Dispensing monitoring system & method
AssigneeWaterio Ltd.
InventorYakov BENTKOVSKI
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a fluid container adapted to store a fluid, and having a predefined storage capacity; a memory unit having a plurality of instructions and information pertaining to the fluid contained in the fluid container, stored therein; a dispensing pump associated with the fluid container, the dispensing pump adapted to selectively dispense fluid from the fluid container; a sensor configured to detect dispensing of fluid from the fluid container; and a processing unit in communication with each of the sensor and the memory unit. The processing unit is adapted to process the set of instructions stored in the memory unit to determine quantity of fluid dispensed from the fluid container, upon receiving a signal from the sensor
Claims22
A dispensing system comprising:
- a fluid container adapted to store a fluid, the fluid container having a predefined storage capacity;
- a memory unit having a plurality of instructions and information pertaining to the fluid contained in the fluid container, stored therein;
- a dispensing pump associated with the fluid container, the dispensing pump adapted to selectively dispense fluid from the fluid container;
- a sensor configured to detect dispensing of fluid from the fluid container;
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- a processing unit in communication with each of the sensor and the memory unit, wherein the processing unit is adapted to process the set of instructions stored in the memory unit to determine quantity of fluid dispensed from the fluid container, upon receiving a signal from the sensor.
An auxiliary system of a dispensing system having a fluid container, the dispensing pump comprising:
- a memory unit having a plurality of instructions and information pertaining to the fluid contained in the fluid container, stored therein;
- a sensor configured to detect dispensing of fluid from the fluid container;
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- a processing unit in communication with each of the sensor and the memory unit, wherein the processing unit is adapted to process the set of instructions stored in the memory unit to determine quantity of fluid dispensed from the container, upon receiving a signal from the sensor.
A method of operating a dispensing system, the method comprising:
- detecting, via a sensor, dispensing of fluid from a fluid container;
- calculating, via a processing unit, an amount of the fluid dispensed from the fluid container, and an amount of time passed since dispensing of fluid from the fluid container;
- communicating, via a communication unit, the calculated amount of fluid dispensed from the fluid container to the output unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.