ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,355, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Touchless plumbing control system" was invented by Gaurav Kumar Verma (Telangana, India), Braden Daniel Schmidt (Sheboygan, Wis.), Drew Johnson (Sheboygan, Wis.), Nikhil Bangar (Pune, India), Nikhil Sanjay Ghatole (Pune, India) and Jiunn Tyng Chen (Sheboygan, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for a plumbing assembly includes a first sensor for sensing a gesture and at least one direction associated with the gesture. The control unit also includes a first pair of sensors arranged along a first axis of the control unit, which determine a velocity of the ...