JP6172028B2 - Electric vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner equipped with a wireless tag.

  A conventional vacuum cleaner has been proposed in which a display unit for displaying information on a cleaned area on the day of cleaning is provided on the main body of the vacuum cleaner (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 2905926

  In the electric vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 1, a display unit built in the vacuum cleaner main body is provided, and information stored in the storage unit of the vacuum cleaner main body and an input screen are displayed. Therefore, in order to confirm the information displayed on the display unit, it is necessary to visually check the display unit of the cleaner body. For example, when using a vacuum cleaner that has a suction port body, suction pipe, and flexible bellows-like hose, use the wheels of the vacuum cleaner body to perform the cleaning operation while rolling the floor. Is cleaning while lifting the vacuum cleaner body. For this reason, the positional relationship between the user's eyes and the cleaner's display when viewing the cleaner's display is different depending on the user's height and cleaning operation, and the display is highly visible to all users. The department could not be provided. On the other hand, in order to improve the visibility, it is necessary to take measures such as enlarging the display part and incorporating a liquid crystal with good visibility into the vacuum cleaner body, which increases costs, increases the size of the vacuum cleaner body, There was a problem that the weight of the vacuum cleaner body was increased.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has an object to display cleaning area information on an external device different from the vacuum cleaner without incorporating a display unit in the vacuum cleaner. And

The vacuum cleaner of the present invention includes an electric blower that generates suction air and a main body control unit that controls the electric blower, a hose whose rear end is connected to the main body of the vacuum cleaner, and a front end of the hose. A hand operating part having a grip part; a suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operating part; and a sinusoidal acceleration applied to the hand operating part during a cleaning operation. Wireless communication of output information from the hand control unit and an acceleration sensor that detects a change, a hand control unit to which the output of the acceleration sensor is input, a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit and a wireless tag, the hand control unit, the reciprocating amplitude information of sinusoidal reciprocating motion of the operation portion from the acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sinusoidal variation of the acceleration the acceleration sensor detects The cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body is calculated from the reciprocal amplitude information, the acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration, and the lateral width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body. When the wireless tag detects the proximity of the portable information terminal, the wireless tag wirelessly transmits the accumulated cleaning area information received by the wireless tag from the hand control unit to the portable information terminal. And displayed on the display unit.

A vacuum cleaner body having an electric blower for generating suction air and a main body control unit for controlling the electric blower; a hose whose rear end is connected to the cleaner main body; and a gripping portion provided at a front end of the hose. A hand operating part, a suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operating part, and an acceleration sensor provided in the hand operating part for detecting a sinusoidal change in acceleration applied to the hand operating part during a cleaning operation A hand control unit to which the output of the acceleration sensor is input, a portable information terminal having a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit, a wireless tag for wirelessly communicating output information from the hand control unit, and storage means with the door, the hand control unit, the round trip amplitude information of sinusoidal reciprocating motion of the operation portion from the acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sinusoidal variation of the acceleration the acceleration sensor detects A cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body is calculated from the reciprocal amplitude information, acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration, and lateral width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body, and the cumulative cleaning area information is stored in the memory When the wireless tag detects the proximity of the portable information terminal, the hand control unit stores the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the storage means via the wireless tag. It is wirelessly transmitted to the terminal and displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, by displaying the cleaning area information of the vacuum cleaner on the portable information terminal which is an external device different from the main body of the vacuum cleaner, the user can easily visually recognize the display information, and the Miniaturization, weight reduction, cost reduction, and improved assembly can be realized.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the vacuum cleaner main body of the electric vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the state which removed the dust collection unit of the cleaner body of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a top view of the vacuum cleaner main body of the electric vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the sectional view on the aa line of the cleaner body of FIG. It is a block diagram of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the portable information terminal which communicates with the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the wireless tag which is the principal part of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the acceleration sensor which is the principal part of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the information portable terminal which communicates with the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure explaining the flow of communication control with the principal part of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a portable information terminal.

  The present invention will be described with reference to the above drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and the overlapping description is simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1
In FIG. 1, 1 is a vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This vacuum cleaner 1 has a suction port for air (dust-containing air) containing dust and dust on the floor surface, and a suction port having a rotating brush (not shown) that scrubs up dust on the floor surface. A body 2 is provided. One end of a hollow cylindrical suction pipe 3 is connected to the suction port body 2. The other end of the suction pipe 3 is provided with a hand operating part 4 having a grip part 4c on which an operation switch part 4a for changing the operating state of the vacuum cleaner 1 is arranged. Also, one end (front end) of a flexible bellows-like hose 5 is connected to the other end of the suction pipe 3 via a hand operating portion 4 that is bent halfway.

  The vacuum cleaner main body 6 is connected to the other end (rear end) of the hose 5. 2 to 4 show the appearance of the cleaner body 6. FIG. The other end of the hose 5 is connected to a hose connection portion 7 provided at the front end portion of the cleaner body 6. The vacuum cleaner main body 6 is provided with a suction air passage 11 communicated with the hose connection portion 7.

  The vacuum cleaner main body 6 accommodates an electric blower 9 that generates suction air, a control circuit board, a cord reel of a power cord, and the like. Wheels 10 are attached to both sides of the rear portion of the cleaner body 6. The vacuum cleaner body 6 is energized when the power cord is connected to an external power source, and the electric blower 9 is driven to perform a suction operation. The suction port body 2, the suction pipe 3, the hand operating section 4, the hose 5, and the suction air path 11 constitute a part of a suction path for allowing dust-containing air to flow from the outside to the inside of the cleaner body 6. .

  The dust collection unit 8 is mounted and accommodated in a dust collection unit storage portion 6 a formed on the upper side of the cleaner body 6. At this time, the dust collection unit 8 extends from the cleaner main body 6 and is predetermined in a state where almost half of the lower side of the dust collection unit 8 is covered by the housing member 12 disposed on the outer periphery of the dust collection unit 8. Is housed in a position. The cleaner body 6 in a state where the dust collection unit 8 is accommodated in the dust collection unit accommodation portion 6a will be described with reference to FIG. The dust collection unit 8 includes a dust collection container 13 including a substantially cylindrical swivel part 13a and a dust collection part 13b. Further, the dust collection unit 8 is provided with an inlet (not shown) for taking dust-containing air into the dust collection container 13 through the suction air passage 11. The swivel part 13a of the dust collecting container 13 swirls the dust-containing air that has flowed from the inflow port to separate the air and dust (dust). And the dust collection part 13b captures the dust (dust) separated from the dust-containing air by the swivel part 13a.

  Inside the dust collecting container 13, a substantially cylindrical discharge pipe 15 is disposed substantially concentrically with respect to the substantially cylindrical shape of the dust collecting container 13. The discharge pipe 15 includes a mesh member 15a on a part of its side wall, and the mesh member 15a constitutes a communication portion 16 that communicates the dust collecting container 13 and the discharge pipe 15. Further, the dust collection unit 8 has a filter 17 that collects fine dust that cannot be removed by the swivel unit 13a and the like, and a discharge port 18 that discharges air from which dust is separated from the dust-containing air by the swivel unit 13a and the like. Is provided.

  Furthermore, a gap is formed in the dust collecting container 13 from the side wall or bottom wall of the discharge pipe 15 toward the inner wall of the dust collecting container 13 and between the dust collecting container 13 and the inner wall. A partition wall 19a arranged in a state is provided. Then, the revolving part 13a and the dust collecting part 13b of the dust collecting container 13 are partitioned by the partition wall 19a. Further, the partition wall 19a suppresses air from flowing from the swivel unit 13a to the dust collection unit 13b, and prevents dust accumulated in the dust collection unit 13b from being re-scattered into the swivel unit 13a.

  An outlet (not shown) is provided at the rear end of the suction air passage 11, and when the dust collection unit 8 is mounted and accommodated in the dust collection unit accommodation portion 6 a of the cleaner body 6, The outlet of the suction air passage 11 and the inlet of the dust collection unit 8 are joined, and the suction air passage 11 and the swivel part 13a of the dust collection container 13 are communicated. Further, an exhaust air passage 20 is provided on the upper rear side of the cleaner body 6. In a state where the dust collection unit 8 is accommodated in the dust collection unit accommodation portion 6 a, the discharge port 18 of the dust collection unit 8 is connected to the exhaust air passage 20.

  In front of the exhaust air passage 20 inside the cleaner body 6, an electric blower housing portion 6 b in which the electric blower 9 is housed is disposed. The electric blower 9 drives suction of dust-containing air dust into the dust collecting container 13 of the dust collecting unit 8. That is, when the electric blower 9 operates, the air pressure in the electric blower housing portion 6b in which the electric blower 9 is housed decreases. This decrease in the atmospheric pressure propagates from the electric blower housing 6 b to the exhaust air passage 20, the discharge port 18, the dust collecting container 13, and the suction air passage 11. And the fall of this atmospheric pressure finally reaches the suction port body 2 and becomes the air suction force in the suction port body 2.

Thus, the dust-containing air containing the dust sucked together with the air through the suction port body 2 by the suction force driven by the electric blower 9 passes through the suction pipe 3, the hand operating section 4 and the hose 5 to be cleaned. Reach body 6. The dust-containing air that has reached the cleaner body 6 passes through the suction air passage 11 of the cleaner body 6 and flows into the swivel part 13 a of the dust collection container 13 from the inlet of the dust collection unit 8. This dust-containing air flows in a substantially tangential direction with respect to the side wall of the swivel portion 13a and becomes a swirling airflow. Then, while forming a forced vortex region in the vicinity of the central axis and a quasi-free vortex region on the outer periphery thereof, it flows downward due to its path structure and gravity. At this time, since centrifugal force acts on dust (dust) in the air, it is pressed against the inner wall of the swivel unit 13a and separated from the air.

  The dust separated from the dust-containing air rides on the descending swirling airflow, travels below the swiveling portion 13a, and is collected by the dust collecting portion 13b. At this time, the partition wall 19a prevents the flow of air (air) from the swivel unit 13a to the dust collection unit 13b, and the re-scattering of dust accumulated in the dust collection unit 13b is suppressed. The air from which the dust (dust) has been removed flows into the discharge pipe 15 from the swivel part 13 a through the communication part 16. The air that has flowed into the discharge pipe 15 is discharged from the discharge port 18 to the exhaust air passage 20 after the fine dust that could not be separated by the swivel unit 13 a is removed by the filter 17. After that, the air is discharged to the outside of the cleaner body 6 through an exhaust air path 20 and an exhaust path including an exhaust port (not shown).

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the electric vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the portable information terminal 24 described later.
The electric vacuum cleaner 1 includes a vacuum cleaner body 6, a hose 5, a hand operation unit 4, a suction pipe 3, and a suction port 2 block.
The cleaner body 6 includes an electric blower 9 and a control board 22.
The control board 22 includes a main body control unit 26 and the bidirectional thyristor 14.
The portable information terminal 24 includes a display unit 24a, an input unit 24b, a control unit 24c, a communication transmission / reception unit 24d, and a short-range communication transmission / reception unit 24e.
The hand operation unit 4 includes an operation switch unit 4a (not shown), an acceleration sensor 4b, a hand control unit 4d, and a wireless tag 21.
The wireless tag 21 includes an antenna unit 28, a communication control unit 29, and an information storage unit 30 (see FIG. 8).

  The electric blower 9 is connected to the commercial AC power supply 27 via the bidirectional thyristor 14. The main body control unit 26 is connected to the bidirectional thyristor 14. The main body control unit 26 transmits a control signal to the bidirectional thyristor 14, and drives the electric blower 9 with a current whose current phase angle is adjusted and energization is controlled.

The wireless tag 21 is composed of, for example, an NFC tag. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the wireless tag. The wireless tag 21 is provided in the hand operation unit 4. The handheld operation unit 4 is provided with a portable terminal holding position display unit 25, and the wireless tag 21 is disposed in proximity to the portable terminal holding position display unit 25 (see FIG. 1). The portable terminal holding position display unit 25 is a part that displays the position where the portable information terminal is held close (or touched) by printing or engraving on the outside of the hand operating unit 4, and in front of the holding unit 4c. Provided.
The information storage unit 30 is a storage unit according to claim 2, and cumulative cleaning area information described later is stored in association with date information.
The communication control unit 29 receives a transmission command signal for instructing transmission of the information stored in the information storage unit 30 to the portable information terminal 24 side from the portable information terminal 24, and according to the transmission command signal. A transmission process for transmitting the information stored in the information storage unit 30 to the portable information terminal 24 side is executed.
The antenna unit 28 is configured by a loop antenna disposed so as to surround the RFID tag IC chip 31 constituting the communication control unit 29 and the information storage unit 30. The antenna unit 28 receives a radio signal including a transmission command signal from the portable information terminal 24 and transmits a radio signal including the information to the portable information terminal 24 side.
The wireless tag 21 is supplied with power from the control board 22 through a power supply line (not shown).

The portable information terminal 24 is, for example, a smartphone. FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of the portable information terminal.
The input unit 24b is used for operations such as telephone number input and web connection when making a call on the portable information terminal 24, and also instructs the portable information terminal 24 to transmit the information stored in the information storage unit 30. An input for transmitting the transmission command signal to the wireless tag 21 is performed. The input can be performed by touching the display unit 24a, and the display unit 24a also serves as the input unit 24b.
In addition to the screen display at the time of input, the display unit 24a receives the portable information terminal from the antenna unit 28 of the wireless tag 21 via the antenna unit 28 received via the short-range communication transmitting / receiving unit 24e of the portable information terminal 24. The information transmitted to the 24 side and stored in the information storage unit 30 is displayed.
The control unit 24c executes input processing of the input unit 24b, display processing of the display unit 24a, short-range communication transmission / reception processing with the wireless tag 21, call processing, web connection processing, and the like.
The communication transmitter / receiver 24d transmits / receives wireless communication to / from the outside of the portable information terminal 24 (wireless tag 21, base station side, etc.). The communication transmitting / receiving unit 24d includes a short-range communication transmitting / receiving unit 24e that performs short-range wireless transmission / reception with the wireless tag 21.

  The operation switch unit 4a of the hand operation unit 4 instructs to start and stop driving the electric blower 27 and to control the output (for example, “strong”, “medium”, and “weak”).

Next, a method for calculating the cumulative cleaning area will be described.
The accumulated cleaning area is a sinusoidal change in the acceleration in the front-rear direction detected by the acceleration sensor 4b when the user of the vacuum cleaner 1 grips the grip part 4c and reciprocates the hand operating part 4 in the front-rear direction, for example. It calculates from information and the breadth information of the bottom face of the suction inlet 2. When the hand operation unit 4 reciprocates, the suction port body 2 connected to the hand operation unit 4 via the suction pipe 3 also reciprocates. Here, it is assumed that the reciprocating movement of the suction port body 2 is the same as the reciprocating movement of the hand operating unit 4.

FIG. 9A shows the longitudinal acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor 4b when the user of the vacuum cleaner 1 grips the grip portion 4c and performs a reciprocating motion that moves the hand operating portion 4 in, for example, the front-back direction. The sinusoidal change of is shown. The vertical axis is acceleration and the horizontal axis is time. FIG. 9B is an enlarged view of the horizontal axis in FIG. 9A, and is a diagram for explaining a change in acceleration for one cycle of reciprocation.

As shown in FIG. 9 (a), when the cleaning operation starts at time t1 and stops at time t2, the acceleration during that time changes substantially in a sine wave shape. The cleaning operation time TS (= t2-t1) corresponds to the acceleration detection period.
As shown in FIG. 9B, the waveform for one cycle of the reciprocating motion has an acceleration amplitude of a and a cycle of T. The period T is calculated by T = 1 / f, where f is an acceleration frequency detected by the acceleration sensor.

If this waveform is repeated over the cleaning operation time TS, the acceleration A (t) can be expressed by the following equation.
A (t) = a × sin (2πt / T) (Formula 1)
When the acceleration A (t) is integrated at time t, a velocity V (t) is obtained as shown in the following equation.
V (t) = − a × (T / (2π)) × cos (2πt / T) (Formula 2)
When the velocity V (t) is integrated at time t, the displacement amount X (t) in the front-rear direction from the reference position of the reciprocating operation is obtained as in the following equation.
X (t) = − a × (T / (2π)) ^ 2 × sin (2πt / T) (Formula 3)
Here, ^ represents a power.
A × (T / (2π)) ^ 2 = A in Formula (3) (Formula 4)
Is the amplitude on one side of the displacement amount of the reciprocating motion, and corresponds to the reciprocating amplitude information. That is, 4A corresponds to the cumulative movement distance when the suction port body 2 is reciprocated once (T seconds).
Therefore, the cumulative movement distance XT of the suction port body 2 during the cleaning operation time TS is expressed by the following equation.
XT = 4A × TS / T (Formula 5)
The cumulative movement distance XT multiplied by the width W of the bottom surface of the suction port body 2 is the cumulative cleaning area ST cleaned by the suction port body 2 during the cleaning operation time TS, and can be expressed as the following equation.
ST = XT × W = 4A × TS / T × W
= 4a × (T / (2π)) ^ 2 × TS / T × W (Formula 6)
On the day of the cleaning operation (today), when the cleaning operation is performed intermittently, the sum of the cumulative cleaning area ST expressed by Equation 6 is the cumulative cleaning area ST of the day.

The hand control unit 4d calculates the cumulative cleaning area ST from the sine change of the acceleration of the hand operation unit 4 detected by the acceleration sensor 4b and the lateral width W of the bottom surface of the suction port body 2, and the information storage unit 30 of the wireless tag 21 To remember. The information storage unit 30 stores cumulative cleaning area information for each day of the week and cumulative cleaning area information for each week for one month in addition to the cumulative cleaning area information for the day (today) when the cleaning operation is performed. . When the wireless tag 21 of the hand control unit 4d detects the proximity of the portable information terminal 24, the wireless tag 21 wirelessly transmits the accumulated cleaning area information received from the hand control unit 4d to the portable information terminal 30 to the display unit 24a. Display .

Next, the operation will be described.
FIG. 11 is a flow explanatory diagram of communication control of each unit according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
When the portable information terminal 24 having a short-range communication function is brought close to the portable terminal holding position display unit 25 provided in the hand operation unit 4, the antenna unit 28 in the wireless tag 21 is connected to the short-range wireless transmission / reception unit The wireless signal from 24e is received and the proximity of the portable information terminal 24 is detected. This wireless signal includes a transmission command signal for instructing to transmit the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the information storage unit 30 of the wireless tag 21 to the portable information terminal 24 side. Information on the transmission command signal included in the wireless signal is received and processed by the communication control unit 29. The communication control unit 29 transmits the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the information storage unit 30 to the portable information terminal 24 side close to the portable terminal holding position display unit 25 via the antenna unit 28. The accumulated cleaning area information is received by the short-range communication transmitting / receiving unit 24e of the portable information terminal 24. The control unit 24c displays the received information on the display unit 24a. In this way, the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the information storage unit 30 can be displayed on the display unit 24a of the portable information terminal 24.

  FIG. 10 shows cumulative cleaning area information as information to be displayed on the display unit 24 a of the portable information terminal 24. The current cleaning area (cumulative cleaning area) is displayed in units of the area of one tatami mat. Further, the cumulative total (accumulated area information) for this week or this month is displayed in units of the area of one tennis court.

Thus, according to the electric vacuum cleaner of Embodiment 1, the vacuum cleaner main body which has the electric blower which generates suction wind, and the main body control part which controls the electric blower, and the rear end are connected to the vacuum cleaner main body. Hose provided at the front end of the hose and having a gripping portion, a suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operation portion, and provided at the hand operation portion. An acceleration sensor for detecting a sinusoidal change in acceleration applied to the operation unit, a hand control unit to which an output of the acceleration sensor is input, a portable information terminal having a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit, and the hand control unit the output information from a wireless tag that wirelessly communicates, the hand control unit, sine the acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sinusoidal variation of the acceleration the acceleration sensor detects the operation portion The reciprocating amplitude information of the reciprocating motion is calculated, and the cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body is calculated from the reciprocating amplitude information, the acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration, and the lateral width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body. The cumulative cleaning area information is transmitted to the wireless tag, and the hand control unit detects the proximity of the portable information terminal to the wireless tag, the wireless tag receives the cumulative cleaning area information received from the hand control unit. Since the wireless information is wirelessly transmitted to the portable information terminal and displayed on the display unit, the accumulated cleaning area information is displayed on a portable information terminal which is an external device different from the main body of the cleaner, so that the user can Display information on the information terminal can be easily viewed. Moreover, a display part becomes unnecessary in a vacuum cleaner main body, and it can implement | achieve size reduction, weight reduction, cost reduction, and assembly property improvement of a vacuum cleaner main body. Furthermore, by displaying the accumulated cleaning area information, it is possible to continue to enjoy cleaning, which is one of housework that is often avoided.

A vacuum cleaner body having an electric blower for generating suction air and a main body control unit for controlling the electric blower; a hose whose rear end is connected to the cleaner main body; and a gripping portion provided at a front end of the hose. A hand operating part, a suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operating part, and an acceleration sensor provided in the hand operating part for detecting a sinusoidal change in acceleration applied to the hand operating part during a cleaning operation A hand control unit to which the output of the acceleration sensor is input, a portable information terminal having a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit, a wireless tag for wirelessly communicating output information from the hand control unit, and storage means with the door, the hand control unit, the round trip amplitude information of sinusoidal reciprocating motion of the operation portion from the acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sinusoidal variation of the acceleration the acceleration sensor detects A cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body is calculated from the reciprocal amplitude information, acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration, and lateral width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body, and the cumulative cleaning area information is stored in the memory When the wireless tag detects the proximity of the portable information terminal, the hand control unit stores the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the storage means via the wireless tag. Since it is configured to be wirelessly transmitted to the terminal and displayed on the display unit, the history of accumulated cleaning area information can be easily confirmed, and cleaning, which is one of housework that is often avoided, can be continued more happily.

  In addition, since the wireless tag is disposed in the hand operation unit having a grip portion that is gripped by the user, the user performs a proximity operation without bending when the portable information terminal is brought close to the wireless tag during the cleaning operation. This makes it possible to obtain an easy-to-use vacuum cleaner.

  Further, by configuring the wireless tag 21 with the near field communication technology NFC (Near Field Communication) which is an international standard, a general portable information terminal equipped with an NFC function is used, and the portable information terminal is wirelessly connected. By installing a dedicated transmission / reception application via a tag, mutual information communication between the vacuum cleaner 1 and the portable information terminal 24 becomes possible, and there is no need to newly prepare a dedicated portable information terminal.

  Moreover, although the present Example demonstrated what employ | adopted the display part of the portable information terminal 24 as alerting | reporting means, if it is a means which can alert | report to a user, other alerting | reporting means will be employ | adopted. Also good.

  In the present embodiment, the communication control unit 29 and the information storage unit 30 have been described separately. However, the communication control unit 29 and the information storage unit 30 may be configured by a single microcomputer or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the antenna unit 28 has been described as being configured by a loop antenna disposed so as to surround the RFID tag IC chip 31 constituting the communication control unit 29 and the information storage unit 30. The RFID tag IC chip 31 may be disposed outside the antenna unit 28.

  In the present embodiment, when the wireless tag 21 detects the proximity of the portable information terminal 24, the hand control unit 4d carries the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the information storage unit 30 serving as a storage unit via the antenna unit 28. A description has been given of what is configured to be wirelessly transmitted to the information terminal 24 and displayed on the display unit 24a. Not only this but the memory | storage means which memorize | stores cumulative cleaning area information is comprised in the hand control part 4d in the hand operation part 4 except the wireless tag 21, for example, or in the main body control part 26 in the cleaner main body 6, for example. May be. And regardless of the timing of detection of proximity of the portable information terminal 24 by the hand control unit 4d, for example, when the power supply of the vacuum cleaner 1 is stopped or the operation of the electric blower 9 is stopped, or every certain time elapses In addition, the hand control unit 4 d may store the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the storage unit in the information storage unit 30 of the wireless tag 21. Then, when the wireless tag 21 detects the proximity of the portable information terminal 24, the hand control unit 4d wirelessly transmits the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the information storage unit 30 to the portable information terminal 24 to be displayed on the display unit 24a. It may be configured as follows.

  Moreover, although the present Example demonstrated what employ | adopted the cyclone type as a dust collection system, if it is a cleaner equipped with the wireless tag 21 which can communicate with the portable information terminal 24 provided with the near field communication function, it will be a cyclone type. Not limited to this, other dust collection methods may be adopted.

In the present embodiment, the hose 5, the suction pipe 3, and the suction port body 2 are mounted. However, the hose 5, the suction pipe 3, and the suction port body 2 are not mounted. It may be.
Further, the present invention is not limited to the canister type vacuum cleaner as described above.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vacuum cleaner, 2 suction inlet, 3 suction pipe, 4 hand operation part, 4a operation switch part, 4b acceleration sensor, 4c grip part, 4d hand control part, 5 hose, 6 vacuum cleaner main body, 6a dust collection unit accommodation Part, 6b electric blower accommodating part, 7 hose connection part, 8 dust collecting unit, 9 electric blower, 10 wheels, 11 suction air passage, 12 accommodating member, 13 dust collecting container, 13a swivel part, 13b dust collecting part, 14 both Directional thyristor, 15 discharge pipe, 15a mesh member, 16 communication part, 17 filter, 18 discharge port, 19 structure, 19a partition, 20 exhaust air duct, 21 wireless tag, 22 control board, 24 portable information terminal, 24a display Unit, 24b input unit, 24c control unit, 24d communication transmission / reception unit, 24e short-range communication transmission / reception unit, 25 portable information terminal holding position table Parts, 26 main controller, 27 commercial AC power source, 28 an antenna unit, 29 communication control unit 30 information storage unit, 31 wireless tag IC chip.

Claims (4)

A vacuum cleaner main body having an electric blower for generating suction air and a main body control unit for controlling the electric blower;
A hose whose rear end is connected to the vacuum cleaner body;
A hand operating part provided at the front end of the hose and having a gripping part;
A suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operation unit;
An acceleration sensor provided in the hand operation unit for detecting a sinusoidal change in acceleration applied to the hand operation unit during a cleaning operation;
A hand control unit to which the output of the acceleration sensor is input;
A portable information terminal having a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit, and a wireless tag for wirelessly communicating output information from the hand control unit,
The hand control unit calculates reciprocal amplitude information of the sinusoidal reciprocation of the hand operation unit from acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sine change of the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, and the reciprocal amplitude information Calculate the cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body from the acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration and the width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body, and transmit this cumulative cleaning area information to the wireless tag,
When the wireless tag detects the proximity of the portable information terminal, the hand control unit wirelessly transmits the accumulated cleaning area information received from the hand control unit to the portable information terminal and displays the information on the display unit. Vacuum cleaner to let. A vacuum cleaner main body having an electric blower for generating suction air and a main body control unit for controlling the electric blower;
A hose whose rear end is connected to the vacuum cleaner body;
A hand operating part provided at the front end of the hose and having a gripping part;
A suction port provided on the windward side of the hand operation unit;
An acceleration sensor provided in the hand operation unit for detecting a sinusoidal change in acceleration applied to the hand operation unit during a cleaning operation;
A hand control unit to which the output of the acceleration sensor is input;
A portable information terminal having a short-range wireless communication function and a display unit, and a wireless tag for wirelessly communicating output information from the hand control unit;
Storage means,
The hand control unit calculates reciprocal amplitude information of the sinusoidal reciprocation of the hand operation unit from acceleration amplitude information and acceleration period information of the sine change of the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, and the reciprocal amplitude information The cumulative cleaning area of the suction port body is calculated from the acceleration detection time information of the sinusoidal change of the acceleration and the lateral width information of the bottom surface of the suction port body, and the cumulative cleaning area information is associated with date information to the storage means. Remember,
When the wireless tag detects the proximity of the portable information terminal, the hand control unit wirelessly transmits the accumulated cleaning area information stored in the storage means to the portable information terminal via the wireless tag, to the display unit. Vacuum cleaner to display.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the wireless tag is disposed in the hand operation unit.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the wireless tag includes an NFC tag.

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