Control system for washroom devices
AssigneeM.I.S. Electronics Inc.
InventorSaeid Mohmedi
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Abstract
A system for controlling a plurality of devices in a public washroom facility having a controller with an integrated circuit including at least one logic block providing one or more predetermined control instructions to one or more of the plurality of devices via at least one control block; the at least one control block defining a communication interface between the integrated circuit and the plurality of devices; at least one communication block receiving data from a communications interface for programming the integrated circuit to modify the one or more predetermined control instructions.
Claims16
A system for controlling a plurality of devices in a public washroom facility having a controller with an integrated circuit comprising:
- at least one logic block providing one or more predetermined control instructions to one or more of the plurality of devices via at least one control block;
- said at least one control block defining a communication interface between the integrated circuit and the plurality of devices;
- at least one communication block receiving data for programming the integrated circuit to modify said one or more predetermined control instructions;
- wherein said plurality of devices comprises one or more selected from a group consisting of a water faucet, a soap dispenser, a heating device, a cooling device, automated doors and dryers and wherein said control instructions include instructions to initiate a heating/cooling function to bring the public washroom to an internal temperature appropriate for a user in response to receiving information from a door sensor on said automated doors that the user is approaching.
A method for controlling a plurality of devices in a public washroom facility comprising:
- providing via at least one logic block one or more predetermined control instructions to one or more of the plurality of devices via at least one control block;
- defining via said at least one control block a communication interface between an integrated circuit and the plurality of devices;
- wherein said at least one logic block and said at least one control block are provided on an integrated circuit;
- receiving data for programming the integrated circuit to modify said one or more predetermined control instructions;
- wherein said plurality of devices comprises one or more selected from a group consisting of a water faucet, a soap dispenser, a heating device, a cooling device, automated doors and dryers and wherein said control instructions include instructions to initiate a heating/cooling function to bring the public washroom to an internal temperature appropriate for a user in response to receiving information from a door sensor on said automated doors that the user is approaching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.