US 11,949,533 B2
Sink device
Rafael Rexach, Sheboygan, WI (US); Jessica Schroeder, Sheboygan, WI (US); Miguel Arciniega, Sheboygan, WI (US); Ashley Springer, Sheboygan, WI (US); Shi Chao Zhang, Sheboygan, WI (US); Marwan Estiban, Mequon, WI (US); Anne Krauter, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US); Perry Erickson, Sheboygan, WI (US); Anil Pendyala, Grafton, WI (US); and Erin Geiger, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/129,604.
Application 17/129,604 is a division of application No. 16/126,942, filed on Sep. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,887,125.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/559,199, filed on Sep. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0203520 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G10L 21/00 (2013.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); A47K 13/30 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); A47K 10/32 (2006.01); A47K 10/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/282 (2013.01) [A47K 5/1217 (2013.01); A47K 13/305 (2013.01); E03C 1/055 (2013.01); E03C 1/057 (2013.01); E03D 5/105 (2013.01); E03D 9/002 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 21/06 (2013.01); H04L 12/2816 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3226 (2013.01); A47K 2010/3668 (2013.01); A47K 2201/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A home hub communication device for a sink, the home hub communication device comprising:
a data collection interface configured to communicate with a network and receive data indicative of at least one voice sink command from a user;
a flow sensor configured to generate sensor data indicative of a flow of water for the sink;
a controller configured to perform an analysis of the sensor data and the data indicative of the at least one voice sink command from the user and, in response to the analysis, control one or more valves to control the flow of water for the sink; and
an output interface configured to send data indicative of the at least one voice sink command from the user to a server,
wherein the home hub communication device is configured to package the data indicative of the at least one voice sink command in a predetermined format for the server.