TW202008938A - Supply monitoring system for toilet paper and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A supply monitoring system for toilet paper and method thereof is disclosed. By providing a plurality of sensor to continuously sense, to form a radius length and a number of revolutions of a toilet paper roll, and transmitting the radius length and the number of revolutions to a server for calculating a remaining number and a number of times used, and generating a prompt message to transmit to a mobile device and a toilet paper container host for displaying when the remaining number is less than a default value, and generating a warning message to transmit to the toilet paper container host for displaying when the number of times used is greater than a warning value. The mechanism is help to improve the visibility of the remaining number and to save the toilet paper.

Description

Toilet paper supply monitoring system and method

The invention relates to a supply monitoring system and method, in particular to a toilet paper supply monitoring system and method.

In recent years, with the popularization and vigorous development of the Internet of Things (Internet of Things), ordinary objects that could only perform independent functions have network functions, which have led to various applications.

Generally speaking, the traditional toilet paper supply device only supplies toilet paper, such as roll toilet paper without any prompt or warning mechanism for the quantity of toilet paper. Therefore, users are likely to find out that the toilet paper has been used up, or is about to be used up, such as: only one piece is left. In addition, toilet paper is also likely to be used up by a particular user at an abnormal frequency of use, causing inconvenience to other users. Therefore, there are problems of poor visibility of the remaining amount of toilet paper and waste of toilet paper.

In view of this, some manufacturers have proposed techniques for making toilet paper containers from transparent materials, so that users can directly visualize the stock of toilet paper. However, in addition to the possibility of misjudgment, this method cannot avoid the user using a large amount of toilet paper with abnormal frequency of use. Therefore, this method still cannot effectively solve the problems of poor visibility and waste of toilet paper .

In summary, it can be seen that the prior art has had problems of poor visibility of the remaining amount of toilet paper and waste of toilet paper for a long time, so it is necessary to propose improved technical means to solve this problem.

The invention discloses a toilet paper supply monitoring system and a method thereof.

First, the present invention discloses a toilet paper supply monitoring system. The system includes: a servo terminal and a toilet paper container host. Among them, the servo end is used to receive the radius length and the number of rotations, and calculate the remaining number of sheets and the number of sheets currently used according to the received radius length and the number of rotations. When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated In order to transmit, when the number of sheets used at this time is greater than the warning value, a warning message is generated for transmission.

Next, the main part of the toilet paper container includes: a sensing module, a transmission module and a display module. Among them, the sensing module is used to continuously sense the radius length and rotation number of the toilet paper roll when the toilet paper roll rotates, and to reset the radius length and rotation number when receiving the reset signal; Connected to the sensing module to transmit the sensed radius length and number of rotations to the servo end when the toilet paper roll stops rotating, and upon completion of the transmission, generates a reset signal to the sensing module and receives Prompt messages and warning messages from the server; and the display module is electrically connected to the transmission module to display the prompt messages and warning messages received by the transmission module.

In addition, the present invention discloses a toilet paper supply monitoring method, which is applied to an Internet of Things environment with a servo terminal and a toilet paper container host. The steps include: the toilet paper container host continuously senses the radius length and rotation circle of the toilet paper roll when the toilet paper roll rotates When the toilet paper roll stops rotating, the host of the toilet paper container transmits the sensed radius length and rotation number to the servo end, and upon completion of the transfer, a reset signal is generated to reset the sensed radius length and rotation circle Number; the server receives the radius length and the number of rotations, and calculates the number of remaining sheets and the number of sheets used according to the received radius length and the number of rotations. When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated to send To the corresponding toilet paper container host, when the current number of sheets used is greater than the warning value, a warning message is generated to be transmitted to the corresponding toilet paper container host; the toilet paper container host receives the prompt message and the warning message from the server to display.

The system and method disclosed in the present invention are as above, and the difference from the prior art is that the present invention continuously senses the radius length and the number of rotations of the toilet paper roll through a sensor provided on the main body of the toilet paper container, and transmits it to the servo end to calculate The number of remaining sheets of toilet paper and the number of sheets currently used. When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated to be sent to the mobile device and toilet paper container host for display, and when the number of sheets in use is greater than the warning value, it is generated The warning message is sent to the toilet paper container host for display.

Through the above technical means, the present invention can achieve the technical effect of improving the visibility of the remaining amount of toilet paper and saving paper.

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and examples, so as to fully understand and implement the implementation process of how the present invention uses technical means to solve technical problems and achieve technical effects.

Before describing the toilet paper supply monitoring system and method disclosed by the present invention, the environment to which the present invention is applied is described first. The present invention is applied in an Internet of Things environment, and all toilet paper container hosts and servers are members of the Internet of Things , Can communicate with each other through the Internet. For example, the server can know the status of the toilet paper roll fed back by the toilet paper container host through the Internet of Things, that is: the radius length and the number of rotations; the toilet paper container host can also receive the prompt message and warning message from the server through the Internet of Things For display.

The following provides a further description of the toilet paper supply monitoring system and method of the present invention with reference to the drawings. Please refer to "Picture 1", which is a system block diagram of the toilet paper supply monitoring system of the present invention. This system includes: servo端110和 toilet paper container host 120. Among them, the servo terminal 110 is used to receive the radius length and the number of rotations, and calculate the remaining number of sheets and the current number of sheets used according to the received radius length and the number of rotations. When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt is generated The message is transmitted to the corresponding toilet paper container host 120. When the number of sheets used at this time is greater than the warning value, a warning message is generated to be transmitted to the corresponding toilet paper container host 120. For example, assuming that the default value is 5, when the number of remaining sheets is less than the value 5, a prompt message is generated and sent to the toilet paper container host 120 corresponding to the number of remaining sheets; assuming that the warning value is 10, a warning message is generated and sent to The toilet paper container main unit 120 corresponding to the number of sheets used at this time. In addition, in actual implementation, the server 110 can allow remote devices such as smartphones, terminals, tablets, personal computers, etc. to log in to set default values, alert values, alert messages, and alert messages .

Next, in the portion of the toilet paper container host 120, the toilet paper container host 120 includes: a sensing module 121, a transmission module 122, and a display module 123. The sensing module 121 is used to continuously sense the radius length and the number of rotations of the toilet paper roll when the toilet paper roll rotates, and to reset the radius length and the number of rotations when the reset signal is received. In practical implementation, the sensor may use an infrared sensor, a pressure sensor, an image sensor, etc. to sense the radius length and the number of rotations. For example, assuming that an infrared sensor is used, multiple infrared sensors can be set at different positions of the radius of the toilet paper roll at the same time. When the radius length of the toilet paper roll changes, the infrared sensor at different positions can be Block to determine the radius length, and convert the radius length to the corresponding number of rotations; when it is assumed to be a pressure sensor, it can be converted to the corresponding radius length according to the weight change of the toilet paper roll, and the radius length is converted to the corresponding Number of rotations; assuming an image sensor, you can use image recognition technology to calculate the radius length of the toilet paper roll, and convert the radius length to the corresponding number of rotations. In addition, an identification element, such as a color ink dot, a magnet, or an analog that can be identified, can also be embedded in the hollow spool of the toilet paper roll, so as to calculate the number of rotations based on the number of times the identification element is sensed, for example, Assuming that the color ink dots are sensed 5 times during rotation, it means that the number of rotations is 5; when the magnetic peak is sensed 9 times during rotation, it means that the number of rotations is 9.

The transmission module 122 is electrically connected to the sensing module 121 for transmitting the radius length and the number of rotations sensed by the sensing module 121 to the servo terminal 110 when the toilet paper roll stops rotating, and when the transmission is completed, The reset signal is generated and sent to the sensing module 121, and the prompt message and warning message from the server 110 are received. In practical implementation, the transmission module 122 can be implemented using wireless communication technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee, CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) or MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport), and enables all toilet paper container hosts 120 and servos The terminals 110 together form an Internet of Things environment.

The display module 123 is electrically connected to the transmission module 122 for displaying the prompt message and the warning message received by the transmission module 122. In actual implementation, the prompt message and the warning message can be displayed through the display or the light-emitting diode, and the prompt message and the warning message can even be displayed by flashing or different colors. For example, the red light-emitting diode is used to display the warning message; the yellow light-emitting diode is used to display the warning message, or the warning message is displayed in a steady light mode; the warning message is displayed in a flashing manner, and so on.

It should be added that the toilet paper container main unit 120 may further include a charging module 124 for enabling the locking element to lock the toilet paper roll when the warning message is received, so that the toilet paper roll cannot rotate, and the payment message is output until the investigation When it is detected that the payment has been made, the latch element can be disabled to unlock the toilet paper roll, allowing the toilet paper roll to rotate. In actual implementation, the payment message may include a paid two-dimensional barcode, which provides the user with a mobile device to scan the paid two-dimensional barcode for mobile payment.

In particular, in actual implementation, each module described in the present invention can be implemented in various ways, including software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For example, in some embodiments, each module may It can be implemented by software or hardware or one of them. In addition, the present invention can also be implemented partially or completely based on hardware. For example, one or more modules in the system can pass integrated circuit chips, System on Chip (SoC), Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), etc. The invention may be a system, method and/or computer program. The computer program may include a computer-readable storage medium loaded with computer-readable program instructions for causing the processor to implement various aspects of the present invention. The computer-readable storage medium may be a tangible form that can hold and store instructions used by the instruction execution device equipment. The computer-readable storage medium may be, but not limited to, an electrical storage device, a magnetic storage device, an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, a semiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (non-exhaustive lists) of computer-readable storage media include hard disks, random access memory, read-only memory, flash memory, optical disks, floppy disks, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. The computer-readable storage media used herein are not to be interpreted as transient signals themselves, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through waveguides or other transmission media (eg, optical signals through fiber optic cables), or through wires The transmitted electrical signal. In addition, the computer-readable program instructions described herein can be downloaded from computer-readable storage media to various computing/processing devices, or via a network, such as the Internet, local area network, wide area network, and/or wireless network To external computer equipment or external storage devices. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmission, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, hubs, and/or gateways. The network card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer-readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable program instructions for computer-readable storage media stored in each computing/processing device in. The computer program instructions to perform the operations of the present invention may be combined language instructions, instruction set architecture instructions, machine instructions, machine-related instructions, microinstructions, firmware instructions, or source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages (Object Code), the programming language includes object-oriented programming languages, such as: Common Lisp, Python, C++, Objective-C, Smalltalk, Delphi, Java, Swift, C#, Perl, Ruby and PHP, etc., as well as conventional Procedural programming language, such as C language or similar programming language. Computer readable program instructions can be executed entirely on the computer, partly on the computer, as a stand-alone software, partly on the client computer and partly on the remote computer, or entirely on the remote computer or server On the implementation.

Next, please refer to "Figure 2". "Figure 2" is a flow chart of the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper of the present invention. It is applied to an Internet of Things environment with a server 110 and a toilet paper container host 120. The steps include: toilet paper container When the toilet paper roll rotates, the host 120 continuously senses the radius length and number of rotations of the toilet paper roll (step 210); the toilet paper container host 120 transmits the sensed radius length and rotation number to the servo when the toilet paper roll stops rotating End 110, and upon completion of the transmission, a reset signal is generated to reset the sensed radius length and number of revolutions (step 220); the servo end 110 receives the radius length and number of revolutions, and according to the received radius length and number of revolutions The number of rotations calculates the number of remaining sheets and the number of sheets used at the time. When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated to send to the corresponding toilet paper container host 120. When the number of sheets used at a time is greater than the warning value, it is generated The warning message is transmitted to the corresponding toilet paper container host 120 (step 230); the toilet paper container host 120 receives the prompt message and the warning message from the server 110 for display (step 240). Through the above steps, the radius length and number of rotations of the toilet paper roll can be continuously sensed through the sensor installed in the toilet paper container main unit 120, and transmitted to the servo terminal 110 to calculate the remaining number of toilet paper and the number of current use sheets , When the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated to be sent to the mobile device and the toilet paper container host 120 for display, and when the current number of sheets is greater than the warning value, a warning message is generated to be sent to the toilet paper container host 120 display.

In addition, after step 240, when the toilet paper container main unit 120 receives the warning message, the locking element can be used to lock the toilet paper roll, so that the toilet paper roll cannot rotate, and a payment message is output until a payment is detected , And then disable the locking element to unlock the toilet paper roll, allowing the toilet paper roll to rotate (step 250). In this way, users can avoid wasting paper by charging, thereby saving paper.

The following description will be made in conjunction with "3rd figure" and "4th figure" by way of example, please refer to "3rd figure" first, "3rd figure" is a schematic diagram of the application of the present invention to sense the radius length and the number of rotations . When a user uses a roll-type toilet paper (also referred to as toilet paper roll 300), the toilet paper roll 300 rotates. Therefore, the toilet paper container main unit 120 can sense the radius length and the number of rotations of the toilet paper roll 300 through the sensor. Estimate the amount of toilet paper used. In practical implementation, the toilet paper container main unit 120 can take a cross-sectional image of the toilet paper roll 300 through an image sensor, and calculate the radius length of the toilet paper roll 300 by image recognition. In addition, it can be embedded in the hollow scroll 310 of the toilet paper roll 300 The color ink dots serve as the identification element 311. When the toilet paper roll 300 rotates, the identification element 311 changes its position with the rotation. Therefore, when the toilet paper container main unit 120 senses that the identification element 311 rotates back to the original position, it can be regarded as a rotation Once, the number of rotations is accumulated by a value of 1. When the second rotation of the identification element 311 is sensed to return to the original position, it can be regarded as a second rotation, so the number of rotations is accumulated to a value of 2, and so on. In particular, the present invention does not limit the sense of the number of rotations. In practical implementation, it is assumed that there is a cylinder 320 passing through the hollow reel 310, and when the toilet paper roll 300 rotates, the cylinder 320 will also When rotating together, the toilet paper container main unit 120 can directly sense the rotation angle of the cylinder 320. When the cylinder 320 is sensed to rotate 360 degrees, the number of rotations is the cumulative value of 1, and when the cylinder 320 is sensed to continue to rotate 360 degrees , The number of rotations will accumulate the value 1 again until the rotation stops.

As shown in "Figure 4", "Figure 4" is a schematic diagram showing a prompt message and a warning message by applying the present invention. In actual implementation, when the server 110 generates a prompt message, it will be transmitted to the toilet paper container host 120 through the Internet of Things. At this time, the toilet paper container main unit 120 displays the prompt message on the screen 400. Similarly, when the server 110 generates a warning message, it will be transmitted to the toilet paper container host 120 through the Internet of Things, so that the warning message is displayed on the screen 400. In this way, the user can know through the screen 400 whether the amount of toilet paper in the toilet paper roll 300 in the toilet paper container 410 is insufficient. Especially when the user excessively uses toilet paper, for example: continuous extraction of toilet paper causes the toilet paper roll 300 to continue to rotate, the server 110 will calculate that the number of sheets in use is greater than the warning value, and then generate a warning message to the toilet paper container host 120, and display The screen 400 warns the user. In particular, in addition to displaying the prompt message and the warning message on the screen 400, the prompt message and the warning message can be simultaneously displayed on the supplier's mobile device or terminal to remind the supplier to pay more attention or go to the inspection.

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that the sensor installed in the main body of the toilet paper container continuously senses the radius length and the number of rotations of the toilet paper roll, and transmits it to the servo end to calculate the remaining toilet paper Number of sheets and current number of sheets used, when the number of remaining sheets is less than the preset value, a prompt message is generated to be sent to the mobile device and toilet paper container host for display, and when the number of sheets in use is greater than the warning value, a warning message is generated to It is sent to the main body of the toilet paper container for display, which can solve the problems of the previous technology by this technical means, and thus achieve the technical effect of improving the visibility of the remaining amount of toilet paper and saving paper.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with similar arts can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of patent protection shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

110‧‧‧Servo 120 120‧‧‧Toilet paper container main unit 121‧‧‧ Sensing module 122‧‧‧Transmission module 123‧‧‧ Display module 124‧‧‧ Toll module 300‧‧‧Toilet paper roll 310‧ ‧‧Hollow reel 311‧‧‧Identifying element 400‧‧‧Screen 410‧‧‧Toilet paper container Step 210‧‧‧The toilet paper container main unit continuously senses a radius length and a rotating circle of the toilet paper roll when it rotates Step 220: The toilet paper container host transmits the sensed radius length and the number of rotations to the servo when the toilet paper roll stops rotating, and upon completion of the transmission, generates a reset signal to reset The sensed radius length and the number of rotations Step 230: The servo end receives the radius length and the number of rotations, and calculates a remaining number of sheets based on the received radius length and the number of rotations Once the number of sheets in use, when the remaining number of sheets is less than a preset value, a prompt message is generated to be sent to the corresponding toilet paper container host, and when the number of sheets in current usage is greater than a warning value, a warning message is generated To send to the corresponding toilet paper container host step 240‧‧‧ the toilet paper container host receives the prompt message and the warning message from the server to display step 250 250‧‧‧The toilet paper container host receives the warning During the message, a locking element is enabled to lock the toilet paper roll, so that the toilet paper roll cannot rotate, and a payment message is output until the payment is detected, then the locking element is again disabled to unlock the toilet paper roll, allowing the toilet paper Roll to rotate

Figure 1 is a system block diagram of the toilet paper supply monitoring system of the present invention. Figure 2 is a flow chart of the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of sensing the radius length and the number of rotations using the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of displaying prompt messages and warning messages by applying the present invention.

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Claims (10)

A toilet paper supply monitoring system, the system includes: a servo end for receiving a radius length and a number of rotations, and calculating a remaining number of sheets and a current time according to the received radius length and the number of rotations Number of sheets used, when the number of remaining sheets is less than a preset value, a reminder message is generated for transmission, and when the number of sheets currently used is greater than a warning value, a warning message is generated for transmission; and at least one toilet paper container host , Each toilet paper container host includes: a sensing module for continuously sensing the radius length and the number of rotations of the toilet paper roll when a toilet paper roll rotates, and when receiving a reset signal, Set the radius length and the number of rotations; a transmission module, electrically connected to the sensing module, for transmitting the sensed radius length and the number of rotations to the toilet paper roll when it stops rotating The server, and upon completion of the transmission, the reset signal is generated and transmitted to the sensing module, and the prompt message and the warning message from the server are received; and a display module is electrically connected to the transmission module, It is used to display the prompt message and the warning message received by the transmission module. According to the toilet paper supply monitoring system of claim 1, the toilet paper container main unit further includes a charging module for enabling a latching element to lock the toilet paper roll when receiving the warning message, so that the The toilet paper roll cannot be rotated, and a payment message is output until the payment has been detected, then the latching element is disabled to unlock the toilet paper roll, and the toilet paper roll is allowed to rotate. According to the monitoring system for the supply of toilet paper according to item 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the payment message includes a paid two-dimensional barcode, providing a mobile device to scan the paid two-dimensional barcode for mobile payment. The toilet paper supply monitoring system according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the toilet paper roll has a hollow reel, the hollow reel is embedded with an identification element, and the sensing module is provided to calculate the rotating circle according to the number of times the identification element is sensed number. The toilet paper supply monitoring system according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the server allows a remote device to log in to set the preset value, the warning value, the prompt message, and the warning message. A toilet paper supply monitoring method is applied in an Internet of Things environment with a servo terminal and at least one toilet paper container host. The steps include: the toilet paper container host continuously senses a radius length of the toilet paper roll when a toilet paper roll rotates and A number of rotations; the toilet paper container host transmits the sensed radius length and the number of rotations to the servo end when the toilet paper roll stops rotating, and upon completion of the transmission, generates a reset signal to reset The sensed radius length and the number of rotation circles; the servo end receives the radius length and the rotation circle number, and calculates a remaining number of sheets and a current use according to the received radius length and the rotation circle number Number of sheets, when the remaining number of sheets is less than a preset value, a prompt message is generated to send to the corresponding toilet paper container host, and when the current number of sheets used is greater than a warning value, a warning message is generated to send to the corresponding The toilet paper container host; and the toilet paper container host receives the prompt message and the warning message from the server for display. According to the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper according to item 6 of the patent application, wherein the method further includes that when the host of the toilet paper container receives the warning message, a locking element is enabled to lock the toilet paper roll so that the toilet paper roll cannot rotate, And a payment message is output until the payment has been detected, and then the locking element can be disabled to unlock the toilet paper roll, allowing the toilet paper roll to rotate. According to the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper according to item 7 of the patent application scope, wherein the payment message includes a paid two-dimensional barcode, providing a mobile device to scan the paid two-dimensional barcode for mobile payment. According to the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper according to item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the step of calculating the number of rotations is based on the number of times the recognition element is sensed when a recognition element is embedded in a hollow reel of the toilet paper roll Calculate the number of rotations. According to the method for monitoring the supply of toilet paper according to item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the server allows a remote device to log in to set the preset value, the warning value, the prompt message, and the warning message.

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