BATTERY CONDITION DETECTION IN HAND HYGIENE PRODUCT DISPENSERS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of dispensers each configured to dispense a hand hygiene product, each dispenser configured to detect a dispense event and transmit a corresponding dispense event signal including dispenser identification information associated with the dispenser;
each of the plurality of dispensers further including;
one or more batteries configured to supply power to the dispenser; and
a voltage sensor that senses voltage information correlated to a battery voltage provided by the one or more batteries;
data storage media that stores a plurality of discharge profiles each corresponding to one of the plurality of dispenser types and one of a plurality of dispensed product types; and
a computing device that, for at least one of the plurality of dispensers;
receives the voltage information and the dispenser identification information;
identifies one of the plurality of discharge profiles based on the voltage information received from the dispenser and the dispenser identification information; and
identifies one of the plurality of dispensed product types corresponding to the identified discharge profile.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for detection and analysis of battery condition information may be used with respect to, for example, battery powered hand hygiene product dispensers. The battery condition information may be used to identify potential low battery conditions, the type of dispenser, the type or form of product dispensed, and/or to detect occurrence of a battery replacement event in a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to determine a number of dispenses remaining for a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to provide battery condition information for battery operated hand hygiene product dispensers in hand hygiene compliance systems.
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29 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of dispensers each configured to dispense a hand hygiene product, each dispenser configured to detect a dispense event and transmit a corresponding dispense event signal including dispenser identification information associated with the dispenser; each of the plurality of dispensers further including; one or more batteries configured to supply power to the dispenser; and a voltage sensor that senses voltage information correlated to a battery voltage provided by the one or more batteries; data storage media that stores a plurality of discharge profiles each corresponding to one of the plurality of dispenser types and one of a plurality of dispensed product types; and a computing device that, for at least one of the plurality of dispensers; receives the voltage information and the dispenser identification information; identifies one of the plurality of discharge profiles based on the voltage information received from the dispenser and the dispenser identification information; and identifies one of the plurality of dispensed product types corresponding to the identified discharge profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a hand hygiene product dispenser associated with one of plurality of dispenser types and configured to dispense a hand hygiene product, the hand hygiene product dispenser including; one or more batteries configured to supply power to the dispenser; and a voltage sensor that senses voltage information correlated to a battery voltage of the one or more batteries; the hand hygiene product dispenser configured to transmit dispenser data including dispenser identification information associated with the dispenser, the associated one of the plurality of dispenser types, and the voltage information; a computing device configured to receive the dispenser data; and data storage media that stores a plurality of discharge profiles each corresponding to one of the plurality of dispenser types and one of a plurality of dispensed product types, wherein the computing device further identifies one of the plurality of discharge profiles based on the one of the plurality of dispenser types associated with the dispenser and based on the voltage information received from the dispenser over a period of time, and identifies one of the plurality of dispensed product types corresponding to the identified discharge profile. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a hand hygiene product dispenser including; one or more batteries configured to supply power to the dispenser; and a voltage sensor that senses voltage information correlated to a battery voltage of the one or more batteries; the hand hygiene product dispenser configured to transmit the voltage information; data storage media that stores a plurality of discharge profiles each corresponding to one of a plurality of dispenser types and one of a plurality of dispensed product types; and a computing device configured to receive the voltage information and identify one of the plurality of discharge profiles based on the voltage information received from the dispenser; the computing device further configured to identify the one of the plurality of dispenser types and the one of the plurality of dispensed product types corresponding to the identified discharge profile. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a hand hygiene product dispenser, the dispenser defined by one of a plurality of dispenser types and including; one or more batteries configured to supply power to the dispenser; and a voltage sensor that senses voltage information correlated to a battery voltage of the one or more batteries; the hand hygiene product dispenser configured to transmit dispenser data including the voltage information and dispenser identification information including the defined one of the plurality dispenser types; data storage media that stores one or more discharge profiles each corresponding to one of the plurality of dispenser types and one of a plurality of dispensed product types; and a computing device configured to receive the voltage information and the dispenser identification information, the computing device further configured to identify one of the plurality of discharge profiles based on the voltage information and the defined one of the plurality of dispenser types; the computing device further configured to identify the dispensed product type corresponding to the identified discharge profile. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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