Touchless plumbing control system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsGaurav Kumar VERMA, Braden Daniel SCHMIDT, Drew JOHNSON, Nikhil BANGAR, Nikhil Sanjay GHATOLE, Jiunn Tyng CHEN
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Abstract
A control unit for a plumbing assembly includes a controller configured to determine a first velocity of a gesture along a first axis and a second velocity of the gesture along a second axis based on input from a plurality of sensors. The controller is configured to adjust an operational state of the plumbing assembly based on the first velocity and the second velocity.
Claims20
A control unit for a plumbing assembly, the control unit comprising a controller configured to:
- determine a first velocity of a gesture along a first axis and a second velocity of the gesture along a second axis based on input from a plurality of sensors;
- and
- adjust an operational state of the plumbing assembly based on the first velocity and the second velocity.
A plumbing system comprising:
- a plumbing assembly;
- a control assembly fluidly coupled to the plumbing assembly, the control assembly comprising a first valve and a second valve;
- and
- a control unit communicably coupled to the control assembly, the control unit comprising a plurality of sensors configured to sense a first velocity of a gesture along a first axis and a second velocity of the gesture along a second axis;
- wherein the control unit is configured to adjust an operational state of the plumbing assembly based on the first velocity of the gesture and the second velocity of the gesture.
A method for controlling a plumbing assembly, the method comprising:
- determining a first velocity of a gesture along a first axis and a second velocity of the gesture along a second axis based on input from a plurality of sensors;
- and
- adjusting an operational state of the plumbing assembly based on the first velocity and the second velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.