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Patent No.:

US 11314215 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2018

Apparatus controlling bathroom appliance lighting based on user identity

Applicant:

Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);

Inventors:

Rafael Rexach, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Nona Beining, Howards Grove, WI (US);

Alyssa Wilterdink, Oostburg, WI (US);

Shawn Booth, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Thomas E. Lilly, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Doug Diemel, Jr., Kohler, WI (US);

Leslie Petch, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Alexander LeTourneau, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Assignee:

Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);

Attorney:

Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC

Primary Examiner:

Bernard G Lindsay

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); A47K 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/3287 (2019.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/50 (2006.01); C02F 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/042 (2013.01); A47K 17/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/001 (2013.01); C02F 1/50 (2013.01); C02F 1/685 (2013.01); G01N 33/1826 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); C02F 2209/006 (2013.01); C02F 2209/008 (2013.01); C02F 2307/06 (2013.01); G01N 2035/009 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00881 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23027 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23462 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus comprises a light source array, a communication interface, and a controller. The light source array comprises one or more directional light sources. The communication interface is configured to receive user data from at least one appliance, the user data indicative of an identity of a user. The controller is configured to analyze the identity of the user and activate the one or more directional light sources in response to the identity of the user.

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