Toilet seat apparatus and excrement detection apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11802830
APP PUB NO 20220357269A1
SERIAL NO

17277859

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A toilet seat apparatus according to an embodiment is a toilet seat apparatus to be placed on an upper part of a toilet bowl having a bowl unit that receives excrement, the toilet seat apparatus including: a toilet seat on which a user sits; a light emitting unit including one or more light emitting elements that emit light in a front direction; a light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives light; and a housing in which the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are arranged, in which the one or more light emitting elements are arranged in parallel with the light receiving unit or in front of the light receiving unit in a side view or a top view of the housing.

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  • TOTO LTD.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Higuchi, Hitoaki Fukuoka, JP 6 2
Kizuka, Satoko Fukuoka, JP 16 91
Nagaishi, Masayuki Fukuoka, JP 17 128
Oi, Ryo Fukuoka, JP 4 0
Sakai, Yuta Fukuoka, JP 21 46
Takaki, Takeshi Fukuoka, JP 17 87
Takeuchi, Naoya Fukuoka, JP 29 128
Tosaki, Masamichi Fukuoka, JP 5 0

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