US Patent Issued to Shanghai Kohler Electronics on July 15 for "Smart toilet with automatic urine position detecting system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,415, issued on July 15, was assigned to Shanghai Kohler Electronics Ltd (Shanghai).

"Smart toilet with automatic urine position detecting system" was invented by Zhiyu Qin (Beijing) and Qintao Sun (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toilet includes a module including a non-contact temperature sensor that is configured to determine a temperature of urine with the urine in a non-contact position relative to a surface of the toilet."

The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/681,053.

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