ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,811, issued on May 27, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

"Control system for a fluid delivery device" was invented by Christopher Seymour (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system is provided for a fluid delivery device. The control system includes an emitter operable to emit a series of pulses of electromagnetic radiation, as well as a detector operable to detect as a series of detection events electromagnetic radiation pulses reflected by an object on which the emitted pulses of electromagnetic radiation are incident. The control system also includes a microprocessor oper...