US 12,448,760 B2
Electronic faucet with motion control device
Stephen Blizzard, Mission Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,307.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/171,833, filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325509 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/057 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); Y10T 137/9464 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet comprising:
a faucet body comprising a spout;
an electronic flow control assembly including a water inlet and a water outlet in fluid communication with the spout, the electronic flow control assembly configured to control a water flow being dispensed through the spout;
a sensor assembly comprising at least one optical sensor configured to detect a gesture within a three-dimensional space proximate to the sensor assembly, wherein the sensor assembly is integrated with an end of the faucet body adjacent to a sink deck; and
a controller electronically coupled to the sensor assembly and the electronic flow control assembly, the controller configured to receive the gesture from the sensor assembly and adjust the water flow based on the gesture received.