JP6168889B2 - Remote control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control system including a bathroom remote control.

  In hot water supply systems and the like, a remote control system that can notify a terminal (such as a kitchen remote control) placed outside the bathroom from a bathroom remote control placed inside the bathroom is generally known. Known (for example, see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2002-250559 A Microfilm of actual application No.2-40007

  Notifications given from outside the bathroom to the outside of the bathroom are anomaly notifications to promptly notify outsiders of abnormalities such as poor physical condition of bathers, and other normal notifications (necessary items) It is desirable to make a distinction between a call and the like for requesting an external party.

  This is because when an abnormality occurs in the bathroom, it is desirable that an outside person can appropriately recognize this by the notification.

  However, in the thing of patent document 1, it does not perform distinguishing between abnormality alerting | reporting and other normal alerting | reporting as mentioned above.

  Moreover, in the thing of patent document 2, when the person in a bathroom presses an emergency button, alerting | reporting will be performed in the period until it presses an emergency button next. Therefore, if the time from when the emergency button is pressed to when the emergency button is pressed next is short, the notification time is too short, and a situation in which an outside person does not notice easily occurs.

  Therefore, the person in the bathroom tends to delay the pressing operation of the second emergency button so that the notification time becomes longer even when the normal notification is performed.

  As a result, it is difficult for an outside person to distinguish whether the notification made by operating the bathroom remote control is an abnormality notification or a normal notification.

  In addition, it is conceivable that the bathroom remote controller is provided with an abnormality notification operation unit and a normal notification operation unit, but in this case, there is an inconvenience that the bathroom remote control increases in size and the manufacturing cost increases. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control system capable of appropriately distinguishing between alarm notification and normal notification from a bathroom to an outside person. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, a remote control system of the present invention includes a remote controller provided in a bathroom, and a remote terminal provided outside the bathroom so as to be communicable with the bathroom remote controller.
Con system,
In the terminal outside the bathroom, a notification output generator configured to selectively generate an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output in different forms. Is provided,
The bathroom remote control is provided with a notification operation reception unit that is operated to operate the notification output generation unit,
According to the operation mode of the notification operation reception unit, the notification output to be generated from the notification output generation unit is an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom, and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output. A notification output control unit that controls the notification output generation unit to generate the determined notification output is provided in the bathroom remote controller or the terminal outside the bathroom,
The notification output control unit is operated when an operation condition is satisfied that the notification operation receiving unit is operated a predetermined number of times within a predetermined first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once. In the case where the operation condition is not satisfied within the first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once and the notification output receiving unit is controlled to generate the normal notification output. Is configured to control the notification output generation unit so as to generate the abnormality notification output, and when the notification operation receiving unit is operated once, after the first predetermined time has elapsed. Whether the normal notification output is generated or the abnormality notification output is generated, the notification output generation unit is controlled to generate a predetermined notification output within the first predetermined time. Characterized in that it is composed (the first invention).
Alternatively, the remote control system of the present invention is a remote control system comprising a bathroom remote control disposed in a bathroom and an outside bathroom terminal disposed outside the bathroom so as to be able to communicate with the bathroom remote control.
In the terminal outside the bathroom, a notification output generator configured to selectively generate an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output in different forms. Is provided,
The bathroom remote control is provided with a notification operation receiving unit for performing an operation for operating the notification output generating unit, and a bathroom side notification output generating unit capable of generating a notification output in the bathroom. And
According to the operation mode of the notification operation reception unit, the notification output to be generated from the notification output generation unit is an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom, and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output. A notification output control unit having a function of controlling the notification output generation unit to generate the determined notification output and a function of controlling the bathroom side notification output generation unit, Or provided in the terminal outside the bathroom,
The notification output control unit is operated when an operation condition is satisfied that the notification operation receiving unit is operated a predetermined number of times within a predetermined first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once. In the case where the operation condition is not satisfied within the first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once and the notification output receiving unit is controlled to generate the normal notification output. Is configured to control the notification output generation unit so as to generate the abnormality notification output, and when the abnormality notification output is generated in the notification output generation unit, the abnormality notification output by a notification sound. The notification output generator and the bathroom notification output generator are configured to cause the bathroom side notification output generator to generate a notification sound with a volume lower than the notification sound. Characterized in that it is configured to Gosuru (second invention).

According to the first invention or the second invention , a person such as a bather in the bathroom operates the notification operation reception unit once, and subsequently receives the notification operation within the first predetermined time. When the unit is operated a predetermined number of times, the normal notification output is generated by the control of the notification output generation unit by the notification output control unit when the operation condition is satisfied.

  On the other hand, when an operation of the notification operation receiving unit is not an operation that satisfies the operation condition, such as when the person in the bathroom operates the notification operation receiving unit once, for example, the notification output control The abnormality notification output is generated by the control of the notification output generation unit by the unit.

  Therefore, the normal notification output and the abnormality notification output can be generated by the operation of the same notification operation receiving unit.

  In this case, in a situation where a person in the bathroom tries to generate a normal notification output to a person outside the bathroom, the person in the bathroom is generally in a normal state. For this reason, the person in the bathroom can easily perform the operation of the notification operation accepting unit without any trouble so that the operation condition is satisfied even when the first predetermined time is short.

  Therefore, the first predetermined time can be set to a short time. In addition, when the person in the bathroom is normal, it is possible to easily execute the notification operation receiving unit without any trouble so that the operation condition is satisfied. It is possible to prevent the operation of the notification operation receiving unit from causing an abnormality notification output to be generated at the terminal outside the bathroom.

  On the other hand, if an abnormality such as poor physical condition of a person in the bathroom occurs, the person in the bathroom can operate the notification operation reception unit once and output an abnormality notification from the terminal outside the bathroom. Can be generated. In this case, since it is difficult for a person in the bathroom to operate the notification operation reception unit so that the operation condition is normally satisfied, the operation of the notification operation reception unit by the person in the bathroom is a normal operation. It is possible to prevent an operation for generating an output (an operation that satisfies the operation condition). As a result, when an abnormality occurs in the bathroom, the abnormality notification output can be generated with high certainty by the operation of the notification operation receiving unit by a person in the bathroom.

Therefore, according to 1st invention or 2nd invention , the alerting | reporting performed with respect to the outside person from a bathroom can be performed distinguishing appropriately between abnormality alerting | reporting and normal alerting | reporting . According to the first invention, when the notification operation accepting unit is operated once, the normal notification output is generated after the first predetermined time has elapsed and the abnormality notification output is generated. In any case, a predetermined notification output can be generated within the first predetermined time. According to the second invention, when the abnormality notification output is generated in the notification output generation unit, the abnormality notification output by the notification sound is generated in the notification output generation unit, and at a volume lower than the notification sound. Can be generated in the bathroom-side notification output generator.

  In addition, as a form of the normal notification output and the abnormality notification output, an audible notification by an acoustic signal, a visual notification by an optical signal, display characters, or the like can be employed.

In the first invention or the second invention , the notification output generation unit, when generating the normal notification output, is determined in advance from the time when the notification operation receiving unit is operated once or when the operation condition is satisfied. When the second predetermined time elapses, the generation of the normal notification output is stopped, and when the abnormality notification output is generated, the generation of the abnormality notification output is continued for a longer time than the normal notification output. It is preferable ( reference invention).

According to this , when the notification operation reception unit is operated so that the normal notification output is generated in the terminal outside the bathroom, the normal notification output corresponding to the operation is performed after the second predetermined time has elapsed. It will automatically stop. For this reason, the operation for stopping the normal notification output can be omitted.

  In addition, when the notification operation accepting unit is operated so that the abnormality notification output is generated in the terminal outside the bathroom, the generation of the abnormality notification output continues for a longer time than the normal notification output. The person can easily recognize the occurrence of the abnormality notification output separately from the normal notification output.

  In the first invention or the second invention, when the normal notification output and the abnormality notification output generated by the notification output generation unit include a notification sound, the notification output generation unit It is preferable that the volume of the notification sound in the output is configured to be larger than the volume of the notification sound in the normal notification output (third invention).

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the abnormality notification output includes a notification sound whose volume is larger than that of the normal notification output, so that a person outside the bathroom can recognize the abnormality notification output with higher reliability. .

The figure which shows the structure of the remote control system of one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure regarding control of the remote control system of FIG. The flowchart which shows the process of the alerting | reporting output control part shown in FIG. 4A and 4B are timing charts for explaining a notification operation realized by processing of the notification output control unit.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the remote control system of the present embodiment is a remote control system provided in a hot water bath system, for example. This remote control system includes a main body control unit 1 responsible for operation control of the hot water bath system, a bathroom remote control 2, and a remote control 3 outside the bathroom. The main body control unit 1, the bathroom remote control 2 and the bathroom remote control 3 are connected to each other via a communication cable 4 so as to be able to communicate with each other. Note that the communication may be performed wirelessly.

  The main body control unit 1 includes an electronic circuit unit including a microcomputer and is mounted on a heat source unit (not shown).

  Then, the main body control unit 1 executes the installed program, so that operation commands and setting information (target hot water temperature, target hot water temperature of the bathtub, target hot water temperature of the bathtub, etc.) given from the bathroom remote controller 2 or the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom. The operation of various devices such as a heat source unit of the hot water bath system is controlled based on the amount of beam, the operation schedule of the bath device, and the like.

  A bathroom remote controller 2 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a remote controller disposed in a bathroom. The bathroom remote controller 2 includes a display 11 that displays various information such as a target hot water temperature in a bathroom, a target hot water temperature of a bathtub, and a target hot water amount, a plurality of operation switches 12 (12a to 12f), and a speaker 13. And are provided.

  As one of the operation switches 12, a call switch 12 a for generating a notification sound with the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom when a person inside the bathroom calls a person outside the bathroom, such as a bather, is provided on the surface of the bathroom remote controller 2. Provided in the department. This call switch 12a corresponds to a notification operation receiving unit in the present invention.

  The bathroom remote controller 2 includes various operation switches 12 in addition to the call switch 12a. For example, an operation switch 12b for instructing the main body control unit 1 to start / stop the hot water bath system, a hot water switch 12c for instructing the main body control unit 1 to perform automatic hot water bathing, and hot water in the bathtub A reheating switch 12d for instructing the main body control unit 1 to perform reheating, a setting switch 12e for setting a target hot water temperature, a target hot water temperature of the bathtub, a target hot water amount, and the like are provided on the surface of the bathroom remote controller 2. Provided in the department.

  Further, an operation switch 12f such as an additional hot water switch for performing additional hot water for the bathtub is disposed inside the opening / closing lid 2a of the bathroom remote controller 2.

  The operation switch 12 provided in the bathroom remote control 2 may be only a part of the operation switches described above, or may include other operation switches.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the bathroom remote controller 2 incorporates a control unit 14 configured by an electronic circuit including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like. An operation signal (here, a signal corresponding to a push operation) of each operation switch 12 including the call switch 12a is input to the control unit 14.

  And the control part 14 is the function implement | achieved by executing the mounted program, or the function implement | achieved by hardware constitutions, according to operation of the call switch 12a, in the bathroom remote control 2 and the remote control 3 outside a bathroom. A notification output control unit 15 that controls the notification output and a speaker drive unit 16 that drives the speaker 13 are provided.

  The remote controller 3 outside the bathroom illustrated in FIG. 1 corresponds to the terminal outside the bathroom in the present invention, and is disposed in a hot water supply place (for example, a kitchen, a washroom, etc.) outside the bathroom. The remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is provided with a display 21 for displaying various information such as a target hot water temperature in the kitchen, a plurality of operation switches 22 (22a, 22b, etc.), and a speaker 23. The speaker 23 corresponds to a component of the notification output generation unit in the present invention, and generates an audible notification output (sound output).

  The remote control 3 outside the bathroom is provided with the following operation switch as the operation switch 22. That is, the operation switch 22a for instructing the main body control unit 1 to start / stop the hot water bath system, the hot water switch 22b for instructing the main body control unit 1 to perform automatic hot water bathing, the target hot water temperature, the bathtub A setting switch 22c for setting the target hot water temperature, the target hot water amount and the like is provided on the surface of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom.

  Further, inside the open / close lid 3a of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom, there are disposed operation switches 22d such as a reheating switch for reheating the hot water in the bathtub and a reservation switch for reserving the hot water schedule of the bathtub. Has been.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom has a built-in control unit 24 constituted by an electronic circuit including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, similarly to the bathroom remote controller 2. An operation signal of each operation switch 22 is input to the control unit 24. Further, when the call switch 12 a of the bathroom remote control 2 is operated, a notification command signal regarding the operation of the speaker 23 is input to the control unit 24 from the notification output control unit 15 of the bathroom remote control 2.

  And the control part 24 is the speaker drive which drives the speaker 23 according to the notification command signal given from the bathroom remote control 2 as a function implement | achieved by the function implement | achieved by executing the mounted program, or a hardware configuration. The unit 25 is provided. The speaker driving unit 25, together with the speaker 23, constitutes a notification output generation unit in the present invention.

  Next, the operation of the remote control system of this embodiment will be described.

  The control unit 14 of the bathroom remote controller 2 executes the control process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  In STEP 1, the notification output control unit 15 sequentially monitors whether or not the call switch 12 a is operated (pushing operation in this case), and waits until the call switch 12 a is operated.

  When the call switch 12a is operated by a person in the bathroom (hereinafter referred to as a bather or the like), the notification output control unit 15 sends a speaker 23 to the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom in STEP2. Command to start notification output.

  In response to this command, the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom drives the speaker 23 so as to generate a notification sound (for example, continuous or intermittent ringing sound) of a predetermined tone color and volume from the speaker 23. Start.

  Note that the notification sound generated by the speaker 23 is not limited to a ringing sound, and may be a notification sound that repeats a sound output indicating that the call switch 12a of the bathroom remote controller 2 has been operated, for example. The notification sound may be such that its tone color or volume changes with time (for example, changes periodically).

  In STEP2, in addition to starting the generation of the notification sound by the speaker 23 as described above, the notification output control unit 15 further starts a timer that measures the elapsed time since the call switch 12a was operated in STEP1. To do.

  Next, the notification output control unit 15 executes the control processing of STEPs 3 and 4. In this control process, the notification output control unit 15 determines whether or not the timer time, which is the time measured by the timer started in STEP 2, is equal to or less than a predetermined first predetermined time (STEP 3). Then, the notification output control unit 15 monitors whether or not the call switch 12a is operated again in a situation where the determination result of STEP 3 is affirmative (STEP 4).

  That is, the notification output control unit 15 monitors whether or not the call switch 12a is operated again in a period until the timer time reaches the first predetermined time. In this case, the first predetermined time is a relatively short time, for example, 1 second.

  When the call switch 12a is operated again within a period until the timer time reaches the first predetermined time (1 second) (when the determination result in STEP 4 becomes affirmative) ) In STEP5, the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is instructed to generate a normal notification output from the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom.

  Further, the notification output control unit 15 determines that the call switch 12a is not operated again within the period until the timer time reaches the first predetermined time (1 second) (the determination result of STEP 3 is negative). In step 7, in STEP 7, the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is instructed to generate an abnormality notification output from the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom.

  The above abnormality notification output is a notification output for notifying a person outside the bathroom that an abnormality such as a bathing person's physical condition has occurred in the bathroom, and the normal notification output is simply given by the bather etc. This is a notification output (notification output different from the abnormality notification output) for calling a person outside the bathroom with some minor task (such as having a necessary item brought in).

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the second operation of the call switch 12a is performed after the first operation of the call switch 12a until the first predetermined time elapses (in other words, the first switch 1) that the call switch 12a is operated twice in a predetermined time interval) is an operation condition necessary for generating a normal notification output to the speaker 23 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom.

  The notification output control unit 15 instructs the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom to generate a normal notification output when the call switch 12a is operated by a bather or the like so as to satisfy the operation condition. .

  In addition, when the call switch 12a is operated once by the bather or the like within the first predetermined time interval, the operation does not satisfy the operation condition. The output control unit 15 instructs the speaker driving unit 25 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom to generate an abnormality notification output.

  When the notification output control unit 15 instructs the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom to generate a normal notification output in STEP 5, the timer time is set to a predetermined second predetermined time (> first). It is determined in STEP 6 whether or not the predetermined time has elapsed. The second predetermined time is, for example, 3 seconds.

  When the timer time exceeds the second predetermined time (3 seconds) (when the determination result in STEP 6 becomes affirmative), the notification output control unit 15 drives the speaker of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom in STEP 9. The unit 25 is instructed to stop the notification output.

  In this case, for example, the timing for commanding the stop of the notification output is the predetermined time from the time when the determination result of STEP 4 becomes affirmative (the time when the second operation of the call switch 12a is performed) to the second time described above. It may be the time when elapses.

  After the process of STEP9, the notification output control unit 15 resumes the control process from STEP1.

  In addition, when the notification output control unit 15 instructs the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom to generate an abnormality notification output in STEP 7, the timer time is equal to or more than a predetermined third predetermined time. It is determined in STEP8 whether or not it has become. The third predetermined time is longer than the second predetermined time (3 seconds), for example, 10 seconds.

  When the timer time exceeds the third predetermined time (10 seconds) (when the determination result in STEP 8 is affirmative), the notification output control unit 15 determines whether the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is in STEP 9 described above. Commands the speaker drive unit 25 to stop the notification output.

  In this case, for example, the timing for instructing the stop of the notification output is, for example, when the determination result of STEP 3 becomes negative (the second operation is not performed from the first operation time of the call switch 12a. It may be the time when the third predetermined time has elapsed from the time when the first predetermined time (1 second) has elapsed.

  On the other hand, when the generation of the normal notification output is instructed as described above in STEP 5, the speaker drive unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is configured to generate the notification sound from the speaker 23 in the normal notification output form. 23 is activated. Then, when the stop of the notification output is instructed in STEP 9, the speaker driving unit 25 stops the generation of the notification sound for normal notification output from the speaker 23 at that time.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the call switch 12a is operated in succession at times t0 and t1, from the speaker 23 until the second predetermined time (3 seconds) elapses from time t0. A notification sound is generated. In FIG. 4A, the notification sound after time t1 is a notification sound for normal notification output.

  In this case, the notification sound for normal notification output is, for example, a notification sound generated in response to a notification output start command in STEP 2 (in FIG. 4A, a notification sound before time t1. Hereinafter, referred to as an initial notification sound. ). However, the notification sound for normal notification output may differ from the initial notification sound in, for example, the volume or tone color, or the form of change over time of the volume or tone color.

  The speaker driving unit 25 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is configured to generate a notification sound from the speaker 23 in the form of an abnormality notification output when the abnormality notification output is instructed in STEP 7 as described above. 23 is activated. Then, when the stop of the notification output is instructed in STEP 9, the speaker driving unit 25 stops the generation of the notification sound for the abnormality notification output from the speaker 23 at that time.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the call switch 12a is operated once at a time t0, the speaker 23 continues from the time t0 until the third predetermined time (10 seconds) elapses. A notification sound is generated. In FIG. 4B, the notification sound after the first predetermined time (1 second) has elapsed from time t0 is the notification sound for the abnormality notification output.

  In this case, the notification sound for the abnormality notification output is a notification sound having a louder volume than the notification sound for the normal notification output. However, the volume of the notification sound for abnormality notification output may be larger than the notification sound for normal notification output only during a part of the generation period. Further, the volume of the notification sound for outputting the abnormality notification may be gradually increased, for example. In addition, the notification sound for the abnormality notification output is a tone whose tone color is different from the notification sound for the normal notification output (for example, a tone that is more likely to alert the user than the tone of the notification sound for the normal notification output). May be.

  Supplementally, in this embodiment, the notification output control unit 15 controls the notification output by the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom as described above, and at the same time controls the notification output by the speaker 13 of the bathroom remote control 2 as described above. Also controls.

  In this case, in this embodiment, the notification output control unit 15 causes the speaker 13 of the bathroom remote control 2 to generate a notification sound in the same form as the speaker 23 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom in response to the operation of the call switch 12a. The drive unit 16 is controlled.

  However, in response to the operation of the call switch 12a, the generation of the notification sound on the speaker 13 of the bathroom remote controller 2 may be omitted. Alternatively, the notification sound generated on the speaker 13 of the bathroom remote control 2 may be a notification sound in a form different from the notification sound generated on the speaker 23 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom.

  Furthermore, the notification sound generated by the speaker 13 of the bathroom remote controller 2 may be in a form that does not depend on the determination results of STEPs 3 and 4. For example, the notification sound generated by the speaker 13 may be temporarily generated only immediately after the operation of the call switch 12a.

  The above is the operation related to the notification when the call switch 12a is operated by a bather or the like in the present embodiment.

  According to the present embodiment, the bather or the like performs the operation of the call switch 12a twice continuously within the time interval of the first predetermined time (1 second), so that the notification sound for normal notification output is obtained. Can be generated from the speaker 23 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom. In addition, by performing the operation of the call switch 12a on a one-time basis, a notification sound for outputting an abnormality notification can be generated from the speaker 23 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom.

  Accordingly, two types of notifications, that is, a notification sound for normal notification output and a notification sound for abnormality notification output, can be performed according to the operation mode of the common call switch 12.

  In this case, the bather or the like can easily perform the operation of the call switch 12a twice continuously within the time interval of the first predetermined time (1 second) when he / she is normal. it can. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the notification sound for the abnormality notification output from being generated from the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom even when no abnormality has occurred.

  Also, the notification sound for normal notification output is automatically stopped after a relatively short predetermined time has elapsed without requiring the bather to operate the call switch 12a again after the notification sound is generated. Is done. For this reason, the trouble of the bather and the like can be reduced, and a person outside the bathroom can appropriately prevent the notification sound from being misidentified as a notification of the occurrence of an abnormality.

  On the other hand, when an abnormality such as poor physical condition of the bather or the like occurs, the bather or the like can operate the call switch 12a only once to output an abnormality notification from the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom. Can be generated.

  For this reason, even if it is difficult for an input person or the like to continue to operate the call switch 12a due to poor physical condition or to repeatedly operate it, it is easy to output an abnormality notification from the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom. Can be generated.

  Further, in this case, the duration of generation of the notification sound for abnormality notification output is longer than the notification sound for normal notification output, and the volume of the notification sound for abnormality notification output is the notification for normal notification output. Since the volume is higher than the sound volume, a person outside the bathroom can easily recognize that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom.

  Moreover, since the generation of the notification sound for outputting the abnormality notification is automatically stopped after the lapse of the predetermined time, the operation work for the stop can be omitted.

  Next, some modifications of the embodiment will be described.

  In the embodiment, when an abnormality notification output (notification sound) is generated by the speaker 23 of the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom, after the predetermined time has elapsed (in the embodiment, after the first operation of the call switch 12a, the third operation is performed. The generation of the abnormality notification output is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed. However, a specific operation (an operation such as operating a plurality of operation switches simultaneously or pressing a specific operation switch for a long time) is performed on the occurrence of an abnormality notification output, for example, with the bathroom remote controller 2 or the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom. May be continued.

  In such a case, although an operation for stopping the abnormality notification output is required, it is possible to improve the certainty of allowing the person outside the bathroom to recognize the abnormality notification output.

  In addition, when the abnormality notification output is performed by the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom, the occurrence of the abnormality in the bathroom is generated by voice, or the abnormality is generated in the bathroom together with the generation of the sound or the notification sound other than the voice. The occurrence may be displayed on the display 21 of the remote control 3 outside the bathroom.

  In this case, a person outside the bathroom can directly recognize the occurrence of the abnormality by the sound or the display on the display 21.

  Further, in both the abnormality notification output and the normal notification output, the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is provided with the remote control 3 outside the bathroom instead of generating the notification sound (including sound) or together with the generation of the notification sound. You may make it perform blinking alerting | reporting of a light emitting element, etc. That is, the abnormality notification output and the normal notification output may be performed by either an auditory notification (notification by an acoustic signal) or a visual notification (optical notification).

  For example, the normal notification output may be performed by visual notification, and the abnormality notification output may be performed by auditory notification.

  Further, in addition to generating an alarm sound for anomaly notification output with the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom, when generating an alarm sound for the anomaly notification output with the bathroom remote controller 2 as well, the bather or the like is not stimulated. Therefore, the notification sound for the abnormality notification output in the bathroom remote control 2 may be a notification sound having a lower volume than the notification sound for the abnormality notification output in the remote control 3 outside the bathroom.

  In the embodiment, the case where the terminal outside the bathroom is the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom is illustrated, but the terminal outside the bathroom may not have a function as a remote controller. For example, the terminal outside the bathroom has only a function as a notification device that generates a normal notification output and an abnormality notification output, or has an intercom function for making a call with the bathroom in addition to the function. Also good.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, when the call switch 12a was operated twice within the time interval of the 1st predetermined time, the normal alerting | reporting output was generated with the remote control 3 outside a bathroom (terminal outside a bathroom). However, when the call switch 12a is operated three or more times within a time interval of the first predetermined time, a normal notification output is generated by the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom (terminal outside the bathroom), and the first predetermined When the number of operations of the call switch 12a within the time interval is less than the predetermined number of times (twice, once, etc.), an abnormality notification output may be generated.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the notification output control part 15 was provided in the bathroom remote control 2, the presence or absence of operation of the call switch 12a is transmitted from the bathroom remote control 2 to the remote control 3 outside the bathroom, and the notification output control part 15 is set. The remote controller 3 outside the bathroom may be provided.

  Or you may make it share the function of the alerting | reporting output control part 15 with both the bathroom remote control 2 and the remote control 3 outside a bathroom. For example, the timer time can be measured by the bathroom remote controller 2, and the processing for comparing the timer time with the first to third times can be performed by the remote controller 3 outside the bathroom.

  2 ... Bathroom remote control, 3 ... Remote control outside bathroom (terminal outside bathroom), 12a ... Call switch (notification operation accepting unit), 15 ... Notification output control unit, 23 ... Speaker (notification output generation unit), 25 ... Speaker drive unit (Notification output generation part).

Claims (3)

A remote control system comprising a bathroom remote controller arranged in a bathroom and an outside bathroom terminal arranged to be communicable with the bathroom remote controller outside the bathroom,
In the terminal outside the bathroom, a notification output generator configured to selectively generate an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output in different forms. Is provided,
The bathroom remote control is provided with a notification operation reception unit that is operated to operate the notification output generation unit,
According to the operation mode of the notification operation reception unit, the notification output to be generated from the notification output generation unit is an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom, and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output. A notification output control unit that controls the notification output generation unit to generate the determined notification output is provided in the bathroom remote controller or the terminal outside the bathroom,
The notification output control unit is operated when an operation condition is satisfied that the notification operation receiving unit is operated a predetermined number of times within a predetermined first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once. In the case where the operation condition is not satisfied within the first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once and the notification output receiving unit is controlled to generate the normal notification output. Is configured to control the notification output generation unit so as to generate the abnormality notification output, and when the notification operation receiving unit is operated once, after the first predetermined time has elapsed. Whether the normal notification output is generated or the abnormality notification output is generated, the notification output generation unit is controlled to generate a predetermined notification output within the first predetermined time. Remote control system, characterized in that it is configured. A remote control system comprising a bathroom remote controller arranged in a bathroom and an outside bathroom terminal arranged to be communicable with the bathroom remote controller outside the bathroom,
In the terminal outside the bathroom, a notification output generator configured to selectively generate an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output in different forms. Is provided,
The bathroom remote control is provided with a notification operation receiving unit for performing an operation for operating the notification output generating unit, and a bathroom side notification output generating unit capable of generating a notification output in the bathroom. And
According to the operation mode of the notification operation reception unit, the notification output to be generated from the notification output generation unit is an abnormality notification output indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the bathroom, and a normal notification output other than the abnormality notification output. A notification output control unit having a function of controlling the notification output generation unit to generate the determined notification output and a function of controlling the bathroom side notification output generation unit, Or provided in the terminal outside the bathroom,
The notification output control unit is operated when an operation condition is satisfied that the notification operation receiving unit is operated a predetermined number of times within a predetermined first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once. In the case where the operation condition is not satisfied within the first predetermined time after the notification operation receiving unit is operated once and the notification output receiving unit is controlled to generate the normal notification output. Is configured to control the notification output generation unit so as to generate the abnormality notification output, and when the abnormality notification output is generated in the notification output generation unit, the abnormality notification output by a notification sound. The notification output generator and the bathroom notification output generator are configured to cause the bathroom side notification output generator to generate a notification sound with a volume lower than the notification sound. Remote control system, characterized by being configured to Gosuru. The remote control system according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The notification output generation unit generates the normal notification output after a second predetermined time elapses from when the notification operation receiving unit is operated once or when the operation condition is satisfied. A remote control system configured to stop the generation of the normal notification output and to continue the generation of the abnormal notification output for a longer time than the normal notification output when the abnormal notification output is generated.