US 10,481,619 B2Granted

Water management system and method

AssigneesCaroma Industries Limited, micas AG

InventorsSteve Cummings, Michael Fritzsche, Mark Ebert

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Abstract

A water management method for controlling at least one operational parameter of at least one water control device, wherein the operational parameter is associated with water used by the water control device, the method comprising the steps of: sending, from an electronic controller of the water control device, operational data associated with the operational parameter to an embedded electronic device; receiving, at the embedded electronic device, the operational data, and developing control data based on the received operational data and sending the control data to the electronic controller; and receiving, at the electronic controller, the control data and controlling the operational parameter of the water control device based on the received control data.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A bathroom facility water management method of controlling at least one operational parameter of at least one water control device in a bathroom facility water management system comprising an embedded electronic device, at least one central gateway device, an administration level computing device and a management level computing device, wherein the operational parameter is associated with water used by the water control device, the method comprising the steps of:

sending, from an electronic controller of the water control device, operational data associated with the operational parameter to an embedded electronic device when the embedded electronic device is in the vicinity of the electronic controller,
receiving, at the embedded electronic device, the operational data, and developing control data based on the received operational data and sending the control data to the electronic controller when the embedded electronic device is in the vicinity of the electronic controller;
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receiving, at the electronic controller, the control data and controlling the operational parameter of the water control device based on the received control data,
sending, from the electronic controller, the operational data to the central gateway device,
controlling, at the administration level computing device, a plurality of water control devices in a single bathroom facility via the central gateway device based on the operational data, and
controlling, at the management level computing device, a plurality of water control devices in a plurality of bathroom facilities via the central gateway device based on the operational data.

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A bathroom facility water management system for controlling at least one operational parameter of at least one water control device in a bathroom facility water management system, wherein the operational parameter is associated with water used by the water control device, the bathroom facility water management system further comprising an electronic controller of the water control device, an embedded electronic device, at least one central gateway device, an administration level computing device and a management level computing device, wherein:

the electronic controller is arranged to send operational data associated with the operational parameter to the embedded electronic device when the embedded electronic device is in the vicinity of the electronic controller,
the embedded electronic device is arranged to receive the operational data, develop control data based on the received operational data and send the control data to the electronic controller when the embedded electronic device is in the vicinity of the electronic controller;
the electronic controller is further arranged to receive the control data and control the operational parameter of the water control device based on the received control data,
the electronic controller is arranged to send the operational data to the central gateway device;
the administration level computing device is arranged to control a plurality of water control devices in a single bathroom facility via the central gateway device based on the operational data, and
the management level computing device is arranged to control a plurality of water control devices in a plurality of bathroom facilities via the central gateway device based on the operational data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/511,338Filed 17 Sep 2015
Priority: AU 201490372718 Sep 2014
Published: US 2017/0235317 A117 Aug 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G05D 7/0676
Characterised by the type of regulator means: by action on flow sources
G05B 15/02
Systems controlled by a computer: electric
G05D 7/0617
Characterised by the use of electric means: specially adapted for fluid materials
G05D 7/0635
Characterised by the type of regulator means: by action on throttling means

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US 2017/0235317 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Aug 2017
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