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US 12,000,126 B2Granted
Water temperature control system and method
OwnerRebecca Carol Chakyinventor
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Abstract
A programmable system with user interface control for water flow rate or water temperature. Embodiments of the invention include a water temperature control system for a shower.
Claims19
A showering system controllable by a user, comprising:
- a controller for use with a shower head, the shower head configured to receive hot and cold water, the controller providing an operating mode for the user to select one or more showering system settings to flow water through the shower head, wherein the controller automatically provides one or more signals to blend the hot and cold water during one or more showering steps to send blended hot and cold water through the shower head at a predefined temperature specified by the user as a predetermined shower sequence, the controller including a microcomputer;
- a handheld programmable device configured for wireless communication with the controller, the handheld programmable device including application software configured to communicate to the controller the predefined temperature;
- and
- a water usage monitoring system in communication with the controller and configured to compute and report a usage data set to the user including water usage, energy usage, and greenhouse gas savings,
- wherein the controller is configured to initiate a first audible signal, a second audible signal, and a third audible signal, the first audible signal communicating the predetermined temperature has been reached, the second audible signal communicating the predetermined shower sequence has been initiated, and the third audible signal communicating to the user the end of the shower sequence.
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A method for showering controllable by a user, comprising:
- providing a showering system controllable by the user having
- a controller for use with a shower head, the shower head configured to receive hot and cold water, the controller providing an operating mode for the user to select one or more showering system settings to flow water through the shower head, wherein the controller automatically provides one or more signals to blend the hot and cold water during one or more showering steps to send blended hot and cold water through the shower head at a predefined temperature specified by the user as a predetermined shower sequence, the controller including a microcomputer,
- a handheld programmable device configured for wireless communication with the controller, the handheld programmable device including application software configured to communicate to the controller the predefined temperature, and
- a water usage monitoring system in communication with the controller and configured to compute and report a usage data set to the user including water usage, energy usage, and greenhouse gas savings,
- wherein the controller is configured to initiate a first audible signal, a second audible signal, and a third audible signal, the first audible signal communicating the predetermined temperature has been reached, the second audible signal communicating the predetermined shower sequence has been initiated, and the third audible signal communicating to the user the end of the shower sequence;
- and
- selecting a shower system setting to flow water through the shower head.
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A method for showering controllable by a user, comprising:
- providing a showering system controllable by the user having
- a controller for use with a shower head, the shower head configured to receive hot and cold water, the controller providing an operating mode for the user to select one or more showering system settings to flow water through the shower head, wherein the controller automatically provides one or more signals to blend the hot and cold water during one or more showering steps to send blended hot and cold water through the shower head at a predefined temperature specified by the user as a predetermined shower sequence, the controller including a microcomputer, a handheld programmable device configured for wireless communication with the controller, the handheld programmable device including application software configured to communicate to the controller the predefined temperature, and a water usage monitoring system in communication with the controller and configured to compute and report a usage data set to the user including water usage, energy usage, and greenhouse gas savings, wherein the controller is configured to initiate a first audible signal, a second audible signal, and a third audible signal, the first audible signal communicating the predetermined temperature has been reached, the second audible signal communicating the predetermined shower sequence has been initiated, and the third audible signal communicating to the user the end of the shower sequence;
- and
- selecting a shower system setting to flow water through the shower head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.