Automatic water faucet

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PATENT NO 9598846
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15080204

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An automatic water faucet includes: a water faucet; an imaging unit provided in a water discharge port of the water faucet and that images light reflected from a measure-distance target; a distance measurement unit that measures a distance from the imaging unit to the measure-distance target based on image data; a threshold setting unit that sets a threshold for distance; a detection unit that detects the measure-distance target as a detection object if the distance is shorter than the threshold set by the threshold setting unit; and a water supply control unit that causes the water faucet to discharge water in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object and causes the water faucet to stop supplying water in response to the detection unit not detecting a detection object. The threshold setting unit increases the threshold setting in response to the detection unit detecting a detection object.

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LIXIL CORPORATIONOSAKI GARDEN TOWER 1-1-1 NISHISHINAGAWA SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 1410033 ?1410033

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kamata, Azumi Tokyo, JP 6 27
Shirai, Yuki Tokyo, JP 14 42

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