JP7361926B2 - bathroom drying system - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to a bathroom drying system that includes a bathroom dryer that can be remotely controlled from a mobile terminal.

BACKGROUND ART Systems are known that allow various electrical devices used at home to be operated from a mobile terminal. Patent Document 1 has a home network in which a home gateway, which is an interface, and various electrical devices are connected to each other, and by connecting the home gateway to an external communication line, communication between terminals outside the home network and each electrical device is established. A system that enables communication is disclosed. According to the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, instructions from a mobile terminal used indoors where a home network is constructed or a mobile terminal used outdoors are sent to each electrical device to operate each electrical device. can do.

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-40285

According to the conventional system disclosed in Patent Document 1, a bathroom dryer, which is one of the electrical devices used at home, can start operation, switch operation, or start operation by receiving instructions from a mobile terminal. It is possible to perform operations such as stopping the bathroom and detecting the temperature in the bathroom. The temperature in the bathroom is displayed on the operating section of the bathroom dryer. The operating unit of the bathroom dryer is installed in a bathroom or a dressing room adjacent to the bathroom.

In the conventional system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the temperature detected by the bathroom dryer cannot be confirmed on the mobile terminal. If a user of a bathroom dryer wants to know the temperature in the bathroom, he or she cannot check the temperature in the bathroom from a distance from the bathroom, and must go to the location where the control unit is located and check the display on the control unit. was there.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present disclosure is to obtain a bathroom drying system that allows the temperature inside the bathroom to be checked at a location away from the bathroom.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the purpose, a bathroom drying system according to the present disclosure includes a bathroom dryer that takes air from a bathroom and circulates the taken air to the bathroom, and a bathroom dryer that can communicate with the bathroom dryer. and an information processing device. The bathroom dryer includes a detection unit that detects the temperature of air taken in from the bathroom, and a communication unit that is installed in a changing room adjacent to the bathroom and that transmits temperature information indicating the detected temperature to the information processing device. . The information processing device holds the received temperature information and transmits the held temperature information to a mobile terminal that is used indoors or outdoors where the bathroom dryer is installed and can communicate with the information processing device . The bathroom dryer performs heating operation by heating the air taken in from the bathroom and circulating it to the bathroom. The information processing device sends a notification to the mobile terminal to confirm whether the heating operation is necessary when a decrease in temperature is detected after the heating operation is stopped, and when the exit of the bather from the bathroom is detected. If a drop in temperature is detected after the temperature has dropped, a notification will be sent to the mobile device.

The bathroom drying system according to the present disclosure has the advantage that the temperature inside the bathroom can be checked at a location away from the bathroom.

A diagram showing the configuration of a bathroom drying system according to Embodiment 1. Schematic diagram showing the configuration of a bathroom dryer included in the bathroom drying system according to Embodiment 1 A diagram showing a bathroom dryer, a bathroom water heater, and a dressing room heater included in the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. Sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment A diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on a mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to Embodiment 1. A diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on a mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to Embodiment 2. A diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on a mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to Embodiment 3.

Below, a bathroom drying system according to an embodiment will be described in detail based on the drawings.

Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. A bathroom drying system 1 according to the first embodiment includes a bathroom dryer 2, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) adapter 3, a broadband router 4, a cloud server 5, and a mobile terminal 6.

The bathroom dryer 2 is one of the electrical devices used at home. The bathroom dryer 2 includes a main body section 7 that is the main body of the bathroom dryer 2, and an operation section 8 that receives operations on the main body section 7. The main body 7 takes in air from the bathroom 10 and circulates the taken air to the bathroom 10. Moreover, the main body part 7 discharges the air taken in from the bathroom 10 to the outside of the bathroom 10. The main body part 7 is installed on the ceiling of the bathroom 10. The main body part 7 is connected to an exhaust duct installed in the ceiling of the bathroom 10. Air exhausted from the bathroom 10 is exhausted outside through an exhaust duct (not shown). Note that the inside of the house where the bathroom dryer 2 is installed is called indoors, and the outside of the house is called outdoors.

The operation unit 8 is a dedicated operation terminal for operating the bathroom dryer 2. The operating section 8 is connected to the main body section 7 via wiring. The operation unit 8 is installed indoors in the same room as the bathroom 10. The operation unit 8 is installed, for example, in a changing room 11 adjacent to the bathroom 10. Note that the operation unit 8 may be installed in a space other than the dressing room 11, or may be installed in the bathroom 10. The operation unit 8 is installed at a position that is easy for the user to operate when using the bathroom 10. The operation unit 8 may be a remote controller.

The bathroom dryer 2 can perform ventilation operation, heating operation, and drying operation. The bathroom dryer 2 discharges air taken in from the bathroom 10 to the outside of the bathroom 10 through ventilation operation. The bathroom dryer 2 performs heating operation to warm the air taken in from the bathroom 10 and circulate the warm air to the bathroom 10. The bathroom dryer 2 discharges air taken in from the bathroom 10 to the outside of the bathroom 10 and at the same time circulates hot air or cool air into the bathroom 10 during drying operation.

The wireless LAN adapter 3 is an external communication adapter that allows the bathroom dryer 2 to communicate with devices external to the bathroom dryer 2 . The wireless LAN adapter 3 functions as a communication section of the bathroom dryer 2. The wireless LAN adapter 3 is installed in the changing room 11. The wireless LAN adapter 3 is connected to the main body section 7. Note that the wireless LAN adapter 3 may be installed in a space other than the changing room 11. The wireless LAN adapter 3 and broadband router 4 are connected to each other via a wireless LAN. Broadband router 4 is installed indoors. Broadband router 4 is connected to Internet line 9 .

The bathroom dryer 2, wireless LAN adapter 3, and broadband router 4 constitute a home network system. The broadband router 4 is an interface for connecting a home network to the Internet line 9. Note that electrical equipment other than the bathroom dryer 2 may be connected to the home network system.

The cloud server 5 is an information processing device that is responsible for information processing and information retention. The cloud server 5 is operated by a business operator that provides services using a home network system. The cloud server 5 is a computer system in which an application for managing a home network system is installed. Cloud server 5 is connected to internet line 9. The bathroom dryer 2 communicates with the cloud server 5 via the Internet line 9.

The mobile terminal 6 is a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal. An application for using the home network system is installed on the mobile terminal 6. Mobile terminal 6 is connected to Internet line 9 via an access point or base station. Illustrations of access points and base stations are omitted. The mobile terminal 6 communicates with the cloud server 5 via the Internet line 9. Note that if the mobile terminal 6 and the broadband router 4 are connectable to each other via a wireless LAN, the mobile terminal 6 may be connected to the Internet line 9 via the broadband router 4 indoors. The mobile terminal 6 accepts operations on the bathroom dryer 2. Furthermore, the mobile terminal 6 displays various information regarding the operation of the bathroom dryer 2.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a bathroom dryer included in the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. The main body part 7 of the bathroom dryer 2 is installed through an opening formed in the ceiling of the bathroom 10, passing from the bathroom 10 toward the attic. The main body 7 includes a blower 12 that generates airflow, a damper 13 that switches the air path, a heater 14 that warms the air, a control device 15 that controls the bathroom dryer 2, and a temperature sensor 16 that detects temperature. and a human sensor 17 that detects the presence of a person in the bathroom 10.

The damper 13 serves as a branch between a first air path through which the air taken into the main body 7 flows to the exhaust duct and a second air path through which the air taken into the main body 7 flows toward the bathroom 10. It is provided. The damper 13 adjusts the opening degree of the first air passage and the opening degree of the second air passage by rotational driving.

The heater 14 is arranged in the second air path. The heater 14 can be operated by switching the heating intensity between two levels: "strong" and "weak". In the first embodiment, heater 14 is an electric heater. The heater 14 only needs to be capable of heating the air taken into the main body 7, and may be a heater other than an electric heater.

The bathroom dryer 2 draws air from the bathroom 10 into the main body 7 by driving the blower 12 . In the heating operation, the bathroom dryer 2 blows air heated by the heater 14 through the second air path into the bathroom 10. The bathroom dryer 2 sends air from the first air path to the exhaust duct during ventilation operation. During the drying operation, air taken into the main body portion 7 is divided into a first air path and a second air path. In the drying operation, the bathroom dryer 2 sends out air that has passed through the first air path to the exhaust duct, and blows out air that has been heated by the heater 14 through the second air path to the bathroom 10. In the drying operation, the bathroom dryer 2 may blow cool air into the bathroom 10 instead of hot air. The control device 15 switches between a heating operation, a ventilation operation, and a drying operation by controlling the damper 13 and the heater 14.

A temperature sensor 16 serving as a detection section is provided inside the main body section 7 . The temperature sensor 16 is arranged in an air path through which air flows from the bathroom 10 to the blower 12. The temperature sensor 16 detects the temperature of the bathroom 10 by detecting the temperature of the air taken in from the bathroom 10. The human sensor 17 is provided on the lower surface of the main body 7 located inside the bathroom 10. The human sensor 17 detects the position and movement of a person in the bathroom 10.

The operation unit 8 displays the current operating state of the bathroom dryer 2 and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 16. The operating states are ventilation, heating, drying, and shutdown states. The wireless LAN adapter 3 transmits operating state information indicating the operating state of the bathroom dryer 2 and temperature information indicating the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 16 to the cloud server 5. The cloud server 5 holds the received operating state information and the received temperature information. The cloud server 5 transmits the held operating state information and the held temperature information to the mobile terminal 6. The mobile terminal 6 displays the received driving state information and the received temperature information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a bathroom dryer, a bathroom water heater, and a dressing room heater included in the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. The water heater 20 and the changing room heater 30 are electrical devices connected to the home network system.

Water heater 20 supplies hot water to be used in bathroom 10. The water heater 20 fills a bathtub 23 installed in the bathroom 10 with hot water. Filling the bathtub refers to filling the bathtub 23 with hot water so that the user can take a bath.

The water heater 20 includes a communication unit 21 for the water heater 20 to communicate with equipment external to the water heater 20, and an operation unit 22 that is a dedicated operation terminal for operating the water heater 20. The communication unit 21 is a wireless LAN adapter similar to the wireless LAN adapter 3. The communication section 21 and the operation section 22 are installed in the changing room 11. The communication unit 21 and the broadband router 4 are connected to each other via a wireless LAN. When the hot water supply by the water heater 20 is completed, the communication unit 21 transmits a notification indicating the completion of the hot water supply to the cloud server 5. When the cloud server 5 receives the notification indicating the completion of hot water filling, it transmits the notification to the mobile terminal 6.

The changing room heater 30 heats the changing room 11. The changing room heater 30 is installed on the ceiling of the changing room 11. The changing room heater 30 includes a blower 33 that generates an air flow, a heater 34 that warms the air, a temperature sensor 35 that detects temperature, and a human sensor 36 that detects the location of a person in the changing room 11. The changing room heater 30 takes in air from the changing room 11 by driving the blower 33 and blows air heated by the heater 34 to the changing room 11. The changing room heater 30 warms the air taken in from the changing room 11 and circulates the warm air to the changing room 11.

The temperature sensor 35 is arranged in an air path through which air taken from the dressing room 11 to the blower 33 passes. The temperature sensor 35 detects the temperature inside the changing room 11 by detecting the temperature of the air taken in from the changing room 11. The human sensor 36 detects the position and movement of a person in the changing room 11.

The changing room heater 30 includes a communication unit 31 for the changing room heater 30 to communicate with equipment external to the changing room heater 30, and an operation unit 32 that is a dedicated operation terminal for operating the changing room heater 30. and has. The communication unit 31 is a wireless LAN adapter similar to the wireless LAN adapter 3. The communication section 31 and the operation section 32 are installed in the undressing room 11. The communication unit 31 and the broadband router 4 are connected to each other via a wireless LAN.

The mobile terminal 6 accepts operations for filling the bath and operations for the changing room heater 30. Moreover, when the mobile terminal 6 receives a notification indicating that the bath is filled, it displays a message indicating that the bath is filled.

In the first embodiment, the bathroom dryer 2, the water heater 20, and the dressing room heater 30 have mutually independent operating units and mutually independent control adapters. In the bathroom dryer 2, the operating section 8 and the control adapter are connected to the control device 15. In the water heater 20, the operation unit 22 and the control adapter are connected to a control device provided in the water heater 20 main body. In the dressing room heater 30, the operating section 32 and the control adapter are connected to a control device provided in the dressing room heater 30 main body. Individual identification of the bathroom dryer 2, water heater 20, and changing room heater 30 on the network is performed by a control adapter. The illustrations of the control adapters for the bathroom dryer 2, the water heater 20, and the dressing room heater 30, the control device for the water heater 20, and the control device for the dressing room heater 30 are omitted.

The water heater 20 starts filling water according to the user's operation of the operation unit 22 . Alternatively, when the user operates the mobile terminal 6, an instruction to start filling the water is transmitted to the water heater 20 via the cloud server 5. The water heater 20 starts filling hot water when the communication unit 21 receives an instruction to start filling hot water.

When the portable terminal 6 is operated to instruct to start filling the bath, the bathroom drying system 1 instructs the bathroom dryer 2 from the cloud server 5 to start heating operation. The bathroom dryer 2 starts heating operation when the wireless LAN adapter 3 receives an instruction to start heating operation.

In winter, heating of the bathroom 10 may not be completed even after the hot water has been filled. In Embodiment 1, the bathroom drying system 1 transmits temperature information indicating the temperature of the bathroom 10 to the mobile terminal 6 together with a notification that the bath is filled. By checking the display on the mobile terminal 6, the user can check the temperature of the bathroom 10 from a location away from the bathroom 10. If the temperature of the bathroom 10 has not reached a temperature that allows comfortable bathing, the user can decide to wait until the temperature of the bathroom 10 rises before taking a bath.

Next, an explanation will be given of the operation of the bathroom drying system 1 when a command to fill the bath water is given by operating the mobile terminal 6. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 shows the operating procedure of the bathroom dryer 2, the cloud server 5, the mobile terminal 6, and the water heater 20 when a command to fill hot water is given by operating the mobile terminal 6.

The water heater 20 receives an instruction to start filling water from the cloud server 5. In step S1, the water heater 20 starts filling hot water according to the instruction to start filling hot water. The bathroom dryer 2 receives the start of heating operation from the cloud server 5. In step S2, the bathroom dryer 2 starts heating operation.

In step S3, the bathroom dryer 2 transmits the operating state information and temperature information to the cloud server 5. In step S4, the cloud server 5 receives the operating state information and temperature information, and stores the received operating state information and temperature information. Note that the bathroom dryer 2 periodically transmits temperature information to the cloud server 5 after starting to fill with hot water. The cloud server 5 stores periodically received temperature information.

In step S5, the cloud server 5 transmits the driving state information to the mobile terminal 6. In step S6, the mobile terminal 6 receives the driving state information and stores the received driving state information. In step S7, the mobile terminal 6 generates a notification screen for displaying driving state information, and displays the generated notification screen. The user can check the current operating state of the bathroom dryer 2 by looking at the displayed notification screen.

When the hot water filling by the water heater 20 is completed in step S8, the water heater 20 transmits a hot water filling completion notification to the cloud server 5 in step S9. In step S10, the cloud server 5 receives the hot water filling completion notification. In step S11, the cloud server 5 transmits the received hot water filling completion notification and temperature information to the mobile terminal 6. When the cloud server 5 receives the hot water filling completion notification, it transmits the latest temperature information stored in the cloud server 5 to the mobile terminal 6.

In step S12, the mobile terminal 6 receives the hot water filling completion notification and temperature information. In step S13, the mobile terminal 6 generates a notification screen for displaying a message indicating the completion of bath water filling and temperature information, and displays the generated notification screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on the mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 shows an example of the notification screen 40 displayed in step S13 shown in FIG. 4. The notification screen 40 displays a message 41 that includes the character string "Hot water filling has been completed" indicating that the hot water filling has been completed, and the character string "Room temperature (bathroom) ○○°C" indicating the latest temperature information. is displayed. From this message 41, the user can confirm that the bath water filling has been completed and can also confirm the current temperature of the bathroom 10.

Furthermore, when the temperature of the bathroom 10 reaches a preset temperature after the heating operation by the bathroom dryer 2 has started, the cloud server 5 notifies the mobile terminal 6 that heating of the bathroom 10 has been completed. You can also send it. Through this notification, the user can confirm that heating of the bathroom 10 has been completed from a location away from the bathroom 10.

According to the first embodiment, the bathroom drying system 1 transmits temperature information to the cloud server 5 using the wireless LAN adapter 3, and the temperature information is transmitted from the cloud server 5 to the mobile terminal 6. The user can check the current temperature of the bathroom 10 on the notification screen 40 displayed on the mobile terminal 6. As described above, the bathroom drying system 1 has the effect that the temperature of the bathroom 10 can be checked at a location away from the bathroom 10. The bathroom drying system 1 can achieve high convenience by automatically transmitting to the mobile terminal 6 a notification indicating the completion of bath water filling and the temperature of the bathroom 10 at the time of completion of bath water filling.

Embodiment 2.
In the second embodiment, the bathroom drying system 1 sends a notification to the mobile terminal 6 to confirm whether or not the heating operation is necessary when a decrease in the temperature of the bathroom 10 after stopping the heating operation is detected. The bathroom drying system 1 according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as the bathroom drying system 1 according to the first embodiment. In Embodiment 2, the same components as in Embodiment 1 described above are given the same reference numerals, and operations that are different from Embodiment 1 will be mainly described.

The bathroom dryer 2 stops the heating operation that is started with the start of filling the hot water when a preset time, for example, one hour has elapsed since the start. Thereby, the bathroom dryer 2 prevents the heating operation from being continued longer than necessary due to the user forgetting to turn off the heating operation. If only one bather uses the bathroom 10 after the bath is filled, it is estimated that the bath will normally be completed within one hour after the heating operation is started. When a plurality of bathers sequentially use the bathroom 10 after filling the bath, the time it takes for all bathers to complete bathing may exceed one hour from the start of the heating operation. In this case, when the second and subsequent bathers use the bathroom 10, the temperature of the bathroom 10 may be lower than the temperature that allows comfortable bathing.

In the second embodiment, the cloud server 5 transmits a notification to the mobile terminal 6 to confirm whether or not the heating operation is necessary when a decrease in the temperature of the bathroom 10 is detected after the heating operation is stopped. By checking the display on the mobile terminal 6, the user can confirm that the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased from a location away from the bathroom 10. When the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased, the user can cause the bathroom dryer 2 to perform the heating operation again by operating the mobile terminal 6.

Next, the operation of the bathroom drying system 1 according to the second embodiment will be explained. The cloud server 5 sends a notification to the mobile terminal 6 when a decrease in the temperature of the bathroom 10 is detected after the exit of the first bather among the plurality of bathers is detected.

The temperature detection result by the temperature sensor 16 is sent to the operation unit 8. The operation unit 8 displays the temperature of the bathroom 10 based on the detection result. Furthermore, when the detection result is lower than a preset temperature, the operation unit 8 determines that the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased. When the temperature drop in the bathroom 10 is detected in this way, the bathroom dryer 2 transmits a notification indicating the temperature drop in the bathroom 10 to the cloud server 5. Note that the determination as to whether or not the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased may be performed by the control device 15 that receives the temperature detection result from the temperature sensor 16. The cloud server 5 may determine whether the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased by receiving the temperature information after the bath water has been filled.

Further, the detection result of the person's location by the human sensor 17 is sent to the operation unit 8 . The operating unit 8 detects the start of bathing by the first bather by detecting the position and movement of the person in the bathroom 10 after the bath is filled. The operation unit 8 determines that the bather has completed bathing if the position and movement of the person in the bathroom 10 are not detected for a preset period of time, for example, 5 minutes after the start of bathing is detected. Detected. The operation unit 8 detects, based on the detection result, that the first bather has finished bathing after filling the bathtub. When the operating unit 8 detects that the first bather has completed bathing, it transmits a notification to the cloud server 5 indicating that the bather has completed bathing.

The operation unit 8 may detect the completion of bathing by using information from the changing room heater 30 or information from the water heater 20 in addition to the detection result by the human sensor 17. The operation unit 8 may use the detection result of the person's location by the human sensor 36 of the dressing room heater 30 to detect the completion of bathing. When a bather takes a bath, a human sensor 36 in the changing room 11 detects the bather for about 5 minutes, and then a human sensor 17 in the bathroom 10 detects the bather for about 10 to 30 minutes. Furthermore, after that, the person taking the bath is detected by the human sensor 36 in the changing room 11 for about 5 minutes. When the bather who has finished bathing leaves the changing room 11, the bather is not detected by both human sensors 17 and 36 until the next bather takes a bath. The operation unit 8 may detect the completion of bathing by integrating a series of detection results from both the human sensors 17 and 36. The operation unit 8 can accurately detect the completion of bathing by detecting the completion of bathing based on a plurality of pieces of information.

Note that the operation unit 8 may detect that the bather has completed bathing based on a change in the amount of hot water supplied by the water heater 20. Detection that the bather has completed bathing may be performed by the control device 15 that receives the detection result of the person's location from the human sensor 17. The cloud server 5 may detect that the bather has completed bathing by receiving the detection result of the person's location from the human sensor 17.

When a drop in the temperature of the bathroom 10 is detected after the exit of the first bather from the bathroom 10 is detected, the cloud server 5 sends a notification to the mobile terminal 6 to confirm whether or not heating operation is necessary. do. Further, the cloud server 5 transmits the latest temperature information indicating the temperature of the bathroom 10 to the mobile terminal 6.

The mobile terminal 6 receives a notification and temperature information for confirming whether heating operation is necessary. The mobile terminal 6 generates a message for confirming whether heating operation is necessary and a notification screen for displaying temperature information, and displays the generated notification screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on the mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an example of a notification screen 50 that is displayed when the mobile terminal 6 receives a notification for confirming the necessity of heating operation and temperature information. The notification screen 50 displays the text string "Bathroom temperature is decreasing", the text string "Do you want to start heating" to confirm whether heating operation is necessary, and the text string "Showing the latest temperature information". A message 51 containing the character string "Room temperature (bathroom) ○○°C" is displayed.

According to the second embodiment, the bathroom drying system 1 sends a notification to the mobile terminal 6 to confirm whether or not the heating operation is necessary when a decrease in the temperature of the bathroom 10 after stopping the heating operation is detected. . The bathroom drying system 1 can notify the user that the temperature of the bathroom 10 has decreased, and can prompt the user to start heating for subsequent bathers.

Embodiment 3.
In the third embodiment, the bathroom drying system 1 indicates that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise if the temperature of the bathroom 10 does not rise to a preset reference value even if the heating operation continues for a certain period of time or more. Send the information to the mobile terminal 6. The bathroom drying system 1 according to the third embodiment has the same configuration as the bathroom drying system 1 according to the first or second embodiment. In Embodiment 3, the same components as in Embodiment 1 or 2 described above are given the same reference numerals, and operations that are different from Embodiment 1 or 2 will be mainly described.

If the temperature in the bathroom 10 does not rise even after a period of time has passed since heating operation was started, the outside air may be entering the bathroom 10 due to the window installed in the bathroom 10 being open, or the person entering and exiting the bathroom 10 may It is conceivable that indoor air is entering the bathroom 10 due to the door being open. Alternatively, it is possible that an abnormality has occurred in the heating operation of the bathroom dryer 2.

In the third embodiment, the cloud server 5 controls the temperature of the bathroom 10 to increase when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 16 does not rise to a preset reference value even if the heating operation continues for a certain period of time or more. Information indicating that the mobile terminal 6 does not do so is transmitted to the mobile terminal 6. By checking the display on the mobile terminal 6, the user can know that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise even if the heating operation is continued. In this manner, by transmitting information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise to the mobile terminal 6, the bathroom drying system 1 prompts the user to check the status of the bathroom 10.

Next, the operation of the bathroom drying system 1 according to the third embodiment will be explained. The temperature detection result by the temperature sensor 16 is sent to the operation unit 8. If the detection result does not reach a preset reference value even if the heating operation continues for a certain period of time, for example, one hour or more, the operation unit 8 determines that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise even if the heating operation is performed. judge. The bathroom dryer 2 transmits information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise to the cloud server 5. Note that the determination that the temperature of the bathroom 10 does not rise even if the heating operation is performed may be performed by the control device 15 that receives the temperature detection result from the temperature sensor 16. The cloud server 5 may determine that the temperature of the bathroom 10 does not rise by receiving the temperature information after the bath is filled.

Upon receiving the information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise, the cloud server 5 transmits the information to the mobile terminal 6. Further, the cloud server 5 transmits the latest temperature information indicating the temperature of the bathroom 10 to the mobile terminal 6.

The mobile terminal 6 receives the information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise and the temperature information. The mobile terminal 6 generates a notification screen for displaying the temperature information and information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise, and displays the generated notification screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a notification screen displayed on the mobile terminal of the bathroom drying system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 7 shows an example of a notification screen 60 that is displayed when the mobile terminal 6 receives information indicating that the temperature of the bathroom 10 will not rise and temperature information. The notification screen 60 includes a character string "Bathroom temperature has not increased" indicating that the temperature in the bathroom 10 has not increased, a character string "Please check the bathroom", and a "Room temperature (room temperature)" indicating the latest temperature information. A message 61 containing the character string "Bathroom) ○○°C" is displayed.

According to the third embodiment, the bathroom drying system 1 controls the temperature of the bathroom 10 when the detected temperature of the bathroom 10 does not rise to a preset reference value even if the heating operation continues for a certain period of time or more. Information indicating that the rise will not occur is transmitted to the mobile terminal 6. The bathroom drying system 1 can notify the user that the temperature in the bathroom 10 will not rise, and can prompt the user to check the status of the bathroom 10.

In the third embodiment as well, the bathroom drying system 1 has a function for checking whether or not the heating operation is necessary when a decrease in the temperature of the bathroom 10 is detected after the heating operation is stopped, as in the second embodiment. The notification may also be sent to the mobile terminal 6.

The configurations shown in each of the embodiments above are examples of the contents of the present disclosure. The configuration of each embodiment can be combined with other known techniques. The configurations of each embodiment may be combined as appropriate. It is possible to omit or change a part of the configuration of each embodiment without departing from the gist of the present disclosure.

1 Bathroom drying system, 2 Bathroom dryer, 3 Wireless LAN adapter, 4 Broadband router, 5 Cloud server, 6 Mobile terminal, 7 Main unit, 8, 22, 32 Operation unit, 9 Internet line, 10 Bathroom, 11 Dressing room, 12, 33 Blower, 13 Damper, 14, 34 Heater, 15 Control device, 16, 35 Temperature sensor, 17, 36 Human sensor, 20 Water heater, 21, 31 Communication department, 23 Bathtub, 30 Dressing room heater, 40 ,50,60 Notification screen, 41,51,61 Message.

Claims (7)

a bathroom dryer that takes in air from a bathroom and circulates the taken air to the bathroom;
an information processing device capable of communicating with the bathroom dryer,
The bathroom dryer is
a detection unit that detects the temperature of the air taken in from the bathroom;
a communication unit installed in a changing room adjacent to the bathroom and configured to transmit temperature information indicating the detected temperature to the information processing device;
The information processing device holds the received temperature information, and transmits the held temperature information to a mobile terminal that is used indoors or outdoors where the bathroom dryer is installed and is capable of communicating with the information processing device. death,
The bathroom dryer performs a heating operation in which air taken from the bathroom is warmed and circulated to the bathroom,
When the temperature decrease after stopping the heating operation is detected, the information processing device transmits a notification to the mobile terminal to confirm whether or not the heating operation is necessary, and prevents the user from taking a bath from the bathroom. A bathroom drying system characterized in that the notification is transmitted to the mobile terminal when the temperature decrease is detected after the exit of the person is detected. The information processing device receives a notification indicating the completion of filling the bathtub installed in the bathroom when filling the bathtub with hot water, and transmits the latest temperature information to the mobile phone when receiving the notification. The bathroom drying system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the information is transmitted to a terminal. If the detected temperature does not rise to a preset reference value even if the heating operation continues for a certain period of time or more, the information processing device transmits information indicating that the temperature in the bathroom does not rise. The bathroom drying system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bathroom drying system is transmitted to the mobile terminal. The information processing device is characterized in that when the temperature of the bathroom reaches a preset temperature after the heating operation is started, the information processing device transmits a notification that heating of the bathroom is completed to the mobile terminal. A bathroom drying system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The bathroom drying system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising a dressing room heater that heats the dressing room. The changing room heater has a human sensor,
6. The bathroom drying system according to claim 5 , wherein the detection result of the person's location by the human sensor is used to detect completion of bathing. a bathroom dryer that takes in air from a bathroom and circulates the taken air to the bathroom;
an information processing device capable of communicating with the bathroom dryer;
A dressing room heater that heats a dressing room adjacent to the bathroom,
The bathroom dryer is
a detection unit that detects the temperature of the air taken in from the bathroom;
a communication unit installed in the changing room and configured to transmit temperature information indicating the detected temperature to the information processing device;
The information processing device holds the received temperature information and transmits the held temperature information,
The changing room heater has a human sensor,
A bathroom drying system characterized in that a result of detecting a person's location by the human sensor is used to detect completion of bathing.

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