US 12,007,042 B2
System, method, and apparatus for monitoring restroom appliances
Shawn D. Bush, Winter Park, FL (US); Rock R. Allard, III, Oviedo, FL (US); Blaine Andersen, Maitland, FL (US); and Christopher R. Harrison, Deltona, FL (US)
Assigned to SDB IP Holdings, LLC, Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed by SDB IP Holdings, LLC, Oviedo, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,758.
Application 17/484,758 is a continuation of application No. 16/527,106, filed on Jul. 31, 2019, granted, now 11,156,309.
Application 16/527,106 is a continuation of application No. 15/232,105, filed on Aug. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,527,191, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/267,472, filed on Dec. 15, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010891 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 37/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01); E03D 9/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01); G01F 1/00 (2022.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); A47K 5/06 (2006.01); A47K 10/00 (2006.01); A47K 10/24 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03D 1/00 (2006.01); E03D 3/00 (2006.01)
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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first restroom appliance of a plurality of restroom appliances arranged in an environment, environmental data comprising an ambient light level, the first restroom appliance comprising a sensor configured to detect the ambient light level and a communication device configured to transmit the ambient light level;
determining, with at least one controller, an adjusted infrared pulse frequency based on the ambient light level received from the first restroom appliance; and
modifying, with the at least one controller, an infrared pulse frequency of a second restroom appliance of the plurality of restroom appliances based on the adjusted infrared pulse frequency.