Patent ID: 9338826
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A47K,H05B

Claim Text:
1. A system for automatically configuring an electronic toilet device, the system comprising: a sensor configured that detects usage of the electronic toilet device by a user throughout a first time period, wherein the first time period is divided into a plurality of discrete time units; and a control device that records a usage state for each of the plurality of time units in the first time period based on an input from the sensor, wherein the control device records a busy usage state for a time unit in a memory record for the first time period if usage is detected during the time unit and wherein the control device records an idle usage state for a time unit in the memory record for the first time period if usage is not detected during the time unit; wherein the control device uses the recorded usage states to configure an operating schedule for the electronic toilet device for a second time period subsequent to the first time period, wherein the second time period is divided into a plurality of discrete time units, each of the time units in the second time period corresponding to a time unit in the first time period; wherein the control device operates the electronic toilet device throughout the second time period according to the operating schedule, wherein the operating schedule for the second time period defines a control state for each of the time units in the second time period, wherein the control state for a particular time unit in the second time period is based on the recorded usage state for the corresponding time unit in the first time period; wherein the time units in the first time period for which a busy usage state is recorded are busy time units and wherein the time units in the first time period for which an idle usage state is recorded are idle time units; wherein the control device is configured to define a heating control state for each of the time units in the second time period which correspond to busy time units in the first time period.