System and method for a sanitary unit and controlling a sanitary unit

Abstract

A system for controlling a sanitary unit, preferably a sanitary unit arranged at least partially in a kitchen base unit, is provided comprising a control device which can be arranged on a sanitary unit and at least one, preferably mobile, user operating device, wherein the control device and the operating device(s) are designed to communicate with one another via a continuously maintained wireless connection, wherein the user's operating command(s) can be transmitted to the control device by the operating device(s), with at least one function of the sanitary unit controlled by the control device based on the received operating command(s), with the function(s) controlled depending on the wireless connection's signal strength, with the control device designed to notify the user of the sanitary unit's status after a predeterminable signal strength threshold has been exceeded and/or fallen below and to provide controllability of the function(s) after a predeterminable time period has elapsed and/or after the user confirms the status.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.