Patents by Inventor Qintao Sun
Qintao Sun has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11971335Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for collecting liquid comprising: collecting the liquid, by a pump body mechanism, into a cavity of a suction tube assembly; monitoring, by a liquid-level sensing mechanism, an amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; controlling, by the liquid-level sensing mechanism, a start and a stop of collecting the liquid in response to the amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; and cleaning the cavity by delivering, by the pump body mechanism, water into the cavity in response to the stop of collecting the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20240133866Abstract: A method of automatically tracking urine in a toilet includes creating a background image of an interior of a toilet bowl using an image sensor, wherein the background image shows the interior of the toilet bowl. The method also includes acquiring an image of the interior of the toilet bowl using the image sensor, wherein the acquired image shows urine and a collecting and tracking member in the interior of the toilet bowl. The method further includes producing a difference image that shows a difference between the acquired image and the background image, and processing the difference image to identify a location of the urine and the collecting and tracking member, and moving the collecting and tracking member to the identified location of the urine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2024Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11913937Abstract: A method of automatically tracking urine in a toilet includes creating a background image of an interior of a toilet bowl using an image sensor, wherein the background image shows the interior of the toilet bowl. The method also includes acquiring an image of the interior of the toilet bowl using the image sensor, wherein the acquired image shows urine and a collecting and tracing member in the interior of the toilet bowl. The method further includes producing a difference image that shows a difference between the acquired image and the background image, and processing the difference image to identify a location of the urine and the collecting and tracking member, and moving the collecting and tracking member to the identified location of the urine.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20230380817Abstract: A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Qin Zhiyu, Qintao Sun, Ping Yuan
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Publication number: 20230288296Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for collecting liquid comprising: collecting the liquid, by a pump body mechanism, into a cavity of a suction tube assembly; monitoring, by a liquid-level sensing mechanism, an amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; controlling, by the liquid-level sensing mechanism, a start and a stop of collecting the liquid in response to the amount of the liquid collected in the cavity; and cleaning the cavity by delivering, by the pump body mechanism, water into the cavity in response to the stop of collecting the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11751854Abstract: A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventors: Qin Zhiyu, Qintao Sun, Ping Yuan
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Patent number: 11686654Abstract: The present invention provides a device for collecting liquid and a smart toilet comprising the same. The device comprises a fixing support, a swinging mechanism, a suction tube assembly and a pump body mechanism; the suction tube assembly (9) comprises a slide rail component and a retractable suction tube component disposed therein, one end of the slide rail component is connected to the swinging mechanism; the suction tube component comprises a suction tube internally provided with a cavity and an opening disposed above the cavity, and a first conduit disposed in the suction tube one end of the first conduit is inserted in the cavity, the other end of the first conduit is connected to the pump body mechanism. The fixing support is fixedly connected to the toilet body; the suction tube component swings towards the center of the toilet under the effect of the swinging mechanism, the suction tube component is used for receiving the urine.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20220276133Abstract: The present invention provides a device for collecting liquid and a smart toilet comprising the same. The device comprises a fixing support, a swinging mechanism, a suction tube assembly and a pump body mechanism; the suction tube assembly (9) comprises a slide rail component and a retractable suction tube component disposed therein, one end of the slide rail component is connected to the swinging mechanism; the suction tube component comprises a suction tube internally provided with a cavity and an opening disposed above the cavity, and a first conduit disposed in the suction tube one end of the first conduit is inserted in the cavity, the other end of the first conduit is connected to the pump body mechanism. The fixing support is fixedly connected to the toilet body; the suction tube component swings towards the center of the toilet under the effect of the swinging mechanism, the suction tube component is used for receiving the urine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20220178129Abstract: A toilet includes a module including a non-contact temperature sensor that is configured to determine a temperature of urine with the urine in a non-contact position relative to a surface of the toilet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11333584Abstract: A device having a fixing support, a swinging mechanism, a suction tube assembly, and a pump body mechanism. The suction tube assembly has a slide rail component and a retractable suction tube component disposed therein, one end of the slide rail component is connected to the swinging mechanism; the suction tube component comprises a suction tube internally provided with a cavity and an opening disposed above the cavity, and a first conduit disposed in the suction tube, one end of the first conduit is inserted in the cavity, the other end of the first conduit is connected to the pump body mechanism. The fixing support is fixedly connected to the toilet body; the suction tube component swings towards the center of the toilet under the effect of the swinging mechanism, so that the suction tube component receives urine, such as a sample for health analysis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11261593Abstract: A toilet includes a module including a sensor that is configured to determine a characteristic of urine with the urine in a non-contact position with a surface of the toilet, wherein the module is configured to calculate point coordinates of the non-contact position of the urine.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20210372990Abstract: A method of automatically tracing urine in a toilet includes creating a background image of an interior of a toilet bowl using an image sensor, wherein the background image shows the interior of the toilet bowl. The method also includes acquiring an image of the interior of the toilet bowl using the image sensor, wherein the acquired image shows urine and a collecting and tracing member in the interior of the toilet bowl. The method further includes producing a difference image that shows a difference between the acquired image and the background image, and processing the difference image to identify a location of the urine and the collecting and tracing member, and moving the collecting and tracing member to the identified location of the urine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11119091Abstract: A method of automatically tracing urine in a toilet that includes S1: acquiring an image of an interior of a toilet bowl (comprising an image of urine or an image simultaneously showing the urine and a collecting and tracing member of the toilet) through an image sensor; S2: identifying the urine or simultaneously identifying the urine and the collecting and tracing member through processing the image; and S3: implementing tracing movement to the urine by the collecting and tracing member. The method may, optionally, include S4: repeating S1, S2 and S3 until the collecting and tracing member coincides with the urine in the image.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20210059647Abstract: A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Qin Zhiyu, Qintao Sun, Ping Yuan
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Publication number: 20200407963Abstract: A toilet includes a module including a sensor that is configured to determine a characteristic of urine with the urine in a non-contact position with a surface of the toilet, wherein the module is configured to calculate point coordinates of the non-contact position of the urine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20200309646Abstract: A device having a fixing support, a swinging mechanism, a suction tube assembly, and a pump body mechanism. The suction tube assembly has a slide rail component and a retractable suction tube component disposed therein, one end of the slide rail component is connected to the swinging mechanism; the suction tube component comprises a suction tube internally provided with a cavity and an opening disposed above the cavity, and a first conduit disposed in the suction tube, one end of the first conduit is inserted in the cavity, the other end of the first conduit is connected to the pump body mechanism. The fixing support is fixedly connected to the toilet body; the suction tube component swings towards the center of the toilet under the effect of the swinging mechanism, so that the suction tube component receives urine, such as a sample for health analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 10731326Abstract: A device/method for automatically positioning urine, which determines the position of the urine according to a temperature result scanned by a non-contact temperature sensor, and calculates point coordinates of the position of the urine in a toilet. The device/method includes one or more positioning assemblies with each having the sensor, a stepping motor, and a motor frame, with the sensor being fixed to a main shaft of the stepping motor, the stepping motor being fixed to the motor frame, and the motor frame configured to be fixed to the toilet. The device/method are configured for use with toilets so that the position of the urine is determined by temperature scanned by the sensor, and the urine sample is absorbed in the air as a health analysis sample, preventing cross-contamination between, urine samples absorbed from inner surfaces of the toilet and improving the accuracy of the health data analysis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20190285612Abstract: A method of automatically tracing urine in a toilet that includes S1: acquiring an image of an interior of a toilet bowl (comprising an image of urine or an image simultaneously showing the urine and a collecting and tracing member of the toilet) through an image sensor; S2: identifying the urine or simultaneously identifying the urine and the collecting and tracing member through processing the image; and S3: implementing tracing movement to the urine by the collecting and tracing member. The method may, optionally, include S4: repeating S1, S2 and S3 until the collecting and tracing member coincides with the urine in the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Publication number: 20190216442Abstract: A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Qin Zhiyu, Qintao Sun, Ping Yuan
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Publication number: 20190093332Abstract: A device/method for automatically positioning urine, which determines the position of the urine according to a temperature result scanned by a non-contact temperature sensor, and calculates point coordinates of the position of the urine in a toilet. The device/method includes one or more positioning assemblies with each having the sensor, a stepping motor, and a motor frame, with the sensor being fixed to a main shaft of the stepping motor, the stepping motor being fixed to the motor frame, and the motor frame configured to be fixed to the toilet. The device/method are configured for use with toilets so that the position of the urine is determined by temperature scanned by the sensor, and the urine sample is absorbed in the air as a health analysis sample, preventing cross-contamination between urine samples absorbed from inner surfaces of the toilet and improving the accuracy of the health data analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Zhiyu Qin, Qintao Sun