TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention generally relates to faucets. More particularly, relates to a system to control water supply from faucet by monitoring dispensing of water, and automatically closing the faucet to prevent wastage of water.

BACKGROUND
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] Water is one of the most important basic needs for all living beings. But unfortunately a huge amount of water is being wasted by uncontrolled use.
[0004] The people generally open the tap to fill a bucket of water and forget to close it in due course of time. As a result the water start flowing out of the bucket causing wastage of lot of water. Moreover, flooding is very common, generally occurs at home when there are restricted timings for water supply in a day. As per human tendency, tap remains turn on when water supply is closed. Whenever water supply is resumed flooding may occur which may damage the home appliances, building structures and furniture etc.
[0005] Numerous devices are available to regulate the amount of water that flows through a faucet or a shower head. The objective of these devices is to stop the flow of water from the faucet and/or shower head after a pre-determined period of time or after the person's hands or body are no longer in the vicinity of the faucet or shower head. However, no device is available to detect overflowing of water from bucket, and falling of water on ground directly.
[0006] There is a need to provide a solution that overcomes the above-mentioned and other limitations of existing solutions and provides a system to be used with faucets for automatic controlling of faucet to prevent wastage of water.

OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0007] Some of the objects of the present disclosure, which at least one embodiment herein satisfies are as listed herein below.
[0008] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a system to be used with water faucets to save water.
[0009] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system to prevent wastage of water.
[0010] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a cost-effective system, and easy to assemble.
[0011] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system to shut off the faucet automatically, when the water is overflowing from a receptacle.
[0012] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a system to shut off the faucet automatically, when the water is directly falling on the ground.
[0013] Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like features.

SUMMARY
[0014] Various aspects of the present disclosure relates to faucets. In particular, relates to relates to a system to control water supply from faucet by monitoring dispensing of water, and automatically closing the faucet to prevent wastage of water.
[0015] An aspect of the present disclosure disclosing a system to control water supply from a faucet, the system comprising may include a sensor coupled to the faucet for collecting a first set of sound waves reflected from a receptacle, the receptacle positioned below the faucet to receive water, a flow valve may be configured to control dispensing of water from the faucet, a control unit may be operatively coupled to the sensor, and the control unit may include a learning engine coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the learning engine and configured to receive the collected first set of sound waves, analyse the received first set of sound waves to determine type of sound, classify the type of sound to evaluate level of water in the receptacle, generate a first control signal, upon detection of level of water above a pre-defined limit, and the first control signal may be transmitted to the flow valve, and the flow valve may be configured to be shut off upon receiving the first control signal.
[0016] In an aspect, the sensor may include any or a combination of audio sensor, sound detector, microphone, and ultrasonic sound wave transducer means.
[0017] In an aspect, the flow valve may be a solenoid valve.
[0018] In an aspect, the sensor may be configured for collecting a second set of sound waves reflected from a ground, when the water is falling on the ground.
[0019] In an aspect, the control unit may be configured to analyse the received second set of sound waves to determine type of sound, and correspondingly generate a second control signal, where the second control signal may be transmitted to the flow valve, and the flow valve is configured to be shut off upon receiving the second control signal.
[0020] In an aspect, a power source may be provided to supply electricity to the sensor and the control unit, wherein the power source include any or a combination of AC power supply and DC power supply.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0022] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0023] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a proposed system for water level detection, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0024] FIG. 2 A-2B illustrate exemplary views of the system implemented with a faucet, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0025] FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary functional components of a control unit of the proposed system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such detail as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0027] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. Embodiments explained herein relates to faucets, in particular the present disclosure relates to relates to a system to control water supply from faucet by monitoring dispensing of water, and automatically closing the faucet to prevent wastage of water.
[0028] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a proposed system for water level detection, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0029] As illustrated in FIG. 1, a system 100 to be coupled with a faucet is disclosed. The system 100 can include a sensor 104, a control unit 110, a flow valve 108, and a power source 114. The system 100 can be configured to detect sound of water and correspondingly control the flow valve 108 to prevent wastage of water.
[0030] In an embodiment, the sensor 104 can include but not limited to likes, audio sensor, sound detector, microphone, and ultrasonic sound wave transducer means. The sensor 104 can be configured to collect a first set of sound waves, when the water from faucet falls in the receptacle, and a second set of sound waves, when the water directly fall on the ground. The receptacle of the present invention is a bucket, tank, drum, or any vessel which is filled by water dispensing from the faucet.
[0031] In an embodiment, the flow valve 108 can be configured to control dispensing of water from the faucet. When the flow valve is turned ON, the water can be dispensed, when the flow valve is shut off, dispensing of water can be stopped. The flow valve can be a solenoid valve. For example, the solenoid valve can be direct acting valve, pilot operated valve, two way valve, three way valve, and four way valve.
[0032] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can include a learning engine 112 configured to train a model to accurately detect wastage of water, by detecting overflow, and water falling on ground. The learning engine 112 can include machine learning algorithms.
[0033] In an exemplary embodiment, the sensor 104 be a digital image capturing device that can take on a variety of forms, such as a charged/coupled device (CCD) camera or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera. The camera can collect images of a pre-defined area, the collected images can be transmitted to the control unit 110 for analysis. The control unit 110 can be configured to extract water level information and falling of water on ground, and correspondingly the flow valve 108 can be shut off to prevent water wastage.
[0034] In an exemplary embodiment, when the water is full in the receptacle, or the water is directly falling on the floor, the system 100 can transmit a notification to a client device such as smart phone, PDA, laptop, personal computer using a communication unit. Examples of such wireless Internet technology include GSM, Wireless LAN (WLAN), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct, Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), Wireless Broadband (WiBro), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced), and the like. In addition, the communication unit can be configured to facilitate short-range communication. For example, short-range communication can be supported using at least one of Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra-Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, Near Field Communication (NFC), Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct, Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus), and the like
[0035] In an embodiment, a power source 114 can be provided to provide electricity to sensor 104, the control unit 110, and the flow valve 108. The power source 114 can include any or a combination of AC power supply and DC power supply. For example, the power source 114 can include any or a combination of rechargeable battery, lithium (Li) ion cell, rechargeable cells, electrochemical cells, storage battery, Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Cadmium, Nickel Hydride and secondary cell.
[0036] FIG. 2 A-2B illustrate exemplary views of the system implemented with a faucet, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0037] As illustrated in FIG. 2A, a faucet 202 is shown, a sensor 104 can be positioned on the faucet to detect first set of sound waves collected from the water falling in a receptacle 204. A control unit 110 can be coupled to the faucet that can be configured to analyse the received first set of sound waves, to evaluate level of water in the receptacle and correspondingly shut off the flow valve 108, upon detection of overflow of the water in the receptacle 204.
[0038] As illustrated in FIG. 2B, a faucet 202 is shown, a sensor 104 is positioned on the faucet 202 to detect second set of sound waves generated when the water fall on ground. A control unit 110 can be coupled to the faucet 202 that can be configured to analyse the received second set of sound waves, to evaluate falling of water on ground and correspondingly shut off the flow valve 108, to prevent wastage of water.
[0039] FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary functional components of a control unit of the proposed system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0040] As illustrated in FIG. 3, a control unit 110 is disclosed, the control unit 110 can include one or more processor(s) 302 that can be implemented as one or more microprocessors, microcomputers, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, central processing units, logic circuitries, and/or any devices that manipulate data based on operational instructions. Among other capabilities, the one or more processor(s) 302 can be configured to fetch and execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory 304 of the control unit 110. The memory 304 can store one or more computer-readable instructions or routines, which may be fetched and executed to create or share the data units over a network service. The memory 304 can include any non-transitory storage device including, for example, volatile memory such as RAM, or non-volatile memory such as EPROM, flash memory, and the like.
[0041] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can also include an interface(s) 306. The interface(s) 306 may comprise a variety of interfaces, for example, interfaces for data input and output devices, referred to as I/O devices, storage devices, and the like. The interface(s) 306 may facilitate communication of system 100. The interface(s) 306 may also provide a communication pathway for one or more components of the system 100. Examples of such components include, but are not limited to, natural language learning engine(s) 112 and a database 308.
[0042] In an embodiment, the learning engine(s) 112 can be implemented as a combination of hardware and programming (for example, programmable instructions) to implement one or more functionalities of the learning engine(s) 112. In examples described herein, such combinations of hardware and programming may be implemented in several different ways. For example, the programming for the learning engine(s) 112 may be processor executable instructions stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and the hardware for the learning engine(s) 112 may include a processing resource (for example, one or more processors), to execute such instructions. In the present examples, the machine-readable storage medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processing resource, implement the learning engine(s) 112. In such examples, the control unit 110 can include the machine-readable storage medium storing the instructions and the processing resource to execute the instructions, or the machine-readable storage medium may be separate but accessible to control unit 110 and the processing resource. In other examples, the learning engine(s) 112 may be implemented by electronic circuitry. The database 308 can include data that is either stored or generated as a result of functionalities implemented by any of the components of the learning engine(s) 112
[0043] In an embodiment, learning engine(s) 112 208 can include a sound type detection unit 310, a water level detection unit 312, a classification and training unit 314, a signal generation unit 316, and other unit(s) 318. The other unit(s) 318 can implement functionalities that supplement applications or functions performed by the system 100 or learning engine(s) 112.
[0044] In an embodiment, the learning engine 110 can include but not limited to machine learning algorithms and deep learning algorithms. In an exemplary embodiment, the learning engine 112 can include deep learning algorithms such as but not limited to support vector machines, decision trees, artificial neural networks, and convolutional neural networks (CNN)
[0045] It would be appreciated that units being described are only exemplary units and any other unit or sub-unit may be included as part of the system 100. These units too may be merged or divided into super- units or sub-units as may be configured.
[0046] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can be configured to receive the first set of sound waves from a sensor 104 coupled to the faucet. The sound type detection unit 310 can analyse the received sound to detect type of sound, for example, pitch of the sound of water filling in a receptacle can increase as the water in the bucket rises, and the length of the area of the air column decreases, thus the frequency of the sound increases. The detected sound frequency can be transmitted to the water level detection unit 312.
[0047] In an embodiment, the water level detection unit 312 can be configured to determine level of water in the receptacle i.e. receptacle is empty, half full, and full. Upon detection of full receptacle, the signal generation unit 316 can generate a first control signal. The generated first control signal can be transmitted to a flow valve 108 coupled to the faucet, and upon receipt of the first control signal the flow valve 108 can be shut off automatically to prevent wastage of water by overflowing.
[0048] In an embodiment, the control unit 110 can be configured to receive the first set of sound waves from a sensor 104 coupled to the faucet. The sound type detection unit 310 can analyse the received sound to detect type of sound, for example, pitch of the sound of water filling in a receptacle can increase as the water in the bucket rises, and the length of the area of the air column decreases, thus the frequency of the sound increases. The detected sound frequency can be transmitted to the water level detection unit 312.
[0049] In another embodiment, the control unit 110 can be configured to receive the second set of sound waves from the sensor 104 coupled to the faucet. The sound type detection unit 310 can analyse the received sound to determine that water is falling on ground, floor, tiles, and etc. and correspondingly the signal generation unit 316 can generate a second control signal. The generated second control signal can be transmitted to the flow valve 108 coupled to the faucet, and upon receipt of the first control signal the flow valve 108 can be shut off automatically to prevent wastage of water.
[0050] In an embodiment, the classification and training unit 314 can be configured to update and train a learning model based on the extracted and analysed information, and the leaning model can be stored in the database 208. The learning model can be used in detection of type and sound, level of water in the receptacle, and when water is falling on ground.
[0051] The above described features, configurations, effects, and the like are included in at least one of the embodiments of the present invention, and should not be limited to only one embodiment. In addition, the features, configurations, effects, and the like as illustrated in each embodiment may be implemented with regard to other embodiments as they are combined with one another or modified by those skilled in the art. Thus, content related to these combinations and modifications should be construed as including in the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
[0052] Further, although the embodiments have been mainly described until now, they are just exemplary and do not limit the present invention. Thus, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will know that various modifications and applications which have not been exemplified may be performed within a range which does not deviate from the essential characteristics of the embodiments. For instance, the constituent elements described in detail in the exemplary embodiments can be modified to be performed. Further, the differences related to such modifications and applications shall be construed to be included in the scope of the present invention specified in the attached claims.
[0053] The present invention encompasses various modifications to each of the examples and embodiments discussed herein. According to the invention, one or more features described above in one embodiment or example can be equally applied to another embodiment or example described above. The features of one or more embodiments or examples described above can be combined into each of the embodiments or examples described above. Any full or partial combination of one or more embodiment or examples of the invention is also part of the invention.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0054] The present disclosure provides a system to be used with water faucets to save water.
[0055] The present disclosure provides a system to prevent wastage of water.
[0056] The present disclosure provides a system which is cost-effective, and easy to assemble.
[0057] The present disclosure provides a system to shut off the faucet automatically, when the water is overflowing from a receptacle.
[0058] The present disclosure provides a system to shut off the faucet automatically, when the water is directly falling on the ground.

Claims:

1. A system 100 to control water supply from a faucet, the system comprising;
a sensor 104 to be coupled to the faucet for collecting a first set of sound waves reflected from a receptacle 106, wherein the receptacle positioned below the faucet to receive water;
a flow valve 108 configured to control dispensing of water from the faucet;
a control unit 110 operatively coupled to the sensor, wherein the control unit comprises a learning engine 112 coupled with a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the learning engine and configured to:
receive the collected first set of sound waves;
analyse the received first set of sound waves to determine type of sound; and
classify the type of sound to evaluate level of water in the receptacle;
generate a first control signal, upon detection of level of water above a pre-defined limit, wherein the first control signal is transmitted to the flow valve, and wherein the flow valve is configured to be shut off upon receiving the first control signal.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor 104 comprises any or a combination of audio sensor, sound detector, microphone, and ultrasonic sound wave transducer means.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flow valve 108 is a solenoid valve.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor 104 is configured for collecting a second set of sound waves reflected from a ground, when the water is falling on the ground.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the control unit 110 is configured to:
analyse the received second set of sound waves to determine type of sound, and correspondingly generate a second control signal, wherein the second control signal is transmitted to the flow valve, wherein the flow valve is configured to be shut off upon receiving the second control signal.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a power source 114 is provided to supply electricity to the sensor and the control unit, wherein the power source include any or a combination of AC power supply and DC power supply.