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Granted Patent B2
US 10,136,776 · App. 15/682,628 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Toilet apparatus

Inventors: Yuta Tanogashira (Kitakyushu, JP); Shoichi Tsuiki (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
A47K13/30E03D5/10E03D9/007G01S13/04G01S13/56G01S7/352
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Patent No.
US 10,136,776
App. No.
15/682,628
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet apparatus according to an embodiment includes a human body detector and a controlled part. The toilet apparatus is mounted to a toilet. The human body detector radiates a radio wave and detects a human body based on the signal that is obtained. The human body detector outputs a control signal based on the detection result. The controlled part is controlled based on the control signal. The human body detector has two or more establishment times from when the signal is obtained until when the detection result based on the signal is established.

Claims (10)

1. A toilet apparatus mounted to a toilet, the apparatus comprising:

a human body detector capable of radiating a radio wave, the human body detector detecting a human body based on an obtained signal, the human body detector outputting a control signal based on a result of the detecting; and

a controlled part, the controlled part being controlled based on the control signal,

the human body detector having two or more establishment times from when the signal is obtained until when the detection result based on the signal is established,

the human body detector having a plurality of sensitivities,

the plurality of sensitivities corresponding respectively to two or more of the establishment times, and

the human body detector performing the detecting of the human body by using one of the plurality of establishment times and using one of the plurality of sensitivities corresponding to the one of the plurality of establishment times.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the human body detector has two or more establishment times from a state in which the human body is detected as being present until when the human body is detected as being absent.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a main part provided on the toilet, a toilet seat being pivotally supported by the main part to be rotatable,

the human body detector controlling the controlled part based on the detection result when the toilet seat is in an open state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2017
From: TANOGASHIRA, YUTA; TSUIKI, SHOICHI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 043351/0870 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-162440 · Aug 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180055297A1 · Mar 1, 2018
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