Disposable Product Quantification and Management
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJohn C. Robertson, Andrew Mark Long, Shawn Jeffrey Sullivan
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing signals from sensors associated with disposable products are provided. Signals indicative of disposable product consumption and an available quantity of disposable products can be processed. Data associated with the signals can be communicated to an assessment module. The data can include location information associated with the disposable product consumption and available quantity of disposable products. The assessment module can estimate disposable product usage for different locations based on the data. The assessment module can provide notifications of inventory status for the different locations based on the estimated disposable product usage.
Claims19
A method for processing signals from one or more sensors associated with disposable products, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, a first signal indicative of consumption of a disposable product from a consumption sensor associated with the disposable product;
- receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a second signal indicative of an available quantity of the disposable product from a sensor associated with a disposable product dispenser;
- notifying, by the one or more computing devices, a user based at least in part on the first signal from the consumption sensor;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, first data associated with consumption of the disposable product based at least in part on the first signal, the first data comprising location information associated with the consumption of the disposable product;
- determining, by the one or more computing devices, second data associated with the available quantity of the disposable product based at least in part on the second signal, the second data comprising location information associated with the available quantity of the disposable product;
- communicating, by the one or more computing devices, the first data and the second data to an assessment module, the assessment module implemented by one or more processors, the assessment module configured to estimate disposable product usage for a particular location based at least in part on the first data and the second data;
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- receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a notification of an inventory status for the particular location, the inventory status being determined based at least in part on the disposable product usage estimated by the assessment module.
A system for disposable product quantification and management, the system comprising:
- a first sensor configured to monitor consumption of a disposable product;
- a second sensor configured to monitor an available quantity of the disposable product, the second sensor associated with a disposable product dispenser;
- a first module implemented by one or more processors on a computing device, the first module comprising computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a first signal indicative of consumption of a disposable product from the first sensor;
- receiving a second signal indicative of an available quantity of the disposable product from the second sensor;
- notifying a user of consumption of the disposable product based at least in part on the first signal;
- determining first data associated with consumption of the disposable product based at least in part on the first signal, the first data comprising location information associated with the consumption of the disposable product;
- determining second data associated with the available quantity of the disposable product based at least in part on the second signal, the second data comprising location information associated with the available quantity of the disposable product;
- communicating the first data and the second data to a second module, the second module implemented by one or more processors, the second module configured to estimate disposable product usage for a particular location based at least in part on the first data and the second data;
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- receiving a notification of an inventory status for the particular location, the inventory status being determined based at least in part on the disposable product usage estimated by the second module.
One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a first signal indicative of consumption of an absorbent article from a consumption sensor associated with the absorbent article;
- receiving a second signal indicative of an available quantity of absorbent articles from a sensor associated with an absorbent article dispenser;
- notifying a user of consumption of the absorbent article based at least in part on the first signal from the consumption sensor;
- determining first data associated with consumption of the absorbent article based at least in part on the first signal, the first data comprising location information associated with the consumption of the absorbent article;
- determining second data associated with the available quantity of absorbent articles based at least in part on the second signal, the second data comprising location information associated with the available quantity of the disposable product;
- communicating the first data and the second data to an assessment module, the assessment module implemented by one or more processors, the assessment module configured to estimate absorbent article usage for a particular location based at least in part on the first data and the second data;
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- receiving a notification of an inventory status for the particular location, the inventory status being determined based at least in part on the absorbent article usage estimated by the assessment module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.