US 12,437,591 B2
Controlling of a lock unit for hygiene equipment
Robert Kling, Gothenburg (SE); and Per Möller, Borlänge (SE)
Assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 18/548,361
Filed by Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055141
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/184236, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0135762 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0233463 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data collection method, comprising the steps of:
receiving inbound data from a hygiene equipment, the inbound data indicating a filling status of the hygiene equipment acquired by a data acquisition unit of the hygiene equipment; and
transmitting outbound data to the hygiene equipment, the outbound data changing a behaviour with regard to a lock unit of the hygiene equipment based on the filling status of the hygiene equipment.