IP Library Patent Application 17028703
Patent Application
App. No. 17/028,703

TOILET REMOTE CONTROLLER

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App. No.
17/028,703
Abstract

A toilet remote controller includes a main body, an electrostatic switch provided on a front surface of the main body, and a control unit that is provided in the main body and transmits an operation signal corresponding to an operation of the electrostatic switch to a toilet device.

Claims (16)

1 . A toilet remote controller comprising:

a main body;

an electrostatic switch provided on a front surface of the main body; and

a control unit that is provided in the main body and configured to transmit an operation signal corresponding to an operation of the electrostatic switch to a toilet device.

2 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a vibration source that is activated by the operation of the electrostatic switch.

3 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein an electrostatic capacitance sensor of the electrostatic switch is a mutual capacitance sensor.

4 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 ,

wherein the electrostatic switch includes multiple detection regions, the electrostatic switch being configured to detect touch on the detection region and recognize a position of the detection region where the touch is detected,

wherein the detection regions are arranged in line on the front surface; and

wherein a space between the adjacent detection regions in an arrangement direction is larger than a maximum dimension of each of the adjacent detection regions in the arrangement direction.

5 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a cover having light permeability on the front surface.

6 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein a case of the main body includes a protection portion that protrudes to a front side beyond the front surface.

7 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to transmit the operation signal of the electrostatic switch to the toilet device when the main body is in a first posture, and is configured to not transmit the operation signal of the electrostatic switch to the toilet device when the main body is in a second posture different from the first posture.

8 . The toilet remote controller of claim 7 , wherein the main body is fixed to a wall by a holder in the first posture.

9 . The toilet remote controller of claim 7 , wherein an operation unit operable in the second posture is provided on a back surface of the main body.

10 . The toilet remote controller of claim 1 , wherein the main body includes a posture detection sensor that detects a posture of the main body in at least two axis directions.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055985/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055967/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2020
From: YAMASAKI, RYUHEI; AKASAKI, HIDEYUKI; MIZUNO, NOBUYASU; NAKAGAWA, KEIKO; TOYA, TOMOKAZU
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054539/0783 →