Abstract: An assistance device includes: an object information acquirer that acquires information regarding an object installed in a living space, in which the object is to be reformed, repaired, or produced; a detection information acquirer that acquires a history of detection information detected in the past by a sensor installed in the living space; and a candidate presentation unit that generates and presents a candidate for a method for renovating, repairing, or producing the object, based on information regarding the object acquired by the object information acquirer and a history of the detection information acquired by the detection information acquirer.

Abstract: A first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle configured to be capable of being advanced and retracted and perform private part cleaning on a human body in an advanced state; a shutter configured to open and close an opening through which the first cleaning nozzle and the second cleaning nozzle are advanced and retracted; and a shutter water film forming portion configured to supply water to a front surface of a shutter main body of the shutter to form a water film are provided.

Abstract: A water spout control device has a target object detector configured to detect a position of a target object as a detection target in a regional image according to an image information of the regional image. The regional image being generated by capturing an imaging target region including a faucet spout. A faucet spout port detector may be configured to detect a position of a faucet spout port of the faucet spout in the regional image. A determiner may be configured to determine whether to discharge water according to the position of the target object detected by the target object detector and the position of the faucet spout port detected by the faucet spout port detector.

Abstract: A determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire image information of a target image in which excrement is captured and a determination unit configured to determine a characteristic of the excrement in the target image, select a part of the excrement specified according to a time series of excretion, and confirm a representing characteristic for representing the excrement.

Abstract: A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; an input device configured to allow a user to perform an operation for discharging the test agent from the discharge section; and a control section controlling the discharge section based on the operation of the input device by the user. A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; a control section controlling the discharge section; and a sensor, in which the control section performs control to discharge at least one of foam or the test agent based on a detection by the sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sanitary washing device including a shutter that opens and closes an opening and a shutter washing unit that is configured to wash the front surface of the shutter, the shutter having a simple structure. A sanitary washing device includes: a shutter configured to open and close an opening formed in a functional unit; and a shutter washing unit arranged above the shutter and configured to wash a front surface of the shutter in a state in which the shutter closes the opening.

Abstract: A detection range specification member for a human body detection sensor is provided in a washroom and is configured to specify a detection range of a human body detection sensor having an infrared sensor body configured to detect a human body. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor includes a material that reduces transmission of infrared rays, and is provided so as to cover at least a part of the infrared sensor body. The detection range specification member for the human body detection sensor is a sheet member that is configured to allow installation on a sensor surface side of the infrared sensor body.

Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a toilet seat, a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat, and a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas. The functional component is a private part cleaning device that cleans a private part of a sitting person, a blower device that provides warm air into a toilet bowl, or a deodorizing device that deodorizes an inner portion of the toilet bowl, for example. At least part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat, and the other part of the functional component is provided in the casing.

Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A determination device includes an image information acquirer configured to acquire image information of a subject image obtained by photographing an internal space of a toilet bowl in excretion; an estimator configured to perform estimation regarding a determination matter relating to excretion by inputting the image information to a learned model, the learned model having learned a correspondence relationship between an image for learning and a determination result of the determination matter relating to excretion, the learned model learned by machine learning using a neural network, the image for learning representing an internal space of a toilet bowl in excretion; and a determiner configured to perform determination regarding the determination matter of the subject image based on an estimation result obtained by the estimator.

Abstract: An online customer serving system includes a customer terminal to be used by a customer, a contact person's terminal to be used by a contact person who serves the customer, and the Internet as a communication means to be used for communication between the customer terminal and the contact person's terminal. The contact person's terminal includes a product information provider that provides, to the customer terminal, information regarding a product selected based on a request from the customer. The customer terminal includes a product information display unit that displays, on a first display device, information regarding a product transmitted from the contact person's terminal.

Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a main body installed at an upper rear part of a toilet, a toilet seat attached to the main body, and a toilet lid. The toilet lid includes a toilet lid main body configured to cover the toilet seat; and a first shaft engagement part attached to the toilet lid main body and attachable to and detachable from a first shaft provided on the main body. The first shaft engagement part is configured to be switchable between an engaged state in which the first shaft engagement part is engaged with the first shaft and a non-engaged state in which the engagement with the first shaft is released and is switched to the non-engaged state when the toilet lid main body in the engagement state is pressed in a direction in which the toilet lid main body moves away from the toilet seat.

Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.

Abstract: Provided is a device to prevent filth from collecting on a display of a toilet seat device. A toilet seat device of some embodiments includes a body part having a casing formed so as to be hollow, a toilet seat that is formed so as to be hollow and is supported in the casing; a light emitter that is accommodated in one of the casing and the toilet seat and is provided so as to be capable of emitting light, and a display that is provided at a prescribed location on the one of the casing and the toilet seat, the display indicating an operation state by emitted light from the light emitter. The display is provided with a base part; and a thin-walled part that is formed so as to have a lower thickness than does the base part, the thin-walled part transmitting light and indicating an operation state.

Abstract: Provided is a water spout control device that has a target object detector configured to: detect whether a target object exists in a first detection region and to determine a position of the target object when the target exists in the first detection region according to an image information of a regional image; a holding object detector configured to detect whether a holding object holding the detection target exists in a second detection region different from the first detection region and to determine a position of the holding object when the holding object exists in the second detection region; and a controller configured to control water discharging according to a detection result by the target object detector and a detection result by the holding object detector, wherein water spout conditions in the plurality of detection regions for controlling the water discharging from a faucet spout are different from each other.

Abstract: Provided is a pilot solenoid valve capable of bringing the strokes of a plunger to a necessary minimum and capable of achieving solenoid valve miniaturization and power saving. A pilot solenoid valve is provided with a diaphragm section, a primary side section, a secondary side section, a main valve, a back pressure chamber, a primary side auxiliary flow path, a secondary side auxiliary flow path, an auxiliary valve, and an auxiliary valve drive unit, wherein the secondary side auxiliary flow path is not formed in the main valve but rather is formed in the area around the main valve so as to bypass the main valve.

Abstract: A toilet seat device is configured to be disposed on an upper part of a toilet body and includes an outer surface. The outer surface has first glossiness, and an outer surface of the toilet body has second glossiness. The first glossiness is equal to or less than the second glossiness.

Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes: a use status information acquirer that acquires information indicating use status of each of multiple toilet devices; a use status information provider that provides information indicating use status of each of the multiple toilet devices, acquired by the use status information acquirer; and a cleaning order provider that determines and provides order in which the multiple toilet devices are to be cleaned by a cleaning person, based on the use status of each of the multiple toilet devices.