US Patent Issued to Kohler on Aug. 19 for "Systems and methods for controlling a plumbing fixture, smart mirror, and the like using projected images" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,112, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for controlling a plumbing fixture, smart mirror, and the like using projected images" was invented by Kevin Peel (Gloucester, Great Britain), Craig Fitton (Cheltenham, Great Britain), Nigel Sansum (Gloucester, Great Britain) and Chanseol Chung (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one embodiment relates to a mirror assembly. The mirror assembly includes an interior portion and a wall. The wall includes an exterior reflective surface. At least a portion of the wall can allow light to pass from the interior portion through the wall. Th...