JP2010240271A - Electric vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric vacuum cleaner which can make a user check small refuse which is difficult to visually check for the user and facilitate the check of the states of to-be-cleaned objects is. <P>SOLUTION: This electric vacuum cleaner 1 includes: a suction port body 300 having a suction port 312; a camera 340 which is arranged in a vicinity of the suction port 312 in the suction port body 300 and photographs images; and a monitor 120 for displaying the images which have been photographed by the camera 340. The camera 340 is constituted to be able to perform zoom photographing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are household vacuum cleaners that generate air suction by an electric blower and perform cleaning by sucking dust from a suction port body. The user visually confirms the dust, moves the suction port body of the vacuum cleaner to the position of the dust, and performs cleaning by sucking the dust from the suction port body.

  In recent years, with the miniaturization and high performance of cameras, vacuum cleaners equipped with cameras have been proposed. The user can perform cleaning while confirming the degree of dust removal through a screen shot by the camera, using an electric vacuum cleaner provided with a camera.

  For example, a vacuum cleaner described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-245083 (Patent Document 1) has a television camera attached to the inside of a nozzle and a monitor attached to a grip. In this vacuum cleaner, the orientation and focus of the television camera are adjusted so as to project the inlet of the nozzle inlet. Garbage and dust under the nozzle inlet are photographed by a TV camera and projected on a monitor. The user moves the mouthpiece to the position of the dust found by visual observation, observes the dust suction state by the mouthpiece based on the image displayed on the monitor, and determines the cleaning state.

  Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-164401 (Patent Document 2) describes a vacuum cleaner that includes a monitoring camera inside and outside the mouthpiece, and has a display unit that acquires and displays a captured image of the monitoring camera near the handle. Has been. In this electric vacuum cleaner, cleaning can be performed while monitoring the dust inside and outside the mouthpiece and the direction of movement of the mouthpiece by the monitoring camera.

  In addition, in the vacuum cleaner described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-247229 (Patent Document 3), a video camera and various sensors are disposed on the suction head side of the pipe end, and the grip is photographed by the video camera. A monitor for displaying the displayed image is provided.

  Thus, the vacuum cleaner aiming at making it easy to perform the cleaning of the place where a user's visual observation is difficult is proposed. When cleaning with these electric vacuum cleaners, the user can check the position of the dust in a place where it is difficult to see directly by the image displayed on the display unit (monitor), or the suction port. Cleaning can be performed while observing the suction state of dust by the body (nozzle, suction body, head) and judging the cleaning state.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-245083 JP 2003-164401 A JP 2006-247229 A

  However, these vacuum cleaners only shoot a place where it is difficult for the user to visually check with a camera and display it on a monitor. For this reason, when the dust in a place that is difficult for the user to visually check is small, the user may not be able to check the dust through the monitor. For example, even if the camera shoots small dust such as dust or dust that enters the interior of tatami mats or carpets and displays it on the monitor as it is, it is difficult for the user to see the small dust on the monitor. is there. For this reason, even when cleaning a place where the user cannot directly see, even if looking at the monitor, small garbage cannot be found, and cleaning may be incomplete.

  Moreover, in these vacuum cleaners, the imaging range of the camera cannot be expanded without moving the suction port (nozzle, mouthpiece, head) where the camera is arranged. For example, when the user holds the suction port body (nozzle, mouthpiece body, head) at a certain position to check dust on the object to be cleaned, leave the suction port body (nozzle, mouthpiece body, head) as it is. The state of the object to be cleaned cannot be confirmed in a wider range, such as whether or not there is another dust around the dust.

  In recent years, allergic diseases caused by so-called house dust have become a problem. One cause of this allergic disease is that dust floating in the air in the living space is sucked into the human body through the nasal cavity or the like. Therefore, in order to alleviate or prevent the symptoms, clean up so that there is no leftover even if it is garbage that is difficult to see or if it is inside the tatami mat or carpet. Is required.

  In addition, small garbage that cannot be seen is sucked into the human body through the nasal cavity and the like, and easily causes causative substances for allergic diseases. Therefore, it is required to clean such small garbage so that it is not left behind.

  However, in the conventional vacuum cleaner, in order to clean the small garbage so as not to be left behind, the user cannot confirm the small garbage that the user cannot see.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner that allows a user to check small garbage that the user cannot see and that can easily check the state of the object to be cleaned. It is.

  The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a suction port body having a suction port, a photographing unit that is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port in the suction port body, and displays an image photographed by the photographing unit. A part. The photographing unit is configured so that zoom photographing is possible.

  For example, when the photographing unit performs zoom photographing so as to enlarge the photographing object, dust around the suction port is enlarged and displayed on the display unit. In particular, small trash such as dust, or trash that enters the interior of tatami mats, carpets, etc., is enlarged and displayed on the display unit. You can clean while checking the garbage.

  On the other hand, the shooting range can be expanded by, for example, performing zoom shooting so as to perform wide-angle shooting. By enlarging the imaging range of the imaging unit, the user can check a wide range of states on the object to be cleaned without moving the suction port.

  When the object to be cleaned is under a desk or chair, a gap in furniture, etc., the user cleans such a place by putting the suction port into the gap in the furniture under the desk or chair. When the object to be cleaned is a high place on the top of the furniture, the user lifts the suction port to the top of the furniture and cleans it. At this time, since the user cannot directly visually confirm the periphery of the suction port to be cleaned, the user can confirm only the range photographed by the photographing unit through the display unit.

  Therefore, by performing zoom shooting so that the shooting unit expands the shooting range, when the user holds the suction port at a certain position and confirms dust on the object to be cleaned, the suction port is The state of the object to be cleaned can be confirmed in a wider range, such as whether or not there is another dust around the dust.

  As described above, the vacuum cleaner includes a photographing unit that is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port in the suction port body and captures an image, and a display unit that displays an image captured by the photographing unit. It is possible to make the user check small dust that is difficult for the user to see, and it is easy to check the state of the object to be cleaned. A vacuum cleaner can be provided.

  In the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, it is preferable that the photographing unit is configured to be able to photograph the direction along the moving direction of the suction port body.

  In this way, the user can easily remove the dust by moving the suction port body in the direction in which the dust is confirmed through the display unit.

  The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention preferably includes illumination means arranged in the vicinity of the photographing unit.

  In many cases, a space under a desk or chair, or a space between furniture that a user cannot see directly is dark. In such a dark place, it may be difficult for the user to check the dust even if the image captured by the imaging unit is displayed on the display unit. In view of this, by providing an illuminating means arranged in the vicinity of the photographing unit, even if the object to be cleaned is in a dark place such as under a desk or chair, or a gap in furniture, the user can easily check the dust through the display unit. Can be.

  In the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, it is preferable that the suction port body has a wall portion that forms a ventilation path, and the photographing unit is disposed on the outer surface of the wall portion of the suction port body.

  The air containing dust circulates in the ventilation path formed by the wall portion of the suction port. For this reason, the dust that circulates with the air tends to come into contact with the inner surface of the wall portion of the suction port body. When the photographing unit is arranged on the inner surface of the wall portion of the suction port body, dust comes into contact with the photographing unit, and the photographing unit is easily damaged. Therefore, by arranging the photographing unit on the outer surface of the wall portion of the suction port body, when air containing dust circulates inside the ventilation path, the dust becomes difficult to contact the photographing unit, and the photographing unit is kept clean. be able to.

  The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention preferably includes a main body on which an electric blower that generates intake air is disposed, and the display unit is disposed on the main body.

  The user moves the handle in the front-rear direction, moves the suction port back and forth, and performs cleaning. Therefore, during cleaning, the user repeatedly performs the operation of moving the handle back and forth. In the electric vacuum cleaner described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-164401 (Patent Document 2), since the display unit is disposed in the vicinity of the handle, the display unit is repeatedly moved back and forth with the movement of the handle. Therefore, it is difficult for the user to confirm the image displayed on the display unit.

  Also, for example, in cleaning a high place such as the top of furniture or between a backside of furniture and the wall of a room, if the user moves the suction port to the object to be cleaned, the handle It may be difficult to see from the user. If the handle is in a position that is difficult for the user to see, the image on the display unit disposed in the vicinity of the handle becomes difficult to check.

  On the other hand, since the electric blower is arranged in the main body, the main body is not easily moved stably while the user moves the suction port body back and forth for cleaning. Since the display unit is arranged on the body that is difficult to move, the user can stably see the display unit.

  In the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, the photographing unit is preferably a small camera in which a small optical unit and an image sensor are combined.

  By using a small camera that combines a small optical unit and an image sensor, the shooting unit has a zoom function and can capture high-quality images without interfering with the mechanism of a conventional vacuum cleaner. It is possible to provide a vacuum cleaner including a photographing unit.

  The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention may include a second suction port body connected to the suction port of the suction port body, and a covering body that is disposed on the second suction port body and covers the photographing unit. preferable. It is preferable that the 2nd suction inlet is comprised so that attachment or detachment to a suction inlet is possible.

  When the user can directly view a wide range of the cleaning target, it is not necessary to check the dust with the image taken by the photographing unit. Therefore, in such a case, cleaning can be performed in a state where the second suction port body is connected to the suction port body and the photographing unit is covered with the covering body. By doing so, the photographing unit can be kept clean.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to allow a user to check small dust that is difficult for the user to see, and to easily check the state of the object to be cleaned. Machine can be provided.

1 is a perspective view showing an entire vacuum cleaner as one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. They are the perspective view (A) which shows the whole suction inlet body of a vacuum cleaner, and sectional drawing (B) when seeing a suction inlet body from a direction perpendicular | vertical to a longitudinal direction. It is the front view (A) which shows the whole camera typically, and sectional drawing (B) of a camera when it sees from the direction of the BB line shown to (A) of FIG. It is a front view which shows the whole operation part. It is a block diagram which shows the control relevant structure of a vacuum cleaner. It is a perspective view which shows the whole when a head is attached to the suction inlet of a vacuum cleaner. It is sectional drawing which shows a suction inlet body and a head when a head is inserted in the suction inlet body.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entirety of a vacuum cleaner as one embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the vacuum cleaner 1 connects a suction port body 300, a main body 110 that houses an electric blower (suction motor) that generates intake air and a dust collecting unit, and a suction port body 300 and the main body 110. A suction hose 210, a connection pipe 220, an extension pipe 230, a camera 340, and a monitor 120. The camera 340 is an example of a photographing unit, and the monitor 120 is an example of a display unit.

  A suction port 312 is formed in the end surface 311 of the suction port body 300. An extension pipe 230, a connection pipe 220 including a handle 240, and a suction hose 210 are sequentially connected to the suction port body 300. The suction hose 210 is connected to the main body 110. The suction port body 300, the extension pipe 230, the connection pipe 220, and the suction hose 210 form a ventilation path through which air containing dust flows from the suction port 312 to the main body 110. The handle 240 is provided with an operation unit 250 for the user to switch between driving and stopping the electric blower and the camera 340.

  The extension tube 230 may be divided in the middle or made into a double-structured telescopic type so that the user can adjust the length according to the application. The suction hose 210 is configured to bend flexibly.

  In the suction port body 300, in the vicinity of the suction port 312, a camera 340 and an illumination 330 as an illumination means are attached and fixed.

  A monitor 120 is attached and fixed on the top surface of the main body 110. The monitor 120 displays an image captured by the camera 340. The camera 340 is connected to the monitor 120 by wiring.

  The main body 110 is provided with wheels 130 that support the main body 110 so as to be movable on the floor surface. In addition, a handle (not shown) for the user to lift the main body 110 is usually disposed on the main body 110, but the handle may not be disposed on the main body 110.

  FIG. 2: is the perspective view (A) which shows the whole suction inlet body of a vacuum cleaner, and sectional drawing (B) when seeing a suction inlet body from a direction perpendicular | vertical to a longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the suction port 300 has a wall portion 310 that forms a ventilation path 320. A suction port 312 is formed in the end surface 311 as an outer surface of the wall portion 310, and a camera 340 and an illumination 330 are attached to the end surface 311 near the suction port 312.

  The camera 340 is attached toward the suction port 312 so as to photograph the moving direction of the suction port 312. The illumination 330 is attached so as to emit light in the shooting direction of the camera 340. The illumination 330 is desirably a light emitting diode (LED) as a light source having a small size, high illuminance, and low power consumption. The LED may be an infrared LED. By using an infrared LED as a light source of the illumination 330, it is possible to take a picture of a dark part while it is dark.

  3 is a front view (A) schematically showing the entire camera, and a cross-sectional view (B) of the camera when viewed from the direction of the line BB shown in FIG. 3 (A).

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the camera 340 includes a case 342 mounted on a printed board 341, a small optical lens unit 343 accommodated in the case 342, and an image sensor 344. Composed. The small optical lens unit 343 includes a lens for forming an image of an object to be photographed on the image sensor 344 and a pedestal that supports the lens. The camera 340 is configured to be able to perform zoom shooting, that is, telephoto zoom shooting and wide-angle zoom shooting.

  The small optical lens unit 343 is desirably a free-form surface prism type lens that can satisfactorily correct aberrations caused by a decentered optical system that could not be corrected by a conventional aspheric lens. According to the free-form surface prism type lens, a high-performance imaging optical system can be obtained that is reduced in size and thickness at low cost by folding the optical path using a reflection surface with a small number of reflections. Accordingly, a compact, zoom function, and high-quality camera 340 can be disposed in the vacuum cleaner 1 without interfering with the mechanism of the conventional vacuum cleaner.

  The imaging element 344 is a MOS type or CCD area sensor, and transmits received image information to a computer unit to be described later via an interface of the printed board 341.

  FIG. 4 is a front view showing the entire operation unit.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit 250 is disposed on the handle 240. The operation unit 250 includes a cleaning power button 251, a camera power button 252, an illumination button 253, a telephoto zoom button 254, and a wide-angle zoom button 255.

  The user presses the cleaning power button 251 to start cleaning by the electric vacuum cleaner 1 (FIG. 1), that is, suction of dust from the suction port 312 (FIG. 1) of the electric vacuum cleaner 1. Further, the user presses the illumination button 253 to turn on the illumination 330 (FIG. 1), or presses the camera power button 252 to start photographing with the camera 340 (FIG. 1). In photographing by the camera 340, the photographing object can be enlarged by pressing the telephoto zoom button 254, and the photographing range can be enlarged by pressing the wide-angle zoom button 255.

  In this way, the cleaning power button 251 for starting cleaning and the camera power button 252 for starting shooting by the camera 340 are formed separately, so that shooting is performed by the camera 340 when cleaning is not performed. Can be done. For example, before driving the vacuum cleaner 1 and starting the cleaning, the user takes an image of the object to be cleaned with the camera 340 and confirms it on the display unit in advance. Accidents such as accidental suction can be prevented. In addition, after the electric blower is stopped and cleaning is finished, the object to be cleaned can be photographed with the camera 340 to check the cleaning state.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control-related configuration of the vacuum cleaner.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the vacuum cleaner 1 includes a calculator unit 510, a camera 340, an operation unit 250, a monitor 120, an illumination 330, and an electric blower 540. The computer unit 510 includes an image processing unit 520 and a controller unit 530. The computer unit 510 and other members are connected by wiring (not shown). For example, the computer unit 510 is installed in the connection pipe 220 (FIG. 1), but may be incorporated in the main body 110 (FIG. 1) of the vacuum cleaner 1 in order to reduce the weight of the connection pipe 220.

  When the user operates the operation unit 250, control information is transmitted from the operation unit 250 to the controller unit 530 of the computer unit 510. The controller unit 530 transmits a control signal to the electric blower 540, the illumination 330, and the camera 340 based on information transmitted from the operation unit 250. When the electric blower 540 is driven by a control signal sent from the controller unit 530, intake air is generated and cleaning is started. Moreover, cleaning is stopped when the electric blower 540 stops driving by a control signal sent from the controller unit 530. The camera 340 captures an image based on the control signal transmitted from the controller unit 530 and transmits the captured image to the image processing unit 520. The image processing unit 520 processes the image transmitted from the camera 340 and causes the monitor 120 to display the image. Further, the controller unit 530 controls the zoom function of the camera 340 based on the control signal transmitted from the operation unit 250. That is, the controller unit 530 controls whether the camera 340 performs telephoto zoom shooting or wide-angle zoom shooting.

  The controller unit 530 turns on or off the illumination 330 based on information transmitted from the operation unit 250. An illuminance sensor may be provided in the vicinity of the illumination 330, and an illuminance signal detected by the illuminance sensor may be transmitted to the controller unit 530 so that the illumination 330 is automatically turned on in a dark part.

  Operation | movement of the vacuum cleaner 1 comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated using FIGS. 1-5.

  The user can hold the handle 240 of the connection pipe 220 or the handle (not shown) on the main body 110 and move the vacuum cleaner 1 following the movement of the user. Since the operation unit 250 is disposed on the handle 240, the user can operate the operation unit 250 while holding the handle 240 and performing cleaning.

  First, the user can press the camera power button 252 of the operation unit 250 arranged on the handle 240 to perform photographing with the camera 340 before cleaning. An image captured by the camera 340 is displayed on the monitor 120.

  In this way, by taking an image with the camera 340 before starting the cleaning, the electric blower 540 can be driven after confirming the position of the dust in advance, thereby efficiently cleaning.

  Next, when the user presses the cleaning power button 251 of the operation unit 250, the electric blower 540 in the main body 110 is driven. When the electric blower 540 in the main body 110 is driven, intake air that flows from the suction port 312 toward the inside of the main body 110 is generated. When the user brings the suction port 312 into contact with an object to be cleaned, such as a floor surface or the surface of furniture, the dust adhering to the floor surface or the surface of the furniture is passed through the suction port 312 to the inside of the vacuum cleaner 1. Sucked into. The gas including dust flowing into the suction port body 300 from the suction port 312 flows into the main body 110 through the extension pipe 230, the connection pipe 220, and the suction hose 210 in order, and collects dust inside the main body 110. The dust is removed at the section and exhausted to the outside of the main body 110. The dust removed from the gas is collected in a dust collection part inside the main body 110.

  When the electric blower 540 is driven, air containing dust flows through the ventilation path 320 of the suction port body 300. Here, the camera 340 and the illumination 330 are arranged not at the inside of the ventilation path 320 but at the end of the suction port 300. Therefore, it is difficult for dust to come into direct contact with the camera 340 and the illumination 330, and contamination of the camera 340 and the illumination 330 can be prevented.

  The user holds the handle 240 of the connection pipe 220 and moves the handle 240 back and forth, thereby connecting the connection pipe 220, the extension pipe 230 connected to the connection pipe 220, and the extension pipe 230. Cleaning is performed by moving the suction port body 300 formed with the suction port 312 back and forth.

  Since the monitor 120 is mounted on the top surface of the main body 110, the suction port body 300 can be placed under a desk or chair, in a gap in the furniture, or in a high place such as the top surface of the furniture. In this case, the user can check the periphery of the suction port 312 through the monitor 120. In this way, the user can clean the space between the furniture under the desk or chair, furniture, etc. through the monitor 120 while confirming the presence or absence of dust around the suction port 312. By doing in this way, the user can perform cleaning more reliably.

  The connection pipe 220 and the main body 110 are connected by a suction hose 210 that bends flexibly, and an electric blower 540 and a dust collecting portion are disposed inside the main body 110. Therefore, even if the user moves the handle 240 of the connection pipe 220 back and forth violently, the main body 110 is difficult to move. As described above, since the monitor 120 is mounted on the top surface of the main body 110 that is difficult to move, the user can stably check the image captured by the camera 340.

  When the user moves the handle 240 disposed on the connection pipe 220, the suction hose 210 is pulled on the connection pipe 220. When the suction hose 210 is pulled, the main body 110 to which the suction hose 210 is connected moves in the direction of the handle 240 that is pulling the connection pipe 220. The user moves the handle 240 to move the monitor 120 arranged on the top surface of the main body 110 to a position where the user can easily confirm the image, and easily confirm the image captured by the camera 340. Can do. As described above, the user can change the orientation of the monitor 120 without directly touching the main body 110 or the monitor 120 of the vacuum cleaner 1. Therefore, the cleaning needs to be interrupted in order to check the image of the monitor 120. There is no.

  Since the camera 340 is disposed on the end surface 311 of the suction port body 300, when the user cleans the floor surface by placing the suction port 312 against the floor surface, the camera 340 moves the floor surface in front of the user by the camera 340. A picture is taken and displayed on the monitor 120. The user can perform cleaning while confirming the position of the dust in front of the suction port body 300, the state where dust is sucked into the suction port 312 and the cleaning state of the object to be cleaned on the display unit.

  Since the camera 340 is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port 312 in the suction port body 300, the camera 340 is moved together with the suction port body 300. The suction port body 300 is placed under a desk or chair, under a furniture gap, etc., so that an image of the gap under the desk or chair that cannot be seen directly by the user, such as a gap in furniture, is taken on the monitor 120. indicate. In addition, even when the suction port body 300 is at a high place where the user cannot directly see, such as on the top surface of the furniture, the camera 340 captures an image on the top surface of the furniture and displays it on the monitor 120.

  When the suction port 300 is placed in a dark place such as under a desk or chair or in a space between furniture, the user presses the illumination button 253 of the operation unit 250 to illuminate 330 in the vicinity of the suction port 312. be able to. Since the illumination 330 is disposed in the vicinity of the camera 340 and irradiates light in the shooting direction of the camera 340, shooting can be performed while brightly illuminating the portion to be cleaned in cleaning in a dark place. When the illumination 330 illuminates the portion to be cleaned, the user can check the position of dust on the monitor 120 even when the user cleans a dark place.

  When the user presses the telephoto zoom button 254 in a state where the camera 340 is shooting, the camera 340 shoots an image of the subject to be enlarged. Small dust or small dust that has entered the gap between the tatami mat and the carpet is enlarged and displayed on the monitor 120.

  On the other hand, when the user presses the wide-angle zoom button, the shooting range of the camera 340 is enlarged and displayed on the monitor 120. The user can check a wide range of the portion to be cleaned without moving the handle 240.

  When the user presses the cleaning power button 251, the electric blower 540 is stopped. Even after the electric blower 540 is stopped and cleaning is completed, the user can press the camera power button 252 and photograph the object to be cleaned with the camera 340 to check the cleaning state.

  In addition, a head having a suction port larger than the suction port 312 of the suction port body 300 is connected to the suction port body 300 of the vacuum cleaner 1 as a second suction port body detachable from the suction port body 300. Also good.

  FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the whole when the head is attached to the suction port of the vacuum cleaner.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the head 400 can be connected to the suction port body 300 of the vacuum cleaner 1 as a second suction port body. The head 400 has a suction port 411 larger than the suction port 312 (FIG. 1) of the suction port body 300, and a ventilation path is formed inside the head 400. The head 400 is provided with a cover 430 as a covering portion. When the head 400 is connected to the suction port body 300, the camera 340 and the illumination 330 (FIG. 1) disposed in the suction port body 300 are covered with the cover 430 of the head 400.

  FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the suction port body and the head when the head is inserted into the suction port body.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the wall portion 410 of the head 400, an insertion portion 440 that is inserted into the ventilation path 320 of the suction port body 300 is formed at the end opposite to the suction port 411. When the insertion portion 440 of the head 400 is inserted into the ventilation path 320 of the suction port body 300, the head 400 and the suction port body 300 are connected. In this state, when the electric blower 540 (FIG. 5) is driven to generate intake air, dust-containing air flows into the suction port 411 of the head 400, the ventilation path 420 of the head 400, the suction port 312 of the suction port body 300, The air flow path 320 of the suction inlet 300 is circulated in order, and flows into the main body 110 through the extension pipe 230 and the suction hose 210 as shown in FIG.

  When cleaning is performed in a state where the head 400 and the suction port 300 are connected, the cover 430 can protect the camera 340 and the illumination 330, and can prevent adhesion of dust and the like. Further, the cover 430 can protect the camera 340 and the illumination 330 from damage due to impact or the like.

  When cleaning is performed while photographing with the camera 340, the head 400 is removed from the suction port 300. Since the suction opening 300 has a diameter of about 30 mm to 40 mm in diameter, it can be inserted into a closed space such as the back side of furniture, for example, and can be photographed by the camera 340. Note that the camera 340 may be disposed in the vicinity of the suction port 411 of the head 400.

  As described above, the vacuum cleaner 1 was photographed by the suction port body 300 having the suction port 312, the camera 340 that is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port 312 in the suction port body 300, and the camera 340. And a monitor 120 for displaying an image. The camera 340 is configured to be able to perform zoom shooting.

  For example, when the camera 340 performs zoom photographing so as to enlarge the photographing object, dust around the suction port 312 is enlarged and displayed on the monitor 120. In particular, by displaying small dust such as dust or dust entering the interior of a tatami mat or carpet on the monitor 120 and displaying it on the monitor 120, the user can see such a small dust that cannot be directly seen through the monitor 120. You can clean while checking the garbage.

  On the other hand, when the camera 340 performs zoom shooting such as wide-angle shooting, the shooting range can be expanded. By enlarging the photographing range of the camera 340, the user can check a wide range of states in the object to be cleaned without moving the suction port 312.

  When the object to be cleaned is under a desk or chair, a gap in furniture, etc., the user cleans such a place by putting the suction port 300 under the desk or chair and in the gap in furniture. When the object to be cleaned is a high place on the top of the furniture, the user lifts the suction port 300 to the top of the furniture and cleans it. At this time, since the user cannot directly visually confirm the periphery of the suction port 312 to be cleaned, the user can confirm only the range photographed by the camera 340 through the monitor 120.

  Therefore, when the camera 340 performs zoom shooting so as to expand the shooting range, the user holds the suction port 300 at a certain position and confirms the dust on the object to be cleaned. The state of the object to be cleaned can be confirmed in a wider range, such as whether or not there is another dust around the dust, by holding 300 as it is.

  As described above, the vacuum cleaner 1 includes the camera 340 that is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port 312 in the suction port body 300 and captures an image, and the monitor 120 that displays an image captured by the camera 340. The camera 340 includes: By being configured so that zoom photography is possible, it is possible to allow the user to check small dust that is difficult for the user to see and to check the state of the object to be cleaned Can be provided.

  Moreover, in the vacuum cleaner 1, the camera 340 is comprised so that the direction along the moving direction of the suction inlet body 300 can be image | photographed.

  By doing so, the user can easily remove the dust by moving the suction port 300 in the direction in which the dust is confirmed through the monitor 120.

  Moreover, the vacuum cleaner 1 includes an illumination 330 disposed in the vicinity of the camera 340.

  In many cases, a space under a desk or chair, or a space between furniture that a user cannot see directly is dark. In such a dark place, even if an image captured by the camera 340 is displayed on the monitor 120, it may be difficult for the user to check the dust. Therefore, by providing the lighting 330 arranged in the vicinity of the camera 340, even if the object to be cleaned is in a dark place such as under a desk or chair or a gap in furniture, the user can check the dust through the monitor 120. Can be easily.

  In the vacuum cleaner 1, the suction port body 300 includes a wall portion 310 that forms the ventilation path 320, and the camera 340 is disposed on the end surface 311 of the wall portion 310 of the suction port body 300.

  The air containing dust flows through the ventilation path 320 formed by the wall portion 310 of the suction port 300. For this reason, the dust that circulates with the air tends to come into contact with the inner surface of the wall portion 310 of the suction port 300. When the camera 340 is disposed on the inner surface of the wall portion 310 of the suction port 300, dust is brought into contact with the camera 340 and the camera 340 is easily contaminated. Therefore, by disposing the camera 340 on the outer surface of the wall portion 310 of the suction port 300, when air containing dust flows through the inside of the ventilation path 320, the dust hardly comes into contact with the camera 340. It can be kept clean.

  The vacuum cleaner 1 includes a main body 110 on which an electric blower 540 that generates intake air is disposed, and the monitor 120 is disposed on the main body 110.

  Since the electric blower 540 is disposed in the main body 110, the main body 110 is not easily moved stably while the user moves the suction port body 300 back and forth for cleaning. Since the monitor 120 is disposed on the main body 110 that is difficult to move, the user can see the monitor 120 stably.

  In the vacuum cleaner 1, the camera 340 is a small camera in which a small optical lens unit 343 and an image sensor 344 are combined.

  By making the camera 340 a small camera that combines a small optical lens unit 343 and an image sensor 344, a high-quality image having a zoom function can be taken without interfering with the mechanism of the conventional vacuum cleaner 1. The vacuum cleaner 1 including the camera 340 that can be provided can be provided.

  The vacuum cleaner 1 also includes a head 400 connected to the suction port 312 of the suction port body 300 and a cover 430 that is disposed on the head 400 and covers the camera 340. The head 400 is configured to be detachable from the suction port body 300.

  When the user can directly view a wide range of the cleaning target, it is not necessary to check dust on the image taken by the camera 340. Therefore, in such a case, cleaning can be performed with the head 400 connected to the suction port 300 and the camera 340 covered with the cover 430. By doing so, the camera 340 can be kept clean.

  The embodiment disclosed above should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above embodiments but by the scope of claims, and includes all modifications and variations within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1: Vacuum cleaner, 110: Main body, 120: Monitor, 300: Suction port body, 310: Wall part, 311: End surface, 312: Suction port, 320: Ventilation path, 330: Illumination, 340: Camera, 400: Head 430: Cover, 540: Electric blower.

Claims (7)

A suction port body having a suction port;
An imaging unit that captures an image arranged in the vicinity of the suction port in the suction port body,
A display unit for displaying an image photographed by the photographing unit;
The said imaging | photography part is a vacuum cleaner comprised so that zoom imaging | photography is possible.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the photographing unit is configured to be able to photograph a direction along a moving direction of the suction port body.   The vacuum cleaner of Claim 1 or Claim 2 provided with the illumination means arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the said imaging | photography part. The suction port body has a wall portion that forms a ventilation path,
The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the photographing unit is disposed on an outer surface of a wall portion of the suction port body. It has a body on which an electric blower that generates intake air is placed,
The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is disposed on the main body.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the photographing unit is a small camera in which a small optical unit and an image sensor are combined. A second suction port connected to the suction port of the suction port,
A cover for covering the imaging unit disposed on the second suction port body;
The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second suction port body is configured to be detachable from the suction port body.

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