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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 5/10 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01S 13/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 5/105 (2013.01); G01F 1/66 (2013.01); G01S 13/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sanitary device includes a wet area device includes a radio wave sensor, a control section and a controlled section. The radio wave sensor is configured to output a sensing signal concerning a water flow. The control section is configured to determine a state of the water flow based on phase information of the sensing signal and to output a control signal based on a determination result. The controlled section is configured to be controlled based on the control signal.