Index of Refraction Floor Scrubber to Determine Traffic

1 . A system comprising:

a surface cleaning apparatus, wherein the surface cleaning apparatus includes;

a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured to contain a cleaning solution;

a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to determine a quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

at least one of;

a memory device, wherein the memory device is configured to store data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution;

wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution can be used to determine a task to perform.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor and the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution include a refractometer and a refractive index, a turbidity sensor and a turbidity, and an impedance sensor and an electrical impedance.

3 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit configured to:

receive the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution;

determine, based at least in part on the data, a traffic value; and

determine, based at least in part on the traffic value, the task to perform.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to:

correlate a location with the traffic value.

5 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising a wireless receiver configured to receive the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution in substantially real time, and wherein the control circuit is configured to correlate the location with the traffic value based at least in part on a known location of the surface cleaning apparatus at a time when the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution was transmitted.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to receive the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution over a period of time, wherein the surface cleaning apparatus followed a predetermined route during cleaning, and wherein the correlation of the location with the traffic value is based, at least in part, on the predetermined route and a time value for the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution includes a time value.

8 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the traffic value is a number of people that passed through a location over a period of time.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein reservoir includes a first container and a second container, and wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution is a comparison of cleaning solution in the first container to cleaning solution in the second container.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution is one or more of a comparison of cleaning solution in the reservoir and intake cleaning solution, a known cleaning solution value and the cleaning solution in the reservoir, and the known cleaning solution value and the intake cleaning solution.

11 . A method comprising:

determining, via a sensor of a surface cleaning apparatus, a quality associated with a cleaning solution; and

at least one of:

storing, via a memory device of the surface cleaning apparatus, data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

transmitting, via a transmitter of the surface cleaning apparatus, the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution;

wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution can be used to determine a task to perform.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the sensor and the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution include a refractometer and a refractive index, a turbidity sensor and a turbidity, and an impedance sensor and an electrical impedance.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, via a control circuit, the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution from the transmitter;

determining, based, at least in part, on the data related associated with the quality of the cleaning solution, a traffic value; and

determining, based, at least in part, on the traffic value, the task to perform.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

correlating a location with the traffic value.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein control circuit includes a wireless receiver, wherein the receiving the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution occurs in substantially real time, the method further comprising:

determining a known location of the surface cleaning apparatus at a time when the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution was transmitted, wherein the correlating the location with the traffic value is based, at least in part, on the known location of the surface cleaning apparatus at the time when the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution was transmitted.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the receiving the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution occurs over a period of time, the method further comprising:

determining a predetermined route traveled by the surface cleaning apparatus during cleaning, and wherein the correlating the location with the traffic value is based, at least in part, on the predetermined route and a time value for the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution includes a time value.

18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the traffic value is a number of people that passed through a location over a period of time.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the surface cleaning apparatus includes a first container and a second container, and wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution is a comparison of cleaning solution in the first container and cleaning solution in the second container.

20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the surface cleaning apparatus includes a reservoir, and wherein the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution is one or more of a comparison of cleaning solution in the reservoir and intake cleaning solution, a known cleaning solution value and the cleaning solution in the reservoir, and the known cleaning solution value and the intake cleaning solution.

21 . A system comprising:

a surface cleaning apparatus, wherein the surface cleaning apparatus includes;

a reservoir, wherein the reservoir is configured to contain a cleaning solution;

a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to determine a quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

at least one of;

a memory device, wherein the memory device is configured to store data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution; and

a control circuit configured to;

receive the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution;

determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the quality associated with the cleaning solution, a traffic value; and

determine, based, at least in part, on the traffic value, a task to perform.