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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2022
Paramount Bed Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Junpei Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Keita Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuhiro Aota, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Katayanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Ohishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeyoshi Obara, Kanagawa, JP;
PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a housing in which a distance sensor is placed, fittings attaching the housing to a toilet bowl in a toilet, and a control unit. The sensor measures the distance to an object located in a direction of the inside of a toilet seat installed on the bowl when the seat is placed on the top surface of a rim of the bowl. The control unit detects that a user of the toilet is in a state of sitting on the seat when a first distance being a result of measurement by the sensor is less than a predetermined threshold value. The fittings are components attaching the housing in such a way that the sensor is placed at a position located inside the rim and located under the seat in the vertical direction when the seat is placed on the top surface of the rim.