JP3503184B2 - Toilet air conditioning controller - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet air conditioner for cooling and heating a toilet room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A toilet heating device in which a conventional air conditioner of this type is incorporated in a hot water washing toilet seat device will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a toilet bowl for washing with warm water, 2 is a toilet heating device incorporated in a lid 3 of the toilet bowl for washing with hot water 1, 4 is a main body operation section, 5 is a control section, 6 is an indoor remote controller using infrared rays or ultrasonic waves, 7 is a room It is a partition wall. The operation section 4 has a room temperature setting section 8 for heating, and the toilet room temperature detecting means 9 is connected to the control section 5.

In the above structure, the main body operating section 4 or
A signal is sent from the indoor remote controller 6 to the control unit 5, and the heating device 2
To start. When the heating operation is started and the heating operation is continued, the temperature in the toilet room rises. When the toilet room temperature further rises and the temperature of the toilet room temperature detecting unit 9 reaches the temperature set by the room temperature setting unit 8, the heating operation is stopped by the signal from the control unit 5. After the operation is stopped, the room temperature of the toilet decreases, and when the temperature of the room temperature detecting means 9 decreases to the temperature set by the room temperature setting unit 8, the heating operation is restarted by the signal from the control unit 5. By repeating this on / off operation, the room temperature of the toilet is kept constant.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional structure, the temperature in the toilet room is always kept constant and the heating effect can be achieved. However, because it is kept at a constant temperature regardless of outside temperature conditions, house heating conditions, and daily living activities, the toilet room is heated more than necessary, and the temperature difference between the outside and the toilet room becomes large, causing discomfort. There was a problem of giving a physiological heat shock.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by controlling an air conditioner in a toilet room on the basis of information such as outside air temperature conditions, air-conditioning conditions of a house, and daily living activities to ensure a comfortable and healthy use of the toilet. It is intended to provide the environment.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problem] Detecting the temperature in the toilet room
To detect the temperature inside the toilet room, and in the house and in the toilet room
Toilet outdoor temperature detecting means disposed outside, and the toilet
Sends and receives control signals propagated from outside the room through the transmission medium
Air conditioner side transceiver, toilet air conditioner and the toilet
A controller for controlling transmission / reception with the outside of the room is provided inside the toilet.
To prepare for the toilet air conditioner control means installed in
Control signals propagated from the local transceiver through the transmission medium.
It consists of a transceiver outside the toilet that transmits and receives .

Further, the air conditioner control means controller is a signal processing section for processing the temperature detection signal of the toilet indoor temperature detecting means and the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means sent from the transceiver outside the transceiver, and the processed signal value and setting signal. The toilet air-conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein the toilet air-conditioning control device comprises a controller including a comparison and determination unit with a value, and a drive circuit unit that drives the toilet air conditioner based on an output signal from the controller.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the air conditioner installed in the toilet room and the room temperature are set by the operation panel provided in the main body or the remote controller for the toilet room.

The temperature set value is set to a value within a range in which the difference between the temperature inside the toilet and the temperature outside the toilet is comfortable for humans and does not cause a physiological adverse effect on the temperature change.

When the air conditioner is in an operating state, the signal from the toilet room temperature detecting means and the signal from the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means are input to the signal processing section of the controller. The input signal is arithmetically processed, the processed value is compared with the set value input from the operation unit, and an output signal is sent to the drive circuit unit based on the determination result. The operation of the air conditioner is controlled according to the operation of the drive circuit unit.

For example, the difference between the signal from the toilet indoor temperature detecting means and the signal from the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means is calculated by the arithmetic processing section, and when the difference becomes larger than the signal value indicating the set temperature difference, the operation start signal is given. Is sent to the drive circuit unit to control the operation of the air conditioner placed in the toilet room.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. This embodiment uses radio waves as a transmission medium. 1 and 2, 10 is a toilet air conditioner, 1
1 is a main body operation part, 12 is a toilet air conditioner control means, 13
Is connected to the control unit 12 by a toilet room temperature detecting means. Reference numeral 14 is an air conditioner side transceiver, and 15 is an antenna, which is integrated with the control unit 12. 16 is a wall that divides the room. Reference numeral 17 is an outdoor controller, and 18 is a toilet outdoor temperature detecting means connected to the outdoor controller 17. Reference numeral 19 is a toilet outdoor transmitter / receiver of the outdoor controller 17, and 20 is an outdoor controller antenna.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit. Reference numeral 21 is a controller, which is a signal of the toilet indoor temperature detecting means 13, the temperature setting device 22, and the signal of the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means 18 received by the antenna 15 and an operation switch. 23 signals are input. The controller 21 has a signal processing unit 29 and a comparison determination unit 30, and the processing determination result is output to the drive circuit unit 25 and the display unit 31. 24 is a power supply unit of the toilet air conditioner 10. The controller 21 performs a signal processing determination operation and controls transmission / reception between the toilet air conditioner 10 and the outdoor controller 17. Toilet air conditioner 10 is connected to drive circuit 25,
The operation of the toilet air conditioner 10 is controlled by the output signal from the controller 21.

The outdoor controller 17, which is used outside the toilet, is connected to the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means 18, and also has a controller power supply 26, a temperature setting device 27 for setting the room temperature, and a display for confirming the operating condition. And a container 28.

The operation based on the above configuration will be described.
For example, when heating a winter toilet room, the room heating temperature is set by the room temperature setting device 22 of the operation unit 11 of the toilet air conditioner 10.

The set temperature is the toilet room temperature and the outdoor controller 1
7, that is, the temperature difference between the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means in the toilet room and the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means 18 of the outdoor controller 17 is set to be a certain value or less.
This value is set to a value within a range in which the difference between the temperature inside the toilet and the temperature outside the toilet is comfortable for humans and does not have a physiological adverse effect on the temperature change.

Next, the operation switch 23 of the operation unit 11 is turned on to start the toilet air conditioner 10. When the air conditioner 10 is in the operating state, a temperature signal from the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means enters the outdoor toilet transmitter / receiver 19 and is transmitted from the antenna 20. The transmitted radio wave is received by the antenna 15 of the air conditioner 10 and sent from the air conditioner side transceiver 14 of the toilet air conditioner 10 to the controller 21. Controller 2
The signal from the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means 18 and the signal from the toilet indoor temperature detecting means 13 are input to the signal processing unit No. 1. The input signal is arithmetically processed by the signal processing unit 29, and is compared with the set signal value input from the operation unit by the comparison and determination unit 30. The determination result is sent from the determination unit 30 to the drive circuit unit 25, and the operation of the toilet air conditioner 10 is controlled according to the operation of the drive circuit unit 25. That is, the indoor temperature and the toilet outdoor temperature detection means 1 sent from the outdoor controller 17
If the difference from the temperature of 8 is larger than the set temperature difference, the toilet air conditioner 10 performs the heating operation. When the temperature difference reaches the set value, the toilet air conditioner 10 stops the heating operation. By repeating this on / off, the temperature inside the toilet is controlled to be equal to or lower than the temperature difference set with respect to the temperature outside the toilet.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the temperature signal transmission medium from the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means is a radio wave, but the same operation can be achieved even in the wired system configuration.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a house, showing an example of installation of an outdoor controller. 32 is a toilet, 33 is a living room, 34 is a kitchen, and 35 is an old couple room.

For example, in a family with an old man, an outdoor controller 17 is placed in an old couple's room. The elderly need to be careful when heating the toilets in winter, because they often go to the toilets and have a high rate of falling down due to high blood pressure. Therefore,
The outdoor controller is effective when placed in an old couple's room.

As the above-mentioned embodiment, the outdoor controller 17 is shown in an old couple room. This outdoor controller 17 is a signal transmission by radio waves, and can be selected and installed at an optimum place according to the room composition of the house, the personnel composition of the household and the life pattern.

[0022]

From the above description, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Since the temperature difference between the outside of the toilet and the inside of the toilet is controlled to be equal to or less than the set value, a comfortable toilet space with less heat shock when entering the toilet can be realized.

(2) It is possible to prevent physiological adverse effects such as blood pressure increase due to vasoconstriction due to abrupt temperature change.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an air conditioning control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control unit of the air conditioning control device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a house showing an installation example of the air conditioning control device.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional sanitary washing device with a room heater.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Toilet air conditioner 12 Toilet air conditioner control means 13 Toilet room temperature detection means 14 Air conditioner side transceiver 17 Outdoor controller 18 Toilet outdoor temperature detection means 19 Toilet outdoor transceiver 21 Controller

Continued front page    (72) Inventor ▲ Yoshi ▼ Hiroaki Ta               1006 Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushitaden               Instrument industry Co., Ltd.                (56) Reference JP-A-1-281357 (JP, A)                 JP-A-1-95247 (JP, A)                 JP-A-1-137142 (JP, A)                 JP-A-1-260255 (JP, A)                 JP-A-6-101888 (JP, A)                 JP-A-3-267642 (JP, A)                 Actual Kaihei 3-93338 (JP, U)                 Actual Development Sho 61-97483 (JP, U)

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A toilet room temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature in a toilet room , and a room which is a living space and a toilet room.
And toilet outdoor temperature detecting means which is disposed outside, and the air conditioning apparatus transceiver for transmitting and receiving control signals propagated via the transmission medium from the toilet outdoor, control for controlling the transmission and reception of the toilet air conditioner and the toilet outdoor and a bowl to the toilet air conditioner control means disposed in the lavatory side, toilet air conditioner control apparatus comprising a toilet outdoor transceiver for transmitting and receiving control signals propagated via the transmission medium from the air-conditioning apparatus side sending and receiving device. 2. A toilet air conditioner control means, a signal processing part for processing temperature detection signals of the toilet indoor temperature detecting means and the toilet outdoor temperature detecting means sent from a transceiver outside the toilet room, a processed signal value and a set signal value. The toilet air conditioning control device according to claim 1, comprising a controller including a comparison / determination unit and a drive circuit unit that drives the toilet air conditioner based on an output signal from the controller. 3. A drive for driving a toilet air conditioner by comparing a difference between an input signal from the toilet room temperature detecting means and an input signal from the toilet outside temperature detecting means with a temperature setting input signal. The toilet air conditioning control device according to claim 1, wherein the toilet air conditioning control device is configured to output an output signal to the circuit unit. 4. A toilet air conditioner control, which is connected to a toilet outdoor temperature detecting means and transmits / receives a control signal propagated from a transmitter / receiver on the air conditioner side via a transmission medium, is installed in a corridor of a toilet entrance. apparatus. 5. A toilet air-conditioning control device in which a toilet outdoor transmitter / receiver connected to a toilet outdoor temperature detecting means and transmitting / receiving a control signal propagated from a transmitter / receiver on the air conditioner side via a transmission medium is installed in a bedroom.