Children's toilet training device with differentiating means

A toilet training device for selectively rewarding the toilet user depending on whether liquid excrement, solid excrement or liquid and solid excrement are deposited in the device, said deceive comprising:

• an excrement container;
• an entrance area leading to the excrement container;
• light-emitting means for emitting light substantially intersecting said entrance area;
• light-sensing means for sensing said light and generating an electrical signal in response thereto whereby said electrical signal is representative of one of three conditions wherein a first condition comprises the deposition of liquid excrement into the excrement container, a second condition comprises the deposition of solid excrement into the container, and a third condition comprises the deposition of solid and liquid excrement into the excrement container;
• a reward mechanism triggered by said electrical signal whereby the toilet user is rewarded in one of three ways depending upon the condition.

A toilet training device comprising:

• an excrement container having an entrance area;
• light-emitting means for emitting light substantially intersecting said entrance area;
• light-sensing means for sensing said light and generating an electrical signal in response thereto;
• means for generating one of a sound or sight signal in response to said electrical signal;
• said light-emitting means includes a plurality of infrared light-emitting means for emitting infrared light and said sensing means includes an infrared detector for sensing infrared light emitted by said infrared light-emitting means and generating an electrical signal in response thereto;
• a sequencer means connected to said plurality of infrared light emitting means for causing said infrared light-emitting means to sequentially emit infrared light;
• and
• a pulse width detecting means connected between said sensing means and said generating means for detecting narrow and wide electrical signals generated by said infrared sensing means and for generating a first signal in response to a narrow signal and a second signal in response to a wide signal.

A toilet training device comprising:

• an excrement container having an entrance area;
• light-emitting means for emitting light substantially intersecting said entrance area;
• light-sensing means for sensing said light and generating an electrical signal in response thereto;
• means for generating one of a sound or sight signal in response to said electrical signal;
• a plurality of light-emitting means;
• a wide angle lens means for directing light from said plurality of light-emitting means to said light-sensing means;
• a sequencer means connected to said plurality of light-emitting means for causing said light-emitting means to sequentially emit light;
• and
• a pulse width detecting means connected between said light-sensing means and said generating means for detecting narrow and wide electrical signals generated by said sensing means and for generating a first signal in response to a narrow signal and a second signal in response to a wide signal.

A toilet training device for rewarding the toilet user when excrement enters an excrement container, said device comprising:

• an entrance area leading to the excrement container;
• light-emitting means for emitting light substantially intersecting said entrance area;
• light-sensing means for sensing said light and generating an electrical signal in response thereto;
• a reward mechanism triggered by said electrical signal whereby the toilet user is rewarded;
• a plurality of light-emitting means;
• a sequencer means connected to said plurality of light-emitting means for causing said light-emitting means to sequentially emit light;
• and
• a pulse width detecting means connected between said light-sensing means and said reward mechanism for detecting narrow and wide electrical signals generated by said sensing means and for generating a first signal in response to a narrow signal and a second signal in response to a wide signal.