US 12,435,501 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
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); and Takeyoshi Obara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/684,283
Filed by PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/026601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/032460, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140225 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0426092 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. E03D 9/00 (2006.01); A47K 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 9/00 (2013.01) [A47K 13/24 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a distance sensor configured to measure a distance to an object located in a direction of an inside of a toilet seat installed on a toilet bowl in a toilet when the toilet seat is placed on a top surface of a rim of the toilet bowl;
a housing in which the distance sensor is placed;
a fitting configured to attach the housing to the toilet bowl;
at least one memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to detect that a user of the toilet is in a state of sitting on the toilet seat when a first distance being a result of measurement by the distance sensor is less than a predetermined threshold value, wherein
the fitting is a component attaching the housing in such a way that the distance sensor is placed at a position located inside the rim and located under the toilet seat in a vertical direction when the toilet seat is placed on a top surface of the rim.