IP Library Granted Patent US 11,467,315
Granted Patent B2
US 11,467,315 · App. 17/040,961 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Detection range specification member for human body detection sensor and toilet

Inventors: Kentarou Tsuji (Tokyo, JP); Hiroto Kutsuzawa (Tokyo, JP); Takuma Uchiyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
G01V8/12E03D5/105
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Patent No.
US 11,467,315
App. No.
17/040,961
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection range specification member for a human body detection sensor is provided in a washroom and is configured to specify a detection range of a human body detection sensor having an infrared sensor body configured to detect a human body. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor includes a material that reduces transmission of infrared rays, and is provided so as to cover at least a part of the infrared sensor body. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor is a sheet member that is configured to allow installation on a sensor surface side of the infrared sensor body.

Claims (23)

1. A detection range specification member for a human body detection sensor, comprising a material that reduces transmission of infrared rays;

wherein the detection range specification member is provided in a washroom;

wherein the detection range specification member covers at least a part of an infrared sensor body of the human body detection sensor and specifies a detection range of the human body detection sensor, and

wherein the detection range specification member is a sheet member that is configured to allow installation on a detection surface side of the infrared sensor body.

2. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the human body detection sensor is provided in a toilet, and

wherein the sheet member is configured to allow fitting into a recessed portion formed in the toilet.

3. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the detection range specification member is a cover member that is attachable to and detachable from the infrared sensor body so as to cover a detection surface side of the infrared sensor body.

4. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 3 , wherein the cover member has an engaged part that is capable of being engaged with the human body detection sensor.

5. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the detection range specification member includes polyethylene, and is configured to allow installation for covering the entire infrared sensor body.

6. A toilet comprising:

a human body detection sensor having an infrared sensor body that is configured to detect a human body; and

the detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 that specifies a detection range of the human body detection sensor.

7. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the detection range specification member includes polyethylene, and is configured to allow installation for covering the entire infrared sensor body.

8. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 2 , wherein the detection range specification member includes polyethylene, and is configured to allow installation for covering the entire infrared sensor body.

9. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 3 , wherein the detection range specification member includes polyethylene, and is configured to allow installation for covering the entire infrared sensor body.

10. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 4 , wherein the detection range specification member includes polyethylene, and is configured to allow installation for covering the entire infrared sensor body.

11. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor of claim 1 , wherein the detection range specification member is provided between the infrared sensor body and a sensor cover configured to cover the detection surface side of the infrared sensor body.

12. A detection range specification member for a human body detection sensor, comprising a material that reduces transmission of infrared rays;

wherein the detection range specification member is provided in a washroom;

wherein the detection range specification member covers at least a part of an infrared sensor body of the human body detection sensor and specifies a detection range of the human body detection sensor,

wherein the detection range specification member is a sheet member that is configured to allow installation on a detection surface side of the infrared sensor body,

wherein the human body detection sensor is provided in a toilet, and

wherein the sheet member is configured to allow fitting into a recessed portion formed in the toilet.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR ASSIGNEE Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062635/0802 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055985/0215 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056875/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: TSUJI, KENTAROU; KUTSUZAWA, HIROTO; UCHIYAMA, TAKUMA
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054539/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-059760 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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