公开(公告)号：US20240197124A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18590992

申请日：2024-02-29

Applicant: TOTO LTD.

Inventor： Takeshi Takaki ,  Satoko Kizuka ,  Yuta Sakai ,  Hirotomo Suyama ,  Hitoaki Higuchi ,  Naoya Takeuchi ,  Haruna Kawasaki ,  Ryo Oi ,  Yusuke Motoda ,  Yo Morotomi

IPC: A47K13/30 ,  E03D11/13

CPC classification number: A47K13/305 ,  E03D11/13

Abstract: A toilet seat device according to an embodiment is a toilet seat device configured to be attached to an upper part of a closet bowl on which a bowl part for receiving excrement is formed, and includes: a toilet seat upper plate constituting a seating surface on which a user sits; a toilet seat bottom plate joined with the toilet seat upper plate to be opposed to an upper part of the closet bowl; a heating device disposed between the toilet seat upper plate and the toilet seat bottom plate to heat the toilet seat upper plate; and a detection device disposed on the toilet seat to optically detect the excrement. The detection device is arranged in a non-contact manner with respect to the heating device.

公开(公告)号：US20230009654A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17277862

申请日：2020-08-31

Applicant: TOTO LTD.

Inventor： Takeshi Takaki ,  Satoko Kizuka ,  Yuta Sakai ,  Hirotomo Suyama ,  Hitoaki Higuchi ,  Haruna Matsui ,  Tetsuhiro Wasada ,  Ryo Oi

IPC: G01N33/483 ,  E03D9/00 ,  G01N21/27 ,  G16H40/63

Abstract: An excrement management system according to an embodiment includes: a closet bowl in which a bowl part for receiving excrement is formed; a light emitting unit configured to emit light toward an inner part of the closet bowl; a light receiving unit comprising an image sensor configured to receive light; a cloud server and an edge server configured to analyze light reception data received by the light receiving unit; a first communication device configured to transmit the light reception data to the cloud server; and a second communication device configured to transmit the light reception data to the edge server. The cloud server analyzes the light reception data to determine a characteristic of excrement, and the edge server analyzes the light reception data to determine whether to transmit the light reception data to the cloud server by the first communication device.