans laquelle, en particulier, le dispositif de commande comprend une carte de circuit imprimé sur laquelle les sources lumineuses (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36) du dispositif lumineux et du détecteur sont disposées, dans laquelle le circuit imprimé est disposé sur le côté (B) de la partie de couvercle (10) opposé au côté d'actionnement (A), dans laquelle, en particulier, la partie de couvercle (10) comprend des évidements (13) dans lesquels un élément de détection respectif (21, 22, 23) du détecteur est disposé et/ou les sections du conducteur de lumière (12) forment des sections en escalier, dans laquelle au moins une des sources de lumière (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36) est respectivement disposée sur l'une des sections en escalier.
  13. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la plaque d'actionnement (1) comprend un raccord pour connecter une batterie comme source d'énergie pour alimenter les composants électriques de la plaque d'actionnement (1), dans laquelle, en particulier, le dispositif de commande est configuré pour reconnaître que l'alimentation de la plaque d'actionnement (1) se fait exclusivement par la batterie, et pour passer à un mode d'économie d'énergie, dans laquelle, en particulier, le dispositif de commande est configuré pour délivrer exclusivement une commande de mode économie d'énergie pour contrôler la vanne de chasse d'eau afin de fournir un volume d'eau en mode économie d'énergie, dans l'état prêt pour la chasse d'eau, lorsqu'une distance prédéfinie du corps par rapport au côté d'actionnement (A) est détectée et/ou qui est configurée pour faire fonctionner le dispositif indicateur, en particulier le dispositif d'éclairage, et/ou le détecteur avec une puissance électrique plus faible que dans le cas d'une détection manquante du mode économie d'énergie.
  14. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est configuré, dans un état de fonctionnement de sécurité qui peut être défini dans le dispositif de commande, pour émettre un ordre de commande de rinçage de sécurité à la vanne de rinçage pour commander la vanne de rinçage afin de fournir un volume d'eau de rinçage de sécurité lors de la détection d'un corps se déplaçant avec un modèle de mouvement en dehors de toutes les distances attribuées aux sections de surface (41 42, 43) et/ou que le dispositif de commande est configuré, dans un état de rinçage hygiénique qui peut être défini dans le dispositif de commande, pour émettre une commande de rinçage hygiénique à la vanne de rinçage afin de commander la vanne de rinçage pour délivrer un volume d'eau de rinçage hygiénique après l'expiration d'un intervalle de temps hygiénique prédéfini depuis le dernier actionnement de la vanne de rinçage.
  15. Plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande comprend une interface, en particulier une interface sans fil, au moyen de laquelle un dispositif d'entrée peut être connecté au dispositif de commande, par l'intermédiaire duquel le mode de fonctionnement et en particulier le paramètre du mode de fonctionnement respectivement réglé peut être réglé, en particulier le premier et le deuxième volume d'eau.
  16. Installation sanitaire comprenant plusieurs dispositifs sanitaires dont la vanne de chasse est respectivement reliée à une sortie d'une conduite d'eau et qui comprennent respectivement une plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans laquelle, dans un premier groupe de dispositifs sanitaires, un mode de fonctionnement différent et/ou un état différent est réglé dans le dispositif de commande que dans un deuxième groupe de dispositifs sanitaires.
  17. Utilisation d'une plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes pour le rinçage d'un dispositif sanitaire comprenant notamment un réservoir et un corps de toilette, le réservoir comprenant une entrée d'eau, une sortie d'eau et la vanne de rinçage, la vanne de rinçage étant disposée le long de la sortie d'eau et fermant la sortie d'eau dans une position de fermeture,
    caractérisée en ce que
    dans le dispositif de commande de la plaque d'actionnement (1), le mode de fonctionnement du dispositif de commande est réglé et une distance entre le corps et au moins l'une des sections de surface (41, 42, 43) est détectée au moyen du détecteur et, en fonction du mode de fonctionnement réglé et de la distance détectée, un ordre de commande est émis vers la vanne de chasse par lequel la vanne de chasse est commandée et délivre un volume d'eau affecté à l'ordre de commande pour le rinçage du dispositif sanitaire.
  18. Méthode de configuration d'une plaque d'actionnement (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 15,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande est réglé sur le premier ou alternativement sur le deuxième mode de fonctionnement, dans lequel des paramètres particuliers du mode de fonctionnement réglé sont réglés et comprennent le volume d'eau à délivrer en fonction de l'ordre de commande fourni.
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