JP2023051079A - Bathroom apparatus control system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a bathroom apparatus control system that does not cause trouble with subsequent hot water filling even when the operation of a bathtub cleaning device is interrupted.SOLUTION: A bathroom apparatus control system includes control means capable of, by remote control using a communication terminal, controlling filling of a bathtub with hot water by a water heater and controlling a bathtub cleaning device that performs rinsing after cleaning with detergent. The control means, when determining that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted in the middle, controls the water heater so as not to perform hot water filling until a predetermined cancelling operation is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a bathroom equipment control system capable of remotely operating a bathtub cleaning device.

A bathtub cleaning device is provided that automatically cleans a bathtub. This bathtub cleaning device is controlled to rinse with tap water after cleaning with detergent.
In addition, as in Patent Document 1, it is also possible to remotely operate the bathtub cleaning device from outside the house using a portable terminal such as a smart phone.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2020-176761

However, it is conceivable that once the bathtub cleaning by the bathtub cleaning device is started, it is interrupted in the middle. For example, when an instruction to stop bath tub cleaning is given from a portable terminal, when a remote controller installed in a house is used to forcibly terminate the bath tub cleaning that is in progress, or when an error occurs in the equipment.
When the bathtub cleaning is interrupted halfway in this way, if the interruption is after the cleaning with the detergent has started and before the rinsing with tap water is completed, the detergent will remain inside the bathtub. put away.
If hot water is filled in such a state, hot water mixed with detergent will accumulate, so there is a problem that it is not possible to take a bath as it is.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bathroom equipment control system that does not interfere with subsequent hot water filling even when the operation of a bathtub cleaning device is interrupted.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a control that controls the filling of a bathtub with hot water by a hot water heater and the control of a bathtub cleaning device that performs rinsing after cleaning with a detergent, by remote operation using a communication terminal. In the bathroom appliance control system comprising means, when the control means determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device has been interrupted, the water heater continues to fill the water until a predetermined cancellation operation is performed. It is characterized by controlling so as not to
According to this, when the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted in the middle of operation, even if execution of hot water filling by the hot water supply machine is commanded, hot water filling is not executed unless a predetermined cancellation operation is executed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the hot water filling from being performed while the detergent used for washing the bathtub remains in the bathtub, and it is possible to eliminate the hindrance to the hot water filling.

Preferably, when the control means determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device was interrupted after the bathtub cleaning device started cleaning with a detergent and before rinsing was completed, The water heater is controlled so as not to fill the hot water.
According to this, the control means prohibits the execution of hot water filling when determining that the timing at which the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted is the timing at which the detergent may remain in the bathtub. Therefore, if it is interrupted at the timing when the detergent does not remain in the bathtub, hot water filling is performed. Therefore, it is possible to further eliminate the obstacle to hot water filling.

In this case, it is preferable that the control means transmits a bathtub washing interruption signal to the communication terminal when it is determined that the operation of the bathtub washing device is interrupted.
According to this, it is possible to cause the communication terminal to display that the bathtub cleaning has been interrupted.

Preferably, the control means determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device was interrupted after the bathtub cleaning device started cleaning with a detergent and before rinsing was completed. Secondly, when the communication terminal remotely controls the filling of hot water by the water heater, the water heater is controlled to fill with hot water after rinsing the bathtub cleaning device.
According to this, even if detergent may remain in the bathtub, rinsing is performed first and then hot water filling is performed, so that it is possible to further eliminate troubles with hot water filling.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bathroom equipment control system that does not interfere with subsequent filling of hot water even when the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a bathroom appliance control system. It is a flow chart which shows operation of a bathroom appliance control system. It is a flow chart which shows operation of a bathroom appliance control system. It is a flow chart which shows operation of a bathroom appliance control system.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of a bathroom appliance control system.
A bathtub 110 is installed in a bathroom 100 arranged in a house, and a bathroom cleaning device 200 for automatically cleaning the inside of the bathroom 100 and a bathtub cleaning device 300 for automatically cleaning the inside of the bathtub 110 are installed. It is
In addition, a water heater 400 that fills the bathtub 110 with hot water and supplies hot water to the bathtub cleaning device 300 is installed in the house.

A control box 500 for controlling the bathroom cleaning device 200, the bathtub cleaning device 300, and the water heater 400 is arranged in the house. This control box 500 transmits a control signal transmitted by operating a remote controller 600 installed in the house to the bathroom cleaning device 200, the bathtub cleaning device 300, and the water heater 400. FIG. Further, the control box 500 receives a control signal transmitted by the cloud server 800 based on an operation command transmitted by operation of an application installed on a mobile terminal 700 such as a smartphone owned by a resident of the house, and controls the bathroom. A control signal is transmitted to cleaning device 200 , bathtub cleaning device 300 , and water heater 400 . The cloud server 800 and the control box 500 correspond to the control means of the present invention, but each of the cloud server 800 and the control box 500 may be one unit, or may be divided into a plurality of units.
A gateway device (not shown) that performs signal conversion between the cloud server 800 and the control box 500 is installed in the house.

Bathtub cleaning device 300 supplies detergent and hot water supplied from water heater 400 to bathtub 110 to automatically clean bathtub 110 . As for the washing procedure, hot water is first sprayed onto the bathtub 110 to perform pre-washing, then detergent is sprayed to remove stains adhering to the inner surface of the bathtub 110, and finally hot water is sprayed onto the inner surface of the bathtub 110 for rinsing. is common, but the presence or absence of pre-cleaning does not matter.

The bathroom cleaning device 200 cleans the washing area of the bathroom 100 . As a cleaning method, a method of washing by spraying hot water containing hypochlorous acid after washing away dirt adhering to the washing place by pre-washing, or a method of spraying hot water on the washing place and pre-washing, then detergent is sprayed to remove dirt adhering to the surface of the washing area, and finally hot water is sprayed onto the washing area for rinsing.

Water heater 400 fills bathtub 110 with hot water, reheats water, supplies hot water to bathtub cleaning device 300, and the like.

When the cloud server 800 receives an operation command from the mobile terminal 700, it transmits a control signal generated based on the command to the control box 500 in the house via the Internet. In addition, it receives the signal transmitted by the control box 500 via the Internet, and transmits a signal to change the display of the application screen of the portable terminal 700 as necessary with respect to the signal thus received.
If the bathtub cleaning in progress is interrupted, the cloud server 800 receives a signal via the control box 500 indicating that the bathtub cleaning device 300 has been interrupted.

Next, the operation of this bathroom appliance control system will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the bathroom appliance control system starts the operation of the bathtub cleaning apparatus 300 by remote control from the remote controller 600 or the mobile terminal 700, and then instructs the user to stop the bathtub cleaning from the remote controller 600 or the mobile terminal 700. , the operation of the bathtub cleaning device 300 is interrupted. When the cloud server 800 receives an interruption signal transmitted from the bathtub cleaning apparatus 300 via the control box 500, the cloud server 80 determines that the bathtub cleaning has been interrupted. Then, the cloud server 800 does not allow the portable terminal 700 to fill the hot water even if it is attempted. Specifically, the cloud server 800 decides to refuse the hot water filling execution command sent from the mobile terminal 700, or the cloud server 800 indicates to the mobile terminal 700 that the hot water filling is prohibited. send a signal.
As a result, even if there is a possibility that the detergent remains inside the bathtub 110 after the bathtub cleaning is interrupted, it is possible to prevent filling with hot water while the detergent remains.

It should be noted that if the state in which the bathtub cleaning is interrupted in the middle continues, hot water cannot be filled indefinitely. As this canceling operation, for example, the user may perform a special operation of remote control 600 after washing off the detergent by showering bathtub 110 with water after the bathtub cleaning has been interrupted. Alternatively, the rinsing operation of bathtub cleaning device 300 may be executed by special operation of portable terminal 700 or remote controller 600 .
In this way, even if the operation of the bathtub cleaning device 300 is interrupted in the middle of the operation, the predetermined releasing operation is executed so that no detergent remains in the bathtub 100. Water upholstery can be performed.

Here, as shown in FIG. 3, cloud server 800 determines that the operation of bathtub cleaning device 300 was interrupted halfway after cleaning with detergent in bathtub cleaning device 300 started and before rinsing was completed. If it is determined that there is, it may be controlled so as not to execute hot water filling.
In this way, cloud server 800 prohibits filling with hot water only when it determines that the timing at which the operation of bathtub cleaning device 300 is interrupted is the timing at which detergent can remain in bathtub 110 . Therefore, when the bath is interrupted at the timing when no detergent remains in the bathtub 110, hot water filling is executed.

In the case of prohibiting the execution of hot water filling, cloud server 800 may transmit a bathtub washing interruption signal to communication terminal 700 when determining that the operation of bathtub washing device 300 has been interrupted. In this case, communication terminal 700 can display that the bathtub cleaning has been interrupted. For example, when the application is launched, it is displayed that the bathtub cleaning was interrupted in the middle. It becomes possible to

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the cloud server 800 determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device 300 was interrupted halfway after the cleaning with the detergent in the bathtub cleaning device 300 started and before rinsing was completed. When it is determined that hot water filling by water heater 400 is remotely controlled by communication terminal 700, automatic rinsing of bathtub cleaning device 300 is performed, and then hot water filling by hot water heater 400 is performed. good too.
According to this, even if there is a possibility that the detergent remains in the bathtub 110, the detergent is washed away by rinsing. It is possible to eliminate the obstacle to tension.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and can be implemented in various embodiments.
For example, instead of placing a control box in the house, the signal from the cloud server may be sent to the remote controller through the gateway device, and the remote controller may send the signal to each bathroom appliance.

100 bathroom 110 bathtub 300 bathtub cleaning device 400 water heater 500 control box (control means)
600 Remote control 700 Communication terminal 800 Cloud server (control means)

Claims (4)

A bathroom equipment control system comprising control means capable of controlling filling of a bathtub with hot water by a water heater and controlling a bathtub washing device for rinsing after washing with a detergent by remote control using a communication terminal,
A bathroom characterized in that, when it is determined that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted, the control means controls the water heater not to fill the water until a predetermined canceling operation is performed. Equipment control system. When the controller determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device was interrupted after the bathtub cleaning device started cleaning with a detergent and before rinsing was completed, the water heater 2. The bathroom equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein the control is performed so as not to execute filling with hot water. 3. The bathroom equipment control according to claim 1, wherein the control means transmits a bathtub washing interruption signal to the communication terminal when determining that the operation of the bathtub washing device is interrupted in the middle. system. When the control means determines that the operation of the bathtub cleaning device is interrupted after the bathtub cleaning device starts cleaning with a detergent and before rinsing is completed, the communication terminal 2. The bathtub equipment control according to claim 1, wherein when the filling of hot water by said water heater is remotely controlled by said water heater, said water heater is controlled to fill with hot water after rinsing said bathtub cleaning device. system.

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