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US 12,651,499 B2Granted
User accountability restroom
AssigneePortable Solutions Group, LLC
InventorRobert Rhett Slagel
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Abstract
A deployable restroom may include individually accessible—and access controlled—restroom units. That is, only authorized users identified using electronic readers and/or face detection cameras may be allowed to access the restroom units. For each access, the identification of the user and the corresponding time stamps may be recorded such that there is an accurate access log of who accessed a restroom unit and when—thereby keeping all users identifiable and accountable. One or more security perimeter cameras may continuously monitor the surroundings to complement or augment the access log.
Claims20
A deployable, user-accountable anti-vandalism restroom comprising:
- a cluster of individually accessible restroom units, a restroom unit comprising:
- a face detection camera;
- and
- an electronic reader;
- the face detection camera configured to detect a particular user's face;
- the electronic reader configured to read an identification information of the particular user;
- at least one of the face detection camera or the electronic reader further configured to:
- trigger an actuator to unlock the restroom unit responsive to determining that the particular user is authorized to use the restroom unit based on the identification information or face detection information, the determination based on matching the identification information with a stored identification information of the particular user or based on matching the face detection information with a stored face detection information of the particular user;
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- transmit an indication that the particular user has used the restroom unit with corresponding timestamps to a processor such that a record of the restroom unit access is maintained to deter vandalism;
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- an internal camera configured to capture a first image before the particular user uses the restroom unit and a second image after the particular user has used the restroom unit, such that the processor compares the first image and the second image to determine vandalism.
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A method to mitigate vandalism in a user-accountable deployable restroom, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a face detection camera on a restroom unit of the restroom, a particular user's face;
- reading, by an electronic reader on the restroom unit, an identification information of the particular user;
- triggering, by at least one of the face detection camera or the electronic reader, an actuator to unlock the restroom unit responsive to determining that the particular user is authorized to use the restroom unit, the determination based on matching the identification information with a stored identification information of the particular user or based on matching the face detection information with a stored face detection information of the particular user;
- transmitting, by at least one of the face detection camera or the electronic reader, an indication that the particular user has used the restroom unit with corresponding timestamps to a processor such that a record of the restroom unit access is maintained to deter vandalism;
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- capturing, by an internal camera of the restroom unit, a first image before the particular user uses the restroom unit and a second image after the particular user has used the restroom unit, such that the processor compares the first image and the second image to determine vandalism.
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A deployable, user-accountable restroom comprising:
- a restroom unit comprising:
- a face detection camera configured to:
- detect a particular user's face and generate a face detection information;
- trigger an actuator to unlock the restroom unit responsive to determining that the particular user is authorized to use the restroom unit based on the face detection information, the determination based on matching the face detection information with a stored face detection information of the particular user;
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- transmit an indication that the particular user has used the restroom unit with corresponding timestamps to a processor such that a record of the restroom unit access is maintained to deter vandalism;
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- an internal camera configured to capture a first image before the particular user uses the restroom unit and a second image after the particular user has used the restroom unit, such that a processor compares the first image and the second image to determine vandalism.
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A deployable, user-accountable restroom comprising:
- a restroom unit comprising:
- an electronic reader configured to:
- read an identification information of a particular user;
- trigger an actuator to unlock the restroom unit responsive to determining that the particular user is authorized to use the restroom unit based on the identification information the determination based on matching the identification information with a stored identification information of the particular user;
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- transmit an indication that the particular user has used the restroom unit with corresponding timestamps to a processor such that a record of the restroom unit access is maintained to deter vandalism;
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- an internal camera configured to capture a first image before the particular user uses the restroom unit and a second image after the particular user has used the restroom unit, such that a processor compares the first image and the second image to determine vandalism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.