JP2023091978A - Control device, control method, control program, supporting system, terminal device, toilet device, support method, and support program - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve convenience of a user of a toilet device.SOLUTION: A control device includes a use detection part for detecting use of a toilet device 100 by a user, and a measurement control part for allowing a measurement part for measuring body information of the user to measure the body information, when detecting use of the toilet device 100 by the user, by the use detection part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, a control program, a support system, a terminal device, a toilet device, a support method, and a support program for controlling the measurement of user's physical information.

Mobile information terminals have become widespread, and many people own mobile information terminals. Home appliances such as toilets have become multi-functional, and various services are provided by linking home appliances and mobile information terminals. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique in which when a person with a portable information terminal enters a toilet room, usage setting conditions stored in the portable information terminal are transmitted to a warm-water washing toilet seat.

JP 2015-159553 A

The present inventors recognized that it is a problem to provide users with more convenient and beneficial services by linking a toilet and a mobile terminal device, and came up with the technique of the present disclosure.

An object of the present disclosure is to improve convenience for the user of the toilet device.

In order to solve the above problems, a control device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a use detection unit that detects use of a toilet device by a user; and a measurement control unit that causes a measurement unit that measures the physical information of the user to measure the physical information.

Another aspect of the present disclosure is a control method. The method comprises the steps of: detecting use of the toilet device by the user; causing a measuring unit for measuring the physical information of the user to measure the physical information when the use of the toilet device by the user is detected; Prepare.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is an assistance system. This support system includes a toilet device and a terminal device carried by a user of the toilet device. The terminal device includes a measurement unit that measures physical information of the user, and a physical information transmission unit that transmits the physical information of the user measured by the measurement unit to the toilet device. The toilet device includes a physical information receiving section that receives physical information of the user from the terminal device, and a control section that controls the toilet device based on the physical information of the user received by the physical information receiving section.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is a terminal device. This device includes a measurement unit that measures physical information of the user, and a physical information transmission unit that transmits the physical information of the user measured by the measurement unit to the toilet device used by the user.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is a method of assistance. The method comprises the steps of measuring physical information of the user and transmitting the measured physical information of the user to a toilet bowl device used by the user.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is a toilet device. This device includes a physical information receiving section that receives physical information of the user from a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device, and controls the toilet device based on the physical information of the user received by the physical information receiving section. and a control unit.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is a method of assistance. This method comprises the steps of receiving physical information of the user from a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device, and controlling the toilet device based on the received physical information of the user.

Any combination of the above components, and any conversion of expressions of the present disclosure between methods, devices, systems, recording media, computer programs, etc. are also effective as aspects of the present disclosure.

It is a figure showing the whole support system composition concerning an embodiment. It is a sequence diagram showing the procedure of the support method according to the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the toilet bowl apparatus which concerns on embodiment. 3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment; FIG.

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below. The same reference numerals are given to the same components, and overlapping descriptions are omitted. In each drawing, for convenience of explanation, constituent elements are omitted, enlarged, or reduced as appropriate.

The overall configuration of the support system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The support system 1 provides services for supporting the user of the toilet device 100 . The support system 1 includes a toilet device 100, a mobile information terminal 200, a wearable terminal 300, a support server 400, and the Internet 2, which is an example of a communication network connecting these devices.

The mobile information terminal 200 is an example of a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device 100 . The mobile information terminal 200 may be a mobile phone terminal, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

Wearable terminal 300 is also an example of a terminal device carried by the user of toilet device 100 . Wearable terminal 300 is configured to be wearable on the user's body. The wearable terminal 300 may have a function of measuring physical information such as the user's heart rate, number of steps, distance traveled, calorie consumption, exercise time, and sleep time.

The toilet device 100, the mobile information terminal 200, and the wearable terminal 300 have a function of wirelessly communicating with each other using a communication method such as a wireless LAN, Bluetooth (registered trademark), or Near Field Communication (NFC). Also, the toilet device 100 , the mobile information terminal 200 , and the wearable terminal 300 have a function of connecting to the Internet 2 via an access point or the like and communicating with the support server 400 or the like via the Internet 2 .

The support server 400 acquires and accumulates information about the user from the toilet device 100, the mobile information terminal 200, and the wearable terminal 300. FIG. The support server 400 acquires usage information from the toilet device 100, such as the date and time when the user used the toilet device 100, the usage time, the frequency of use, the properties of stool, the components and amounts of urine, body weight, blood pressure, and pulse. good too. The support server 400 may acquire user attribute information, lifestyle information, and the like from the mobile information terminal 200 . User attribute information includes, for example, the user's age, sex, and occupation. The user's lifestyle information includes, for example, the user's schedule, meal content and time, exercise content and time, and the like. The support server 400 may acquire from the wearable terminal 300 physical information such as the user's heart rate, number of steps, distance traveled, amount of feces and urine in the human body, and body temperature. The support server 400 may provide the accumulated information to at least one of the mobile information terminal 200 and the wearable terminal 300 of the user. The support server 400 may analyze the accumulated information and provide analysis results to at least one of the mobile information terminal 200 and the wearable terminal 300 of the user.

When the user uses the toilet device 100 and carries a terminal device such as the mobile information terminal 200 or the wearable terminal 300, the toilet device 100 and the terminal device can be directly wirelessly connected to transmit and receive information. It is possible. For example, the terminal device can transmit the user's attribute information, life information, physical information, etc. to the toilet device 100 . As a result, the toilet device 100 can control the temperature of the toilet seat, the mode of jetting cleansing water during warm water cleansing, lighting, sound, fragrance, etc., according to the user. As another example, the toilet device 100 can transmit usage information of the toilet device 100 to the terminal device. As a result, the terminal device can record the user's excretion timing, excretion frequency, and the like, and can manage the user's health condition.

The support system 1 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure causes the measurement unit that measures the physical information of the user to measure the physical information when the use of the toilet device by the user is detected. When the user is seated on the toilet device 100 in the private room of the toilet, the user tends to be in a state of relaxation both physically and mentally. After the user has finished excreting, it is expected that the user will be in a more relaxed state. In such a state, by measuring the user's physical information with the toilet device 100, the mobile information terminal 200, the wearable terminal 300, etc., the user's resting physical information can be measured more accurately. Since the toilet device 100 is used every day without fail in daily life, by automatically measuring the user's physical information when using the toilet device 100, the user's body can be measured without troubling the user. Information can be measured and stored. By measuring and accumulating the user's physical information under uniform measurement conditions, it is possible to more accurately grasp the transition of the user's physical condition.

The timing for measuring physical information may be determined in advance. The timing for measuring the physical information may be, for example, when the person is seated, when the warm-water washing toilet seat is in motion, when it is stopped, when the toilet device 100 is washed, or when the nature of excreted stool is determined. It may be when time has passed. The timing of measuring physical information may be varied according to the type of physical information to be measured.

For example, blood pressure is said to be most stable when measured after excretion, before breakfast, and after resting for 1 to 2 minutes after sitting. Therefore, one to two minutes after the user sits on the toilet device 100, or after excretion, blood pressure can be measured by a sphygmomanometer installed on the surface of the toilet seat of the toilet device 100, the wearable terminal 300, or the like. Therefore, it is possible to obtain accurate information suitable for daily observation of physical conditions.

The more the urge to urinate is suppressed, the higher the blood pressure and heart rate before urination. Before and after urination, blood pressure is measured by a sphygmomanometer installed on the surface of the toilet seat of the toilet device 100, the wearable terminal 300, or the like, and is measured by electrodes installed on the surface of the toilet seat of the toilet device 100, the wearable terminal 300, a Doppler sensor, or the like. By measuring and accumulating heart rate, it may be possible to prevent risks that lead to cerebrovascular disorders, ischemic heart disease, and the like.

Before and after excretion, the amount of excretion can be estimated by measuring the body weight with a weight scale or the like installed on the toilet seat of the toilet device 100 . By accumulating the estimated amount of excretion, constipation, dysuria, etc. can be detected.

A procedure of the support method according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The sequence diagram shown in FIG. 2 includes procedures of the control method according to the embodiment.

When the user sits on the toilet device 100 (S10), the terminal device detects use of the toilet device 100 by the user (S12) and establishes connection with the toilet device 100 (S14). The terminal device determines whether the toilet device 100 is operated by the user based on the information detected by the sensor for detecting at least one of the position, posture, and movement of the terminal device, and the image and sound around the terminal device. Use may be detected. The terminal device may detect the action of the user taking off their clothes and sitting on the toilet device 100 based on the information detected by the sensor. The terminal device may detect use of the toilet device 100 by the user when the image of the surroundings of the terminal device captured by the imaging device includes the toilet device 100 .

The toilet device 100 may detect use of the toilet device 100 by the user and notify the terminal device. In this case, the toilet device 100 detects when the lighting and the ventilation fan of the toilet room in which the toilet device 100 is installed is turned on, when the door of the toilet room is opened and closed, and when the human sensor installed in the toilet room is detected. is detected, the passage of a person is detected by a passage sensor installed on the door of the toilet room, etc., the toilet lid of the toilet device 100 is opened, and the seating is detected by the seating sensor of the toilet device 100. The use of the toilet device 100 by the user may be detected by detecting at least one of the following: . When the toilet device 100 detects use of the toilet device 100 by the user, the toilet device 100 establishes a connection with the terminal device (S14), and notifies the terminal device of the detection of the use of the toilet device 100 by the user. good too.

The terminal device reads information about the user from the storage device and transmits it to the toilet device 100 (S16). The toilet device 100 controls the functions, operations, settings, etc. of each component of the toilet device 100 based on the information about the user received from the terminal device (S18). The toilet device 100 may control an effect device that executes effects including light, sound, images, moving images, scents, etc., based on information about the user, and cause the effects to be executed that suit the user. This allows the user to be in a more relaxed state when measuring physical information. These effects may be freely set by the user. The toilet device 100 may control the temperature, injection intensity, injection position, injection angle, etc. of hot water injected from the warm water washing toilet seat based on information about the user. Thereby, the convenience of the user can be improved.

When the user excretes (S19), the terminal device controls the timing of measuring the user's physical information (S20). The terminal device measures the physical information of the user when a predetermined measurement timing arrives (S22). When the toilet device 100 measures the user's physical information, the toilet device 100 controls the timing of measuring the user's physical information (S20). The toilet device 100 measures the user's physical information at a predetermined measurement timing (S22).

The terminal device transmits the measured physical information to the toilet device 100 (S24). The toilet device 100 controls the functions, operations, settings, etc. of each component of the toilet device 100 based on the received physical information (S26). The toilet device 100 may control an effect device that executes effects including light, sound, images, moving images, scents, etc., based on the user's physical information, and may cause the user to execute effects suitable for the user. For example, when the blood pressure, heart rate, etc. are higher than the reference values, the toilet device 100 may execute an effect that can calm the mind of the user. This allows the user to be in a more relaxed state after excretion.

The toilet device 100 transmits information regarding the use of the toilet device 100 by the user to the terminal device (S30). The information related to the use of the toilet device 100 includes, for example, the date and time of use, the time of use, the amount of stool, the properties of stool, the amount of urine, and the components of urine. The terminal device records the usage information received from the toilet device 100 in the storage device (S32). The terminal device may transmit usage information to the support server 400 . The toilet device 100 may transmit the usage information to the support server 400 without going through the terminal device.

After the user uses the toilet device 100, the toilet device 100 disconnects from the terminal device (S34). This enables the toilet device 100 and the terminal device to connect and communicate with another device. It is also possible to reduce the power consumption of the toilet device 100 and the terminal device. The toilet device 100 is operated when the user leaves the toilet device 100, when the toilet device 100 is washed, when the hot water washing function is stopped, when the toilet seat is closed, when the toilet lid is closed, and so on. is detected, the connection with the terminal device may be cut off, or when a predetermined time elapses after these are detected, the connection with the terminal device may be cut off.

A functional configuration of the toilet device 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The toilet device 100 includes a communication device 101 , a controller 102 , a sensor 103 , a warm water washing toilet seat 104 , a rendering device 105 , a measuring section 106 , a processing device 120 and a storage device 140 .

The communication device 101 wirelessly communicates with terminal devices such as the mobile information terminal 200 and the wearable terminal 300 . The communication device 101 also communicates with other devices via the Internet 2 .

The warm water washing toilet seat 104 has a function of injecting warm water from a nozzle in order to wash the user's private parts.

The controller 102 receives user instructions regarding the temperature, injection strength, injection position, injection angle, and the like of hot water injected by the warm water washing toilet seat 104 and transmits the instructions to the processing device 120 . The controller 102 may accept user instructions regarding other functions that the toilet device 100 has.

The sensor 103 detects various information regarding use of the toilet device 100 . The sensor 103 includes, for example, a seating sensor, a motion sensor, a drainage sensor, a flow rate sensor, a toilet lid opening/closing sensor, and the like.

The effect device 105 executes effects including at least one of light, sound, image, moving image, and scent. The rendering device 105 may include lamps, speakers, display devices, aroma diffusers, and the like.

The measurement unit 106 measures physical information of the user. Measurement unit 106 may include a sphygmomanometer, a heart rate monitor, a weight scale, a thermometer, and the like. As a result, even when the user does not carry a terminal device or the terminal device carried by the user does not have such sensors, the user's physical information can be measured and recorded. can be done.

Storage device 140 stores programs, data, etc. used by processing device 120 . The storage device 140 may be a semiconductor memory, hard disk, or the like. The storage device 140 includes a terminal device information holding section 141 , a user information holding section 142 and a usage information holding section 143 .

The terminal device information holding unit 141 holds information of terminal devices such as the mobile information terminal 200 and the wearable terminal 300 . The terminal device information holding unit 141 holds, for example, information such as identification information of the terminal device, address, identification information of the user carrying the terminal device, and connection history.

The user information holding unit 142 holds information on the user of the toilet device 100 . The user information holding unit 142 holds, for example, user identification information, attribute information, lifestyle information, physical information, and the like.

The usage information holding unit 143 holds information regarding the use of the toilet device 100 by the user. The usage information holding unit 143 holds, for example, information such as usage information of the toilet device 100 and user identification information in each usage information.

The processing device 120 includes a usage detection unit 121 , a measurement control unit 122 , a physical information reception unit 123 , a user information reception unit 124 , a control unit 125 and a usage information transmission unit 126 . These configurations are implemented in terms of hardware by circuits such as CPUs, memories, and other LSIs of arbitrary computers, and in terms of software by programs loaded in memories. In this figure, functional blocks realized by their cooperation are drawn. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms, such as only hardware or a combination of hardware and software.

The use detection unit 121 detects use of the toilet device 100 by the user.

The measurement control unit 122 controls measurement of the user's physical information by the measurement unit 106 . The measurement control section 122 controls measurement timing, and instructs the measurement section 106 to perform measurement when a predetermined measurement timing arrives.

The physical information receiving section 123 receives the physical information of the user of the toilet device 100 from the terminal device and stores the received information in the user information holding section 142 .

The user information receiving unit 124 receives information about the user of the toilet device 100 from the terminal device and stores the received information in the user information holding unit 142 .

The control section 125 controls each component of the toilet device 100 based on the information held in the user information holding section 142 . The control unit 125 controls the temperature, injection strength, injection position, injection angle, etc., of the hot water injected by the warm water washing toilet seat 104 based on the attribute information of the user. The control unit 125 controls the content, time, timing, etc. of the effect executed by the effect device 105 based on the physical information of the user.

The usage information transmission unit 126 transmits information regarding the usage of the toilet device 100 by the user to the terminal device.

A functional configuration of the terminal device according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The mobile information terminal 200 and the wearable terminal 300 each include a communication device 201, a display device 202, an input device 203, a measuring section 204, a sensor 205, a processing device 220, and a storage device 240.

The communication device 201 wirelessly communicates with the toilet device 100 . The communication device 201 also communicates with other devices via the Internet 2 .

The display device 202 displays the display screen generated by the processing device 220 . The input device 203 transmits an instruction input received from the user to the processing device 220 . The measurement unit 204 measures physical information of the user. The sensor 205 detects the position, orientation, speed, acceleration of the terminal device, images around the terminal device, sounds, and the like.

Storage device 240 stores programs, data, etc. used by processing device 220 . The storage device 240 may be a semiconductor memory, hard disk, or the like. The storage device 240 includes a user information holding section 241 , a usage information holding section 242 and a physical information holding section 243 .

The user information holding unit 241 holds information on the user of the terminal device. The user information holding unit 241 holds, for example, user identification information, attribute information, life information, and the like.

The usage information holding unit 242 holds information regarding the use of the toilet device 100 by the user. The usage information holding unit 242 holds information such as the usage history of the toilet device 100, for example.

The physical information holding unit 243 holds the physical information of the user. The physical information holding unit 243 holds physical information such as heart rate and sleep time measured by the measuring unit 204, for example.

The processing device 220 includes a usage detection unit 221 , a measurement control unit 222 , a user information transmission unit 223 , a usage information recording unit 224 and a physical information acquisition unit 225 . These configurations are implemented in terms of hardware by circuits such as CPUs, memories, and other LSIs of arbitrary computers, and in terms of software by programs loaded in memories. In this figure, functional blocks realized by their cooperation are drawn. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms, such as only hardware or a combination of hardware and software.

The use detection unit 221 detects use of the toilet device 100 by the user.

The measurement control unit 222 controls measurement of the user's physical information by the measurement unit 204 . The measurement control section 222 controls measurement timing, and instructs the measurement section 204 to perform measurement when a predetermined measurement timing arrives.

The user information transmission section 223 transmits the user information held in the user information holding section 241 to the toilet device 100 . User information may include information acquired by other functions of the terminal device. For example, the user information includes user schedule information managed by an application such as a scheduler executed in the mobile information terminal 200, meal history information obtained by an application for managing meals taken by the user, and the like. may contain.

The usage information recording unit 224 receives usage information from the toilet device 100 when the user uses the toilet device 100 and records the received information in the usage information holding unit 242 .

The physical information acquisition unit 225 acquires the physical information measured by the measurement unit 204 from the measurement unit 204 and records the acquired information in the physical information storage unit 243 .

The above embodiments and variations are examples. The technical ideas that abstract these should not be construed as being limited to the content of the embodiments and modifications. Many design changes such as change, addition, and deletion of components are possible for the contents of the embodiments and variations. In the above-described embodiment, the description of "embodiment" is added to emphasize the contents that allow such design changes. However, design changes are permitted even if there is no such notation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Support system 100... Toilet apparatus 101... Communication apparatus 102... Controller 103... Sensor 104... Warm water washing toilet seat 105... Effect device 106... Measurement part 121... Use detection part 122... Measurement control part , 123... physical information receiving unit, 124... user information receiving unit, 125... control unit, 126... use information transmitting unit, 200... portable information terminal, 201... communication device, 204... measurement unit, 205... sensor, 221... Usage detection unit 222 Measurement control unit 223 User information transmission unit 224 Usage information recording unit 225 Physical information acquisition unit 300 Wearable terminal 400 Support server.

Claims (16)

a use detection unit that detects use of the toilet device by a user;
a measurement control unit that causes a measurement unit that measures the physical information of the user to measure the physical information when the use detection unit detects the use of the toilet device by the user;
A control device comprising: 2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the measurement control section causes the measurement section to measure the physical information at a predetermined timing when the user uses the toilet device. 3. The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 2, further comprising a physical information transmitting section that transmits the physical information of the user measured by the measuring section to the toilet device. detecting use of the toilet device by a user;
a step of causing a measuring unit for measuring the physical information of the user to measure the physical information when the use of the toilet device by the user is detected;
A control method comprising: to the computer,
detecting use of the toilet device by a user;
a step of causing a measuring unit for measuring the physical information of the user to measure the physical information when the use of the toilet device by the user is detected;
A control program for executing a toilet device;
a terminal device carried by a user of the toilet device;
with
The terminal device
a measurement unit that measures physical information of the user;
a physical information transmitting unit configured to transmit physical information of the user measured by the measuring unit to the toilet device;
with
The toilet device is
a physical information receiving unit that receives the physical information of the user from the terminal device;
a control unit for controlling the toilet device based on the physical information of the user received by the physical information receiving unit;
Support system with 7. The support system according to claim 6, wherein the terminal device comprises a measurement control section that causes the measurement section to measure the physical information when the user uses the toilet device. 8. The support system according to claim 7, wherein the control unit controls the toilet device based on the physical information of the user measured by the measuring unit when the user uses the toilet device. 9. Any one of claims 7 and 8, wherein said control unit controls said toilet device based on said user's physical information at least one of before and during measurement of said user's physical information by said measuring unit. or the support system according to item 1. The toilet device includes a production device that executes production including at least one of light, sound, image, moving image, and scent,
10. The support system according to any one of claims 8 to 9, wherein the control unit controls the presentation based on physical information of the user. a measurement unit that measures physical information of the user;
a physical information transmission unit that transmits the physical information of the user measured by the measurement unit to a toilet device used by the user;
terminal device. measuring the user's physical information;
transmitting the measured physical information of the user to a toilet device used by the user;
support method. to the computer,
measuring the user's physical information;
transmitting the measured physical information of the user to a toilet device used by the user;
Support program for executing a physical information receiving unit that receives physical information of the user from a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device;
a control unit for controlling the toilet device based on the physical information of the user received by the physical information receiving unit;
A urinal device comprising: a step of receiving physical information of the user from a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device;
controlling the toilet device based on the received physical information of the user;
support method. to the computer,
a step of receiving physical information of the user from a terminal device carried by the user of the toilet device;
controlling the toilet device based on the received physical information of the user;
Support program for executing

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