Water-saving management system for sanitary facility and water-saving management method for sanitary facility

• US 9,169,625 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smooth Venture Investment Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alliance Service International Corporation
• Inventors: Chiu, Yuan-Ye, Ying, Ching-Hsien, Liu, Heng-Yen
• Primary Examiner(s): BAKER, LORI LYNN
• Application Number:
  US13/598,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20130047327A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,154 Days
• Field of Search: 4300-442
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/057 touchless, i.e. using sensors
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 1/00 Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 5/105 touchless, e.g. using sensors

Abstract

A water-saving management system for a sanitary facility and a water-saving management method for a sanitary facility are provided. A control device is connected to flush valves corresponding to sanitary facilities of one or more sanitary spaces. The control device outputs flush-associated data to a local server via a transmission network. The local server receives the flush-associated data and transfers mode setting data via the transmission network. The control device sets a flush mode according to the mode setting data, so as to flush the sanitary facilities.

Claims

1. A water-saving management system for a sanitary facility, for controlling at least one flush valve to flush a corresponding sanitary facility, the water-saving management system for a sanitary facility comprising:

at least one control device, connected to the flush valve corresponding to the sanitary facility, wherein the control device comprises;

a network module, connected to a transmission network,

a sensing module, detecting a user before the sanitary facility and generating a sensing signal, and

a processing module, electrically connecting the flush valve, the network module, and the sensing module, and having at least one flush mode to control the flush valve to flush the sanitary facility, wherein the processing module receives the sensing signal and outputs flush-associated data via the network module;

wherein the control device receives at least one piece of mode setting data transferred via the transmission network, the mode setting data comprises at least one context parameter corresponding to the flush mode, the context parameter is selected from an actual measurement factor, and the control device sets the flush mode according to the mode setting data.

2. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the control device has a plurality of flush modes, the control device switches to one of the flush modes according to the mode setting data to flush the sanitary facility.

3. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the control device has a plurality of flush modes, the context parameter corresponds to one of the flush modes, and the control device flushes the sanitary facility according to the one of the flush modes corresponding to the context parameter.

4. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 3, wherein the context parameter is further selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a place factor, a time factor, an event factor, and a building use factor.

5. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 1, wherein the mode setting data is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a flush time setting parameter, an execution person-time setting parameter, and a period/point-of-time setting parameter.

6. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 5, wherein the flush time setting parameter is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

forward flush time, backward flush time, intelligent backward flush time, and flush time for automatic clean flush.

7. A water-saving management system for a sanitary facility, for controlling a plurality of flush valves to flush a corresponding plurality of sanitary facilities respectively, wherein the flush valves and the sanitary facilities are located in at least one sanitary space respectively, the water-saving management system for a sanitary facility comprising:

a transmission network;

a plurality of control devices, connected to the flush valves corresponding to the sanitary facilities, wherein the control device comprises;

a network module, connected to the transmission network,

a sensing module, detecting a user before the sanitary facility and generating a sensing signal, and

a processing module, electrically connecting the flush valve, the network module, and the sensing module, and having at least one flush mode to control the flush valve to flush the sanitary facility, wherein the processing module receives the sensing signal and outputs flush-associated data via the network module; and

at least one local server, connected to the control devices via the transmission network, wherein the local server receives the flush-associated data and transfers at least one piece of mode setting data via the transmission network, the mode setting data is based on the number of actually measured persons, and the control device sets the flush mode according to the mode setting data to flush the sanitary facility.

8. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 7, wherein the mode setting data is further based on one or any combination of:

a place where the sanitary facility and the sanitary space are located, time, a relevant event, and a building use.

9. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 7, wherein each of the control devices has a plurality of flush modes, and the control device switches to one of the flush modes according to the mode setting data.

10. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 7, further comprising a central server connected to the local server via the Internet, wherein the local server transfers the flush-associated data to the central server.

11. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 7, wherein the mode setting data is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a flush time setting parameter, an execution person-time setting parameter, and a period/point-of-time setting parameter.

12. The water-saving management system for a sanitary facility according to claim 11, wherein the period/point-of-time setting parameter is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a time segment, a time period, an automatic clean flush interval, opening time, and closing time.

13. A water-saving management method for a sanitary facility, applied to a flush valve corresponding to at least one sanitary facility of at least one sanitary space, the method comprising:

connecting a control device to a transmission network, wherein the control device is connected to the flush valve corresponding to the sanitary facility;

outputting at least one piece of flush-associated data of the control device to the transmission network;

receiving by the transmission network at least one piece of mode setting data transferred to the control device; and

setting at least one flush mode of the control device according to the mode setting data, wherein the mode setting data comprises at least one context parameter corresponding to the flush mode, the context parameter is selected from an actual measurement factor.

14. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 13, further comprising:

calculating and outputting, according to the flush-associated data of the control device, one or any combination of ;

a water-saving volume, a water use volume, and a water fee.

15. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 13, wherein the mode setting data comprises execution person-time in intelligent water-saving.

16. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 13, wherein the control device has a plurality of flush modes, the context parameter corresponds to one of the flush modes, and the control device flushes the sanitary facility according to the one of the flush modes corresponding to the context parameter.

17. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 16, wherein the context parameter is further selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a place factor, a time factor, an event factor, and a building use factor.

18. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 13, wherein the mode setting data is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

a flush time setting parameter, an execution person-time setting parameter, and a period/point-of-time setting parameter.

19. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 18, wherein the flush time setting parameter is selected from one of the following group or any combination of:

forward flush time, backward flush time, intelligent backward flush time, and flush time for automatic clean flush.

20. The water-saving management method for a sanitary facility according to claim 13, wherein the flush-associated data is transferred to a local server via the transmission network and the local server transfers the mode setting data to the control device via the transmission network.