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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 5/10 (2006.01); E03D 3/12 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 5/105 (2013.01); E03D 3/12 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller acquires image data captured by a camera which is located at a toilet to capture an image of a bowl of the toilet, determines whether an unacceptable matter being an object having a possibility of clogging the toilet is in the bowl by performing image recognition based on the image data, and sends, to a flush water controller, a flow prohibition signal of prohibiting flush water from flowing when it is determined that the unacceptable matter is in the bowl.