Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'User Position Sensor And User Profiles For Toilet' Filed by Kohler Co.

MUMBAI, India, Feb. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414056340 A) filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, U.S.A., on July 24, 2024, for 'user position sensor and user profiles for toilet.'

Inventor(s) include Hiroyuki Muraoka.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 7, under issue no. 06/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A toilet includes a base, a seat rotatably coupled to the base, a drive mechanism, a sensor, and a controller. The drive mechanism is configured to rotate the seat with respect to the base. The sensor is configured to generate image data for a user within a predetermined distance to the base. The controller is configured to determine an ...