JP6516349B2 - Toilet system with information distribution function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet system having an information distribution function.

  Conventionally, a toilet system has been proposed which provides information to the user according to the user's toilet use stage. For example, the control unit is provided with a display means, various sensors, and a control unit, and the control unit is a first step from the time the toilet user enters the toilet to the start of defecation, the second step during defecation, The display system for toilets which makes a display different in each step of the 3rd step until leaving a room is mentioned (refer to patent documents 1).

Patent No. 3773312 gazette Patent No. 532 5463

  Conventionally, a toilet system that provides information to the user according to the user's toilet use stage has been proposed, but there has been no toilet system that can provide information according to the conditions desired by the information provider. Then, an object of this invention is to implement | achieve the toilet system which can provide information according to predetermined conditions.

The toilet system according to the present invention is
A toilet system comprising a plurality of toilets and an information distribution server connected to the toilets via a network,
The information distribution server
A distribution information acquisition unit that acquires distribution information from a terminal of a provider that provides the distribution information;
A condition acquisition unit that acquires a distribution condition of the distribution information;
An expense acquisition unit for acquiring expense information indicating an expense paid by the provider for delivery of the delivery information;
A distribution unit for setting at least one of the number of distribution, the period, or the amount of data according to the cost information as the limited information, and distributing the delivery information to the toilet according to the distribution condition within the range of the fixed information;
The toilet is
A distribution information acquisition unit that acquires the distribution information;
A detection unit that detects a use situation of a user who uses the toilet;
An output unit that outputs the distribution information to the user according to the usage status;
Have.

  In the toilet system, the distribution condition may be at least one of a location of the toilet, a gender of the user, or an age of the user.

The toilet system is provided with a price condition in which the cost information indicates a price corresponding to at least one of a location of the toilet, a use status by the user, an order of outputting the distribution information, or a distribution time zone. And the total amount of expenses paid by
When the distribution unit outputs the distribution information based on the price condition, at least one of the number, the period, and the data amount that can be output before reaching the total amount may be set as the limited information.

  The toilet system may further include an output result transmitting unit that counts the number of times of output of the distribution information and transmits an output result including the number of times of output to the terminal of the provider.

  In the toilet system, the output unit may output, together with the distribution information, link information to a web server specified by the provider.

  In the toilet system, the output unit may output the distribution information by displaying a telop on the basis of a timing at which flush water flows to the toilet bowl of the toilet.

  The contents described in the means for solving the above-mentioned problems can be combined as much as possible without departing from the problems and technical ideas of the present invention.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the toilet system which provides information according to predetermined conditions is realizable.

It is a figure which shows an example of a system configuration. It is a figure which shows an example of a toilet. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a toilet booth. It is a figure which shows an example of a monitor. It is a functional block diagram showing an example of a toilet. It is a functional block diagram showing an example of an information distribution server. It is an apparatus block diagram which shows an example of a computer. It is a processing flow in which an information delivery server acquires delivery information from a terminal of a provider. It is a processing flow which distributes distribution information. It is a table which shows an example of delivery conditions. It is a table which shows an example of price conditions. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a telop.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. The embodiment is an example of the present invention, and the configuration of the present invention is not limited to the following example.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the entire system according to the present embodiment. The toilet system 10 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of toilets 1 and an information distribution server 2, which are mutually connected via a network 4 such as the Internet. Further, the provider terminal 5 of the provider who provides the distribution information is connected to the information distribution server 2 via the network 4 so that the distribution information and the like can be registered.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the toilet 1, FIG. 3 shows an example of the toilet booth 14, and FIG. 4 shows an example of a monitor . Toilet 1, for example, in commercial facilities, stations, etc. department stores, etc., and is provided as a toilet public use. For example, the toilet 1 is provided in each of a plurality of buildings and each of the floors of the buildings. The toilet 1 is provided with a plurality of toilet booths (toys) 14, and each toilet booth 14 is provided with toilet facilities such as a toilet bowl and a hot water washing apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 2, the toilet 1 is divided into, for example, a female toilet 101, a male toilet 102 and a multipurpose toilet 103. A plurality of toilet booths 14 are provided in the female toilet 101 and the male toilet 102. Although the multipurpose toilet 103 of FIG. 2 shows the example which consists of one toilet booth 14, the multipurpose toilet 103 may have several toilet booths 14. As shown in FIG. Here, the toilet booth 14 is a space surrounded by a door, a wall, etc. and provided with toilet facilities for adding one by one. The toilet booth 14 is not strictly limited to single use, and may be one in which an assistant or infant can enter the room at the same time. Also, the toilet booth 14 may be a space that is not completely enclosed, such as an installation area for men's urinals separated by simple partition plates or a baby's toilet.

In addition, the toilet 1 includes the management device 11, and performs control such as causing the management device 11 to output the distribution information received from the information distribution server 2 at each toilet booth 14. The management apparatus 11 is an information processing apparatus (computer) including a microcontroller, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the like as described later. The management device 11 may control a plurality of toilet booths 14 by one, or the management device 11 is provided in each toilet booth 14, and each management device controls each toilet booth It may be

  As shown in FIG. 3, the toilet booth 14 includes a toilet 12, a hot water washing device 13, a monitor 142, a door lock sensor 143 A, a stool position sensor (seating sensor) 143 B, a washing sensor 143 C, and a control unit 140. The door lock sensor 143A, the seating sensor 143B, and the washing sensor 143C are an example of a detection unit in the present embodiment.

  The monitor 142 is, for example, an output unit having a liquid crystal display 19 and a speaker 17 as shown in FIG. 4 and can output video and audio as distribution information. Further, the monitor (output unit) 142 may have a communication module for transmitting distribution information to the terminal of the user by near field communication or the like. Various switches are provided on the operation panel 18 of the monitor 142. In the example of FIG. 4, a warm water washing button 174, a stop button 177, a temperature setting button 178 for adjusting the spout water temperature, a water amount adjusting button 182 for adjusting the amount of water, a toilet bowl washing button 173 and the like are provided.

  The door lock sensor 143A is for detecting the locked state of the door, that is, the entrance of the user, and for example, a magnet switch is used. When the user closes the door 149 and locks it, the lock mechanism provided on the rail of the door 149 engages with the door 149 to lock the door 149, and the door lock sensor 143A detects the state of the lock.

  The defecation position sensor (seating sensor) 143B is a sensor that detects whether the user of the toilet 1 has reached the defecation position. In the case of the toilet bowl 12, the deflation position sensor 143B detects that the deflation position has been reached when the user is seated on the toilet seat. Hereinafter, the defecation position sensor 143B for detecting the seating will be referred to as a seating sensor 143B. The seating sensor 143B is, for example, a human sensor such as an infrared sensor provided on the toilet seat or a pressure sensor provided on the toilet seat, and detects that the user has sat on the toilet seat. The defecation position sensor 143B is a human sensor such as an infrared sensor in the case of a Japanese-style toilet, and detects that the user has reached the defecation position on the toilet seat.

  The wash sensor 143C detects that the flush water release button has been pressed, that is, flush water is released after flushing to flush. In addition, the washing sensor 143C may detect that the washing water has been released when a predetermined time has passed since the user left the defecation position.

The control unit 140 is a device that performs control for causing the monitor 142 to output delivery information, based on inputs from the door lock sensor 143A, the seating sensor 143B, and the washing sensor 143C. Although not shown, the monitor 142 and the sensors 143A and 143B are connected to the control unit 140 by wire or wireless.

<Functional explanation of restroom 1>
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing the function of the information processing in the toilet 1. The toilet 1 has a management device 11 and a toilet booth 14, and the management device 11 manages distribution information to be output from each toilet booth 14 by connecting to the plurality of toilet booths 14.

  The management apparatus 11 is a computer (information processing apparatus) including a data storage unit 111, a distribution information acquisition unit 112, and a report unit 113.

  The distribution information acquisition unit 112 of the management device 11 acquires distribution information from the information distribution server 2 and causes the data storage unit 111 to store the distribution information. For example, the distribution information acquisition unit 112 may be configured to receive distribution information transmitted from the information distribution server 2 via a network, or may be configured to periodically access the information distribution server 2 to acquire distribution information. .

The report unit 113 counts the number of advertisements reproduced in each toilet booth 14, and transmits it to the information distribution server 2 together with the identification information of the toilet 1.
The toilet booth 14 includes a monitor (output unit) 142, a detection unit 143, and a control unit 140.

  The detection unit 143 is a sensor that detects the usage state of the user using the toilet 1, and in the present embodiment, is a door lock sensor 143A, a seating sensor 143B, and a washing sensor 143C.

  The control unit 140 includes a data storage unit 141, an output control unit 144, a counting unit 145, and a timer 146.

The data storage unit 141 stores distribution information and distribution conditions received from the information distribution server 2.
The output control unit 144 reads out and decodes the corresponding distribution information from the data storage unit 141 when the usage condition of the user detected by the detection unit 143 satisfies the distribution condition, and outputs it to the monitor 142 as a video signal and an audio signal. By sending the voice, the voice is displayed from the speaker while being displayed on the display unit of the monitor 142.

  The counting unit 145 counts the number of times of output of the distribution information, and transmits the output result to the management apparatus 11. The counting unit 145 of the control unit 140 and the report unit 113 of the management apparatus 11 correspond to the output result transmission unit in this embodiment.

  The timer 146 is used to measure timing when detecting the usage state of the user and controlling the output of distribution information.

<Description of Function of Information Distribution Server 2>
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the information distribution server 2. The information distribution server 2 includes a distribution information acquisition unit 211, a condition acquisition unit 212, an expense acquisition unit 213, a distribution unit 214, a data storage unit 215, and an output result transmission unit 216.

The distribution information acquisition unit 211 acquires distribution information from the terminal 5 of a provider (sponsor) who provides distribution information such as an advertisement, and causes the data storage unit 215 to store the distribution information. For example, the distribution information acquisition unit 211 may function as a web server that provides a web page for registering distribution information, and may be configured to receive distribution information input from the terminal 5 for the page.

  Similarly, the condition acquisition unit 212 acquires the distribution condition of the distribution information from the terminal 5 of the provider and causes the data storage unit 215 to store the distribution condition. For example, as a web page in which the condition acquisition unit 212 registers the distribution condition, a page for inputting the location of the toilet, the gender of the user, or the age of the user is provided, and the page is input from the terminal 5 It may be configured to receive the distribution condition.

  Furthermore, the cost acquisition unit 213 acquires cost information indicating the cost paid by the provider for distribution of the distribution information. For example, as a web page for the expense acquisition unit 213 to register expense information, it provides a page for inputting distribution expense and fixed-limit information for calculating the expense, and the information input from the terminal 5 for the page May be used as the cost information. The fixed amount information for calculating the cost may be the number of distributions, the period, or the amount of data.

The distribution unit 214 distributes the distribution information to the toilet according to the distribution condition in the range of the limited information. The information distribution server 2 stores the conditions such as the location of each toilet 1 and the age of the user, and the destination information of the toilet 1 in advance in the data storage unit 215, and the distribution unit 214 satisfies the distribution conditions. By extracting the toilet 1, the toilet to be distributed is specified, and the distribution information is distributed to the destination information (for example, IP address) of the toilet 1. For example, as the location of the toilet 1, other than locations such as Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chuo Ward, etc., like ○ ○ department store 3rd floor, ○ ○ restaurant, ○ ○ junior high school, ○ ○ university, ○ ○ hospital, pub ○ ○ In addition, it may indicate what kind of facility's toilet. In addition, if the age of the user can be generally identified, such as the toilet for schools, learning groups, nursing homes, etc., as the age of the user, conditions for the user of the user such as children, elementary school students, university nature, seniors, etc. As well. In addition, when setting this condition, each toilet 1 does not have to satisfy this condition 100%, and it is used when there is a high possibility of children (students) using it like the toilet of the station near the school You may set the age of the person like a "child". Moreover, the advertisement of company A which is a competing company can not be set, conditions such as non-adult, liquor / tobacco permission, etc. may be set individually.
The output result transmitting unit 216 receives and aggregates the output results from the management device 11 of each toilet 1 and transmits the output result including the number of outputs to the terminal of the provider.

<Configuration of computer>
The information distribution server 2, the management apparatus 11, the control unit 140, and the terminal 5 may be computers as shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a device configuration diagram showing an example of a computer. For example, a computer is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1001
A main storage unit 1002, an auxiliary storage unit 1003, a communication IF (Interface) 1004, an input / output IF (Interface) 1005, a drive unit 1006, and a communication bus 1007 are provided. The CPU 1001 executes the program to perform the processing described in the present embodiment. The main storage device 1002 caches programs and data read by the CPU 1001, and expands a work area of the CPU.

  Specifically, the main storage device is a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), or the like. The auxiliary storage device 1003 stores programs executed by the CPU 1001, setting information used in the present embodiment, and the like. Specifically, the auxiliary storage device 1003 is an HDD, an SSD, a flash memory, or the like. In the case of the management apparatus 11, the control unit 140, and the information distribution server 2, the main storage unit 1002 and the auxiliary storage unit 1003 function as the data storage units 111 and 141 shown in FIG. 5 and the data storage unit 215 shown in FIG. .

The communication IF 1004 transmits and receives data to and from another computer device. Communication IF1
Specifically, a wired or wireless network card or the like 004 is used. The input / output IF 1005 is connected to the input / output device, and receives an input from the user or outputs information to the user. Specifically, the input / output device is a keyboard, a mouse, a display, a touch panel, or the like.

  The drive device 1006 reads data recorded in a recording medium such as a flexible disk, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or the like, and writes data in the recording medium. The components as described above are connected by the communication bus 1007. A plurality of these components may be provided, or some components (for example, the drive device 1006) may not be provided. Also, the input / output device may be integrated with the computer.

  Then, the program executed in the present embodiment may be provided via a portable storage medium readable by a drive device, an auxiliary storage device such as a USB memory, a network IF, or the like. Then, the CPU 1001 causes the computer as described above to function as the information distribution server 2, the management device 11, the control unit 140, and the terminal 5 by executing a program (software).

  As described above, the software is not limited to one that realizes the functions of the management device 11 and the control unit 140, etc., and may be a device that realizes the functions of the management device 11 and the control unit 140 by special hardware. good.

Here, hardware is, for example, FPGA [Field Programmable Gate Array], AS
Circuits such as IC [Application Specific Integrated Circuit] and LSI [Large Scale Integration] may be used. Further, the hardware may use basic circuits such as an IC (Integrated Circuit), a gate array, a logic circuit, a signal processing circuit, and an analog circuit.

<Information delivery method>
The method of the information delivery performed by the toilet system 10 of the said structure is demonstrated. First, prior to information distribution, the information distribution server 2 receives registration of distribution information from the terminal 5 of the provider (sponsor) of the distribution information. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a registration process performed by the information distribution server 2.

As shown in FIG. 8, the information delivery server 2 is connected to the terminal 5 of the provider via the network, receives the delivery information uploaded from the terminal 5, and stores it in the delivery DB (step S10). The provider terminal 5 may upload not only the distribution information but also the attribute information related to the distribution information, and the information distribution server 2 may receive the attribute information together with the distribution information. The attribute information is a genre such as car, music, movie, medical care, fashion, a company name or brand name of a provider, a name such as a product name, and link information to a web server designated by the provider.

  Next, the information distribution server 2 uses the conditions such as the location of the toilet, the sex of the target person of the distribution (that is, the user of the toilet, hereinafter simply referred to as the target person) and the age of the target person as the distribution conditions of the distribution information. 5 and stored in the distribution DB (step S20). FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of distribution conditions stored in the distribution DB. As shown in FIG. 10, the distribution information is stored in association with the distribution information such as the stage and order of outputting the distribution information, the time zone, the location of the toilet, the gender, the age, the weather, and the temperature. The delivery condition is not limited to the delivery condition, but may be a condition for non-delivery. For example, in the case of an advertisement for a funeral or a cemetery, it may not be delivered to the toilet of the hospital. In addition, in the case of R18-specified movies, advertisements, pachinko, cigarettes, liquor advertisements, it may be conditional on delivery not to the toilet used by children such as schools.

  Further, the information distribution server 2 acquires expense information indicating the expense paid by the provider for the distribution of the distribution information and fixed information indicating the limit such as the number of times and period of distribution (step S30). For example, when the provider inputs the total price condition and the distribution cost as the cost information, and the information distribution server 2 outputs the distribution information with the amount based on the price condition, the number of times the information can be output before reaching the total The fixed information such as the period, the amount of data, etc. is determined, and the cost information and the fixed information are stored in the distribution DB. In addition, the provider inputs fixed number information such as the number of times and period for which the distribution information is output, the amount of data, and the like, and calculates the amount of money when the distribution information is output according to the fixed amount information. The cost information and the limited information may be stored in the distribution DB.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the price condition determined in accordance with the stage and order of outputting the distribution information. In the example of FIG. 11, the price according to each step and the multiplying factor according to the order and time are defined. For example, the price of one week per booth is set at 30 yen for the first stage, 200 yen for the second stage, and 50 yen for the third stage, and the first one is 1.5 times, the second one 1.0 times, and the third It is 0.5 times. That is, the first of the second stage is 300 yen, the second is 200 yen, and the third is 100 yen. Furthermore, it may be 1.3 times from 6:00 to 12:00, 0.8 times from 12:00 to 18:00, and 1.0 times from 18:00 to 6:00. That is, in the first stage of the second stage, in the time zone of 12:00 to 18:00, 200 × 1.5 × 0.8 = 240 yen. In addition, the setting of each price is not limited to this, It can set arbitrarily. For example, the price of each step may be set higher in the order of the second step, the third step, and the first step, and the provider who has further registered may make the cost of the third step and the first step free.

  Steps S10 to S30 are in random order and may be performed in another order. Moreover, it is not restricted to acquiring delivery information, delivery conditions, expense information, and fixed amount information in order, For example, you may be the structure which acquires these as one data.

  Next, it is determined whether or not distribution is possible (step S40). For example, it is determined whether the distribution information has a predetermined format, whether the time required for outputting the distribution information (reproduction time) is within a predetermined length, and whether the data size is within a predetermined range. Further, the information distribution server 2 may present the content of the distribution information to the administrator, input the result of the content checked by the administrator, and determine the availability of distribution according to the input check result.

  Furthermore, the information distribution server 2 may store one or more images that can not be distributed, and determine whether an image that can not be distributed by pattern matching is included in the distribution information. In addition, the information distribution server 2 may store one or more words that can not be distributed, and determine whether words that can not be distributed by voice recognition are included in the distribution information.

If the distribution information can not be distributed as a result of the determination processing in step S40 (step S50, No), the information distribution server 2 notifies the terminal 5 of the provider of an error indicating that distribution is not possible (step S70). Further, if the distribution information can be distributed (step S50, yes), the information distribution server 2 distributes the information to the toilet according to the distribution condition (step S60). For example, when the location of the toilet is specified as a distribution condition, such as Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chuo-ku, etc., the toilet of the matching condition is extracted from the data storage unit 215, and the number of times of output to each extracted toilet 1 It distributes by adding a fixed condition such as 1000 times.

  As described above, when the distribution information is distributed from the information distribution server 2, the management device 11 of each toilet 1 receives the distribution information and distributes it to the toilet booth 14 of each toilet 1. At this time, if a condition to be distributed is designated, such as a male toilet, a female toilet, a multipurpose toilet, etc., the distribution information may be distributed to the toilet booth 14 of the section that conforms to the condition.

  When the distribution information is distributed from the management device 11, the control unit 140 of each toilet booth 14 receives the distribution information and stores it in the data storage unit 141.

  As an example of the first operation, the control unit 140 operates the timer 146 when the entry of the toilet user is detected by the door lock sensor 143A, and outputs the delivery information after several tens of seconds when it is considered that preparation for defecation is possible. To start. Thus, an advertisement or the like is displayed on the monitor 142. Thereafter, when the user's defecation is over and the user operates the lever or the flush button for flushing the flush water, the flush water is released into the toilet bowl and the flush water discharge sensor 143C is actuated and controlled. A signal is sent to the unit 2 to stop the display of the display means 1.

  In addition, as the second operation example, when the seating sensor 143B is activated with the seating of the user on the toilet seat, the control unit 140 starts output of distribution information, and an advertisement or the like is displayed on the monitor 142. Thereafter, when the user's defecation is completed and the toilet leaves the toilet 12, the seating sensor 143B is turned off and the output of the delivery information is stopped. A signal from the flush water discharge sensor 143C may be used in combination to control the output stop of the delivery information.

  In this way, the sensor may be used selectively and can perform certain operations without necessarily using all of them. Here, since the use stage (early, middle, late) of the user can be determined to some extent by detecting the signal from the sensor, an example of controlling the operation of the display means according to the stage is shown in FIG. The explanation will focus on the flow.

  In the user's toilet use stage, for example, the first stage is from the time when the user enters the toilet to the start of defecation, the second stage during defecation, and the third stage from the end of defecation to the exit.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 140 first determines based on the signal from the door lock sensor 143A in step S100 whether or not the door 149 is locked, that is, whether or not the user has entered the toilet. Do. If it is determined in step S100 that the door 149 is not locked (step S100, No), the processing of FIG. 9 is ended, and if it is determined that the door 149 is locked, the process proceeds to step S110, and the distribution condition and The distribution information to be output is determined based on the fixed information. When the time zone, weather, temperature, stage, and order are defined as the delivery conditions, it is decided to output the delivery information of the conditions that conform to the current time, weather, etc. for each of the first to third stages. . As a result, for example, advertisement of a game during the daytime, a cigarette during the nighttime, a hat when it is sunny, and an umbrella advertisement when it is raining can be output based on the distribution condition so as to output distribution information according to the current condition.

  The control unit 140 first starts the output of the first stage for the distribution information determined in step S110 (step S120). In this first stage, it is considered that the user is undressing and preparing for defecation while suppressing the convulsiveness, and there is no time to gaze at the monitor 142 for vision. Therefore, sound may be output from the speaker as distribution information. In the first stage, a plurality of distribution information may be output in a designated order. For example, when two advertisements of 10 seconds are output and the first stage is 20 seconds or more, this 2 Repeat one ad in order.

Next, in step S130, the control unit 140 determines whether the user has reached the defecation position, that is, whether the user has been positioned on the toilet bowl, based on the signal from the seating sensor 143B. When the control unit 140 determines that the user is not positioned on the toilet bowl (Step S130, No), the processing of FIG. 9 is ended and it is determined that the user is positioned on the toilet bowl (Step S130, Yes) And the first stage distribution information output (audio output) is stopped, and the distribution information is output as the second stage (step S150). In this second stage, it is considered that the user is defecating and can afford to watch the monitor 142. Therefore, the control unit 140 may output moving images and sounds from the monitor 142 as distribution information. In the second stage, a plurality of distribution information may be output in a specified order. For example, three advertisements of 20 seconds are output, and when there are 60 seconds or more of the second stage, the 3rd advertisement is output. Repeat one ad in order.

  Then, in step S160, the control unit 140 determines whether the user has left the toilet bowl 12 or not based on the signal from the seating sensor 143B. When the control unit 140 determines that the user is seated, that is, not separated from the toilet bowl 12 (step S160, Yes), the control unit 140 returns to step S160. That is, the loop loops until the user leaves the toilet bowl 12. In addition, when the control unit 140 determines that the user is not seated, that is, the user has left the toilet 12 (Step S160, No), the process proceeds to Step S170 and the second stage distribution information output (video While stopping the output) and outputting the distribution information as the third step (step S180). At this third stage, since flush water is flushed into the toilet bowl to flush it, it is conceivable that the sound of this flush may not be audible, so a telop may be displayed as the delivery information. In the third stage, a plurality of distribution information may be output in a specified order. For example, three tens of seconds of telop each are output, and the third stage is 30 seconds or longer. , Repeat these three ticks in order.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an output example of distribution information in the third stage. In the example of FIG. 12, the telop 151 is displayed as delivery information. Further, in addition to the telop 151, link information to a web server designated by the provider may be output as delivery information. In FIG. 12, a two-dimensional barcode 152 is displayed as this link information. When the user is interested in the advertisement, the two-dimensional barcode 152 is read and decoded by a terminal such as the user's mobile phone or smartphone, and the user's terminal is connected to the URL indicated by the two-dimensional barcode 152. As a result, the terminal of the user can be guided to the web server specified by the provider of the distribution information, and the advertising effect can be enhanced. The link information is not limited to a two-dimensional bar code, and a URL may be displayed as a character string, or a search keyword may be displayed as "Please search for 詳 し く for details." . Further, the control unit 140 may transmit the link information to the terminal of the user by near-field wireless communication such as wi-fi or Bluetooth (registered trademark), instead of displaying the link information.

  The link information is not limited to the URL of the web server designated by the provider, and may be the address of the information delivery server 2 including the ID of the delivery information. For example, the information distribution server 2 stores the ID of the distribution information and the URL of the web server specified by the provider in association with each other, and the address of the information distribution server including the ID of the distribution information as a parameter is used as link information. Output to the user's terminal. When the user's terminal requests access to the URL indicated by the link information, the information distribution server 2 may redirect to the URL of the web server of the provider corresponding to the ID of the distribution information of the requested parameter. good. This makes it possible to count the number of times the information distribution server 2 redirects, that is, the number of times the user accesses the link information, and can know the advertising effect of the link information.

  Next, in step S190, the control unit 140 determines whether the door lock has been released based on a signal from the door lock sensor 143A. When the door lock is not released, that is, when the user determines that the user is in the room (Step S190, No), the control unit 140 returns to Step S190, that is, loops until the user exits the toilet booth 14. If the control unit 140 determines that the door lock has been released (Yes at step S190), the control unit 140 proceeds to step S200 and stops output of distribution information in the third stage.

  Then, the control unit 140 counts the number of times of output of the distribution information, transmits the output result including the number of times of output to the management apparatus 11 (step S210), and ends the process of FIG. The number of times of output is counted, for example, once even if the same distribution information is repeatedly output a plurality of times in one stage. Also, the total number of times may be counted regardless of repetition. The process of FIG. 9 is periodically performed. For this reason, for example, even when the process is completed by the negative limbs of steps S100 and S130, the process is repeatedly executed.

  The management device 11 tabulates the output results received from the control unit 140 of each toilet booth 14, and transmits the tabulated output results to the information distribution server 2 periodically or at a predetermined timing, together with the identification information of the toilet. For example, the management apparatus 11 transmits the output result at the timing when the number of times of output of the distribution information, the output period, the data amount and the like reach the upper limit, that is, the timing when the fixed limit indicated by the fixed limit information is satisfied. The output result may include, in addition to the number of times of output, the stage or order of output, and the weather or temperature at the time of output.

  The information distribution server 2 having received the output result from the management device 11 receives the output result from the management device 11 of each toilet 1 and totals it, and transmits the output result including the number of times of output to the terminal of the provider. The output result may identify each toilet based on the identification information, and may aggregate and show each condition such as the location of each toilet, the age of the user, and the output time. In addition, the information distribution server 2 may give points to each toilet 1 based on output results such as the number of times of output, output time, data amount, cost of output, etc. of each toilet 1. For example, a predetermined percentage of the output result is converted into the number of points, such as 10% of the number of outputs and 5% of the cost for the output. That is, if the number of output times is 100,000, 10,000 points are awarded, and if the cost of the output is 100,000 yen, 5,000 points are awarded. These points can be used for the cost of advertisement output, such as cash, maintenance cost of the toilet 1, advertisement advertisement cost, and the like.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the provider of the distribution information can easily register the distribution information through the network without using the advertising agent. Further, the cost of information distribution can be set according to the stage and order of outputting the distribution information. Furthermore, it is possible to set distribution information to be output according to the time zone, weather, temperature, etc., and it is possible to flexibly respond to the request of the provider.

Reference Signs List 1 toilet 2 information distribution server 3 provider terminal 4 network 10 toilet system 11 management device 12 toilet bowl 13 hot water washing apparatus 14 toilet booth 101 female toilet 102 male toilet 103 multipurpose toilet 111, 141, 215 data storage unit 112 distribution information acquisition Unit 113 Report unit 140 Control unit 142 Monitor 143 Detection unit 143A Door lock sensor 143B Feces position sensor (seating sensor)
143C Wash Water Discharge Sensor 144 Output Control Unit 145 Counting Unit 146 Timer 149 Door 151 Telop 152 Two-Dimensional Bar Code 211 Distribution Information Acquisition Unit 212 Condition Acquisition Unit 213 Cost Acquisition Unit 214 Distribution Unit

Claims (4)

A toilet system comprising a plurality of toilets and an information distribution server connected to the toilets via a network,
The information distribution server
A distribution information acquisition unit that acquires distribution information from a terminal of a provider that provides the distribution information;
A condition acquisition unit that acquires a condition including a use stage of the toilet as a distribution condition of the distribution information;
An expense acquisition unit for acquiring expense information indicating the total amount of expenses paid by the provider for delivery of the delivery information;
Based on the total amount of expenses paid by the provider and the price determined for each use stage, the number of deliverables that can be output before reaching the total amount is determined as limit information, and within the limit information A delivery unit for delivering the delivery information to the toilet according to the delivery condition;
The toilet is
A distribution information acquisition unit that acquires the distribution information;
From the time the user using the toilet enters the toilet to the start of defecation is the first stage, the defecation in progress is the second stage, the end of defecation is the third stage, and the use stage is detected Detection unit,
An output unit that outputs the distribution information to the user according to the use stage ;
A toilet system having an information delivery function. The toilet system having the information distribution function according to claim 1, wherein the distribution condition includes at least one of a location of the toilet, a gender of the user, or an age of the user. The toilet system according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising: an output result transmitting unit that counts the number of times of output of the distribution information and transmits an output result including the number of times of output to the terminal of the provider. . The information delivery function according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the output unit performs the output of the delivery information by displaying a telop on the basis of the timing when flush water is flushed to the toilet bowl of the toilet. Toilet system.

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