ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,953, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).
"Toilet device" was invented by Shonosuke Sawa (Kitakyushu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet device includes a heat exchanger, an on-off valve, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a determination control, of driving the heat exchanger in a state in which the on-off valve is open, and calculating a change amount of a detected temperature while driving the heat exchanger, stopping the driving of the heat exchanger in the case where the change amount does not reach or exceed a first value within a first period ...