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Title:
TOILET SEAT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/013489
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a toilet seat device configured to reduce electronic power consumption in the structure of a safety operation without lowering the safety of the toilet seat device, thereby more enhancing of energy saving characteristics.  A main control unit (10) of a toilet seat judges whether the toilet seat device is in a using condition or not by using results detected by a sitting sensor (56) or a human body sensor (57).  When the main control unit judges that the toilet seat device is not in a using condition, the main control unit cuts off supplying an electric current to a coil (22) of a leakage current cutting-off unit of a relay mechanism (20).  Hence, the toilet seat device enters an electric power saving mode.  Further, when the toilet seat device becomes in a using condition, the supply of the electric current to the coil (22) is restored, so that the toilet seat device returns to an ordinary mode.

Inventors:
FUJII SHINJI
KONDOU KAZUYA
KURIMOTO YOSHIKO
Application Number:
PCT/JP2009/003643
Publication Date:
February 04, 2010
Filing Date:
July 31, 2009
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP (JP)
FUJII SHINJI
KONDOU KAZUYA
KURIMOTO YOSHIKO
International Classes:
A47K13/30; E03D9/08
Foreign References:
JP3114905B22000-12-04
JP2000213037A2000-08-02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PATENT CORPORATE BODY ARCO PATENT OFFICE (Bo-eki Bldg. 123-1 Higashimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe-sh, Hyogo 31, JP)
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