WO2011074946A1 - Communication device for sanitary rooms - Google Patents

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WO2011074946A1
WO2011074946A1 PCT/NL2010/000170 NL2010000170W WO2011074946A1 WO 2011074946 A1 WO2011074946 A1 WO 2011074946A1 NL 2010000170 W NL2010000170 W NL 2010000170W WO 2011074946 A1 WO2011074946 A1 WO 2011074946A1
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Petrus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herp
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  • each device in the sanitary room is provided with one or more sensors that monitor the operational reliability and/or the functioning quality, and a central reporting station is
  • the central reporting station may be common for multiple
  • a sensor associated with such a towel dispenser or soap dispenser, respectively will send a signal to the central station, on the basis of which a
  • Figure 1 is a schematic figure illustrating that a building may have multiple sanitary rooms 1. In this figure, four
  • sanitary rooms 1 are shown, respectively indicated as 1A, IB, 1C and ID.
  • the four sanitary rooms are pictured 30 close to each other, and it is indeed possible that within a
  • a monitor system 100 is provided for those sanitary rooms 1. That monitor system 100 comprises a transmission cabinet 2 associated with the sanitary room 1, and a receiver 3 arranged in a separate monitoring room . It is possible that a transmission cabinet 2 is present for every sanitary room 1. It is also possible that there is a common transmission cabinet 2 for two or more sanitary rooms, such as for instance is depicted in figure 1 for the sanitary rooms 1A and IB. This transmission cabinet may also serve multiple sanitary rooms, for instance the sanitary rooms 1C and ID shown.
  • FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a top view of a sanitary room 1 on a larger scale. It is noted that the actual
  • the sanitary room 1 comprises four toilet cabins 10 with in each case a toilet 11 arranged therein. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises four washbasins 20, each provided with a tap 21 and a soap dispenser 22. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises two hot air blowers 30, also denoted as hand dryers. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises a towel dispenser 40.
  • a transmission cabinet 2 here is depicted centrally in the room 1. The transmission cabinet 2 may for instance be mounted behind a lowered ceiling, in a wall cabinet, or the like. It is also possible that the transmission cabinet 2 is situated outside the sanitary room 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram that illustrates a monitor system 100 proposed by the present invention.
  • the system 100 comprises a plurality of sensors 101, that are associated with the various sanitary functions in the sanitary room 1A.
  • Each sensor 101 is coupled for data transfer with the transmission cabinet 2.
  • the transmission cabinet 2 is arranged for sending a message to the central receiver 3. In the following, some embodiments will be described.
  • a sensor associated with a toilet 11 may for instance be arranged to establish whether that toilet is blocked, and in that case to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2.
  • a sensor associated with a soap dispenser 22 may for instance be arranged to monitor the soap supply present in that dispenser, and to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2 when the soap level falls below a predetermined minimum.
  • a sensor associated with a blower 30 is for instance arranged to monitor whether the blower still blows hot air upon the approach of a person who wants to dry his hands. If for instance the air blowing part is faulty, or if for instance the air heater is faulty, this sensor sends a signal to the
  • a towel dispenser 40 may for instance be of the type that comprises a supply roll with a long strip of towel wound
  • a sensor associated with such a towel dispenser may for instance be arranged to detect that the quantity of towel on the supply roll falls below a predetermined minimum, and/or that the supply and/or the winding roll is stuck, in which case this sensor sends a signal to the maintenance cabinet 2.
  • each sensor may be coupled with the transmission cabinet 2 through an individual signal cable . Installing however is considerably easier if this signal transfer takes place wirelessly, for instance by a sensor being associated with a Zigbee transmitter while the transmission cabinet 2 is provided with a corresponding Zigbee receiver. As an alternative, use may also be made of other wireless communications means, for
  • Each sensor may for instance be provided with a battery power supply. Then the sensor may also be arranged to monitor the battery condition and to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2 if the battery has almost been used up.
  • Some functional sanitary units have to be connected to a power voltage. This applies for instance to the blower 30. In that case it is handy if the transmission cabinet 2 also is equipped for supplying power voltage for the unit concerned (blower 30) . In that case, sending signals may take place via the power cable, so that a separate signal cable can be omitted while also wireless transmission means are unnecessary.
  • a functional sanitary unit is provided with means for generating energy. This is for instance conceivable in the case of a towel dispenser, wherein a user in each case pulls a fresh piece of towel from the supply roll. Upon the motion caused therewith, for instance a flywheel may be brought into rotation, that via a dynamo and suitable
  • the electronics charges a battery.
  • the sensor concerned may then be fed from that battery.
  • the report to the central receiver 3 in the monitor room 4 is not brought about by each individual sensor 101 separately, but by the transmission cabinet 2 on the basis of the signals received from the different sensors.
  • transmission cabinet 2 to receiver 3 takes place via a local network, for instance a wireless network via a Wifi connection, or a wired network. In both cases, however, one depends on local circumstances. In order to not be dependent on local
  • the transmission cabinet 2 and receiver 3 of the monitor system 100 preferably are arranged to communicate via a telephone connection, for instance GSM, GPRS, etcetera, wherein the message sent by the transmission cabinet 2 for instance may be arranged as an SMS message.
  • a telephone connection for instance GSM, GPRS, etcetera
  • SMS message Such a message provides room for 160 characters, which under normal circumstances is amply sufficient to code an identification code of the sensor concerned (and therefore the sanitary device concerned) as well as a failure code and a moment in time. If desired, however, it is also possible to pack the failure report to the receiver 3 in two or more SMS
  • the receiver 3 is arranged to decode the message received and to display a message easily readable to people, for instance on a display not shown for the sake of simplicity. On the display it may for instance be mentioned which failure is established in which device, and at which moment in time.
  • a sound signal and/or a light signal may be generated to draw the failure report to the attention of personnel .
  • one or more centrally controllable display screens are arranged in the sanitary room 1, for instance LCD screens.
  • a suitable location is at around eye level above a toilet.
  • the transmission cabinet 2 may then be arranged for sending picture signals to that display screen. In that way it is possible in an easy way for instance to warn a user that a toilet is faulty and that the toilet concerned should not be used. If a toilet is blocked, it may be prevented in this way that the toilet is still used before the warned maintenance personnel has arrived, so that worsening of the problem is avoided.
  • entertaining and/or informing pictures and/or texts are displayed.

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A monitor system (100) for monitoring at least one sanitary room (1) is described, which system comprises: a central receiver (3); at least one transmission cabinet (2), arranged for sending messages to the central receiver (3); at least one sensor (101) associated with a sanitary functional unit, arranged for monitoring at least one function of the functional sanitary unit concerned and for sending a status report or failure report to the transmission cabinet (2); wherein the transmission cabinet (2) is arranged to send a failure report to the receiver (3) upon reception of a failure report of at least one sensor (101).

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Title: Communication device for sanitary rooms
In locations where many persons are staying or passing, such as for instance hotels, office buildings, airports, hospitals, etcetera, it is necessary to provide sanitary rooms with multiple toilets. In such a sanitary room, facilities will also be present for hand washing, such as toilet tables, soap dispensers, towel dispensers, etcetera. The maintenance of such sanitary rooms is very important, but also represents a cost issue. For the users of the sanitary room it is important that the room is clean, and that the toilets, soap dispensers, towel dispensers, hand dryers, etcetera function well. By way of example, for a user it is particularly unpleasant if after a toilet visit he wants to wash his hands but the soap has been used up, or after hand washing it turns out that there are no towels or that the hand dryer is not functioning.
To guarantee the functionality of the sanitary room, that room has to be checked by personnel regularly. That personnel then checks for instance whether the toilets still are
functioning or for instance are blocked, whether the soap dispensers still are functioning or for instance the soap has been used up, whether the towel dispensers still are functioning or a towel dispenser for instance is empty, etcetera. Upon established failings, one may correct the failings oneself or warn a mechanic.
For a high degree of operational reliability of the sanitary room, it is inevitable that the regular check occurs more often than in fact would be necessary. After all, if the check remains forthcoming for too long, a faulty device may remain faulty for a long time before such is noted. A more frequent check however means that in fact checks are being made more often than strictly speaking would be necessary, which implicates higher costs. The present invention aims to solve this problem in a cost- effective way.
According to an important aspect of the present invention, 5 each device in the sanitary room is provided with one or more sensors that monitor the operational reliability and/or the functioning quality, and a central reporting station is
provided, where signals coming from said sensors are collected. The central reporting station may be common for multiple
ίθ sanitary rooms. Based on the signals received, maintenance
personnel may purposively solve failures and faults, and it is also possible to purposively perform preventive maintenance.
If for instance, without application of the invention, a sanitary room is checked four times a day, the possibility ί5 exists that for instance a towel dispenser or a soap dispenser is faulty for six hours before such is established. With
application of the present invention, a sensor associated with such a towel dispenser or soap dispenser, respectively, will send a signal to the central station, on the basis of which a
20 mechanic may directly go to the towel dispenser or soap
dispenser concerned, so that the failure is corrected for instance in each case within a quarter of an hour. In the same way actions may be taken quickly if for instance a toilet is blocked, a tap keeps running, etcetera.
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Figure 1 is a schematic figure illustrating that a building may have multiple sanitary rooms 1. In this figure, four
sanitary rooms 1 are shown, respectively indicated as 1A, IB, 1C and ID. In this figure the four sanitary rooms are pictured 30 close to each other, and it is indeed possible that within a
building two or more sanitary rooms are positioned close to each other, such as is not unusual when there are separate rooms for ladies and gentlemen. It is also possible however that there are multiple sanitary rooms on different floors of a building. According to the present invention, a monitor system 100 is provided for those sanitary rooms 1. That monitor system 100 comprises a transmission cabinet 2 associated with the sanitary room 1, and a receiver 3 arranged in a separate monitoring room . It is possible that a transmission cabinet 2 is present for every sanitary room 1. It is also possible that there is a common transmission cabinet 2 for two or more sanitary rooms, such as for instance is depicted in figure 1 for the sanitary rooms 1A and IB. This transmission cabinet may also serve multiple sanitary rooms, for instance the sanitary rooms 1C and ID shown. It is possible that all sanitary rooms of a building are served by the same transmission cabinet, but it is also possible that in a building multiple transmission cabinets are present, wherein every transmission cabinet serves one or multiple sanitary rooms. In principle it is possible that multiple monitoring rooms 4 with multiple receivers 3 are present, but preferably there is only one single common
monitoring room 4 with corresponding receiver (s) 3. Figure 2 schematically illustrates a top view of a sanitary room 1 on a larger scale. It is noted that the actual
arrangement of a sanitary room may deviate from the arrangement shown. In the depicted example, the sanitary room 1 comprises four toilet cabins 10 with in each case a toilet 11 arranged therein. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises four washbasins 20, each provided with a tap 21 and a soap dispenser 22. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises two hot air blowers 30, also denoted as hand dryers. Furthermore, this sanitary room 1 comprises a towel dispenser 40. For the sake of convenience, a transmission cabinet 2 here is depicted centrally in the room 1. The transmission cabinet 2 may for instance be mounted behind a lowered ceiling, in a wall cabinet, or the like. It is also possible that the transmission cabinet 2 is situated outside the sanitary room 1. Figure 3 is a block diagram that illustrates a monitor system 100 proposed by the present invention. The system 100 comprises a plurality of sensors 101, that are associated with the various sanitary functions in the sanitary room 1A. Each sensor 101 is coupled for data transfer with the transmission cabinet 2. The transmission cabinet 2 is arranged for sending a message to the central receiver 3. In the following, some embodiments will be described.
A sensor associated with a toilet 11 may for instance be arranged to establish whether that toilet is blocked, and in that case to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2.
A sensor associated with a soap dispenser 22 may for instance be arranged to monitor the soap supply present in that dispenser, and to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2 when the soap level falls below a predetermined minimum.
A sensor associated with a blower 30 is for instance arranged to monitor whether the blower still blows hot air upon the approach of a person who wants to dry his hands. If for instance the air blowing part is faulty, or if for instance the air heater is faulty, this sensor sends a signal to the
transmission cabinet 2.
A towel dispenser 40 may for instance be of the type that comprises a supply roll with a long strip of towel wound
thereon, and a winding roll for winding used-up towel. A sensor associated with such a towel dispenser may for instance be arranged to detect that the quantity of towel on the supply roll falls below a predetermined minimum, and/or that the supply and/or the winding roll is stuck, in which case this sensor sends a signal to the maintenance cabinet 2.
For the signal transfer from sensor to transmission cabinet, each sensor may be coupled with the transmission cabinet 2 through an individual signal cable . Installing however is considerably easier if this signal transfer takes place wirelessly, for instance by a sensor being associated with a Zigbee transmitter while the transmission cabinet 2 is provided with a corresponding Zigbee receiver. As an alternative, use may also be made of other wireless communications means, for
instance Bluetooth or Wifi.
Each sensor may for instance be provided with a battery power supply. Then the sensor may also be arranged to monitor the battery condition and to send a signal to the transmission cabinet 2 if the battery has almost been used up.
Some functional sanitary units have to be connected to a power voltage. This applies for instance to the blower 30. In that case it is handy if the transmission cabinet 2 also is equipped for supplying power voltage for the unit concerned (blower 30) . In that case, sending signals may take place via the power cable, so that a separate signal cable can be omitted while also wireless transmission means are unnecessary.
It is also possible that a functional sanitary unit is provided with means for generating energy. This is for instance conceivable in the case of a towel dispenser, wherein a user in each case pulls a fresh piece of towel from the supply roll. Upon the motion caused therewith, for instance a flywheel may be brought into rotation, that via a dynamo and suitable
electronics charges a battery. The sensor concerned may then be fed from that battery.
According to an important aspect of the present invention, the report to the central receiver 3 in the monitor room 4 is not brought about by each individual sensor 101 separately, but by the transmission cabinet 2 on the basis of the signals received from the different sensors. Depending on the
circumstances it is possible that the data transfer from
transmission cabinet 2 to receiver 3 takes place via a local network, for instance a wireless network via a Wifi connection, or a wired network. In both cases, however, one depends on local circumstances. In order to not be dependent on local
circumstances, the transmission cabinet 2 and receiver 3 of the monitor system 100 according to the present invention preferably are arranged to communicate via a telephone connection, for instance GSM, GPRS, etcetera, wherein the message sent by the transmission cabinet 2 for instance may be arranged as an SMS message. Such a message provides room for 160 characters, which under normal circumstances is amply sufficient to code an identification code of the sensor concerned (and therefore the sanitary device concerned) as well as a failure code and a moment in time. If desired, however, it is also possible to pack the failure report to the receiver 3 in two or more SMS
messages .
The receiver 3 is arranged to decode the message received and to display a message easily readable to people, for instance on a display not shown for the sake of simplicity. On the display it may for instance be mentioned which failure is established in which device, and at which moment in time.
Possibly also a sound signal and/or a light signal may be generated to draw the failure report to the attention of personnel .
In a further development it is also possible that one or more centrally controllable display screens are arranged in the sanitary room 1, for instance LCD screens. A suitable location is at around eye level above a toilet. The transmission cabinet 2 may then be arranged for sending picture signals to that display screen. In that way it is possible in an easy way for instance to warn a user that a toilet is faulty and that the toilet concerned should not be used. If a toilet is blocked, it may be prevented in this way that the toilet is still used before the warned maintenance personnel has arrived, so that worsening of the problem is avoided. As an alternative it is also possible that entertaining and/or informing pictures and/or texts are displayed.
It is noted that it is known as such to send power (for instance direct voltage 12V or 24, but also alternating voltage, for instance 230V) and communication signals via one and the same connection cable, wherein the receiver is relatively easily able to separate the low frequency power signals from the higher frequency data signals.

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1. Monitor system (100) for monitoring at least one sanitary room (1), which system comprises:
a central receiver (3);
at least one transmission cabinet (2), arranged for sending messages to the central receiver (3);
at least one sensor (101) associated with a sanitary
functional unit, arranged for monitoring at least one function of the functional sanitary unit concerned and for sending a status report or failure report to the transmission cabinet (2); wherein the transmission cabinet (2) is arranged to send a failure report to the receiver (3) upon reception of a failure report of at least one sensor (101) .
2. System according to claim 1, wherein the signal transfer from transmission cabinet (2) to receiver (3) takes place via a telephone network..
3. System according to claim 2, wherein the transmission cabinet (2) is arranged to send SMS messages to the receiver (3) .
4. System according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a sensor is coupled for signal transfer with the transmission cabinet (2) via a signal wire.
5. System according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, wherein a sensor for signal transfer to the transmission cabinet (2) is arranged for wireless communication, for instance via Zigbee, Bluetooth, Wifi.
6. System according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, wherein the transmission cabinet (2) is arranged for supplying power voltage to a functional sanitary unit via a power cable, wherein the sensor associated with that functional sanitary unit concerned is arranged to acquire its power from said power cable and to send its signals to the transmission cabinet (2) through said power cable.
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