Energy-saving urinal with user-position guider

Abstract

A urinal with a user-position guider capable of guiding and adjusting a user's standing position to prevent urine from being directed away from the urinal is disclosed. The urinal includes a position-detecting device installed on the floor in front of the urinal and serving to detect a position where a user stands, and a position-adjusting guiding device to inform a user of the user's position detected by the position-detecting device.

1 . A urinal with a user-position guider comprising:
 a position-detecting device installed on the floor in front of the urinal and serving to detect a position where a user stands; and   a position-adjusting guiding device to inform a user of the user's position detected by the position-detecting device.   
   
   
       2 . The urinal according to  claim 1 , wherein the position-adjusting guiding device is integrally mounted to a wash sensor used to detect the user and operate a wash water supplier. 
   
   
       3 . The urinal according to  claim 1 , wherein the position-detecting device is a load cell detecting the weight of the user's feet. 
   
   
       4 . The urinal according to  claim 2 , wherein the position-detecting device is a load cell detecting the weight of the user's feet. 
   
   
       5 . The urinal according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the position-detecting device includes left and right sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the user's left and right feet; and   the left and right sensors include front sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the fore parts of the feet, and rear sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the heel parts of the feet.   
   
   
       6 . The urinal according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the position-detecting device includes left and right sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the user's left and right feet; and   the left and right sensors include front sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the fore parts of the feet, and rear sensors adapted to detect a press force applied by the heel parts of the feet.   
   
   
       7 . The urinal according to  claim 5 , wherein the position-adjusting guiding device includes at least one of a display monitor and a sound generating speaker. 
   
   
       8 . The urinal according to  claim 6 , wherein the position-adjusting guiding device includes at least one of a display monitor and a sound generating speaker.