US 11,753,805 B2
User interface for controlling a shower system
Ki Bok Song, Plainview, NY (US); Jean-Jacques L'Henaff, New Canaan, CT (US); and Greg Reinecker, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 16/756,036
Filed by AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/056215
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/079393, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/573,575, filed on Oct. 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0263400 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); F24D 17/00 (2022.01)
CPC E03C 1/055 (2013.01) [G05D 23/1393 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); F24D 17/0078 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user interface for controlling a shower system comprising:
at least one control configured to be actuated by a user and generate one or more signals for controlling an operation of the shower system; and
at least one indicator light configured to illuminate in different patterns which are matched to different operational stages of the shower system,
wherein
the user interface comprises a central core and a temperature control comprising a ring positioned around and rotatable about the central core,
the at least one indicator light is positioned on a face of the central core,
the ring comprises a physical handle projecting radially outward therefrom, an angular position of the handle relative to the central core being indicative of a desired water temperature,
the temperature control is configured to allow a user to set the desired water temperature by applying a torque to the handle to rotate the ring to the angular position relative to the central core,
the at least one indicator light is configured to provide a first light pattern when the shower system is in a first operational stage wherein water in the shower system is being warmed to the desired temperature, and
the at least one indicator light is configured to provide a second light pattern different from the first light pattern when the shower system is in a second operational stage wherein a temperature of the water has reached the desired temperature.