Person-detecting sensor and automatic water faucet

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9677255
APP PUB NO 20160083943A1
SERIAL NO

14952174

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A person-detecting sensor includes: a range-finding unit that decides whether a distance to a detection object falls within a predetermined detection distance range; a received-light quantity decision unit that decides whether a received-light quantity is equal to or greater than a predetermined received-light quantity threshold; and a continuation decision unit that decides whether a state of the detection object being present is ongoing. In the received-light quantity decision unit, after water discharge is started upon the detection determination unit determining a detection object to be under detection state, for a period during which the continuation decision unit decides the state in which the detection object being present is ongoing, the received-light quantity threshold is set to be lower than prior to when the water discharge is started.

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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
Itazu, Nobuaki Tokyo, JP 11 75
Oura, Hiroyuki Tokyo, JP 4 45
Shirai, Yuki Tokyo, JP 14 42

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