US 12,313,811 B2
Control system for a fluid delivery device
Christopher Seymour, Cheltenham (GB)
Assigned to Kohler Mira Limited, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed by KOHLER MIRA LIMITED, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,150.
Application 17/885,150 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2021/050271, filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2002280 (GB), filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0381944 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G01V 8/12 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G05B 19/41 (2006.01); G05B 19/4155 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC G01V 8/12 (2013.01) [E03C 1/057 (2013.01); G05B 19/4155 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37371 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system comprising:
an emitter configured to emit a series of pulses of electromagnetic radiation;
a detector configured to detect, as a series of detection events, electromagnetic radiation pulses reflected by an object on which the emitted pulses of electromagnetic radiation are incident; and
a microprocessor configured to:
receive signals corresponding to each detection event from the detector,
analyse a series of samples of the signals received from the detector, each sample corresponding to a plurality of successive detection events, and
subsequently to generate one or more signals to control operation of a
fluid delivery device based on the results of the analysis,
wherein the microprocessor is configured to generate a signal to initiate operation of the fluid delivery device when the analysis of a first sample matches a pre-determined pattern or any one of a plurality of pre-determined patterns and the analysis of a second sample matches a pre-determined pattern or any one of a plurality of pre-determined patterns.