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US 2024/0247474 A1Published application
Toilet
OwnerTrafton D. Rodgersinventor
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Abstract
A method of operating a toilet includes detecting movement, using an imaging device comprising a sensor, of eyes of a person, wherein the imaging device is attached to or associate with the toilet. Using a computer processor analyzing imaging received from the imaging device, one or more directions that the person's eyes are pointing towards is determined. The directions are compared with prestored commands and a first prestored command is executed in response to the one or more directions matching the first prestored command.
Claims17
A toilet comprising:
- a bowl configured to flush waste deposited in the bowl;
- a computer processor;
- a image sensor configured to take images proximate to the toilet of a person;
- memory configured to store modules, wherein the processor is configured to, when running a first module:
- detect movement of eyes of the person;
- determine one or more directions that the person's eyes are pointing towards;
- compare the one or more directions with prestored commands;
- and
- execute a first prestored command in response to the one or more directions matching the first prestored command.
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A toilet comprising:
- a bowl configured to flush waste deposited in the bowl;
- a computer processor;
- an imaging device comprising sensor configured to take images proximate to the toilet of a person;
- a microphone;
- memory configured to store modules, wherein the processor is configured to, when running a first module:
- detect, using one or more sensors, if a triggering event executed by the person has occurred;
- and
- automatically activate the imaging device and microphone in response to detecting that the triggering event has occurred by or to the person;
- and
- transmitting data communications between (1) an operating computer and (2) at least one of:
- the imaging device and microphone over a wide area network so that an operator located remote from the person can have hands free communication with the person to assist the person due to the triggering event.
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A method of operating a toilet, the method comprising:
- detecting movement, using an imaging device comprising a sensor, of eyes of a person, wherein the imaging device is attached to or associate with the toilet;
- determine, using a computer processor analyzing imaging received from the imaging device, one or more directions that the person's eyes are pointing towards;
- compare, using the computer processor, the one or more directions with prestored commands;
- and
- execute, using the computer processor, a first prestored command in response to the one or more directions matching the first prestored command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.