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US 12,577,772 B2Granted
Noise cancellation for toilet
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsWilliam Kuru, Jason M. Kwacz
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Abstract
An active noise cancellation system for a toilet comprising a lid configured to cover a bowl of the toilet, a microphone configured to detect noises associated with the toilet, and a coil coupled to the lid and configured to causes vibrations in the lid to emit sounds derived from the detected noises associated with the toilet.
Claims18
An active noise cancellation system for a toilet, the active noise cancellation system comprising:
- a lid configured to cover a bowl of the toilet;
- a microphone configured to detect noises associated with the toilet;
- and
- a coil coupled to the lid and configured to cause vibrations in the lid to emit sounds derived from the detected noises associated with the toilet.
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An active noise cancellation system for a toilet, the active noise cancellation system comprising:
- a lid configured to cover a bowl of the toilet;
- and
- a resonator coupled to the lid, wherein the resonator cancels the noises associated with the toilet.
A method comprising:
- receiving one or more sounds associated with a toilet;
- and
- generating, at an anti-noise device mounted to a lid of the toilet, an inverted sound response at least partially an inverse of the one or more sounds associated with the toilet, wherein the anti-noise device includes a resonator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.