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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:

Sdb Ip Holdings, Llc, Oviedo, FL (US);

Inventor:

Rock R. Allard, III, Oviedo, FL (US);

Assignee:

SDB IP Holdings, LLC, Oviedo, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 5/06 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01); E03D 1/00 (2006.01); E03D 3/00 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); A47K 10/00 (2006.01); A47K 10/24 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/0091 (2013.01); E03C 1/057 (2013.01); E03D 5/105 (2013.01); E03D 9/00 (2013.01); F16K 31/0675 (2013.01); G01F 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 7/0635 (2013.01); A47K 5/06 (2013.01); A47K 10/00 (2013.01); A47K 10/24 (2013.01); E03C 1/02 (2013.01); E03D 1/00 (2013.01); E03D 3/00 (2013.01); Y10T 137/776 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7761 (2015.04);
Abstract

A system for adjusting a timing of at least one flush valve based on demand is provided. The system includes a plurality of flush valves arranged in at least one restroom. The system also includes a network device configured to receive wireless signals, and at least one processor in communication with the network device and the plurality of flush valves, the at least one processor programmed or configured to: detect, based on wireless signals received by the network device, a number of mobile devices in the area; determine whether the number of mobile devices in the area meets or exceeds at least one predetermined threshold; and in response to determining that the number of mobile devices in the area meets or exceeds the at least one predetermined threshold, adjusting the flush time of each of the plurality of flush valves to an adjusted flush time.


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