US 12,258,741 B2
Multifunction faucet
Xiaojun Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Qiang Xiao, Shanghai (CN); Feiying Su, Shanghai (CN); and Weiren Lin, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Shanghai Kohler Electronics Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Kohler Electronics Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,687.
Application 17/871,687 is a continuation of application No. 17/161,045, filed on Jan. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,396,741.
Application 17/161,045 is a continuation of application No. 16/356,112, filed on Mar. 18, 2019, granted, now 10,907,330, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201810270521.7 (CN), filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0356686 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E03C 1/046 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0465 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a water supply assembly disposed in the housing;
a first sensing probe disposed in the housing;
a second sensing probe disposed in the housing; and
a controller in communicative connection with the water supply assembly, the first sensing probe, and the second sensing probe, wherein the controller is configured to enter a wake state from a standby state in response to a first signal from the first sensing probe, and wherein in the wake state the controller is further configured to:
activate the water supply assembly based on a second signal from the second sensing probe indicating a presence of a user's hand under the housing; and
deactivate the water supply assembly after a water supply period without the user's hand leaving from under the housing.