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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2021
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Yo Morotomi, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
According to the embodiment, a toilet seat device includes a toilet seat and a biological sensor. The toilet seat that is formed of a resin material and includes a seating part on which a user is seated, and a bottom surface part facing the seating part. The biological sensor that is of an optical type, is positioned inside the toilet seat, and detects biological information of the user seated on the seating part. The seating part includes a thick portion and a thin portion. The thin portion is thinner than the thick portion. The biological sensor is located at a back surface side of the thin portion. The thick portion and the thin portion are formed as a continuous body. The thin portion has a thickness that can transmit irradiated light irradiated from the biological sensor and reflected light reflected from the user seated on the seating part.