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US 9,595,185 B1Granted
User identifying toilet apparatus
OwnerDavid R. Hall, Dan Allen +3inventors
InventorsDavid R. Hall, Dan Allen, Ben Swenson, Joshua Larsen, Jared Reynolds
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Abstract
A toilet apparatus for providing automatic user identification is provided. The automatic identification uses a combination of an instrumented toilet seat and an instrumented foot scale to provide user specific identification data. User health trends may be saved and reported based on the automatic user identification. User identification also allows preconfigured toilet control settings to be loaded into memory upon user identification.
Claims20
A toilet apparatus comprising:
- a first plurality of strain sensors fixed to a toilet seat of the toilet apparatus, the toilet seat located above a bowl of the toilet apparatus;
- a second plurality of strain sensors fixed to a toilet foot scale, the toilet foot scale being located below the bowl of the toilet apparatus;
- a first plurality of electrodes on a surface of the toilet seat for reading bio-impedance;
- a second plurality of electrodes on a surface of the toilet foot scale for reading bio-impedance;
- memory for tracking and storing data produced by the first plurality of strain sensors, the second plurality of strain sensors, the first plurality of electrodes, the second plurality of electrodes, and a time of use of the toilet apparatus;
- one or more communication ports for bidirectional wireless or wired communication;
- one or more processors for determining a user identity based on the stored data while the user is using the toilet apparatus;
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- wherein the user identity is used to control or calibrate the toilet apparatus, the first plurality of strain sensors, the second plurality of strain sensors, the one or more electrodes on the surface of the toilet seat, the one or more electrodes on the surface of the toilet foot scale, or a physical location of the stored data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.