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US 2026/0035897 A1Published application
Smart restroom systems and devices for the same
AssigneeSatellite Industries, Inc.
InventorsKenneth V. SCHOMBURG, Douglas E. LOEBERTMANN
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Abstract
A portable restroom is provided with a suite of sensors and control electronics to monitor and report real time conditions and usage data for the portable restroom. Similar technology can be applied to service trucks, restroom trailers, and portable vacuum toilets for the portable restrooms. A central control computer can maintain databases of data and alerts for each restroom and truck. The central control computer can also track and manage inventory of consumable products for the portable restrooms. A user app can interface with the central control computer to monitor restroom status and consumable consumption, route service technicians and manage inventory of consumables, among other functions and features.
Claims21
A portable toilet system, comprising:
- a plurality of portable toilets;
- a central computer system;
- a portable computing device;
- and
- a smart appliance disposed in each of the plurality of toilets, the smart appliance comprising:
- a housing
- a processor and memory disposed inside of the housing;
- a battery electrically coupled to the processor;
- a wireless transceiver disposed in the housing;
- a global positioning system (GPS) decoder chipset disposed in the housing;
- a humidity sensor disposed in the housing;
- an accelerometer disposed in the housing;
- a temperature sensor disposed in the housing;
- and
- a waste level sensor disposed in the housing;
- wherein each of the plurality of portable toilets is networked with the central computer system via the wireless transceiver,
- wherein the processor of each smart appliance is configured to transmit wirelessly to the central computer system a plurality of sensor data collected by the humidity sensor, the accelerometer, the temperature sensor and the waste level sensor,
- wherein the processor of each smart appliance is configured to transmit wirelessly to the central computer system a GPS location data, and
- wherein the portable computing device is configured to obtain from the central computer system the plurality of sensor data and the GPS data for at least one of the plurality of portable toilets and generate a display screen on the portable computing device depicting a location on a map for the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets, a temperature of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets, a humidity of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets and a waste level of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets.
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A portable toilet system, comprising:
- a central computer system;
- a portable computing device;
- and
- a plurality of portable toilets, wherein each of the plurality of portable toilets comprises:
- an enclosure;
- a processor and memory disposed inside of the enclosure;
- a battery electrically coupled to the processor;
- a wireless transceiver disposed in the enclosure;
- a global positioning system (GPS) decoder chipset disposed in the enclosure;
- a humidity sensor disposed in the enclosure;
- an accelerometer disposed in the enclosure;
- a temperature sensor disposed in the enclosure;
- and
- a waste level sensor disposed in the enclosure;
- wherein each of the plurality of portable toilets is networked with the central computer system via the wireless transceiver,
- wherein the processor of each of the plurality of portable toilets is configured to transmit wirelessly to the central computer system a plurality of sensor data collected by the humidity sensor, the accelerometer, the temperature sensor and the waste level sensor,
- wherein the processor of each of the plurality of portable toilets is configured to transmit wirelessly to the central computer system a GPS location data, and
- wherein the portable computing device is configured to obtain from the central computer system the plurality of sensor data and the GPS data for at least one of the plurality of portable toilets and generate a display screen on the portable computing device depicting a location on a map for the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets, a temperature of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets, a humidity of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets and a waste level of the at least one of the plurality of portable toilets.
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A method of monitoring a plurality of portable toilets, comprising:
- networking a plurality of portable toilets with a central computing system and at least one portable computing device;
- sensing by each of the plurality of portable toilets a temperature inside of the portable toilet, a humidity inside of the portable toilet and a waste tank level inside of the portable toilet;
- determining by each of the plurality of portable toilets a GPS location for the toilet;
- transmitting wirelessly by each of the plurality of portable toilets to the central computing system the temperature inside of the portable toilet, the humidity inside of the portable toilet, the waste tank level inside of the portable toilet and the GPS location for the toilet;
- issuing by the central computing system an alert notice to the at least one portable computing device when at least one of the temperature inside of the portable toilet, the humidity inside of the portable toilet and the waste tank level inside of the portable toilet exceeds or falls below a preset threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.