US Patent Issued to TOTO on March 25 for "Nutrient intake amount estimation system, nutrient intake amount estimation method, nutrient intake amount estimation device, storage medium, and nutrient intake amount output method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,950, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOTO Ltd. (Kitakyushu, Japan).

"Nutrient intake amount estimation system, nutrient intake amount estimation method, nutrient intake amount estimation device, storage medium, and nutrient intake amount output method" was invented by Kenta Suzuki (Fukuoka, Japan), Mizuki Watanabe (Fukuoka, Japan), Isao Okayama (Fukuoka, Japan), Yusuke Sato (Fukuoka, Japan) and Ryoji Nakamura (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nutrient intake amount estimation system according to an embodiment includes: a sensor that is disposed in a toilet space, and configured to detect an excretion smell related...