Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bidet controls

Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by timr on Thursday January 19, 2017 @05:40AM (#13434701)

Yeah, I figured that's the theory, but in practice I've found no consistent aiming for either function. Also, most washlets with both also have an independent forward/backward function.

Besides all that, is there some targeting system going on down there? Machine vision? Lidar?

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by mikekchar on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:23AM (#13434906)

None that I know of. A combination of adjusting yourself and using the forward back buttons usually works. There are also some with pulsating streams for extra scrubbing power.

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:08AM (#13434832)

> Machine vision?

God please no. Don't give people ideas, lest we want to have a cloud-connected startup doing just that...

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by kalleboo on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:50AM (#13435043)

Simpsons did it? https://youtu.be/BPLrNWAsBWU?t=18

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by Nullabillity on Thursday January 19, 2017 @03:44PM (#13439295)

There's also that Adult Swim infomercial... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by dqv on Thursday January 19, 2017 @02:10PM (#13438570)

It's going to happen sooner or later. I'm pretty sure the $8000 models employ some kind of computer vision to adjust the sprayer to the correct "human output interface".

A cloud toilet that examines your feces and urine probably isn't far off (and is probably already in the works).

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by TeMPOraL on Thursday January 19, 2017 @02:48PM (#13438885)

So I guess that beyond Cloud-to-Butt, we'll have a Butt-to-Cloud extension...

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by Mtinie on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:21AM (#13434898)

The rise of self-aware bidets will end poorly...

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Re:Japanese toilet industry agrees to standardize complex bi... by rangibaby on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:42AM (#13434999)

Just wiggle your behind around until you get the right spot

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