JP2018005478A - Water treatment device, watching system, and transmit method of watching information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a watching system for watching life situation of a person using a water-related device on the basis of detection value by a sensor given to the device.SOLUTION: The watching system includes: a water treatment device; a first terminal unit that receives a piece of operation state information from the water treatment device; a mail server terminal unit that receives the operation state information and a piece of report setting time information from the first terminal unit and transmits the operation state information to the first terminal unit; and a second terminal unit that receives a piece of operation state information transmitted by the mail server terminal unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a water treatment apparatus, a watching system, and a watching information transmission method.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, home appliances that are called Internet home appliances, smart home appliances, and the like, have a communication function, and have improved convenience by being linked with other devices have attracted attention. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a printer body that uses an ink cartridge, and an apparatus that incorporates a beacon device in an air cleaner equipped with a replaceable filter. Beacon devices provided in these devices transmit identification information and status information related to the device to the communication terminal as beacon signals, and the communication terminal is configured to transmit the received beacon signal to the server device. . Then, the server device stores identification information and device status information, and consumable information (consumable price, purchase destination information, etc.) corresponding to these information is used by a user who manages consumables. Configured to send to.

  In addition, with the increase in the elderly, singles, and double-income households, there is an increasing need for watching systems. For example, a camera or a human sensor is installed in the house to detect the state of the room, and a user who is out of the office monitors the state of the room using a mobile terminal device or the like. There is provided a watching system that can be performed on a user's portable terminal device or the like.

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  By the way, in order to grasp whether or not a person is living, a method of monitoring the use of a device around the water can be considered. In other words, if people are living, in order to use water, you should use water-related devices such as faucets, water purifiers, showers, etc. , There is a possibility that you can grasp the state of life of people living in the house. However, the beacon device in the consumables information notification system described in Patent Document 1 only notifies information on the degree of use of the consumables provided in the home appliance, so information is not notified when the home appliance is not used, Not suitable for watching system. Further, in the conventional watching system, it is necessary to newly install a camera or the like, and there is a cost problem.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment apparatus, a watching system, and a watching information transmission method that can solve the above-described problems.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the water treatment device includes an operation unit, a sensor that is attached to the operation unit, detects an operation on the operation unit, and a detection value detected by the sensor. A control unit that determines an operation state of the operation unit; and a communication unit that transmits operation state information indicating the operation state determined by the control unit.

  Moreover, the said water treatment apparatus in the 2nd aspect of this invention is a water purifier, Comprising: The said sensor is attached to the operation part which switches purified water and raw | natural water, and detects operation with respect to the said operation part.

  The water treatment apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention is a water faucet, and the sensor is attached to an operation unit that switches between water discharge and water stop, and detects an operation on the operation unit.

  The water treatment apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is a shower, and the sensor is attached to a shower head of the shower and detects an operation on the shower head.

  The water treatment device according to the fifth aspect of the present invention further includes a storage unit that stores the operation state information determined by the control unit in a predetermined period.

  The water treatment apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention further includes a battery storage unit that stores a button battery that supplies power to the sensor, the control unit, the communication unit, and the storage unit. .

  Further, the operation state information in the seventh aspect of the present invention includes information on a set position set by an operation on the operation unit and the number of times the set position is changed.

  In the water treatment apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the sensor detects a movement of the operation unit accompanying a movement of a faucet to which the operation unit is attached, in addition to an operation on the operation unit. The control unit determines an operation state of the faucet based on a detection value detected by the sensor.

  The communication unit according to the ninth aspect of the present invention transmits the operation state information only a predetermined number of times in a day.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, from the water treatment device according to any one of the above, a first terminal device that receives the operation state information from the water treatment device, and the first terminal device A mail server terminal device that receives the operation state information and report setting time information, and transmits the operation state information to the report setting time information; and a first server that receives the operation state information transmitted by the mail server terminal device. And a two-terminal device.

  According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the water treatment apparatus including the operation unit, the sensor attached to the operation unit detects an operation on the operation unit, and the control unit detects the detection detected by the sensor. This is a monitoring information transmission method in which an operation state of the operation unit is determined based on a value, and a communication unit transmits operation state information indicating the operation state determined by the control unit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to grasp the living situation of a person who uses a device by detecting the operation state of the device around the water.

It is the schematic of the watching system in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of water purifier 10 in a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view near switching operation part 6 of water purifier 10 in a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of mounting of the operation state detection apparatus 100 in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection apparatus 100 in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation state information recorded on the memory | storage part 104 in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the transmission / reception timing of the operation state information in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the detection and transmission process of the operation status information in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the transmission process of the operation status information in 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the moving direction of the water purifier 10 which the operation state detection apparatus 100 detects in 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection apparatus 100a in 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the detection and transmission process of the operation status information in 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the composite water tap 50 in 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the shower apparatus 60 in 4th embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection apparatus 100b in 4th embodiment of this invention.

<First embodiment>
Hereinafter, a watching system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a watching system in the first embodiment of the present invention.
The watching system 1 is a system that monitors the operating state of the water purifier 10 (water treatment device) and thereby monitors the life status of the user of the water purifier 10. The user of the water purifier 10 is, for example, a person who lives in a house equipped with a faucet to which the water purifier 10 is attached and is watched over. Hereinafter, the user of the water purifier 10 is referred to as a watched person A. The watching system 1 includes a water purifier 10, a first terminal device 20, a mail server terminal device 30, and a second terminal device 40. The first terminal device 20, the mail server terminal device 30, and the second terminal device 40 are communicably connected via a network such as the Internet. In addition, the water purifier 10 is communicably connected to the first terminal device 20 using short-range wireless communication such as BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) (Bluetooth is a registered trademark).

  The water purifier 10 is a water purifier attached to the faucet of the faucet of the house where the guard A lives. The water purifier 10 detects an operation (for example, an operation for switching purified water, raw water, shower, etc.) on the water purifier 10 by the watchman A, determines the operation state, and stores the determined operation state information. The operation state information is, for example, the number of times watched person A switches between purified water and raw water during a predetermined period. In addition, the water purifier 10 has a built-in communication module, and the first is using near field communication such as Bluetooth (registered trademark), BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) (Bluetooth is a registered trademark), ZigBee (registered trademark). The stored operation state information is transmitted to the terminal device 20. The 1st terminal device 20 is portable terminal devices, such as a smart phone which the guardian A owns, for example. The first terminal device 20 includes a communication module and a communication program necessary for communication by BLE or the like, and receives operation state information transmitted from the water purifier 10.

  The first terminal device 20 transmits the operation state information received from the water purifier 10 to the mail server terminal device 30. The mail server terminal device 30 transmits an electronic mail including the operation state information to the second terminal device 40. The user of the second terminal device 40 is a person watching the watched person A. Hereinafter, the user of the second terminal device 40 is referred to as a watcher B. The watcher B lives, for example, in a place away from the watcher A. When the guard A lives regularly, it is considered that the guard A uses the water by operating the water purifier 10 to switch between purified water, raw water, and shower. The watcher B confirms whether the watcher A lives regularly based on the operation state information included in the e-mail received from the mail server terminal device 30.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the water purifier 10 in the first embodiment of the present invention.
The water purifier 10 illustrated in FIG. 2 is mainly composed of a substantially octagonal column-shaped water purifier body 2 and a substantially cylindrical water purification cartridge 4, and is disposed at one end of the water purifier body 2 along a substantially horizontal direction. On the other hand, the lower part of the water purification cartridge 4 along the substantially vertical direction is joined and has a substantially L shape. Moreover, this water purifier 10 is formed so as to be plane-symmetric with a central section in the front-rear direction (hereinafter simply referred to as a central section). Here, in this embodiment, the front-rear direction is a state in which the longitudinal direction of the water purifier 10 is perpendicular to the arm 3a of the faucet 3, and the front of the faucet 3, that is, the arm 3a. The front-rear direction seen from the user standing on the extension line. In addition, the water purifier main body 2 is not limited to a substantially octagonal prism shape, and may be plane-symmetric with respect to the central section.

The water purifier 10 is covered with a case body 5 that is plane-symmetric with respect to the central section. In the approximate center at the top of the case body 5, a receiving port (raw water receiving port) 7 for receiving tap water as raw water is formed from the faucet 3, and this receiving port 7 is connected to the faucet 3 via a ring-shaped mounting jig 8. It is attached to the discharge port. The water purifier main body 2 is provided with a switching operation unit 6. The switching operation unit 6 is formed to be rotatable in the front-rear direction around a rotation axis along the longitudinal direction of the water purifier main body 2. By operating the switching operation unit 6, the flow path of the tap water supplied to the receiving port 7 is switched, and the raw water outlet provided at the bottom of the water purifier body 2, the shower outlet, or the low level of the water purification cartridge 4 is changed. It can be made to discharge from any one of the purified water outlet provided in the part. For example, when the switching operation unit 6 is rotated to the back side in the front-rear direction, the purified water filtered by the filtering material in the purified water cartridge 4 is discharged from the purified water outlet. Moreover, if the switching operation part 6 is rotated to the front side in the front-rear direction, the raw water is directly discharged from the raw water outlet. Moreover, if the switching operation part 6 is rotated to the intermediate position of the front-back direction, shower-shaped raw | natural water will be discharged from a shower exit. The switching positions of the switching operation unit 6 corresponding to each outlet are referred to as a purified water position, a shower position, and a raw water position, respectively.
As will be described below, the switching operation unit 6 incorporates an operation state detection device 100 formed in a substantially disk shape.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the vicinity of the switching operation unit 6 of the water purifier 10 in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an implementation example of the operation state detection apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 3, the operation state detection apparatus 100 is integrally attached to the switching operation unit 6 at the position illustrated in FIG. 3 inside the switching operation unit 6. That is, the operation state detection apparatus 100 rotates together with the switching operation unit 6 in accordance with the switching operation (rotation operation) of the water purification position, the shower position, and the raw water position by the watched person A. The operation state detection device 100 detects a rotation operation performed on the switching operation unit 6 by this rotation.
The operation state detection apparatus 100 includes a substantially disc-shaped substrate 110, a motion sensor 101, a communication module 102, a power supply unit 103, and a storage unit 104.
The motion sensor 101 detects the movement of the operation state detection device 100 associated with the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6. The motion sensor 101 is a triaxial acceleration sensor, for example.
The communication module 102 is a module equipped with a circuit that provides a communication function, an arithmetic function by a computer such as a microcomputer, and a function such as an RTC (real time clock). The communication module 102 is, for example, a BLE module.
The power supply unit 103 supplies power to the operation state detection device 100. The power supply unit 103 is a button battery, for example. The power supply unit 103 can supply power to the operation state detection apparatus 100 without requiring a power cable or the like.
The storage unit 104 is a storage device configured by a storage medium such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).
As illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the motion sensor 101, the communication module 102, and the storage unit 104 are mounted on one surface 110 a of the substrate 110, and the power supply unit 103 is provided on the other surface 110 b of the substrate 110. It is stored in the battery storage unit 105.
Next, functions of the operation state detection apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the case where the motion sensor 101 is a triaxial acceleration sensor, the communication module 102 is a BLE module, and the power supply unit 103 is a button battery will be described as an example.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection apparatus 100 in the first embodiment of the present invention.
As illustrated, the operation state detection apparatus 100 includes a motion sensor 101, a control unit 102a, a time detection unit 102b, a communication unit 102c, a power supply unit 103, and a storage unit 104. The control unit 102a, the time detection unit 102b, and the communication unit 102c are functions included in the communication module 102.
The motion sensor 101 detects acceleration in each of the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions applied to the operation state detection device 100. The motion sensor 101 outputs the detection result to the control unit 102a.
Based on the acceleration detected by the motion sensor 101, the control unit 102a determines whether or not the switching operation unit 6 is rotated, or whether the switching operation unit 6 is switched to the water purification position, the shower position, or the raw water position. To do. The control unit 102 a records information (operation state information) related to the rotation operation performed on the switching operation unit 6 in the storage unit 104. The control unit 102a is a function that is exhibited when a computer included in the communication module 102 reads and executes a program.
The time detection unit 102b measures the current time.
The communication unit 102c transmits the operation state information determined by the control unit 102a to the first terminal device 20. More specifically, when the predetermined transmission time is reached, the communication unit 102c performs an advertisement process, connects to the first terminal device 20 of the watched person A, and transmits operation state information.
The power supply unit 103 supplies power to the motion sensor 101, the communication module 102, and the storage unit 104.
The storage unit 104 stores various information such as operation state information.

Next, a process in which the control unit 102a determines operation state information will be described. For example, it is assumed that the watched person A twists the switching operation unit 6 to the back side and sets the water purifying position. Then, the motion sensor 101 detects acceleration in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction shown in FIG. Of these accelerations, for example, the control unit 102a monitors the acceleration in the X-axis direction, and when the acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is continuously detected in the positive direction of the X-axis for a predetermined time or longer, the controller 102a cleans the water from the shower position. It is determined that the position has been switched. Conversely, the control unit 102a determines that the shower position has been switched to the raw water position when an acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is continuously detected for a predetermined time or more in the negative direction of the X axis. The control unit 102a records in the storage unit 104 the fact that the shower position has been switched to the water purification position and the time. In addition, the control unit 102a determines whether the switching operation unit 6 is switched only based on the acceleration in the X-axis direction, and ignores the change in acceleration detected in the Y-axis direction and the Z-axis direction. Moreover, even if the control part 102a is the acceleration of a X-axis direction, if the detection time of the acceleration is a moment (for example, within 0.2 second), it is not a rotation operation by the watched person A, but temporarily. It is determined that the vibration is a natural vibration and the detection result is ignored.
In this way, the control unit 102a can detect a turning operation on the switching operation unit 6 by the watched person A.

  In addition, for example, assuming that the initial position of the switching operation unit 6 is the shower position, information necessary for determining whether to switch to the water purification position when an acceleration greater than or equal to a predetermined amount is detected in the positive direction of the X axis is determined in advance. Suppose that In addition, once the switching operation unit 6 is set to the water purification position, the control unit 102a detects acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value continuously in a negative direction of the X axis for a predetermined time (for example, T1) or more. It is determined that the water has been switched from the clean water position to the shower position. In addition, once the switching operation unit 6 is set to the water purification position, the control unit 102a continuously accelerates acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in the negative direction of the X axis for a predetermined time (for example, T2, T2> T1) or more. If it detects, it will determine with having switched to the raw water position from the purified water position (passing the shower position). Similarly, the control unit 102a can detect the operation state when the watchdog A switches the switching operation unit 6 set to the raw water position to the shower position or the water purification position.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of operation state information recorded in the storage unit 104 in the first embodiment of the present invention.
As described above, when the switching operation unit 6 is switched, the control unit 102a records in the storage unit 104 the position after switching (any one of the raw water position, the shower position, and the water purification position) and the switching time. . Further, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the control unit 102 a may record the set position after switching and the cumulative number set at the position in the storage unit 104 for each predetermined time period. For example, according to the record in FIG. 6, the watchman A switches the switching operation unit 6 twice to the clean water position and three times to the shower position between 7:00 and 19:00 on the MM month D1 of YYYY. The position is set twice, and then, from 19:00 on the MM month D1 of YYYY year 17:00 to 7:00 on the next D2, the switching operation unit 6 is once at the water purification position and twice at the shower position. It shows that it was set once at the raw water position.
If watcher B who lives away from watcher A can view this information, he / she will understand the life of watcher A from MM month D1 in YYYY to MM month D2 in YYYY. be able to. Moreover, if the watcher B can browse such information regularly every day, the living situation of the watcher A and its fluctuation | variation can be grasped | ascertained.

Next, the transmission / reception timing of the operation state information from when the water purifier 10 (operation state detection device 100) detects the operation state information until it is transmitted to the second terminal device 40 of the watcher B will be described.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the transmission / reception timing of the operation state information in the first embodiment of the present invention.
As a premise, the operation state information aggregation target time is 7:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 7:00 on the next day, the transmission time of the aggregated operation state information is 8:00 (the aggregation target time is 7:00 to 00 19:00), 20:00 (the total time is 19:00 to 7:00 on the next day). Further, it is assumed that the reporting time of the operation state information to the watcher B is set to 9:00 and 21:00 twice a day. In this case, the control unit 102a adds up the operation state information detected in 12 hours from 19:00 on the previous day to 7:00 on the current day. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the control unit 102 a records a cumulative value of the number of times of setting for each setting position in this time zone in the storage unit 104. Similarly, the control part 102a totals the operation state information detected in 12 hours from 7:00 to 19:00 on the day.

  Then, at 8:00, the communication unit 102c connects the first terminal device 20 by the advertising process, and first detects the operation state information detected between 19:00 on the previous day and 7:00 on the current day. It transmits to the terminal device 20. More specifically, the communication unit 102c is set to transmit an advertisement packet between 7:00 and 8:00 (time zone A1), and starts transmission of the advertisement packet at 7:00. . On the other hand, the first terminal device 20 is set to scan advertisement packets between 7:00 and 8:00 (time zone B1), and starts scanning advertisement packets at 7:00. When the first terminal device 20 exists within the communication range of the operation state detection device 100, the first terminal device 20 receives the advertisement packet and establishes a connection with the water purifier 10 (operation state detection device 100). . When the connection is established, the communication unit 102 c reads the operation state information recorded in the storage unit 104 and transmits it to the first terminal device 20. When the connection is established, the communication unit 102c stops the transmission of the advertisement packet, and the first terminal device 20 stops the scan. In this way, when the predetermined time is reached, the water purifier 10 transmits the operation state information accumulated so far to the first terminal device 20.

  On the other hand, the first terminal device 20 receives the operation state information and records it in the storage unit of the own device. And if 8:00 which is the transmission time of operation state information is reached, the 1st terminal device 20 will be the operation state information received from the operation state detection apparatus 100 previously, the identification information (or operation state detection of the water purifier 10). The identification information of the device 100) is transmitted to the mail server terminal device 30. Finally, when the mail server terminal 30 reaches 9:00, the operation state information received at 8:00 (for example, the raw water position, the shower position, detected between 19:00 on the previous day and 7:00 on the current day, An e-mail including the number of water purification positions (cumulative set number of times at each position) is created, and the e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail address associated with the second terminal device 40. As a result, the watchman B can view the operation state information from 19:00 to 17:00 on the previous day at 9:00 in the morning. In addition, the information which matched the identification information of the water purifier 10 and the 2nd terminal device 40 shall be registered into the mail server terminal device 30. FIG.

  The same applies to the operation state information from 7:00 to 19:00 on that day. In other words, the communication unit 102c transmits an advertisement packet when 19:00 (time zone A2) is reached, and the first terminal device 20 starts scanning the advertisement packet when 19:00 (time zone B2) is reached. To do. Then, the first terminal device 20 establishes a connection with the operation state detection device 100 and transmits operation state information detected between 7:00 and 19:00 to the first terminal device 20. And the 1st terminal device 20 will transmit the operation state information to the mail server terminal device 30, if 20:00 is reached. Finally, when the mail server terminal device 30 reaches 21:00, the mail server terminal device 30 creates an e-mail including the operation state information received at 20:00, and transmits it to the mail address associated with the second terminal device 40. .

  For example, the beacon device described in Patent Document 1 requires intermittent communication with a short transmission interval in order to sequentially grasp the state of consumables. For this reason, there is a problem that the battery is consumed heavily. On the other hand, in the case of the operation state detection device 100 of the present embodiment, communication with the first terminal device 20 is performed only a predetermined number of times (for example, twice) in one day, and the motion sensor is used for other time zones Only detection processing by the control unit 101 and the control unit 102a is performed. As a result, the power consumed by the power supply unit 103 can be saved, and the operation state detection device 100 can be driven for a long period only with the power of the button battery.

Finally, the flow of operation state information detection and transmission processing in the watching system 1 will be described.
First, the flow of the detection process of the operation state information in the water purifier 10 and the transmission process of the operation state information between the water purifier 10 and the first terminal device 20 will be described.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation state information detection and transmission processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the switching operation unit 6 is set to the shower position in the initial state. Further, it is assumed that the fact that the switching operation unit 6 is set to the shower position is recorded in the storage unit 104.
First, the motion sensor 101 detects accelerations in the three XYZ directions applied to the operation state detection device 100. The motion sensor 101 outputs the detected acceleration to the control unit 102a. When the acceleration is output by the motion sensor 101, the control unit 102a is activated. Then, the control unit 102a determines whether or not the motion sensor 101 has detected an acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in the X-axis direction for a predetermined time (step S11). When the acceleration in the X-axis direction acquired from the motion sensor 101 does not satisfy this condition (step S11; No), the control unit 102a acquires acceleration information (detection value) detected by the motion sensor 101 from moment to moment. Repeat the determination of S11. When this condition is satisfied (step S11; Yes), the control unit 102a records the detected operation state information in the storage unit 104 (step S12). For example, when the detected acceleration is in the positive X-axis direction, the control unit 102a determines that the switching position of the switching operation unit 6 is the water purification position, and associates it with the time detected by the time detection unit 102b in the storage unit 104. Record. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the control unit 102 a may add 1 to the cumulative number of water purification positions in the counting target time including the time detected by the time detection unit 102 b. Next, the communication unit 102c determines whether it is the transmission time of the operation state information (step S13). For example, the communication unit 102c acquires the current time detected by the time detection unit 102b, compares the current time with a predetermined transmission time, and determines whether the transmission time has come. As the transmission time, for example, a time of about twice a day such as 8:00, 20:00 may be set in advance. If the current time is not the transmission time (step S13; No), the processing from step S11 is repeated. When the present time is the transmission time (step S13; Yes), the communication unit 102c transmits the operation state information to the first terminal device 20 (step S14). For example, the communication unit 102c reads from the storage unit 104 the accumulated value of the set number of times of the purified water position, the raw water position, and the shower position detected in the immediately preceding counting target time, and sets the operation state information (the range of the immediately preceding counting target time). And the accumulated value of each read position) and the identification information of the water purifier 10 are transmitted to the first terminal device 20. In addition, for example, when the operation state information cannot be transmitted due to some problem at the previous transmission time, the communication unit 102c determines not only the operation state information at the immediately previous aggregation target time but also the previous aggregation target. The operation state information in time may be transmitted together. In transmitting the operation state information, as described with reference to FIG. 7, the communication unit 102 c transmits an advertisement packet and establishes a connection with the first terminal device 20. When the communication unit 102c finishes transmitting the operation state information, the control unit 102a deletes the transmitted operation state information from the storage unit 104 (step S15). In addition, when the reception from the communication unit 102c is completed, the first terminal device 20 disconnects the connection.

Next, the flow of operation state information transmission processing between the first terminal device 20, the mail server terminal device 30, and the second terminal device 40 will be described.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of operation state information transmission processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
First, the first terminal device 20 determines whether it is the transmission time of the operation state information received from the water purifier 10 (8:00, 20:00 in the example of FIG. 7) (step S21). When it is not a transmission time (step S21; No), the process of step S21 is repeated. When it is a transmission time (step S21; Yes), the 1st terminal device 20 transmits operation state information, the identification information of the water purifier 10, and report setting time information to the mail server terminal device 30 (step S22). The mail server terminal device 30 receives the operation state information, the identification information of the water purifier 10, and the report setting time information. Next, the mail server terminal device 30 determines whether or not the report set time has been reached (9:00 and 21:00 in the example of FIG. 7) (step S23). If it is not the report set time (step S23; No), the mail server terminal device 30 stands by until the report set time is reached. When the report setting time is reached (step S23; Yes), the mail server terminal device 30 creates an e-mail including operation state information. Moreover, the mail server terminal device 30 specifies the second terminal device 40 corresponding to the identification information of the water purifier 10, and transmits the created electronic mail to the mail address associated with the second terminal device 40 (step). S24).

  According to the water purifier 10 of this embodiment, since the operation state detection device 100 is provided, it is possible to detect the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6 by the watched person A. Further, according to the watching system 1 of the present embodiment, the operation state information of the switching operation unit 6 detected by the operation state detecting device 100 can be transmitted to the watcher B. Thereby, the watcher B attaches the water purifier 10 to a faucet of a kitchen or the like of the house where the watcher A who lives away from the home lives and can communicate with the operation state detection device 100 of the water purifier 10. It is possible to grasp the living situation based on the usage status of the water purifier 10 of the watched person A simply by giving the watched person A 20.

  The first terminal device 20 is not a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, but is a dedicated communication terminal device connected to the PC (personal computer) or the Internet installed within a communication distance with the water purifier 10, for example. Also good. In addition, a rotation sensor, an inclinometer, or the like may be attached to the switching operation unit 6 as the motion sensor 101 to detect the rotation operation of the switching operation unit 6. Further, a switch for detecting switching to the water purification position, the shower position, and the raw water position of the switching operation unit 6 may be provided to detect the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6. In addition, instead of detecting switching to the water purification position, the shower position, and the raw water position of the switching operation unit 6, only the presence / absence of the setting position change (presence / absence of rotation operation) is detected, and the setting position is set in the operation state information. Only the number of changes may be included.

  In addition, the e-mail transmitted by the mail server terminal device 30 includes not only the number of times set for each position in the current counting target time but also the number of times set for each position in units of one week or one month, for example. It may be. Thereby, the watcher B can monitor the change over the long term of the living situation through operation of the water purifier 10 of the watcher A. In the above example, the set number of times in half-day units is aggregated and transmitted from the operation state detecting device 100 to the first terminal device 20. However, the number of times of change per time is transmitted, and the mail server terminal The e-mail transmitted by the device 30 may include the number of times of replacement every time. By doing in this way, the watcher B may be able to grasp the rhythm of daily life in more detail, such as what time the watcher A is active at night. In addition, for example, the watcher B can obtain more detailed information related to health and safety through the water purifier 10 such as whether the watcher A is using purified water during the time of preparation for a meal.

<Second embodiment>
Hereinafter, the watching system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the moving direction of the water purifier 10 detected by the operation state detection device 100 in the second embodiment of the present invention.
In the first embodiment, the operation state detection device 100 detects the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6. The operation state detection apparatus 100a in the second embodiment detects the horizontal movement of the faucet 3 in addition to the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6. Specifically, in FIG. 10, the faucet body 9 is rotatably installed on the sink 11. That is, the faucet 3 can rotate around the axis of the faucet body 9 (in the arrow direction). The operation state detection device 100a detects this horizontal movement when the watchdog A rotates the faucet 3 in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection device 100a in the second embodiment of the present invention.
Among the configurations according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the same components as those constituting the operation state detection device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. Moreover, the operation state detection apparatus 100a is attached to the switching operation part 6 of the water purifier 10 similarly to 1st embodiment. As illustrated, the operation state detection device 100a includes a motion sensor 101, a control unit 102d, a time detection unit 102b, a communication unit 102c, a power supply unit 103, and a storage unit 104. That is, the operation state detection apparatus 100a according to the second embodiment includes a control unit 102d instead of the control unit 102a of the first embodiment. In addition, the motion sensor 101 in the first embodiment may be various sensors and switches that can detect the rotation operation of the switching operation unit 6, but the motion sensor 101 in the second embodiment is a rotation operation of the switching operation unit 6. In addition, it is necessary to be able to detect the rotation of the faucet 3 in the horizontal direction. A triaxial acceleration sensor is suitable for the motion sensor 101 in the second embodiment.

  Based on the detected value of the motion sensor 101 in the X-axis direction, the control unit 102d determines whether or not the switching operation unit 6 is rotated, or whether the switching operation unit 6 has a water purification position, a shower position, or a raw water position. Detect switching. The determination method for the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6 is the same as in the first embodiment. Moreover, the control part 102d detects the presence or absence of the horizontal movement of the water purifier 10 accompanying the movement of the faucet 3 based on the detected value of the motion sensor 101 in the Z-axis direction (FIG. 4). For example, the watchman A rotates the faucet 3 to the right or left. Then, the motion sensor 101 detects the acceleration in the Z-axis direction shown in FIG. The control unit 102d monitors the acceleration in the Z-axis direction, and determines that the faucet 3 has moved when the acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold is continuously detected for a predetermined time or longer. In this way, the control unit 102d can detect that the watchdog A has moved the faucet 3.

Next, operation | movement of the watching system 1 of this embodiment is demonstrated using FIG.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of operation state information detection and transmission processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The process described in FIG. 8 will be briefly described.
First, the motion sensor 101 detects accelerations in the three XYZ directions applied to the operation state detection device 100. The motion sensor 101 outputs the detected acceleration to the control unit 102d. Next, the control unit 102d determines whether or not the motion sensor 101 has detected an acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in the X-axis direction or the Z-axis direction for a predetermined time or more (step S11 ′). When this condition is not satisfied (step S11 ′; No), the control unit 102d repeats the determination in step S11 ′. When this condition is satisfied (step S11 ′; Yes), the control unit 102d records the detected operation state information in the storage unit 104 (step S12). When the detected acceleration is in the X-axis direction, the control unit 102d determines the setting position of the switching operation unit 6 as in the first embodiment, and the setting position of the switching operation unit 6 and the time detected by the time detection unit 102b. Are stored in the storage unit 104 in association with each other. When the detected acceleration is in the Z-axis direction, the control unit 102d determines that the faucet 3 has moved, and associates the movement of the faucet 3 with the time detected by the time detection unit 102b in the storage unit 104. Record. The operation state information of the second embodiment includes the result of the movement operation of the faucet 3 in addition to the rotation operation of the switching operation unit 6.
Next, the communication unit 102c determines whether or not it is the transmission time of the operation state information (step S13). If it is the transmission time (step S13; Yes), the operation state information is transmitted to the first terminal device 20 (step S14). . When the communication unit 102c finishes transmitting the operation state information, the control unit 102a deletes the transmitted operation state information from the storage unit 104 (step S15).

  Moreover, the 1st terminal device 20 transmits operation state information to the mail server terminal device 30 similarly to the case of 1st embodiment demonstrated using FIG. In addition, when the report setting time comes, the mail server terminal device 30 transmits an e-mail including the operation state information to a mail address associated with the second terminal device 40. In the present embodiment, the e-mail read by the watcher B includes the results of the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6 and the moving operation of the faucet 3 by the watcher A.

  According to the water purifier 10 of the present embodiment, not only the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6 but also the movement of the faucet 3 is detected, so that the action performed by the watched person A around the water can be detected more widely. Can do. That is, even when the watchdog A does not perform the turning operation of the switching operation unit 6, this movement can be detected when the faucet 3 is moved when water is used. Thereby, the watcher B can know in detail the life of the watcher A.

<Third embodiment>
Hereinafter, a watching system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the faucet-mounted water purifier 10 includes the operation state detection devices 100 and 100a. The third embodiment relates to a watching system that attaches the operation state detection device 100 or the like to an undersink type water purifier and grasps the behavior of the watched person A. Undersink type water purifiers are equipped with a filtration device under the sink and can switch between purified water and raw water by operating the operation section provided on the faucet (composite faucet), hot water and raw water In addition to the faucet that discharges water, there is a water faucet dedicated to water purification (dedicated faucet).

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the composite faucet 50 in the third embodiment of the present invention.
The composite faucet 50 includes a stopper main body 51, a holder 52 attached to the upper part of the stopper main body 51, a hot water valve 53 provided at the right end of the stopper main body 51, and purified water provided at the left end of the stopper main body 51. The valve 54, the nozzle 56 disposed at the tip of the holder 52, and the leg 55 installed on the sink are the main components. The operation part 53a of the hot water valve 53 can tilt in the left-right direction and can rotate in the front-rear direction. The hot water valve can be opened and closed and the flow rate can be adjusted by tilting the operation portion 53a in the left-right direction, and the mixing ratio of water and hot water can be adjusted by rotating the operation portion 53a in the front-rear direction. That is, the operation unit 53a has both functions of an operation unit that switches between water discharge and water stop and an operation unit that adjusts the mixing ratio of water and hot water.
Moreover, the operation part 54a of the water purification valve 54 can be rotated in the front-rear direction. For example, when the protrusion 54b of the operation part 54a is directed upward as shown in FIG. 13, the water purification valve 54 is opened. Rotating 90 degrees forward from this state and turning the protrusion 54b forward, the water purification valve 54 is closed. By operating the operation unit 53a and the operation unit 54a as described above, the composite faucet 50 discharges water, hot water, hot-water mixed water, and purified water at an arbitrary flow rate.

In such a composite faucet 50, for example, as shown in FIG. 13, the operation state detection device 100 is attached to the operation unit 54a. Then, the operation state detection device 100 can detect an operation in which the watchman A switches between purified water and raw water.
Further, the operation state detection device 100a is attached to the operation unit 53a. Then, the operation state detector 100a can detect the operation of the watched person A tilting the operation unit 53a in the left-right direction or rotating it in the front-rear direction. (Rotation in the front-rear direction is detected based on the acceleration in the X-axis direction, and tilting in the left-right direction is detected based on the acceleration in the Z-axis direction.) Further, as in the operation unit 53a, switching between water discharge from the outlet and water stoppage is performed. When the operation state detection device 100 or the like is attached to the operation unit, the operation unit 53a is moved to the water discharge side due to an earthquake or the like by recording the time of switching between water discharge and water stoppage due to the operation of the watchman A. There is a possibility that it is possible to grasp whether the water is continuously discharged.

  Transmission of operation state information from the operation state detection devices 100 and 100a in the present embodiment to the first terminal device 20, transmission of operation state information from the first terminal device 20 to the mail server terminal device 30, and from the mail server terminal device 30 Operations such as transmission of an electronic mail to the second terminal device 40 are the same as those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. In FIG. 13, the case where the operation state detection device 100 or the like is attached to each of the operation unit 53a and the operation unit 54a has been described as an example. Further, in FIG. 13, the case of a composite faucet has been described as an example. However, even in the case of a dedicated faucet, for example, an operation unit of a faucet that discharges hot water or raw water (an operation unit that switches between water discharge and water stoppage) Alternatively, the operation of the watched person A can be detected by attaching the operation state detection device 100 or the like to the operation unit that adjusts the mixing ratio of water and hot water.

  According to the present embodiment, not only the faucet-mounted water purifier 10 but also the undersink water purifier can more widely detect the behavior of the watchman A around the water. Further, by providing the operation state detection device 100 or the like in the operation unit (or the operation unit that adjusts the mixing ratio of water and hot water) that switches between water discharge and water stoppage, the watched person A detects the action of flowing water. For example, the watcher B can more accurately grasp the living situation of the watcher A even when the watcher A lives without much switching of the operation unit 54a. it can.

<Fourth embodiment>
Hereinafter, a watching system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
1st embodiment-3rd embodiment demonstrates the example which attaches the operation state detection apparatus 100,100a to water treatment apparatuses, such as a water purifier introduce | transduced into a kitchen etc., and a water faucet, and grasps | ascertains the behavior of the watched person A. did. In the fourth embodiment, an example in which the operation state detection device 100 is attached to a shower in a bathroom or a washstand will be described.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the shower device 60 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
In the fourth embodiment, the operation state detection device 100 b is attached inside the shower head 61. When the watched person A moves the shower head 61, the operation state detection device 100b detects this movement.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of the operation state detection device 100b according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
Among the configurations according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those constituting the operation state detection device 100 according to the first embodiment, and description thereof will be omitted. The operation state detection device 100b includes a control unit 102e instead of the control unit 102a of the first embodiment. The motion sensor 101 in the fourth embodiment is preferably a three-axis acceleration sensor that detects the movement of the shower head 61 in any direction.

  The control unit 102e detects the movement of the shower head 61 based on the detected values of the XYZ axes of the motion sensor 101, for example, the watcher A uses the shower with the shower head 61 in hand. In this case, the motion sensor 101 detects one or a plurality of accelerations in the XYZ axis directions. For example, the control unit 102e determines that the shower head 61 has moved when an acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is continuously detected in any direction for a predetermined time or longer. Then, the control unit 102e records the operation state information in the storage unit 104. The operation state information of the present embodiment includes, for example, information indicating that the movement of the shower head 61 has been detected, and the time when the movement is detected (the time detected by the time detection unit 102b). Or you may include the information of the direction where the shower head 61 moved further.

  Next, the operation of the monitoring system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the motion sensor 101 detects accelerations in the three XYZ directions applied to the operation state detection device 100. The motion sensor 101 outputs the detected acceleration to the control unit 102e. Next, the control unit 102e determines whether or not the motion sensor 101 has detected an acceleration equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold in at least one of the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction for a predetermined time. When this condition is not satisfied, the control unit 102e repeats the same determination. When this condition is satisfied, the control unit 102e records the detected operation state information in the storage unit 104 (step S12). Next, when the transmission time of the operation state information is reached (step S13; Yes), the communication unit 102c transmits the operation state information to the first terminal device 20 (step S14). When the transmission of the operation state information is finished, the control unit 102a deletes the transmitted operation state information from the storage unit 104 (step S15).

Similarly to the processing described with reference to FIG. 9, when a predetermined transmission time arrives, the communication unit 102c causes the first terminal device 20 to send the operation state information and the identification information of the shower head 61 (or the identification of the operation state detection device 100b). Information). The first terminal device 20 transmits operation state information and the like to the mail server terminal device 30. In addition, the mail server terminal device 30 transmits an electronic mail including the operation state information to a mail address associated with the second terminal device 40. Thereby, the watcher B can grasp | ascertain the living condition of the watched person A through the use condition of a shower.
The fourth embodiment can be combined with any of the first to third embodiments.

  In addition, it is possible to appropriately replace the components in the above-described embodiments with known components without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The water purifier 10, the composite faucet 50, and the shower are examples of the water treatment device. The switching operation unit 6, the operation unit 53a, the operation unit 54a, and the shower head 61 are examples of the operation unit. The operation state information is an example of a watching information transmission method.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Watching system 2 ... Water purifier main body 3 ... Faucet 3a ... Arm 4 ... Water purification cartridge 5 ... Case main body 6 ... Switching operation part 7 ... Receiving port 8 ··· Fixing jig 10 ··· water purifier 20 ··· first terminal device 30 ··· mail server terminal device 40 ··· second terminal device 100, 100a, 100b ··· operation state detection device 110 ··· -Substantially disk-shaped substrate 101 ... motion sensor 102 ... communication module
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 ... Power supply part 104 ... Memory | storage part 50 ... Composite water tap 51 ... Plug body 52 ... Holder 53 ... Hot water valve 53a ... Operation part 54 ... Water purification valve 54a .... Operation part 54b ... Projection part 55 ... Leg part 56 ... Nozzle 60 ... Shower device 61 ... Shower head

Claims (11)

An operation unit;
A sensor attached to the operation unit and detecting an operation on the operation unit;
A control unit that determines an operation state of the operation unit based on a detection value detected by the sensor;
A communication unit that transmits operation state information indicating the operation state determined by the control unit;
A water treatment apparatus comprising: The water treatment device is a water purifier,
The sensor is attached to an operation unit that switches between purified water and raw water, and detects an operation on the operation unit.
The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1. The water treatment device is a faucet,
The sensor is attached to an operation unit that switches between water discharge and water stop, and detects an operation on the operation unit.
The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1. The water treatment device is a shower,
The sensor is attached to a shower head of the shower and detects an operation on the shower head.
The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1. A storage unit that stores the operation state information determined by the control unit in a predetermined period;
The water treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: A battery storage unit that stores a button battery that supplies power to the sensor, the control unit, the communication unit, and the storage unit;
The water treatment apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: The operation state information includes information on a setting position set by an operation on the operation unit and the number of times the setting position is changed.
The water treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The sensor detects the movement of the operation unit accompanying the movement of the faucet of the faucet to which the operation unit is attached, in addition to the operation on the operation unit.
The controller determines an operation state of the faucet based on a detection value detected by the sensor;
The water treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7. The communication unit transmits the operation state information only a predetermined number of times in a day,
The water treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8. The water treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A first terminal device that receives the operation state information from the water treatment device;
A mail server terminal device that receives the operation state information and the report setting time information from the first terminal device, and transmits the operation state information to the report setting time information;
A second terminal device that receives the operation state information transmitted by the mail server terminal device;
Watch system with In a water treatment apparatus comprising an operation unit,
A sensor attached to the operation unit detects an operation on the operation unit,
The control unit determines the operation state of the operation unit based on the detection value detected by the sensor,
The communication unit transmits operation state information indicating the operation state determined by the control unit.
How to send watch information.

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