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US 10,947,710 B2Granted
Faucet
OwnerChun-Ping Wanginventor
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Abstract
A faucet is provided, and the faucet includes a faucet body, an electrically controllable valve, a contact sensing unit or a proximity sensing unit, a motion sensing unit, and a control unit. The control unit determines an operation mode of the faucet based on a signal of the contact sensing unit or the proximity sensing unit, and a signal of the motion sensing unit, and controls an on-off state of the electrically controllable valve.
Claims4
A faucet, comprising:
- a faucet body, comprising a water inlet end, a water outlet end, and a rotatable water outlet pipe;
- an electrically controllable valve, connected between the water inlet end and the water outlet end, to allow or block connection between the water inlet end and the water outlet end based on an on-off state of the electrically controllable valve;
- a motion sensing unit, comprising a movable part, wherein the movable part is disposed on the faucet body, to respond, based on a rotation status of the rotatable water outlet pipe, a change of a signal output from the motion sensing unit;
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- a control unit, electrically connected to the motion sensing unit and the electrically controllable valve, to get the rotation status of the rotatable water outlet pipe based on the signal output from the motion sensing unit;
- wherein the control unit adjusts a volume ratio of cold water to hot water of the electrically controllable valve based on the rotation status of the rotatable water outlet pipe.
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