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A Chinese automaker has patented a toilet concealed beneath a sliding car seat that can be operated using voice commands, according to a government database.Electric vehicle company Seres received patent approval for its mobile latrine earlier this month, public records show. The on-the-go lavatory can be accessed manually through pushing the seat back, as well as through the voice command "start up toilet function". The amenity is intended to "satisfy users' toilet needs on long journeys, while camping or while living in the car", Seres engineers wrote in the patent filing.A fan mechanism and an exhaust pipe funnel odours out of the car, while waste is collected in a tank that must be emptied periodically. The toilet also features a rotating heating element that evaporates urine and dries other waste. The sliding seat design "optimises the utility of the car's interior", Seres said in the filing.<snip>
Chinese vehicle company patents voice activated in-car toiletQuoteA Chinese automaker has patented a toilet concealed beneath a sliding car seat that can be operated using voice commands, according to a government database.Electric vehicle company Seres received patent approval for its mobile latrine earlier this month, public records show. The on-the-go lavatory can be accessed manually through pushing the seat back, as well as through the voice command "start up toilet function". The amenity is intended to "satisfy users' toilet needs on long journeys, while camping or while living in the car", Seres engineers wrote in the patent filing.A fan mechanism and an exhaust pipe funnel odours out of the car, while waste is collected in a tank that must be emptied periodically. The toilet also features a rotating heating element that evaporates urine and dries other waste. The sliding seat design "optimises the utility of the car's interior", Seres said in the filing.<snip>
