JP2004113388A - Toilet seat device with sound issuing function - Google Patents

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JP2004113388A
JP2004113388A JP2002279797A JP2002279797A JP2004113388A JP 2004113388 A JP2004113388 A JP 2004113388A JP 2002279797 A JP2002279797 A JP 2002279797A JP 2002279797 A JP2002279797 A JP 2002279797A JP 2004113388 A JP2004113388 A JP 2004113388A
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Tatsuya Furusho
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet seat device with a sound issuing function efficiently transmitting the sound from a speaker to a user with a good balance to the left and right. <P>SOLUTION: This toilet seat device with the sound issuing function is upward obliquely disposed with the speaker issuing the sound at an angle of 0° or more to a wall positioned rearward from the toilet seat device, so that the sound issued form the speaker reflects on the toilet rear wall generally positioned at a distance within several centimeters from the rear surface of a case cover and efficiently reaching the ears of the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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【０００１】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、音声、音楽または便器洗浄擬音を発生させるためのスピーカを備えた便座装置に関するものである。
【０００２】
【従来の技術】
従来、この種のスピーカを備えた便座装置は、図８に示すようなもの（非特許文献１参照）が存在し、便座上に座る使用者に対して、音発生用貫通穴６から音声、音楽または便座洗浄擬音等を提供していた。
【０００３】
【非特許文献１】
株式会社ＩＮＡＸ製シャワートイレ５８２０タイプ取扱説明書Ｐ１、２、２２
【０００４】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかし、上記の従来の便座装置では、図９に示すようにスピーカが対向している横壁１６付近に植物１４やタオル１５等音を吸収しやすい物体が存在する場合や、図１０に示すように横壁１６が便座装置本体からかなり離れた位置に存在する場合は、発生された音のごくわずかしか使用者１０の耳に届けることが出来ないという問題が予想される。また、使用者１０の左側に位置するスピーカ１１と右側に位置するスピーカ１１のそれぞれから対向する横壁１６を反射して使用者１０の耳に到達するまでの距離が完全に同一であることは稀であり、使用者１０が感じる音は左右のバランスが崩れてしまうという問題が予想される。
【０００５】
そこで本発明では、音を発生するスピーカを便座装置の後方に位置する壁向きに０°以上の角度をもって上斜め方向に傾斜させて配置することによって、スピーカからの音を効率よくかつ左右のバランスよく使用者に伝達することの出来る便座装置を提供することを目的とする。
【０００６】
【課題を解決するための手段および作用および効果】
請求項１記載の発明における便座装置においては、音を発生させるためのスピーカと、機能部品を覆うケースカバーを有する便座装置において、該スピーカを該便座装置の後方に位置する壁向きに０°以上の角度をもって上斜め方向に傾斜させて配置したことを特徴とする。これにより、スピーカから発生された音は、一般的にケースカバーの背面から数センチ以内の距離に位置するトイレ後ろ壁に反射し、効率よく使用者の耳へ到達することが出来る。
【０００７】
請求項２記載の発明における便座装置においては、音を発生させるためのスピーカと、機能部品を覆うケースカバーを有する便座装置において、音を発生するスピーカを左右一対に配置したことを特徴とする。これにより、使用者はステレオで音声、音楽または便器洗浄擬音等を利用することが出来る。
【０００８】
請求項３記載の発明における便座装置においては、音を発生させるためのスピーカと、機能部品を覆うケースカバーを有する便座装置において、該スピーカから発生される音をトイレ内に拡散させるために該ケースカバーに音発生用貫通穴が開けられており、その穴の開口端の周上または穴の上方に位置する該ケースカバー上に凸部位を設けたことを特徴とする。これにより、上方よりケースカバーを伝ってくる水が、穴を通じて水に弱い便座装置内部へ侵入することを防止することが出来る。
【０００９】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下に本発明の具体的な実施例を、図１乃至図７に基づいて詳細に説明する。
【００１０】
図１のような便座装置において、便座装置製品背面８の左右２箇所それぞれに音発生用貫通穴６が複数設けられており、その穴より音が出る。音が発生するシステムは図２の通りであり、リモコンからの信号を受けたリモコン受光部や人体の接近を感知する人体センサや着座している人体を感知する着座センサや本体操作部からの信号を受けたコントローラからの指示をもとにして音発生装置が音声、音楽または便器洗浄擬似音等をスピーカから発生させる。
実際の使い方としては、用便後に使用者が立ち上がると着座センサが使用者の離座を検知し、それをきっかけとして「今から３秒後に自動的に便器洗浄を行います」といった音声が流れたり、便座装置に人が近付くと予め設定しておいた音楽が自動的に流れたり、リモコンの特定のスイッチを押すと便器洗浄擬似音が流れたりといった状況が考えられる。
【００１１】
便座装置はトイレ内に図３、図４に示すように設置されるが、ここで便座装置背面８とその背面に面したトイレの後ろ壁９は、一般的に数センチしかあいておらず、背面から発せられた音は直ぐにトイレの後ろ壁に反射して使用者の耳に背後から到達する。なお、便座装置本体内に設置されたスピーカ１１は後ろ壁向きに０°以上の角度をもって上斜め方向に傾斜させて配置されており、かつ便座装置本体背面８は上に向かって後ろ壁との距離が広がっていくような上窄まりな形状をしているため、音が発生する部分が後ろ壁９によって完全に塞がれてしまうことは無く、使用者１０に対して効率よく音を届けることが出来る。
なお、使用者１０が容易に目視出来ない位置に音の発生源が存在しているため、トイレ全体の美観を損なうことなく音を感じることが出来るし、音の発生源に対して水をかける、指でつつく等のいたずらを受けることが少なくて済むと考えられる。
また、スピーカ１１は左右２箇所に設置されているため、使用者１０に対して音声、音楽または便器洗浄擬似音をステレオ音で提供することが出来、その際、スピーカ１１から壁を反射して使用者の耳に到達するまでの距離が左右でほとんど変わることが無いため、左右のバランスが良い状態で聞くことが出来る。
【００１２】
図５は便座装置背面の音を出すための音発生用貫通穴部を拡大した図である。音発生用貫通穴６を通じて内部にはスピーカやその他の水に弱い電気部品等が多数存在しているため、音発生用貫通穴６からの水侵入は極力避ける必要があるが、音発生用貫通穴６の外周には図６の断面図に示すように突起１３が設けられており、上方からケースカバー２の外表面を伝って落ちてきた水は音発生用貫通穴から内部へ入ることなく図５に示すように脇へ流れ処理される（１２）。これは人間の体で言うところの睫毛や眉毛の働きをするものであり、その突起１３の高さはごくわずかでも効果がある。
なお、突起１３は図７の断面図に示すように音発生用貫通穴６の開口端から離れた上方に存在しても構わない。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置を示す図である。
【図２】本発明の実施例における音が発生するシステム図である。
【図３】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置のトイレ内での設置状況を示す上面図である。
【図４】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置のトイレ内での設置状況を示す側面図である。
【図５】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置の背面に位置する音を出すための音発生用貫通穴部の拡大図である。
【図６】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置の背面に位置する音を出すための音発生用貫通穴部の１つ目の断面図である。
【図７】本発明の実施例における音発生機能付き便座装置の背面に位置する音を出すための音発生用貫通穴部の２つ目の断面図である。
【図８】従来の音発生機能付き便座装置を示す図である。
【図９】従来の音発生機能付き便座装置のトイレ内での設置状況を示す１つ目の上面図である。
【図１０】従来の音発生機能付き便座装置のトイレ内での設置状況を示す２つ目の上面図である。
【符号の説明】
１…便座装置、２…ケースカバー、３…便座、４…便ふた、５…便器、
６…音発生用貫通穴、７…トイレ、８…便座装置背面、９…後ろ壁、
１０…使用者、１１…スピーカ、１２…水の流れ、１３…突起
１４…植物、１５…タオル、１６…横壁、
１７…音声、音楽または便器洗浄擬音[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a toilet seat device provided with a speaker for generating voice, music, or toilet cleaning imitation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, there is a toilet seat device equipped with a speaker of this type as shown in FIG. 8 (see Non-Patent Document 1), and a user sitting on the toilet seat receives sound, They provided music or toilet seat cleaning sounds.
[0003]
[Non-patent document 1]
INAX Corporation Shower Toilet 5820 Type Instruction Manual P1, 2, 22
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional toilet seat device, as shown in FIG. 9, there is an object such as a plant 14 or a towel 15 which is likely to absorb sound near the lateral wall 16 facing the speaker, or as shown in FIG. If the side wall 16 is located far away from the body of the toilet seat device, a problem is expected that very little of the generated sound can be delivered to the user's 10 ear. Further, it is rare that the distance from each of the speaker 11 located on the left side of the user 10 and the speaker 11 located on the right side to the opposite side wall 16 to reach the ear of the user 10 is completely the same. Therefore, a problem that the sound felt by the user 10 is likely to lose the right-left balance is expected.
[0005]
Therefore, in the present invention, the sound generated from the speaker is efficiently and balanced between the left and right sides by arranging the speaker that generates the sound in the upper oblique direction at an angle of 0 ° or more toward the wall located behind the toilet seat device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet seat device that can often transmit to a user.
[0006]
Means for Solving the Problems, Functions and Effects
In the toilet seat device according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the toilet seat device having a speaker for generating a sound and a case cover covering the functional component, the speaker is oriented at 0 ° or more toward a wall located behind the toilet seat device. Characterized by being arranged obliquely in the upper oblique direction at an angle of. Thereby, the sound generated from the speaker is reflected on the back wall of the toilet generally located within a few centimeters from the back of the case cover, and can efficiently reach the user's ear.
[0007]
In the toilet seat device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the toilet seat device having a speaker for generating a sound and a case cover for covering the functional component, the speakers for generating the sound are arranged in a pair of right and left. This allows the user to use sound, music, or toilet flush sounds in stereo.
[0008]
In the toilet seat device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the toilet seat device having a speaker for generating a sound and a case cover for covering the functional component, the case for diffusing the sound generated from the speaker into the toilet is provided. A sound-generating through-hole is formed in the cover, and a convex portion is provided on the case cover located on the periphery of the opening end of the hole or above the hole. Thereby, it is possible to prevent water coming from the upper part of the case cover from entering the toilet seat device, which is vulnerable to water, through the hole.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0010]
In the toilet seat device as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of through holes 6 for sound generation are provided at two locations on the left and right sides of the product seat back surface 8, respectively, and sound is emitted from the holes. The system that generates the sound is as shown in FIG. 2. The signal from the remote control light-receiving unit that receives the signal from the remote control, the human body sensor that detects the approach of the human body, the seating sensor that detects the seated human body, and the signal from the main unit operation unit Based on the instruction from the controller that has received the sound, the sound generator generates sound, music, or a toilet flush artificial sound from the speaker.
As an actual usage, when the user stands up after using the toilet, the seating sensor detects the user's leaving, and the trigger causes a sound such as "The toilet bowl is automatically cleaned 3 seconds after now". It is possible that a preset music is automatically played when a person approaches the toilet seat device, or a toilet flush artificial sound is played when a specific switch of a remote controller is pressed.
[0011]
The toilet seat device is installed in the toilet as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, where the toilet seat rear surface 8 and the rear wall 9 of the toilet facing the rear surface are generally only a few centimeters apart. The sound emitted from the back immediately reflects on the back wall of the toilet and reaches the user's ear from behind. In addition, the speaker 11 installed in the toilet seat device main body is disposed so as to be inclined upward and obliquely at an angle of 0 ° or more toward the rear wall, and the toilet seat device main body back surface 8 is upwardly inclined with the rear wall. Because it has a constricted shape as the distance increases, the part where sound is generated is not completely blocked by the back wall 9, and the sound is efficiently delivered to the user 10. Can be done.
In addition, since the sound source exists in a position where the user 10 cannot easily see, the sound can be felt without impairing the aesthetic appearance of the entire toilet, and water is applied to the sound source. It is considered that the user is less likely to be mischievous, such as pecking with a finger.
In addition, since the speakers 11 are installed at two places on the left and right, it is possible to provide the user 10 with sound, music, or a toilet cleaning pseudo sound in a stereo sound. Since the distance to reach the user's ear hardly changes between left and right, the user can hear the sound with a good balance between left and right.
[0012]
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a sound-generating through-hole for emitting a sound on the back of the toilet seat device. Since there are many speakers and other water-sensitive electrical components inside through the sound-generating through-hole 6, it is necessary to minimize water intrusion from the sound-generating through-hole 6. A protrusion 13 is provided on the outer periphery of the hole 6 as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 6, so that water falling along the outer surface of the case cover 2 from above does not enter the inside from the sound-generating through hole. As shown in FIG. 5, the processing is performed to the side (12). It functions as eyelashes and eyebrows in a human body. Even if the height of the projection 13 is very small, it is effective.
Note that the protrusion 13 may be present above the sound-generating through-hole 6, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a system diagram in which sound is generated in the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a top view showing an installation state of a toilet seat device with a sound generating function in a toilet according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view showing an installation state of a toilet seat device with a sound generating function in a toilet according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a sound-generating through hole for emitting a sound located on the back of the toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a first sectional view of a sound-generating through-hole for emitting a sound located on the back of the toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a second cross-sectional view of a sound-generating through-hole for emitting a sound located on the back of the toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view showing a conventional toilet seat device with a sound generating function.
FIG. 9 is a first top view showing the installation state of a conventional toilet seat device with a sound generating function in a toilet.
FIG. 10 is a second top view showing the installation state of the conventional toilet seat device with a sound generating function in a toilet.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Toilet seat device, 2 ... Case cover, 3 ... Toilet seat, 4 ... Toilet lid, 5 ... Toilet bowl,
6 ... Through hole for sound generation, 7 ... Toilet, 8 ... Back of toilet seat device, 9 ... Back wall,
10 ... user, 11 ... speaker, 12 ... water flow, 13 ... projection 14 ... plant, 15 ... towel, 16 ... side wall,
17 ... Voice, music or toilet wash imitation

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音を発生させるためのスピーカと、機能部品を覆うケースカバーを有する便座装置において、該スピーカを該便座装置の後方に位置する壁向きに０°以上の角度をもって上斜め方向に傾斜させて配置したことを特徴とする音発生機能付き便座装置。In a toilet seat device having a speaker for generating a sound and a case cover covering a functional component, the speaker is arranged to be inclined upward and obliquely at an angle of 0 ° or more toward a wall located behind the toilet seat device. A toilet seat device with a sound generating function. 該スピーカを左右一対に配置したことを特徴とする請求項１記載の音発生機能付き便座装置。The toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to claim 1, wherein the speakers are arranged in a pair of right and left. 該スピーカから発生される音をトイレ内に拡散させるために該ケースカバーに音発生用貫通穴が開けられており、その穴の開口端の周上または穴の上方に位置する該ケースカバー上に凸部位を設けたことを特徴とする請求項１乃至２記載の音発生機能付き便座装置。A sound-generating through-hole is formed in the case cover to diffuse the sound generated from the speaker into the toilet, and the case cover is positioned on the periphery of the opening end of the hole or above the hole. The toilet seat device with a sound generating function according to claim 1, wherein a convex portion is provided.
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