Abstract:
In large areas in our planet, water is a limited resource and with the population growth, there will be a necessity for even more water. One of the significant water consuming facilities is the flush toilet. We suggest an automatically adjusting of the water amount released in each flush by a facility capable of analyzing the content of the toilet bowl and accordingly making a decision how much water should be released in order to wash out this content. Unlike the common flush toilets, the decision about the amount of water will not be between just two options and furthermore this decision will be taken automatically.
Keywords:
Toilet, Water Saving, Discrete Cosine Transform, JPEG
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Citations:
APA:
Wiseman, Y. (2020). Adjustable and Automatic Flush Toilet. International Journal of Control and Automation (IJCA), ISSN: 2005-4297 (Print); 2207-6387 (Online), NADIA, 13(4), 1-10. doi: 10.33832/ijca.2020.13.4.01.
MLA:
Wiseman, Yair, “Adjustable and Automatic Flush Toilet.” International Journal of Control and Automation, ISSN: 2005-4297 (Print); 2207-6387 (Online), NADIA, vol. 13, no. 4, 2020, pp. 1-10. IJCA, http://article.nadiapub.com/IJCA/vol13_no4/1.html.
IEEE:
[1] Y. Wiseman, " Adjustable and Automatic Flush Toilet." International Journal of Control and Automation (IJCA), ISSN: 2005-4297 (Print); 2207-6387 (Online), NADIA, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1-10, Apr 2020.
