JP2008025287A - Toilet booth toilet bowl flushing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet booth toilet bowl flushing system automatically flushes each toilet bowl device with cooperation among a plurality of toilet booths provided in a washroom of a building or the like. <P>SOLUTION: In the toilet booth toilet bowl flushing system in which the Western-style toilet bowl devices comprising automatic flushing means are installed, each toilet booth 10 comprises: a state display means 13 during flushing; and a wireless transmitter-receiver 16b in a specific position of a ceiling surface C partitioned by each partition wall W with the ceiling surface C in common. The automatic flushing means 12 in the toilet booth is operated according to a predetermined automatic flushing program while transmitting a flushing command signal transmitted/received through the wireless transmitter-receiver 16a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet booth toilet cleaning system having a plurality of toilet booths having a Western-style toilet apparatus that performs automatic cleaning of toilets triggered by arrival at a predetermined time, detection of predetermined dirt, and the like.

  In recent years, Western-style toilet devices have been developed that can execute an automatic cleaning mode in which a series of automatic cleaning such as cleaning and drying of the entire area of the bowl portion of the toilet bowl body is performed when the toilet bowl is not used.

  In this automatic cleaning mode, automatic cleaning is triggered by the arrival of a predetermined time, detection of predetermined dirt, or a switch operation as a trigger, and cleaning and drying of each part in the bowl portion are continuously performed. For this reason, manual cleaning is almost unnecessary in the bowl portion.

Patent Document 1 discloses a toilet device capable of automatic cleaning.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-346960

  By the way, a toilet room such as a building is provided with a plurality of toilet booths partitioned by a partition wall. When the toilet device having the above automatic cleaning mode is applied to these, various types of toilet booths such as the following are provided. A problem occurs.

  That is, it is inconvenient to start by operation because a plurality of toilet devices must be operated one by one, and each toilet device is automatically started at a predetermined time or under conditions such as detection of predetermined dirt. Then, since each toilet device enters into an automatic washing mode irregularly without cooperation between apparatuses, there exists a problem that an automatic washing timing cannot be estimated for a user and it is difficult to use a toilet.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to automatically clean each toilet device while coordinating between a plurality of toilet booth booths provided in a toilet room such as a building. It is to provide a toilet booth toilet cleaning system that can be used.

  It is also desirable for at least one of the plurality of toilet booths to be available for the user, and at the same time to prevent all toilets from entering the automatic cleaning mode is also included in the main purpose. .

  In order to achieve the above object, the system of the present invention according to claim 1 is a toilet booth toilet cleaning system in which a Western-style toilet device equipped with automatic cleaning means is installed, and each toilet booth is A wireless transmitter / receiver is provided at a specific position on the ceiling surface divided by each partition wall, and the automatic cleaning means in the toilet booth is a wireless transmitter / receiver. The system is configured to operate in accordance with a predetermined automatic cleaning program while transmitting a cleaning command signal transmitted and received through the terminal.

  In the system of the present invention according to claim 2, each toilet booth includes a human body detecting means, and the automatic cleaning means in the toilet booth prohibits automatic cleaning when the human body is detected by the human body detecting means, A cleaning command signal is transmitted to the next toilet booth through a wireless transceiver, and automatic cleaning is started when no human body is detected.

  The system of the present invention described in claim 3 executes the automatic cleaning program by making any one of the toilet booths usable as the automatic cleaning means.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the cleaning command signal is wirelessly transmitted and received through the ceiling surface, it can be applied to the toilet booths adjacent to each other, and is installed in a toilet room such as a building. The toilet booths can be linked to each other, so that it is not necessary to perform an automatic washing start operation for all the booths, and these toilet booths can be automatically cleaned according to the order of the booths. Moreover, since the state display means at the time of washing | cleaning is provided, it can visually recognize which toilet booth is being washed.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a human body is detected by the human body detection means, automatic cleaning is prohibited, a cleaning command signal is transmitted to the next toilet booth through the wireless transceiver, and the human body is detected. Since the automatic cleaning is configured to start when it runs out, the automatic cleaning can be started without waiting for a cleaning command after the toilet is used.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, since any one of the toilet booths can be used, all the toilet booths cannot be used, and the convenience is high.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a system according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the main control of each toilet booth, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the basic operation of the automatic cleaning means of each toilet booth. This embodiment can be applied to a toilet room having a plurality of toilet booths 10 separated by a partition wall W with a common ceiling surface in a building or the like.

  Here, the toilet booth 10 does not indicate the space itself partitioned by the partition wall W, but a toilet device (main body) installed in the space, and various devices provided or connected thereto (automatic cleaning means described later) , Human body detection means, status indicator lamp, etc.).

  In the system shown in this embodiment, a plurality of toilet booths 10, 10... Are wirelessly connected to a network as shown in FIG. 1, and as shown in FIGS. , Automatic washing means 12 for continuously executing a series of washing and drying for cleaning in the automatic washing mode, a state display means 13 for displaying the state at the time of washing, and human body detection for detecting whether or not the toilet is used Means 14, operation means 15 for starting automatic cleaning, wireless communication means (wireless transmitter / receiver) 16a for communicating with other toilet booths 10, and controlling these and displaying status display means 13 The control part 11 which act | operated the automatic washing | cleaning means 12 in the toilet booth 10 is controlled.

  The automatic washing means 12 includes an automatic washing program. The automatic washing program is activated by an operation from the control unit 11 and controls an automatic washing mechanism (not shown) according to the program, so that the bowl portion of the toilet body 17 Execute automatic cleaning in (not shown).

  Of these components, the control unit 11 and the automatic cleaning means 12 are preferably built in the toilet body 17 of the Western-style toilet device, but the human body detection means 14, the communication means 16a, and the operation means 15 are the toilet body 17 or the toilet. What is necessary is just to be provided in the suitable place in the booth 10. For example, the status display means 13 may be a status indicator lamp provided on the door of the toilet booth 10, a display operation panel attached to the wall of the toilet booth 10, a display unit built in the toilet body 17 or the like. But you can. In addition, although it may install in any place, it cannot be overemphasized that each part is mutually connected. Further, the status display unit 13 and the operation unit 15 may be configured by a display / operation panel.

  The wireless communication means 16a may be built in the toilet body 17 or retrofitted, and the ceiling surface C relays a wireless signal from the wireless communication means 16a to wirelessly communicate with the adjacent toilet booth 10. A wireless transceiver 16b is provided for transferring to the means 16a. The wireless signal includes a cleaning command for automatic cleaning, but may include an ID code that identifies the toilet. The wireless signal may be infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, or the like.

  The wireless signal transmitted by the wireless communication means 16a is once received by the wireless transmitter / receiver 16b provided on the ceiling surface C, and the wireless transmitter / receiver 16b transmits the wireless signal to the wireless transmitter / receiver 16a of the adjacent toilet booth 10. Then, the signal is transmitted to the wireless communication means 16a of the last toilet booth 10.

  In this way, this system is configured to transmit the cleaning command signal for automatic cleaning to the adjacent toilet booth 10 via the wireless transceiver 16b on the ceiling surface C, that is, the toilet booth 10 as a starting point and A toilet booth 10 as an end point is predetermined.

  FIG. 3 shows the basic operation of the automatic cleaning means 12 (automatic cleaning program) of each toilet booth 10. In addition, in this figure, the basic operation | movement in the toilet booth 10 between the start point and the end point is shown, and illustration is abbreviate | omitted about the operation | movement in the toilet booth 10 of a start point and an end point. The starting point is different from that of FIG. 3 in that the start of the program is different from the operation of the operating means 15 and the end point does not transmit the command to the next booth.

  In each toilet booth 10 that has received a cleaning instruction by a wireless signal, whether or not the toilet booth 10 is in use is determined by a human body detection signal from the human body detection means 14, and if it is not in use, an automatic cleaning mechanism is activated to automatically When the cleaning mode is started and the automatic cleaning is completed, a cleaning command signal is sent to the next toilet booth 10 (wireless transmitter / receiver 16b on the ceiling surface) (steps 101 to 105). The state display means 13 is turned on and off in conjunction with the start and end of automatic cleaning. Note that, after the automatic cleaning is completed, a command signal may be sent after a predetermined time with reference to a timer means (not shown).

  In addition, if it is in use, a cleaning command signal is sent to the next toilet booth 10 via the wireless transceiver 16b on the ceiling surface, and then automatic cleaning is performed after the use of the toilet booth 10 is finished. Start (steps 106-108).

  Thus, since it is the structure which relays a washing | cleaning command signal sequentially via the ceiling surface C, when starting automatic cleaning mode by operation, when starting automatically at the predetermined time, it starts automatically on predetermined conditions. In any case, the automatic cleaning of the toilet bowl can be completed for all the toilet booths 10 from the start point to the end point within a substantially fixed time zone after the activation.

  In the present embodiment, if the configuration is such that the cleaning command signal is transmitted only once to the booth 10 that is the end point by starting automatic cleaning once in the booth 10 that is the start point, in each toilet booth 10 as described above. When it is in use, it is necessary to wait for the end of use and start automatic cleaning at its own discretion.

  The wireless cleaning command signal to the next toilet booth 10 may be transferred immediately upon receiving the cleaning command, but the toilet booth 10 is automatically cleaning at the same time by using a logic to be transmitted after the cleaning is completed. Can be prevented.

  However, even in the configuration as described above, since all the toilet booths 10 are in use, when all the toilet booths 10 start automatic cleaning by their own judgment, there is a possibility that automatic cleaning is performed at the same time. However, in order to avoid such a situation and to ensure that one toilet booth 10 can be used reliably, automatic cleaning at any one of the toilet booths 10 may be skipped in one cleaning relay. .

  For example, the number of times each toilet booth 10 is commanded is counted, and if it is the (n * N) th time, the first toilet booth 10 and if it is the (n * N-1) th time, the second number If it is a toilet booth, ... (n * N- (N-1)) times, the last toilet booth 10 may be a logic to be skipped based on the judgment of each control unit 11. Here, N is the number of toilet booths, and n is an integer of 1 or more.

  Further, if automatic cleaning is activated only once a day, each toilet booth 10 may determine whether or not skipping is necessary with a built-in calendar (not shown). An ID code of the toilet booth 10 that skips cleaning may be included in the wireless signal, and the ID code may be cyclically set each time automatic cleaning is started.

  In addition, when relaying a command to the next booth immediately because it is in use, the last toilet booth including the counter in use is included in the command signal. If all are in use, the automatic cleaning of that time may be passed.

  In addition, when the automatic cleaning is started once in the booth 10 as the starting point, the cleaning command signal is relayed forward, reverse reciprocation, or more than one and a half reciprocations, and each toilet booth 10 receives a cleaning command received several times. The automatic cleaning mode may be executed at least once. Each toilet booth 10 only needs to be relayed to the next when it is in use, and automatic cleaning can be executed in almost all booths 10 even if it does not start cleaning by self-judgment after that. In addition, since automatic cleaning by self-judgment is not performed, there is no possibility that all will be in automatic cleaning mode at the same time.

Explanatory drawing of this invention system. The principal part control block diagram in this invention system. The flowchart which shows an example of the basic operation | movement of each toilet booth in this invention system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Toilet booth 11 Control part 12 Automatic cleaning means 13 Status display means 14 Human body detection means 15 Operation means 16a Wireless communication means (wireless transmitter / receiver)
16b Wireless transceiver installed on the ceiling surface 17 Toilet body W Partition wall

Claims (3)

Toilet booth toilet cleaning system with Western-style toilet equipment each equipped with automatic cleaning means,
Each toilet booth is provided with a state display means at the time of cleaning, and has a common ceiling surface, and a wireless transceiver is provided at a specific position on the ceiling surface divided by each partition wall,
The toilet booth toilet cleaning system characterized in that the automatic cleaning means in the toilet booth is configured to operate according to a predetermined automatic cleaning program while transmitting a cleaning command signal transmitted and received through the wireless transceiver. In claim 1,
Each toilet booth is equipped with human body detection means,
The automatic cleaning means in the toilet booth prohibits automatic cleaning when a human body is detected by the human body detection means, transmits a cleaning command signal to the next toilet booth through the wireless transceiver, and detects the human body. Toilet booth toilet cleaning system, which is configured to start automatic cleaning when it runs out. In claim 2,
A toilet booth toilet cleaning system characterized in that the automatic cleaning means executes any one of the toilet booths so that the automatic cleaning program is executed.

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