ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,628, issued on May 13.
"Smart faucet controller and method" was invented by Steven Wayne Tueller (Laie, Hawaii) and Jason Scott Earl (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart faucet controller (400) and method (100), comprising the steps of: detecting water movement (102); sensing water temperature (104); and processing data created by the detecting and sensing steps and sending instructions (106) to: close an exit valve to disallow water from exiting a delivery point if water is below a minimum threshold temperature, substantially simultaneously open a bypass valve to allow water to circulate back through water l...