JP2013023914A - Portable information terminal, and hot water washing toilet seat system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable information terminal and a hot water washing toilet seat system which are clearly operable when using the portable information terminal to operate a hot water washing toilet seat.SOLUTION: When a person P holding a portable information terminal 10 enters into a toilet room 1, a human body detecting sensor 7 detects him and transmits a radio signal from a hot water washing toilet seat 3 to the portable information terminal 10 so that the display of the portable information terminal 10 is changed over into a non-seating operation image plane 80. When the person P sits on a toilet seat 6, the image plane of the portable information terminal 10 is changed over into a seating operation image plane 90 to enable the operation of a shower device 19, etc. When the shower device 19, etc., are operated, the image plane of the portable information terminal 10 is changed over into a washing operation image plane 100 to enable the adjustment of a washing position, washing strength, etc. When the person P touches a movable part 110a and moves his finger right and left, the washing positions of a shower, etc., can be displaced back and forth.

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal for operating a warm water cleaning toilet seat of a toilet, and a warm water cleaning toilet seat system including the portable information terminal and the warm water cleaning toilet seat.

  In a warm water washing toilet seat installed in a toilet bowl for washing a human buttock with warm water, various operations such as ejection and stop of warm water are performed by operating a switch. This switch is provided on a warm water washing toilet seat main body installed on the toilet seat or on a remote controller separate from the hot water washing toilet seat main body.

  In Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-247664), a switch group for changing setting conditions is arranged behind the opening / closing lid of the remote control, and when the opening / closing lid is opened, the liquid crystal screen of the remote control is changed to the information display screen. A display device for remote control to be switched is described.

  Further, paragraph 0030 of Patent Document 1 describes that a touch switch is provided on a liquid crystal screen.

  Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-125467) describes that a mobile phone is used as a remote controller for a cleaning device. In Patent Document 1, a washing machine is mainly described as a washing device, but it is described that the washing device may be a warm water washing toilet seat (paragraph 0040).

  In Patent Document 2, the owner of the mobile phone accesses the information provider server via the Internet and downloads the washing machine control program. Thereafter, the mobile phone can be used as a remote controller for the washing machine. Communication between the mobile phone and the washing machine is performed by simple communication means.

JP 2002-247664 A JP 2003-125467 A

  In paragraph 0030 of Patent Document 1, a touch switch is provided on the screen to switch the display state of the screen, and there is no description about setting a switch function for operating the warm water toilet seat on the screen.

  Patent Document 2 describes remote control of a washing machine using a mobile phone, but does not describe how to remotely control a warm water washing toilet seat.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal and a warm water washing toilet seat system that are easy to operate when a warm water washing toilet seat is operated by a portable information terminal.

  The portable information terminal of the present invention is a portable information terminal having a display screen, and the portable information terminal capable of operating the warm water washing toilet seat is composed of a touch panel and displayed on the display screen. At least a part of the operation switch unit is configured to generate an operation signal corresponding to the movement amount and movement direction of the finger touching the screen.

  It is preferable that the operation signal corresponding to the amount and direction of movement of the finger is a cleaning nozzle position change signal.

  The portable information terminal of the present invention may be provided with means for displaying the display screen as the operation screen of the warm water washing toilet seat when receiving the room detection signal from the warm water washing toilet seat.

  The warm water washing toilet seat system of the present invention comprises the portable information terminal of the present invention and a warm water washing toilet seat operated by the portable information terminal.

  In the portable information terminal and the warm water washing toilet seat system of the present invention, an operation signal corresponding to the movement amount and direction of the finger is transferred from the portable information terminal to the warm water washing toilet seat by tracing the display screen of the portable information terminal with a finger. Sent. By making this display screen compatible with the device to be operated, the operation content can be intuitively recognized, and the operation becomes clear.

  This operation is suitable for application to an operation for adjusting the position of the washing nozzle of the warm water washing toilet seat.

  In one aspect of the present invention, when a person who has a portable information terminal equipped with a warm water washing toilet seat operation program enters a toilet room, the warm water washing toilet seat detects a human body, and a occupant detection signal is received from the hot water washing toilet seat. When the signal is transmitted to the terminal and the portable information terminal receives this signal, the display screen is switched to the operation screen of the hot water washing toilet seat.

It is a perspective view of a toilet room provided with the warm water washing toilet seat concerning an embodiment. It is the schematic of a washing | cleaning apparatus. It is a control block diagram of a warm water washing toilet seat. It is a control flowchart of a warm water washing toilet seat. It is a control flowchart of a portable information terminal. It is a display screen figure of a portable information terminal. It is a display screen figure of a portable information terminal. It is a display screen figure of a portable information terminal.

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

  As shown in FIG. 1, a Western style toilet 2 is installed in the toilet room 1, and a warm water washing toilet seat 3 is installed on the Western style toilet 2. The warm water flush toilet seat 3 includes a toilet seat box 4 installed at the rear part of the toilet bowl 2, and a toilet lid 5 and a toilet seat 6 supported by the toilet seat box 4 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. A first human body detection sensor 7 for detecting a human body in front of the toilet bowl 2 is provided at the upper front edge of the toilet seat box 4 in a state where both the toilet lid 5 and the toilet seat 6 are lying down (FIG. 1). In addition, a second human body detection sensor 9 (see FIG. 3) that detects a human body in front of the toilet bowl 2 in a state where both the toilet lid 5 and the toilet seat 6 stand in the lower portion of the center in the left-right direction on the front surface of the toilet seat box 4. 1 is not shown).

  On the wall surface of the toilet room 1, a remote controller 8 for operating the hot water washing toilet seat 3 is installed. A user P of the toilet room 1 has a portable information terminal 10, and the hot water washing toilet seat 3 can be operated not only by the remote controller 8 but also by the portable information terminal 10. The portable information terminal 10 and the warm water washing toilet seat 3 are configured to communicate with each other by a simple wireless communication system such as Bluetooth. The portable information terminal 10 is provided with a touch panel type liquid crystal display screen.

  In this embodiment, an ID signal indicating the owner of the portable information terminal 10 is included in the signal data transmitted from the portable information terminal 10 to the warm water washing toilet seat 3 so that the warm water washing toilet seat 3 is a specific portable information terminal 10. After receiving the signal from the mobile information terminal 10, it is configured not to perform a control operation with a signal from a mobile information terminal other than the mobile information terminal 10 until the operation by the mobile information terminal 10 ends.

  In the toilet seat box 4, as shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the human body detection sensors 7 and 9, a seating sensor 11 for detecting seating on the toilet seat 6, a remote control 8 and a receiving unit 12 for receiving radio signals from the portable information terminal 10, A transmitter 13 for transmitting a wireless signal to the portable information terminal, a controller 15 for performing control based on the input signal, a toilet lid rotating device 16, a toilet seat rotating device 17, a toilet seat heater 18 controlled by the controller 15, A shower device 19 and a bidet device 20 for washing a human body buttock, a drying device 21 for blowing hot air on the heel to dry, a deodorizing device that discharges odorous air from a toilet bowl and deodorizes with activated carbon or the like 22, an indoor heating device 23 for blowing warm air into the room, a lighting device 24 that projects light toward the floor of the toilet room 1, and a toilet seat box for raising and lowering the toilet seat box 4 as indicated by an arrow H in FIG. Scan lifting device 25, devices such as a flash device 26 for flowing water into the toilet bowl of the toilet is controlled.

  In the shower device 19 and the bidet device 20, as shown in FIG. 2, water is supplied to the cylinder 32 via the opening / closing main valve 29, the flow rate adjusting valve 30, and the heater 31, and hot water is ejected from the tip of the nozzle 33. It is configured as follows. The nozzle 33 is advanced and retracted by water pressure or a motor. The cylinder 32 is provided with an electric front / rear position adjustment device 34, and the cleaning position of the shower and bidet can be adjusted by adjusting the front / rear position of the cylinder 32 based on a signal from the control unit 15.

  The operation of the control unit 15 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When a person enters the toilet room 1 and the first human body detection sensor 7 detects this human body, the process proceeds from step 41 to step 42, where the transmitter 13 transmits a room occupant detection radio signal, and then the toilet lid rotation device 16 Thus, the toilet lid 5 is turned upright (step 43). Next, the process proceeds to step 44, where it is determined whether seating is detected. If seating is not detected, the process proceeds to step 55, and it is determined whether a toilet seat opening signal is received. If not, the process proceeds to step 55a, for a predetermined time (for example, 1 Cycle through steps 44, 55, 55a until ~ 3 minutes). When the toilet seat opening signal is not received during the predetermined time, the process proceeds from step 55a to step 54, the toilet lid 5 is closed, and the process returns to step 41.

  When a toilet seat opening signal is received while circulating through steps 44, 55, and 55a, the process proceeds from step 55 to step 56, the toilet seat 6 is opened, and then the process proceeds to step 57 to receive the toilet seat closing signal. The presence or absence is determined, and the process proceeds to step 58 or 60 depending on the result. Steps 57 and 58 are circulated until the toilet seat closing signal is received and while the second human body detection sensor 9 detects the human body. When the human body is no longer detected during the circulation, the person has left the room, so the routine proceeds from step 58 to step 59, the toilet seat 6 and the toilet lid 5 are closed, and the routine returns to step 41. When a toilet seat closing signal is received during the circulation of steps 57 and 58, the process proceeds from step 57 to step 60, the toilet seat 6 is closed, and then the process returns to step 44.

  When seating is detected while circulating through steps 44, 55, 55a or steps 44, 55, 56, 57, 60, the process proceeds from step 44 to 45, a seating detection signal is transmitted, and cleaning is performed at step 46. It is determined whether the switch (shower icon 93 or 94 or bidet icon 95; see FIG. 7) has been touched.

  When the washing switch is not touch-operated, the process proceeds from step 46 to step 50, and it is determined whether or not the user is seated (stands up from the toilet seat 6. This is also referred to as the seating sensor 11). When the seating continues, the process returns to step 46. When the washing switch (shower icon 93 or 94 or bidet icon 95; see FIG. 7) is touched during the circulation of steps 46 and 50, the process proceeds from step 46 to step 47 to start washing by the shower device or bidet device. And a cleaning start radio signal is transmitted. Next, the process proceeds to step 48, and the cleaning is continued until the stop icon 104 (FIG. 8) for stopping the cleaning is touched. When the stop icon 104 is touched, the process proceeds from step 48 to step 49, where the cleaning by the shower device or the bidet device is stopped and a cleaning end radio signal is transmitted. Thereafter, steps 46 to 50 are circulated until the sitting is detected.

  When separation is detected in step 50, the process proceeds from step 50 to step 51, a separation detection radio signal is transmitted, and the process proceeds to step 52. When seating is not detected, the process proceeds to step 53. After a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 3 minutes) has elapsed, the toilet lid 5 is closed (step 54), and the process returns to step 44. Note that if the user sits again before the predetermined time has elapsed, the process returns from step 52 to step 45.

  Next, a control program for the warm water washing toilet seat 3 by the portable information terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 5, and a display screen of the portable information terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, portable information terminal 10 is a smartphone, but is not limited to this.

  This control program (application software) is installed in the portable information terminal 10 when the owner of the portable information terminal 10 accesses the homepage of the manufacturer of the hot water washing toilet seat 3 via the Internet and downloads it.

  Until the person P carrying the portable information terminal 10 enters the toilet room 1, the display screen of the portable information terminal 10 is a standby screen. When the person P carrying the portable information terminal 10 enters the toilet room 1, the occupant detection radio signal (see step 42 in FIG. 4) transmitted from the warm water flush toilet seat 3 is received by the portable information terminal 10, and FIG. In step 61, the process proceeds from step 61 to step 62. First, the use setting conditions of the previous warm water cleaning toilet seat 3 stored in the memory of the portable information terminal 10 are transmitted to the warm water cleaning toilet seat 3. When there is no stored data, a signal indicating that the warm water washing toilet seat 3 should operate under the standard use setting conditions of the warm water washing toilet seat 3 is transmitted from the portable information terminal 10 instead of this data transmission. Further, the display screen of the portable information terminal 3 is switched from the standby screen to the non-seating operation screen 80 shown in FIG.

  On the non-seating operation screen 80, a photograph or picture of the toilet 2 equipped with the hot water washing toilet seat 3 is displayed, and an icon 81 for the toilet seat opening / closing switch and an icon 82 for the raising / lowering switch of the toilet seat box 4 are displayed. The When the icon 81 is touched, the toilet seat 6 is opened, and when the icon 81 is touched again, the toilet seat 6 is closed. When the toilet 2 is used for a boy's small, the icon 81 is touched to open the toilet seat 6.

  When the icon 82 is touched, the toilet seat box 4 rises, so that the upper surface of the toilet 2 can be carefully cleaned. When the icon 82 is touched once again, the toilet seat box 4 is lowered.

  The toilet lid 5 is opened with the detection of the occupant P (see step 43 in FIG. 4), but the toilet seat 6 is closed. Then, when sitting on the toilet seat 6 in the closed state, the warm water washing toilet seat 3 transmits a seating detection radio signal (step 45 in FIG. 4), so that the seating detection radio signal is received by the portable information terminal 10 and from step 63 64, the display screen of the portable information terminal 10 is switched to the sitting time operation screen 90 of FIG. The screen 90 includes an icon 91 for a large flash operation switch, an icon 92 for a small flash operation switch, a buttocks icon 93 as a shower switch for strongly washing the buttocks, a mild icon 94 as a shower switch for washing the buttocks weakly, A bidet cleaning operation bidet icon 95, a drying operation drying icon 96, and a stop switch stop icon 97 for stopping cleaning and drying are displayed.

  When the large flash icon 91 is touched, a large amount of water is supplied to the toilet bowl of the toilet 2 and large washing is performed. When the small flash icon 92 is touched, a small amount of water is supplied to the toilet bowl of the toilet 2 and small washing is performed. Touching the buttocks icon 93 or the mild icon 94 activates the shower device 19, and touching the bidet icon 95 activates the bidet device 20. When the drying icon 96 is touched, the drying device 21 is activated. When the stop icon 97 is touched, these operations are stopped.

  When touching the buttocks icon 93, mild icon 94, or bidet icon 95, the process proceeds from step 65 to 66, 67, and the display screen is switched from the operation screen for sitting 90 to the operation screen for washing 100 in FIG.

  On the operation screen 100, a butt icon 101, a mild icon 102, a bidet icon 103, and a stop icon 104 are displayed, and these have the same functions as the icons 93, 94, 95, and 97 in FIG. On the operation screen 100, a massage icon 105 and a wide icon 106 are further displayed. When the massage icon 105 is touched during the cleaning operation, the shower or bidet cleaning strength changes, and when the massage icon 105 is touched again, this change is canceled and the cleaning returns to the uniform strength. When the wide icon 106 is touched during the cleaning operation, the nozzles of the shower device 19 or the bidet device 20 regularly move back and forth to expand the cleaning range back and forth. When the wide icon 106 is touched once again, this mode is canceled and the nozzle position becomes constant.

  The operation screen 100 displays a forward icon 107 and a backward icon 108 for adjusting the position of the nozzle. When the icon 107 is touched, the nozzle moves forward, and when the icon 108 is touched, the nozzle moves backward. This movement status is displayed on the display units 109 and 110.

  In this embodiment, the display unit 110 extends in the left-right direction from the vicinity of the left end of the screen to the vicinity of the right end. A movable part 110a is displayed in the middle of the display part 110 in the left-right direction. When a person touches this movable part 110a with a finger, the first contact position is stored in the memory, and then when the finger moves left or right and then leaves the screen, the position on the screen where the finger last touched ( The last position) is detected, and the distance between the first position and the last position and whether the last position is left or right with respect to the first position are detected. Then, a nozzle position change signal corresponding to the distance and direction of movement of the finger is given from the control unit 15 to the front / rear position adjusting device 34 of the shower device 19, and the position of the cylinder 32 is changed back and forth. On the operation screen 100, the movable part 110a moves with the movement of the finger and moves to the last position where the finger is released. The display unit 110 has different display colors on the left and right sides of the movable unit 110a. Although a fountain-like mark extends upward from the movable part 110a, this mark also moves to the left and right in synchronization with the movement of the movable part 110a.

  The display unit 109 has a bar graph shape extending to the left and right, and the length of the bar graph unit expands and contracts in synchronization with the movement of the movable unit 110a. The tip of is located.

  As described above, the front and back positions of the shower or the bidet nozzle can be changed by placing a finger on the movable part 110a of the display unit 110 that is visually recognized as a nozzle and moving the finger to the left or right. When the finger is moved to the left, the cleaning position by the nozzle squirting water advances, and when the finger is moved to the right, the cleaning position by the nozzle squirting water moves backward. The “front” and “rear” are also clearly indicated by “front” and “rear” which are display of the forward icon 107 and the backward icon 108. That is, the forward icon 107 is located on the left end side of the display units 109 and 110, and the reverse icon 108 is located on the right end side of the display units 109 and 110. Therefore, the method for adjusting the front and rear position of the cleaning nozzle position is very clear and can be recognized intuitively.

  The operation screen 100 is provided with a “+” icon 111 for increasing the cleaning strength, a “−” icon 112 for decreasing the cleaning strength, and a display unit 113 for displaying the cleaning strength. When the icon 111 is touched, the amount of cleaning water ejected from the nozzle increases, and when the icon 112 is touched, the amount of cleaning water decreases.

  The operation screen 100 is provided with a “high” icon 114 for increasing the temperature of the cleaning water ejected from the nozzle, a “low” icon 115 for decreasing the temperature, and a display unit 116 for displaying the set temperature. Yes. When the icon 114 is touched, the set temperature of the hot water rises in increments of 0.5 ° C., for example, and when the icon 115 is touched, the set temperature decreases.

  When the hot water washing toilet seat 3 transmits a washing end radio signal (step 49 in FIG. 4) by touching the stop icon 104 during washing (step 49 in FIG. 4), the portable information terminal 10 receives this signal and proceeds to steps 68 to 69 to display the display screen. Is returned from the operation screen for cleaning 100 shown in FIG. 8 to the operation screen for sitting 90 shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the person stands up from the toilet seat, the warm water washing toilet seat 3 transmits a separation detection wireless signal (step 51 in FIG. 4), and when the portable information terminal 10 receives the separation detection wireless signal, the screen is set as a standby screen ( Steps 70 and 71), and then return to Step 61.

  In step 63, when seating is not detected, steps 63 and 72 are circulated. If seating is not detected after a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 3 minutes), the process proceeds from step 72 to step 71, the screen is changed to the standby screen, and the process returns to step 61.

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, if the menu switch provided in the portable information terminal 10 is operated, it will switch to the screen which displayed the operation icon of the deodorizing apparatus 22, the indoor heating apparatus 23, and the illuminating device 24, and these apparatuses 22, 23, 24 can be operated, and the operation setting conditions of these devices 22, 23, 24 can be changed.

  When these operation setting conditions and the setting conditions such as the cleaning strength, position, wide cleaning, and massage cleaning of the shower device 19 or the bidet device 20 are changed, the changed conditions are stored in the memory of the portable information terminal 10 . Then, every time the shower device 19 or the bidet device 20 is operated, the data stored in the memory of the portable information terminal 10 is transmitted to the warm water washing toilet seat (step 66), and the setting condition data of the warm water washing toilet seat 3 and the portable information terminal 10 setting conditions are matched.

  In addition, in the warm water washing toilet seat 3, a memory unit that records information on the cumulative number of times of use of the hot water washing toilet seat, energization time, and electricity bills and water bills for the current month is set. When entering the toilet room, the stored information of the memory unit may be transmitted from the warm water washing toilet seat 3 to the portable information terminal 10 and displayed on the screen of the portable information terminal 10. In this way, the current water bill, electricity bill, and parts maintenance time of the device can be confirmed on the screen of the portable information terminal 10.

  A plurality of operation screen designs may be prepared so that the user can freely select a screen design.

  In the present invention, when the person P carrying the portable information terminal 10 enters the toilet room, the screen is not immediately switched to the warm water washing toilet seat operation screen, but “Do you want to operate the warm water washing toilet seat?” A message may be displayed, and when the person P selects the warm water cleaning toilet seat operation mode, the screen may be switched to the hot water cleaning toilet seat operation screen (non-sitting operation screen 80 in FIG. 6). Further, when the menu switch is operated, an icon for switching between activation and non-activation of the control software for the hot water washing toilet seat may be displayed.

  The above description is an example of the present invention, and the present invention may be other than the above. For example, a condition change other than the front-rear position adjustment of the cleaning device may be performed by tracing the screen. As such a thing, the temperature of warm water or warm air, the amount of water, an air volume, etc. are illustrated, for example.

  In the present invention, it may be set so that both the toilet lid 5 and the toilet seat 6 are opened when it is detected that a person has entered the toilet room 1. This setting is suitable when the majority of toilet users are boy small users.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet room 2 Toilet bowl 3 Warm water washing toilet seat 7 1st human body detection sensor 8 2nd human body detection sensor 10 Portable information terminal 31 Hot water heater 32 Cylinder 33 Nozzle 34 Forward / backward moving device 80 Non-seating operation screen 90 Seating operation screen 100 Operation screen for cleaning

Claims (4)

In a portable information terminal having a display screen and capable of operating a warm water washing toilet seat,
The display screen is a touch panel,
At least a part of the operation switch displayed on the display screen is configured to generate an operation signal according to a movement amount and a movement direction of a finger touching the screen.   2. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the operation signal corresponding to the movement amount and movement direction of the finger is a position change signal of the cleaning nozzle.   3. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising means for displaying the display screen as an operation screen of the hot water washing toilet seat when receiving an entry detection signal from the hot water washing toilet seat.   A warm water washing toilet seat system comprising the portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a warm water washing toilet seat operated by the portable information terminal.

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