ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,361, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"User position sensor and user profiles for toilet" was invented by Hiroyuki Muraoka (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet includes a base, a seat rotatably coupled to the base, a drive mechanism, a sensor, and a controller. The drive mechanism is configured to rotate the seat with respect to the base. The sensor is configured to generate image data for a user within a predetermined distance to the base. The controller is configured to determine an orientation of the user based on the image data and generate a command for the drive mechanism in response to ...