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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Fluidmaster, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Tuan Le, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Adam Sampson, Ramona, CA (US);
Derres Catalano, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Stewart Walton, Encinitas, CA (US);
Scott Valoff, San Diego, CA (US);
Robb Milley, Vista, CA (US);
Fluidmaster, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Abstract
A toilet sensor and actuator assembly, having: (a) an infrared sensor configured to detect the presence of an object at a far distance from a toilet; (b) an ultrasonic sensor configured to detect the presence of the object at a near distance from the toilet, wherein the ultrasonic sensor remains in a sleep mode until awakened by a signal from the infrared sensor that the infrared sensor has detected the presence of the object at the far distance; and (c) an actuator mechanism that flushes the toilet in response to a signal from the ultrasonic sensor that the ultrasonic sensor has detected the presence of the object at the near distance.