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AssigneeToto Ltd.
InventorsMasayuki Nagaishi, Yuta Sakai, Satoko Kizuka, Ryo Oi, Takeshi Takaki, Naoya Takeuchi, Hitoaki Higuchi, Masamichi Tosaki
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A toilet seat apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a toilet seat on which a user sits; a light emitting unit including a light emitting element that emits light; a light receiving unit including a light receiving element that receives light; and a control unit that controls energization of the light emitting element and application of voltage to the light receiving element, in which the control unit performs light reception control including transmitting a control instruction to open an electronic shutter to the light receiving element and energizing the light emitting element so as to permit reception of the reflected light from feces, and performs control of setting an interval from a start of execution of one light reception control to execution of light reception control subsequent to the one light reception control, to 0.2 milliseconds or more.
A toilet seat apparatus to be placed on an upper part of a toilet bowl having a bowl unit that receives excrement, the toilet seat apparatus comprising:
An excrement detection apparatus to be disposed on a toilet bowl having a bowl unit that receives excrement, the excrement detection apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.