JP2018063084A - Information processing device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To urge a user to perform a heating operation for preventing a heat shock while taking a bath.SOLUTION: An information processing device includes: a reception part for receiving a hot water supply operation; an acquisition part for acquiring at least one room temperature between an undressing room and a bathroom when the reception part receives the hot water supply operation; a determination part for determining whether the room temperature acquired by the acquisition part is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold; and a notification part for urging a user to perform a heating operation of a heater installed in at least one between the undressing room and the bathroom when the determination part determines that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than the prescribed threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

  Conventionally, a technique for controlling various devices such as an air conditioner by remote operation from a terminal such as a smartphone is known.

  Patent Document 1 describes that a portable information processing terminal such as a smartphone instructs a bath water heater to turn on / off a bath automatically.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-050692

  However, in the prior art, when instructing the start of bath filling by remote control from the terminal, the processing for preventing heat shock is not considered.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of prompting a user to perform a heating operation for preventing a heat shock during bathing.

  In the information processing device, the reception unit that receives the filling operation, the acquisition unit that acquires the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom when the filling unit is received by the reception unit, and the acquisition unit A determination unit that determines whether or not the room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold; and when the determination unit determines that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom A notification unit that notifies a message that prompts a heating operation of the heater installed in the.

  According to the disclosed technology, it is possible to prompt the user to perform a heating operation for preventing heat shock during bathing.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of a control system concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the information terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of the information terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of a process of the control system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of an information terminal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a control system 1 according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, the control system 1 includes an information terminal 10, a control device 20, a heat source remote controller 30, a heat source machine 40, a dressing room heater 50, and a bathroom heating dryer 60.

  For example, the information terminal 10 and the control device 20 are communicably connected by a short-distance wireless communication such as a communication network such as the Internet or a mobile phone network, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), or Bluetooth (registered trademark).

  The controller 20 and the heat source remote controller 30 are communicably connected by, for example, a wired connection via a wireless LAN or HA terminal.

  The heat source machine remote controller 30, the heat source machine 40, and the bathroom heating / drying machine 60 are connected so as to be communicable, for example, by wire such as TES.

  The information terminal 10 is a terminal such as a laptop computer such as a smartphone, a tablet, or a wearable device.

  The control device 20 is a learning remote controller that can be connected to a network, for example. For example, the control device 20 learns infrared remote control commands and transmits the remote control commands to the heat source remote controller 30 and the dressing room heater 50 in accordance with instructions from the information terminal 10.

  The control device 20 is installed in, for example, a dressing room and notifies the information terminal 10 of the room temperature of the dressing room detected by a built-in or external temperature sensor.

  The heat source machine remote controller 30 is a remote controller for the heat source machine 40 installed in, for example, a kitchen. When the heat source remote controller 30 receives, for example, an infrared or wired remote control command from the control device 20, it transfers the command to the heat source apparatus 40.

  The heat source unit 40 supplies hot water to the bathtub according to the command received from the heat source unit remote controller 30. Moreover, according to the command received from the heat source machine remote control 30, the bathroom heating dryer 60 is controlled.

  The dressing room heater 50 is a heater installed in the dressing room, and when receiving a remote control command from the control device 20, performs a heating operation according to the remote control command.

  The bathroom heater / dryer 60 is a heater installed in the bathroom, and performs a heating operation in accordance with an instruction from the heat source unit 40.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the information terminal 10 according to the embodiment. The information terminal 10 in FIG. 2 includes a drive device 100, an auxiliary storage device 102, a memory device 103, a CPU 104, an interface device 105, a display device 106, an input device 107, and the like that are mutually connected by a bus B.

An information processing program for realizing processing in the information terminal 10 is provided by the recording medium 101. When the recording medium 101 on which the information processing program is recorded is set in the drive device 100, the information processing program is installed from the recording medium 101 to the auxiliary storage device 102 via the drive device 100. However, the information processing program need not always be installed from the recording medium 101, and may be downloaded from another computer via a network. The auxiliary storage device 102 stores the installed information processing program and also stores necessary files and data.
The memory device 103 reads the program from the auxiliary storage device 102 and stores it when there is an instruction to start the program. The CPU 104 realizes functions related to the information terminal 10 in accordance with a program stored in the memory device 103. The interface device 105 is used as an interface for connecting to a network. The display device 106 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or the like by a program. The input device 107 includes a touch panel and buttons, or a keyboard and mouse, and is used to input various operation instructions.

  An example of the recording medium 101 is a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a USB memory. An example of the auxiliary storage device 102 is an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory. Both the recording medium 101 and the auxiliary storage device 102 correspond to computer-readable recording media.

<Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the information terminal 10 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information terminal 10 according to the embodiment.

  The information terminal 10 includes a reception unit 11, an acquisition unit 12, a determination unit 13, a notification unit 14, an instruction unit 15, and a communication unit 16. Each of these units is realized by processing that one or more programs installed in the information terminal 10 cause the CPU 104 of the information terminal 10 to execute.

  The reception unit 11 receives a hot water filling operation from a user. The “hot water filling operation” is an operation for making the hot water in the bathtub bathable by the heat source device 40. The “hot water filling operation” includes, for example, a start operation of an “automatic hot water filling” function in which hot water filling is automatically performed after the hot water filling is performed at a preset temperature and the amount of hot water, and hot water in the bathtub is set. The operation includes a start operation of a “refreshing” function for additionally cooking to a preset temperature, a start operation of an “additional hot water” function for adding a predetermined amount of hot water to the bathtub, and the like.

  The acquisition unit 12 acquires the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom from the control device 20, for example, when the filling operation is received by the reception unit 11. In addition, the acquisition part 12 may acquire the room temperature of a dressing room or a bathroom from the dressing room heater 50 or the bathroom heating dryer 60 via the heat source machine remote control 30, for example.

  The determination unit 13 determines whether the room temperature acquired by the acquisition unit 12 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold.

  When the determination unit 13 determines that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the notification unit 14 displays a message prompting the heating operation of the dressing room heater 50 or the bathroom heating dryer 60 on the screen, voice, and vibration. Etc.

  When the instruction unit 15 receives a predetermined operation from the user on the display screen of the message prompting the heating operation displayed by the notification unit 14, the instruction unit 15 starts the hot water filling, for example, via the control device 20 and the heat source remote controller 30. And instructing the dressing room heater 50 or the bathroom heater / dryer 60 to start the heating operation.

  The communication unit 16 communicates with the control device 20.

<Processing>
Next, processing of the control system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of processing of the control system 1 according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the information terminal 10.

  In step S101, the reception unit 11 of the information terminal 10 receives a bath filling operation from the user.

  FIG. 5A is an example of a display screen when receiving a bath filling operation from a user. By operating the hot water operation button 501, the hot water operation is accepted.

  Subsequently, the acquisition unit 12 of the information terminal 10 acquires the room temperature of the dressing room from the control device 20 (step S102).

  Subsequently, the determination unit 13 of the information terminal 10 determines whether or not the room temperature of the dressing room is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold (step S103). If the room temperature is equal to or less than the threshold, the notification unit 14 of the information terminal 10 A message prompting activation of the room heater 50 and the bathroom heater / dryer 60 and an operation button instructing the activation are displayed (step S104). In addition, the alerting | reporting part 14 may alert | report the message which urges | starts of the bathroom heating dryer 60 by an audio | voice.

  FIG. 5B is an example of a display screen when a message prompting activation of the dressing room heater 50 and the bathroom heater / dryer 60 is displayed. When “Yes” 502 is selected on this display screen, the dressing room heater 50 and the bathroom heater / dryer 60 are activated. If it is not less than the threshold value in step S103 or if “No” 503 is selected on the screen of FIG. 5B, the instruction unit 15 of the information terminal 10 transmits a hot water filling instruction to the control device 20. Thereby, heating is not performed but only hot water filling is performed.

  Subsequently, when the instruction unit 15 of the information terminal 10 receives the start-up operation of the dressing room heater 50 and the bathroom heater / dryer 60 by the reception unit 11, the control device 20 instructs the hot water filling, the dressing room heater 50, And the start instruction | indication of the bathroom heating dryer 60 is transmitted (step S105).

  Subsequently, the control device 20 transmits an activation instruction to the dressing room heater 50 to start the heating operation (step S106), and sends the hot water filling instruction and the activation instruction of the bathroom heater dryer 60 to the heat source remote controller 30. Is transmitted to the heat source unit 40 (step S107).

  Subsequently, the heat source device 40 starts filling with water and causes the bathroom heater / dryer 60 to start heating operation (step S108).

  Subsequently, when the hot water filling is completed, the heat source device 40 notifies the information terminal 10 that the hot water filling is completed via the heat source remote controller 30 and the control device 20 (step S109).

  Subsequently, the acquisition unit 12 of the information terminal 10 acquires the room temperature of the dressing room from the control device 20 (step S110), and determines whether the room temperature of the dressing room exceeds a predetermined threshold (step S111). . If the room temperature of the dressing room does not exceed the predetermined threshold, the process waits for a certain time, for example, and proceeds to the process of step S110.

  When the room temperature of the dressing room exceeds a predetermined threshold, the notification unit 14 of the information terminal 10 notifies that preparation for bathing has been completed (step S112). FIG. 5C is an example of a display screen when notifying that preparation for bathing has been completed. When both hot water filling and heating are completed, the user is notified that preparations for bathing are complete.

  In addition, the instruction | indication part 15 of the information terminal 10 may transmit the instruction | indication which stops the heating operation of the bathroom heating dryer 60 and the dressing room heater 50, when a user's completion of bathing is detected. In this case, the information terminal 10 may determine that the user's bathing has been completed when the heat source device 40 detects that the hot water has been removed by, for example, a sensor that measures the amount of water installed in the bathtub. Alternatively, the information terminal 10 is configured such that, for example, a sensor that measures the water level installed in a bathtub reduces the water level by a predetermined value within a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds), and the state in which the water level decreases by the predetermined value (for example, 10 If the heat source device 40 detects that it has continued, it can be estimated that the user has gone out of the bathtub and has washed his body, so it may be determined that the user's bathing has been completed. Alternatively, the information terminal 10 may determine that the user's bathing has been completed when a person is no longer detected by, for example, a human sensor installed in a bathroom. Detection of the user's completion of bathing may be detected using other known techniques.

<Modification>
In the above-described example, an example has been described in which, in step S112, when the room temperature in the dressing room exceeds a predetermined threshold after completion of hot water filling, notification that the preparation for bathing is completed. Instead, when the room temperature in the bathroom exceeds a predetermined threshold, it may be notified that preparation for bathing is completed. Or you may alert | report that the preparation of bathing was completed when the room temperature of a bathroom and a dressing room each exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

  The room temperature of the bathroom and the dressing room may be determined based on the amount of power consumed by the bathroom heater / dryer 60 and the dressing room heater 50, respectively. In this case, the information terminal 10 starts the heating operation in which the predetermined threshold described above is set as the set temperature. And the information terminal 10 estimates the electric energy consumed with the bathroom heating dryer 60 and the dressing room heater 50 from an electric power meter, for example. The information terminal 10 then completes the heating when the estimated amount of power consumed in the bathroom heater / dryer 60 and the dressing room heater 50 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, and the room temperature of the bathroom and the dressing room Is determined to exceed a predetermined threshold.

  The instruction unit 15 of the information terminal 10 may instruct the strength of the heating operation of the bathroom heating dryer 60 and the dressing room heater 50 based on the set amount of hot water in the bathtub obtained from the heat source device 40. Thereby, for example, when the set amount of hot water set by the heat source remote controller 30 or the like is relatively small, the hot water filling is completed relatively quickly, so that the heating operation can be started with relatively strong strength. Further, when the set amount of hot water filling is relatively large, the hot water filling is completed relatively late, so that the heating operation can be started with a relatively weak intensity, so that heating can be performed with relatively low energy consumption.

<Summary>
Conventionally, for example, even if a gas or power supply company recommends a heating operation to a user to prevent heat shock, the body warms up when bathing even if the room temperature experienced by the user is cold. There may not be. There are reports that the number of deaths related to heat shock is more than four times that of traffic accident deaths.

  According to the above-described embodiment, when the hot water filling operation is accepted, if the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, heating of the heater installed in at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom A message prompting driving is announced. Thereby, it is possible to prompt the user to perform a heating operation for preventing a heat shock during bathing.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to such specific embodiment, In the range of the summary of this invention described in the claim, various deformation | transformation・ Change is possible.

  For example, at least one of the acquisition unit 12, the determination unit 13, and the instruction unit 15 may be realized by cloud computing including one or more computers. Alternatively, at least one of the acquisition unit 12, the determination unit 13, and the instruction unit 15 may be provided on the control device 20 side.

  The information terminal 10 and the control device 20 may be configured as an integrated device. Communication between the information terminal 10 and the heat source remote controller 30 may be performed without using the control device 20. In this case, for example, communication between the information terminal 10 and the heat source remote controller 30 may be performed via a home wireless LAN base unit.

  The information terminal 10 communicates with the heat source unit 40, the bathroom heater / dryer 60, and the dressing room heater 50 via, for example, the home wireless LAN master unit without using the control device 20 or the heat source unit remote controller 30. May be.

  A part or all of the information terminal 10 in the above-described embodiment may be realized as an integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each functional block of the information terminal 10 may be individually made into a processor, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor.

1 control system 10 information terminal (an example of “information processing device”)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Reception part 12 Acquisition part 13 Determination part 14 Notification part 15 Instruction part 16 Communication part 20 Control apparatus 30 Heat source machine remote control 40 Heat source machine 50 Dressing room heater (an example of "heater" installed in the dressing room)
60 Bathroom heater / dryer (an example of a “heater” installed in the bathroom)

Claims (7)

A reception unit that accepts a hot water filling operation,
When a filling operation is received by the reception unit, an acquisition unit that acquires the room temperature of at least one of a dressing room and a bathroom;
A determination unit for determining whether the room temperature acquired by the acquisition unit is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold;
When the determination unit determines that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, a notification unit that notifies a message prompting a heating operation of a heater installed in at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom; ,
An information processing apparatus comprising:   When the message is notified by the notification unit, it is provided with an instruction unit for instructing the heat source machine to start a hot water filling and instructing the heater to start a heating operation when a predetermined operation is accepted. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the instructing unit instructs the heater to determine the strength of the heating operation based on a set amount of hot water filling obtained from a heat source device.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein when the completion of bathing by the user is detected, the instructing unit instructs the heater to end the heating operation. The acquisition unit acquires the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom again after being notified of completion of filling by a heat source machine,
After notifying completion of hot water filling from the heat source machine, the notification unit notifies that the preparation for bathing is completed when the determination unit determines that the room temperature acquired again is not less than a predetermined threshold value. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus. Information processing device
A step of accepting a hot water filling operation,
When the hot water filling operation is accepted, obtaining the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom;
Determining whether the acquired room temperature is below a predetermined threshold;
When it is determined that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, a step of notifying a message that prompts a heating operation of a heater installed in at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom;
The information processing method characterized by performing. In the information processing device,
A step of accepting a hot water filling operation,
When the hot water filling operation is accepted, obtaining the room temperature of at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom;
Determining whether the acquired room temperature is below a predetermined threshold;
When it is determined that the acquired room temperature is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, a step of notifying a message that prompts a heating operation of a heater installed in at least one of the dressing room and the bathroom;
A program characterized by having executed.

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