JP2000090352A - Unmanned depositing device for cleaning object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption and to prolong service life by providing a person detector for detecting a person and operating a prescribed device with a person detection signal from the person detector as a trigger. SOLUTION: Respective users deposit cleaning objects in a laundry box device 1 and receive them at the cash corner of a convenience store at the scheduled finished day. The main body case 10 of the laundry box device 1 is provided with a display unit 11, an operation door 12, a supply door 13 and a person detector 14. The person detector 14 is installed above the laundry box device 1. When it detects a person, a person detection signal is outputted. The person detection signal from the person detector 14 is set to be a trigger and a prescribed operation explanation is displayed on the display unit 11. When the person does not exist, the display of the display unit 11 is not executed. Thus, power consumption quantity becomes small and the service life of the display unit 11 becomes long.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unattended depositing device for cleaning objects.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a laundry box system has been developed (for example, see JP-A-1-91298).
No. 7-65231). This system is
An unattended depositing device for putting in cleaning materials is installed at the convenience store, etc., and according to the operation guide displayed on the display of the unattended depositing device, when the member inserts the magnetic card possessed by the member, the slot opens, and the cleaning is performed. When a product is inserted, a voucher is printed and issued.
A trader collects the input cleaning material at a predetermined time,
The finished product is delivered to the store at a predetermined time. The member presents the voucher to the store clerk and receives the delivered cleaning product.

[0003]

However, since the unattended depositing device operates for 24 hours, the operation guide is displayed on the liquid crystal display even when there is no user. Therefore, while wasting unnecessary power,
The service life of the display device is also shortened. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an unattended depositing device for a cleaning object having low power consumption and a long service life.

[0004]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for unattended cleaning of a user having a housing for accommodating the user's cleaning object, comprising:
A human detector for detecting a human is provided, and a predetermined device is activated by using a human detection signal from the human detector as a trigger.

[0005] In the present invention, a "human detector" refers to a person walking from the front, oblique front or side of the front of the housing of the apparatus in order to deposit the cleaning object in the apparatus for depositing the cleaning object. Any detector that can detect a person when approaching the vehicle may be used.
No. 34765 or Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-30552 can be used. In the present apparatus, there is no particular problem even if the apparatus reacts to small animals other than humans, automobiles, bicycles, etc. (erroneously detected as humans). Therefore, a detector that detects these as humans may be used.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a laundry box device (an unmanned depositing device for cleaning objects) is disposed at a store such as a 24-hour convenience store. Each user deposits the cleaning object in the laundry box device 1 and receives the cleaning object at a cash corner of a convenience store on a scheduled finishing date.

The main body case (housing) 10 of the laundry box device 1 is provided with a display 11, an operation door 12, an input door 13, and a human detector 14. As shown in FIG. 1B, an insertion port 15 of a reading device 24 (FIG. 3) and an issuing port 17 of a deposit receipt issuing device 26 (FIG. 3) are provided behind the operation door 12. I have. The insertion slot 15 is for inserting a magnetic card (membership card: not shown).
By inserting a magnetic card through the insertion slot 15, the reading device 24 reads information on the magnetic card. The magnetic card stores information such as a store code (store information), a member code, and an expiration date.

The human detector 14 is provided above the laundry box device 1 and detects a human, and outputs a human detection signal when a human or the like is detected.
As the human detector 14, the one used for a general automatic door can be adopted, but an outline thereof will be described below just in case.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the human detector 14
Are light emitting means 14a, light receiving means 14b, calculating means 14c
And a determining means 14d. Light emitting means 14a
Is provided with an oscillating unit and a light projecting element. For example, as shown in FIG.
Light is projected onto a plurality of detection areas An. On the other hand, the light receiving means 14
b includes a light receiving element, and outputs the amount of reflected infrared light L from each detection area An to the calculation means 14c. The calculation unit 14c and the determination unit 14d compare the magnitude of each reflected light amount with a predetermined reference reflection amount set for each detection area An, and determine whether the reflected light amount of any of the detection areas is larger than the reference reflection amount. Is larger, it is determined that a person or the like has entered the detection area. Note that the reference reflection amount is set to a different size for each detection area because the magnitude of the reflected light amount differs for each detection area An.

In the outdoors, the amount of reflected light is larger than the reference amount of reflection due to disturbance factors such as snow and rain, and it is difficult to distinguish a person from disturbance factors. For this reason, for example, the following principle is used to determine the approach of a person or the like and the disturbance factor. Person laundry box device 1
If the difference between the amount of reflected light and the reference amount of reflection is taken as the amount of change, as shown in FIG. 2C, a waveform indicating the change over time of the amount of change is obtained for each detection area An. Peaks appear at different wavelengths and have a time-series shift. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2D, as for the waveform generated by the disturbance factor, the waveforms having substantially the same shape appear almost simultaneously in each detection area An. Thus, based on such a difference, it is possible to distinguish and detect the approach of a person or the like and the disturbance factor. Note that the human detector 14 as described above is used.
For details of the configuration and operation of the system, see JP-A-7-33476.
No. 5, paragraphs [0010] to [0020].

The input door 13 is attached to the main body case 10 so as to be openable and closable. A depositing section 20 is provided in the main body case 10. The depositing unit 20 is provided at the back of the input door 13 and is a space for depositing the cleaning object. Cleaning items are bag B
Is put into the depositing section 20 while being stored in the storage section. The display 11 is, for example, a liquid crystal display with a backlight, and displays an operation procedure as shown in FIG.

Next, the configuration of the laundry box apparatus 1 will be described. The laundry box device 1 shown in FIG. 3 includes a microcomputer 30 as an information processing and control device.
have. The microcomputer 30 includes a CPU 31 and a ROM 3
2 and a RAM 33. The RAM 33 has an operation explanation file 33a. Operation explanation file 3
3a stores an operation explanation sentence for causing the display 11 to display the operation explanation screens shown in FIGS. The human detector 14 and the display 11 are connected to the microcomputer 30 via an interface (not shown). The human detection signal from the human detector 14 is CP
Output to U31.

Next, the operation of the laundry box device 1 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the laundry box device 1 is turned on, the microcomputer 30 in step S1
As shown in FIG. 5A, the process proceeds to step S2 while the display on the display 11 is not displayed. In step S2, detection of the human detector 14 in FIG. 3 is started. When the human detector 14 detects a person or the like, the human detector 14
The signal is output to the PU 31 and the process proceeds to step S3 using the person detection signal as a trigger. In step S3, the CPU 31 reads a predetermined operation explanation from the operation explanation file 33a (FIG. 3), causes the display 11 to display an operation explanation initial screen as shown in FIG. 5B, and proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, it is determined whether or not a member card has been inserted into the member card insertion slot 15, and if a member card has been inserted, the usage mode of step S6 is displayed one after another according to the operation of the user. move on. In step S6, the CPU 31 sequentially reads out predetermined operation explanations from the operation explanation file 33a, causes the display 11 to sequentially display the operation explanation screens shown in FIGS. 5C to 5F, and deposits the cleaning object. Do. In step S5, no membership card is inserted,
If the predetermined time has elapsed in step S4, the process returns to step S1, and the display on the display 11 is hidden.

As described above, the laundry box device 1 of the first embodiment includes the human detector 14 for detecting a human,
Since a predetermined operation explanation is displayed on the display 11 using the human detection signal from the human detector 14 as a trigger,
When there is no person, the display 11 is not displayed, so that the power consumption is small and the useful life of the display 11 is long.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment. In FIG. 6, the audio output device 19 is connected to the microcomputer 30 via an interface (not shown). The voice output device 19 outputs the description of the operation description file 33a as voice, and includes a voice generating device and a speaker. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment,
The same or corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference characters, and detailed description and illustration thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the laundry box device 1 according to the second embodiment will be described. In step S2 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, when the person detector 14 detects a person and outputs a person detection signal to the CPU 31, the process proceeds to step S3 using the person detection signal as a trigger. In step S3, the CPU 31 reads out a predetermined operation explanation from the operation explanation file 33a, displays it on the display 11 as an operation explanation initial screen as shown in FIG. Is output as a sound, and the process proceeds to step S4. Other operations are the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In the second embodiment, it is not always necessary to provide the display 11, and the operation description may be sequentially output to the audio output unit 19 as audio.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show a third embodiment. In FIG. 7, an advertisement display 34 is provided above the laundry box device 1, and the human detector 14 and the infrared camera 35 are provided above the advertisement display 34. As shown in FIG. 8, an advertisement display 34 and an infrared camera 35 are connected to the microcomputer 30 via an interface (not shown). Infrared camera 35
Captures an image using infrared light and outputs the captured information as a video, and can capture an image of a subject even when the amount of visible light is small, such as at night. The infrared camera 35 is arranged toward the front of the laundry box device 1.
The infrared camera 35 is connected to a storage means 36 composed of a video tape recorder via an interface (not shown), and the imaging information in front of the laundry box device 1 output from the infrared camera 35 is stored in the storage means 3.
6 is recorded.

The advertisement display 34 has, for example, a plurality of LEDs (light emitting diodes) arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions.
Is turned on to display an arbitrary pattern such as character information. The advertisement display 34 performs a display as shown in FIG. 9, for example. The advertisement content file 33b is provided in the RAM 33 of FIG. Advertising content file 3
3b stores the contents of the advertisement to be displayed on the advertisement display 34. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same or corresponding portions are denoted by the same reference characters, and detailed description and illustration thereof are omitted.

Next, the operation of the laundry box device 1 according to the third embodiment will be described. In step S2 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, when the person detector 14 detects a person and outputs a person detection signal to the CPU 31, the process proceeds to step S3 using the person detection signal as a trigger. In step S3, the CPU 31 reads a predetermined operation description from the operation description file 33a, and causes the display 11 to display an operation description initial screen as shown in FIG. 5B. on the other hand,
The CPU 31 reads the advertisement content from the advertisement content file 33b, displays the advertisement content shown in FIG. 9 on the advertisement display 34, and operates the infrared camera 35 to store the imaging information in front of the laundry box device 1 in the storage means 36. And the process proceeds to step S4. Other operations are the same as in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In the third embodiment, the infrared camera 35 is used. However, the camera may be any camera that can capture an image even when the amount of light is small at night or the like. A high-sensitivity camera or the like that can amplify the current may be used. Further, an ordinary video camera may be used by using a light having a large light amount.

In the first to third embodiments, infrared rays are used as the light projecting means 14a of the human detector 14, but light rays other than infrared rays, such as visible light rays, may be used. Further, a person may be detected by detecting infrared rays emitted from a human body, or a person may be detected by image recognition or the like.

[0024]

As described above, according to the cleaning object depositing device of the present invention, a person detector for detecting a person is provided, and a predetermined device is operated by using a person detection signal from the person detector as a trigger. As a result, the power consumption is small and the service life can be extended. Further, when a person approaches the deposit device, an operation description and an advertisement are displayed or output, so that the attention of the person can be raised, so that the efficiency is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a laundry box device according to a first embodiment.

2A is a schematic configuration diagram of a human detector, FIG. 2B is a side view of the human detector, and FIGS. 2C and 2D are graphs showing a change amount of infrared rays.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the laundry box device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the laundry box device.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a display screen of a display device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a laundry box device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a laundry box device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of the same.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a display screen of the advertisement display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Laundry box device (depositing device for cleaning material) 14: Person detector (infrared detector) 11: Display 19: Audio output device 34: Advertising display device 35: Infrared camera 36: Storage means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An unattended cleaning device for a cleaning object provided with a housing for accommodating a cleaning object of a user, comprising a person detector for detecting a person, wherein a person detection signal from the person detector is used as a trigger. An unmanned depositing device for cleaning objects that activates a specified device. 2. The unattended cleaning device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation instruction display, wherein the trigger displays a predetermined operation instruction with the trigger. 3. The unattended depositing device for a cleaning object according to claim 1, further comprising an audio output device for operation explanation, wherein the trigger starts the predetermined operation explanation with the trigger. 4. The unattended depositing device for cleaning articles according to claim 1, further comprising an advertisement display, wherein the advertisement display displays a predetermined advertisement by the trigger. 5. The camera according to claim 1, further comprising: a camera; and a storage unit configured to store imaging information of the camera.
An unattended depositing device for a cleaning object, wherein the storage unit stores imaging information. 6. The unattended cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the human detector includes an infrared detector that detects infrared light emitted from a human body in front of the housing.