Patent SG-11201811029W-A (SG)
Title: Distributed system for resource management for hand hygiene units
Inventor: CROTTET DENIS
IPC: G06Q50/22
Filed: 2017-07-07
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 January 2018 (11.01.2018) WIP0 I PCT ill~~~~~~~~ 011101010VIIIOH olo olon ioo Imo iflo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/007608 Al Fig. 2 33-4, +$1 +It 0 (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 10/08 (2012.01) G06Q 10/00 (2012.01) GO6Q 50/22 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2017/067136 (22) International Filing Date: 07 July 2017 (07.07.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 16178474.9 07 July 2016 (07.07.2016) EP (71) Applicant: SMIXIN SA [CH/CH]; Rue Centrale 115, 2503 Bienne (CH). (72) Inventors: CROTTET, Denis; Rte des Genevreys 81, 1564 Domdidier (CH). DECKERS, Jean Michel; 13 Jalan Istimewa, Singapore 278397 (SG). STUTZER, Diego; Sch- miedweg 34a, 2503 Biel/Bienne (CH). VAUCHER, Vin- cent; Chemin des faulx 4, 2605 Sonceboz-Sombeval (CH). CHAPELAT, Carole; Rue du Pilate 25, 2502 Biel/Bienne (CH). (74) Agent: FREI PATENT ATTORNEYS; c/o Frei Patentan- waltsbfiro AG, Postfach 1771, 8032 Ziirich (CH). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR HAND HYGIENE UNITS (57) : A distributed system for resource management for hand hygiene units, comprises supervisor units (2) and hand hygiene units (1) with • a first supply unit for supplying first consumables, e.g. comprising water and/or addi- 27' tive such as soap, • a first supply metering device for determining an amount of first consumables provided, • a communication unit (27), • a data processor (20) configured for o reading data from the first supply metering device, o determin- ing operating data representing a consumption of consumables, and transmitting the operating data to supervisor units (2), with an identity of the hand hygiene unit (1) being associated with the operating data; the supervisor units (2) doing at least one of: • planning of maintenance actions for the hand hygiene units (1); • monitoring of consumption of consumables. 32-4. • • 1 • 5 O 31 N C