JPH0358609B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention provides water supply to water washers such as toilet bowls and hand wash basins.
The present invention relates to a water supply control device that automatically controls the water supply based on the detection of the use of a water washer by a sensing unit, and particularly relates to a water supply control device whose driving power source is a battery.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, as this type of water supply control device,
-126831 publication is known.

To explain the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 59-126831, the water supply section moves the plunger by energizing the coil to open the valve section, and the energized on-off valve state continues, and when the energization is cut off, the plunger opens. It is composed of a general solenoid valve that returns and closes the valve part.

Therefore, in the conventional system described above, it is necessary to continue energizing the coil while the water supply part maintains the valve open state and supplies a predetermined amount of cleaning water, so power consumption is low even though the driving power source is a battery. is large, and the battery life is short, requiring frequent battery replacement.
This is not only troublesome, but also uneconomical.

Therefore, as the water supply section, the plunger is moved to open or close the valve by energizing the coil, and even if the energization to the coil is stopped while the valve is open or closed, the valve state is maintained by the permanent magnet. It is conceivable to reduce power consumption by using a so-called latching solenoid that maintains the voltage, but even if such a latching solenoid is used, the coil will not be activated for a predetermined time, e.g., when opening and closing the valve.
Electricity had to be applied for 20 msec, and this level of power saving was insufficient for a device whose driving power source was a battery, so there was a need to further reduce power consumption.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> A problem to be solved by the present invention is to reduce the power consumption of the water supply section.

<Means for Solving the Problems> Technical means taken by the present invention to solve the above problems include a water washer, a sensing part that detects the use of the water washer, and a sensing signal from this sensing part. In a water supply control device that uses a battery as a driving power source, the water supply control device includes a control unit that outputs an opening/closing signal to the water supply unit based on the control unit, and a water supply unit that opens and closes a valve based on the opening/closing signal from the control unit, and uses a battery as a driving power source. Consists of a latching solenoid that opens the valve in response to the valve opening signal and maintains the valve open state, closes the valve in response to the valve close signal to maintain the valve closed state, and stops energizing the water supply part while the valve is open. The control unit starts outputting the valve opening signal, detects the current waveform when the latching solenoid is energized, and stops outputting the valve opening signal when the minimum value of the current waveform is detected. It is.

<Function> The present invention uses a latching solenoid as a water supply part, which does not require continuous energization to maintain the open state once the valve is opened, and further detects the current waveform that occurs when the latching solenoid is energized. ,
Utilizing the characteristic of the latching solenoid that the current waveform becomes minimum when the plunger opens, the valve is opened by energizing the solenoid until the minimum value is detected, and unnecessary energization after the valve is opened is stopped.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the water washer 1 is a urinal 1a, and above the urinal 1a,
To be more precise, a sensing part 2 is embedded in a wall surface A at a height corresponding to the height of the user's chest when the user stands in front of the urinal 1a, and a latching solenoid constitutes a water supply part. 4 is installed in an embedded type.

The sensing part 2 is a light emitting element 2 made of a light emitting diode.
It is a diffuse reflection type infrared sensor equipped with a light receiving element 2b made of a phototransistor and a light receiving element 2b, and is connected to a battery 5 as a drive power source via a control section 3, which will be described later.

The light emitting element 2a communicates with a light emitting drive circuit _3a5 of the control unit 3, which will be described later, and emits infrared light using the output from the circuit _3a5 , and this infrared light illuminates the urinal 1a for urination. When the light hits the user standing in front of it, it is diffusely reflected and a part of this reflected light is received by the light receiving element 2a and outputted to the light receiving amplifier circuit _3a6 , which will be described later.

The control section 3 can be roughly divided into a human body detection control section 3a that communicates with the sensing section 2, and a human body detection control section 3a.
The human body detection control section 3a is constructed of only hardware in this embodiment.

The configuration of the human body detection control section 3a will be explained with reference to FIG. 2. First, a pulse signal is continuously transmitted from the multivibrator _3a1 at a predetermined period t, for example, at a period of 1 second, and this pulse signal is transmitted at a period of 1/2 minute. _3a2 and multiplexer _3a3 .

1/2 minute period 3a ₂ is the above multivibrator 3a ₁
It obtains half the frequency of the pulse signal from
A pulse signal is continuously transmitted with a period of 2t, that is, a period of 2 seconds, and this pulse signal with a period of 2t is also output to the multiplexer _3a3 .

The multiplexer _3a3 receives the selection signal given from the OR circuit _3a4 and outputs a pulse signal with a period t from the multivibrator _3a1 , or outputs a pulse signal with a period _2t from the 1/2 period 3a2. The selection output from the multiplexer _3a3 is input to the light projection drive circuit _3a5 , and infrared light is emitted from the light projection element _2a based on the output from the light projection drive circuit 3a5. .

That is, the period of infrared rays emitted from the light emitting element 2a is
Either t or 2t is selected by the selection signal from the OR circuit _3a4 .

On the other hand, if the light-receiving amplifier circuit _3a6 connected to the light-receiving element 2b emits infrared light from the light-emitting element 2a but the light-receiving element 2b does not receive any light, it outputs a one-shot pulse signal from the no-reflected-light one-shot circuit _3a7 . This pulse signal is sent to the flip-flop 3.
Input to clear _a8 and clear counter _3a9 .

When light is received by the light receiving element 2b, a one shot pulse signal is output from the reflected light one shot circuit _3a10 , and this pulse signal is output to set the flip-flop _3a8 and count the counter _3a9 .

Normally, when the user is not in front of the urinal 1a, the multiplexer _3a3 selects a period of 2t, and the light emitting element 2a emits light at a period of 2t, but a pulse signal is sent from the no-reflection one-shot circuit _3a7 to the flip-flop _3a8. In order to output a clear signal, the flip-flop _3a8 outputs a low level, and this low output is input to the OR circuit _3a4 , and is further input from the flip-flop _3a13 to the water supply control unit 3, which will be described later.
Since there is no output to b, the selection of multiplexer _3a3 remains at period 2t.

Here, when the light receiving element 2b receives reflected light even once and detects the presence of a user, the reflected light is output from the one-shot circuit _3a10 to the set of flip-flops _3a8 , so that from the flip-flops _3a8 to the OR circuit _3a4. Output Hi to multiplexer 3
_a3 is switched from the period 2t to the period t as shown in FIG. 2, and thereafter the light emitting element 2a emits light at the period t.

When the counter _3a9 is not detecting a user, the pulse signal is clearly input from the one shot circuit _3a7 with no reflected light, so the count is 0, but when the user is detected, the one shot circuit with reflected light is activated. Since a pulse signal is input to the counter from 3a ₁₀ , if the count starts and this state continues, there will be reflected light.One shot circuit Every time a pulse signal is input to the counter from 3a ₁₀ , the count number will be increased and this count number will be increased. The pulse signal is output to the digital comparator _3a11 , and when the user leaves from in front of the urinal 1a, a clear pulse signal is input from the no-reflection light one-shot circuit _3a8 to return the count number to zero.

The digital comparator _3a11 receives the count input from the counter _3a9 , the detection count setting value preset by the detection count setting circuit _3a12 ,
For example, if the count number is smaller than the detection count setting value 2, the flip-flop 3
It does not output to _a13 , but it outputs Hi to flip-flop _3a13 as soon as the count becomes larger than the detection count setting value 2, and then outputs Low at the same time as the count becomes 0.

When the input from the digital comparator 3a ₁₁ falls from Hi to Low _, the flip-flop 3a 13 outputs Hi to the AND circuit 3a ₁₄ and the water supply control section 3b.

The AND circuit 3a ₁₄ connects another input terminal to the light projection drive circuit 3a ₅ , and when outputting from the circuit 3a ₅ and outputting Hi to the water supply control unit 3b, the shift register 3a ₁₅ Output to shift.

Shift register 3a ₁₅ is the light projection drive circuit 3
A plurality of Q outputs that change to Hi each time an output is output from a ₅ are provided, and the output count setting value is set depending on the number of Q outputs. In this embodiment, when the fourth Q output becomes Hi, the one shot pulse circuit 3a ₁₆ Output a pulse signal from.

This pulse signal is input to the shift register 3a ₁₅ and the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ to clear both of them, and the water supply control unit 3 is sent from the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ .
While switching the output to b from Hi to Low,
Set the output to OR circuit _3a4 to Low. Therefore, when the user uses the urinal 1a and leaves the urinal 1a, the water supply control unit 3b is released from the flip-flop 3a _13.
When a Hi output is input to the flip-flop 3a ₁₅ and a pulse signal from the one-shot pulse circuit 3a ₁₆ is output from the shift register 3a 15, the output from the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ is switched to Low. At this time, since there is no user, the output from the flip-flop _3a8 is also low, and the output from the OR circuit _3a4 disappears, and the multiplexer _3a3 is switched to a period of 2t, and from then on, light is emitted from the light emitting element 2a at a period of 2t. Let it shine.

A time chart of the human body detection control section 3a is shown in FIG.

The human body detection control section 3a is not limited to what is shown in the figure, and a microcomputer 3a ₂₀ may be used as a part of it, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, and its flowchart is shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b. The time chart is shown in Figure 6.

Next, the configuration of the water supply control section 3b will be explained with reference to FIG. 7. The input, that is, the Hi output from the flip-flop _3a13 is passed through the open AND circuit _3b1 and the NOT circuit _3b2 to the closed AND circuit 3b. ₃ and is also input to the exclusive OR circuit _3b4 .

The exclusive OR circuit _3b4 has a resistor R on one input side.
By interposing a capacitor C and a capacitor C, a pulse signal is output when the output from the flip-flop _3a13 switches from Low to Hi and when it switches from Hi to Low.

Normally, when a user is not detected, the input to the exclusive OR circuit _3b4 is low, so no pulse signal is output from the circuit _3b4 , and the open drive transistor _3b9 and the close drive transistor described later 3
b ₁₉ maintains the OFF state.

Here, when the output from the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ to the water supply control unit 3b switches from Low to Hi, the open side
Hi is input to one input terminal of AND circuit 3b ₁ , and NOT circuit 3 is input to one input terminal of closed side AND circuit 3b ₃ .
A low signal is input via _b2 , and a pulse signal is output from the exclusive OR circuit _3b4 .

This pulse signal is input to flip-flop _3a5 and outputs Hi, and is also input to another flip-flop _3a6 , making the Q output high and low, and is also input to the 50ms one-shot timer _3b7 . to start its operation and output Q.
Set to Hi.

The output of the flip-flop _3b5 and the output of the 50 msec one-shot timer _3b7 are input to the AND circuit _3b8 , but since both are Hi, the circuit _3b8 is connected to the other input terminal of the open side AND circuit _3b1 and the closed side A Hi level is output to the other input terminal of the AND circuit _3b3 .

Therefore, the open side AND circuit _3b1 has both input terminals
It becomes Hi and outputs to the open drive transistor _3b9 , turning it on.

When the opening drive transistor _3b9 turns on, the drive power I starts to flow from the battery 5, which is the drive power source, to the operating coil 4a of the latching solenoid 4, which will be described later, and the drive power I energized to the coil 4a is used for opening drive. It returns to the battery 5 via the transistor _3b9 and the resistor R.

At this time, the voltage generated in the open drive transistor 3b ₉ is detected by the voltage detection circuit 3b ₁₀ , and this detected voltage is sent to the peak detection circuit 3b ₁₁ , the margin addition circuit 3b ₁₂ , the bottom detection circuit 3b ₁₃ , and the margin subtraction circuit 3b ₁₄ . Output.

Also, the Q output of the flip-flop _3b6 is Hi.
When this happens, the peak detection circuit 3b ₁₁ starts operating, but since the output is low, the bottom detection circuit 3b ₁₃ starts operating.
operation remains in a stopped state.

On the other hand, the time versus current characteristics when the latching solenoid 4 is energized, which will be described later, are as shown in FIG.
When the operating coil 4a or the return coil 4b starts to be energized, the current increases due to the current applied to the coil, and then, after a predetermined time, the current decreases once due to the generation of a back electromotive force due to the movement of the plunger 4c. The back electromotive force becomes 0 when the valve is opened or closed in step 4d, so the current continues to rise after that, and the time required from when the current starts to flow until the current once drops and then starts to rise again is The longest estimate was found to be within about 10 msec.

The peak detection circuit _3b11 detects only a high voltage, detects the current maximum value due to the current applied to the operating coil 4a, and outputs the current maximum value to the peak detection ON comparator _3b15 .

The peak detection ON comparator 3b ₁₅ compares the maximum current value with the output obtained from the margin addition circuit 3b ₁₂ which adds a predetermined margin to the current waveform when the latching solenoid 4 is energized.
When the output obtained from _b12 exceeds the maximum current value and becomes smaller, at that point it outputs a clear signal to flip-flop _3a6 .

When the clear of flip-flop 3a ₆ is input, the Q output goes low and the peak detection circuit 3b ₁₁
At the same time, the output becomes Hi and the bottom detection circuit _3b13 starts operating.

The bottom detection circuit 3b ₁₃ tracks only low voltage, and detects the current minimum value when the valve portion 4d is open, that is, the back electromotive force is 0, and turns the current minimum value into a bottom detection ON state.
output to comparator _3b16 .

The bottom detection ON comparator 3b ₁₆ compares the minimum current value with the output obtained from the margin subtraction circuit 3b ₁₄ , which is obtained by subtracting a predetermined margin from the current waveform when the latching solenoid 4 is energized.
When the output obtained from _b14 exceeds the current minimum value, it outputs a clear signal to flip-flop _3a5 .

When the clear signal of flip-flop _3a5 is input, the output goes low and the open side AND is output from AND circuit _3b8 .
In order to output a Low signal to the circuit _3b1 , the open driving transistor _3b9 is turned off, and the driving current I from the battery 5 to the operating coil 4a is stopped.

Note that while the open drive transistor _3b9 is in the ON state, due to some abnormality, the output obtained from the margin addition circuit _3b12 does not exceed the current maximum value or the margin subtraction circuit 3
There may be cases in which the output obtained from b ₁₄ is not large enough to exceed the current minimum value, and in these cases, there is no input to clear the flip-flop 3a ₅ , so the open drive transistor 3b ₉ remains ON, and the battery 5
The energization to the operating coil 4a is not stopped and the energization ends up being turned off.

However, even if such an abnormal condition occurs, 50 m after the input to the water supply control unit 3b becomes Hi.
After a few seconds, the 50ms one-shot timer _3b7 times out, the Q output goes low, and the output from the AND circuit _3b8 switches from Hi to Low, so the open drive transistor _3b9 turns off, and the operating coil 4a is transferred from the battery 5. The power is stopped and the output becomes Hi.
Therefore, the output from the NAND circuit 3b ₁₇ is set low and the inoperable lamp 3b ₁₈ is turned on to notify the user of the abnormal state.

And with the output from shift register 3a ₁₅ ,
A pulse signal is generated from the one-shot pulse circuit 3a ₁₆ , and this pulse signal changes the output from the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ to the water supply control unit 3b from Hi to Low.
When switched to , Hi is input to one input terminal of the open-side AND circuit 3b ₃ via the NOT circuit 3b ₂ , and the flip-flops 3b ₅ , 3b ₆ and 50 msec one shot are input from the exclusive OR circuit 3b ₄ . timer 3b ₇
A pulse signal is output to.

Therefore, both input terminals of the closed-side AND circuit _3b3 are
It becomes Hi and outputs to the closing drive transistor _3b19 , turning it on.

When the closing drive transistor _3b19 is turned on, the drive current I starts flowing from the battery 5 to the return coil 4b of the latching solenoid 4, which will be described later.

After that, the open drive transistor 3b described above ₉
Similarly, the peak detection circuit 3b ₁₁ activates the return coil 4.
The peak detection ON comparator _3b15 compares the current maximum value obtained by applying current to b and the margin addition output obtained from the margin addition circuit _3b12 , and when the margin addition output becomes smaller than the current maximum value, At this point, the flip-flop _3b6 is cleared, and the bottom detection circuit _3b14 outputs the minimum current value obtained when the valve portion 4d is closed and the margin subtraction output obtained from the margin subtraction circuit _3b14 to the bottom detection ON comparator _3b16. When the margin subtraction output increases beyond the current minimum value, at that point the flip-flop _3a5 is cleared and the closing drive transistor _3b19 is turned off, thereby reducing the drive current from the battery 5 to the return coil 4b. I
energization is stopped.

A time chart of the water supply control section 3b is shown in FIG.

The latching solenoid 4 is shown in Figures 10 and 11.
As shown in the figure, an operating coil 4a and a return coil 4b
This has a conventionally well-known structure in which the plunger 4c is moved up and down by energizing to open and close the valve part 4d. By opening and closing the valve part 4d to let water in and out of the pressure chamber 4g formed behind the diaphragm 4e, the diaphragm 4e is moved up and down, and the lower surface of the diaphragm 4e is moved toward and away from the valve seat 4h. , the main valve 4i is opened and closed to supply flush water to the urinal 1a.

The operating coil 4a and the return coil 4b are stacked vertically in a metal case 4j, and
A metal head 4k is inserted inside both of these coils 4a and 4b, and the upper part of the head 4k is inserted into the case 4.
A plunger 4c is provided below the head 4k.

The plunger 4c is disposed within the return coil 4b so as to be movable up and down, and the plunger 4c is disposed at the bottom of the return coil 4b.
A spring 4l that always presses the valve in the valve closing direction, that is, downward, is loaded, and a permanent magnet 4m is provided on the outer periphery of the plunger 4c in contact with the case 4j.

To explain the operation of the latching solenoid 4, when a user is not detected, the spring 4l presses the plunger 4c downward to close the pilot hole 4f, and the permanent magnet 4m at this time presses the plunger 4c downward. The magnetic flux of plunger 4
The pilot hole 4f is kept closed by the lower surface of the plunger 4c, and the main valve 4e is kept closed.

If current is applied to the operating coil 4a in this state,
A magnetic flux is generated that tries to attract the plunger 4c upward, and this magnetic flux gradually becomes stronger. For example, within about 10 milliseconds after the operation coil 4a starts to be energized, the plunger 4c starts to move upward, and a counter electromotive force is generated. , the closed pilot hole 4f opens, the valve portion 4d opens, and the counter electromotive force becomes zero.
When the valve portion 4d opens, water in the pressure chamber 4g is discharged from the pilot hole 4f to the secondary side, and the main valve 4i opens when the lower surface of the diaphragm 4e separates from the valve seat 4h.

Thereafter, the plunger 4c continues to move upward and compresses the spring 4l, until the upper surface of the plunger 4c comes into contact with the lower surface of the head 4k, and the counter electromotive force becomes zero.

At this time, the magnetic flux of the permanent magnet 4m flows from the outside of the magnet 4m to the case 4j, the head 4k, and the plunger 4c.
The plunger 4c, which forms a circulation path that returns to the inside of the permanent magnet 4m, remains attracted to the head 4k, that is, maintains the open state shown in FIG. 11.

In addition, in order to change the valve from the open state to the closed state again, when the return coil 4b is energized, the permanent magnet 4m
A magnetic flux is generated in the opposite direction to the circulation path of the magnetic flux, and this magnetic flux gradually becomes stronger.
Due to the elastic force, the plunger 4c begins to move downward and a counter electromotive force is generated, and the lower surface of the plunger 4c closes the pilot hole 4f, closing the valve portion 4d, and the counter electromotive force becomes zero. When the valve portion 4d opens, water on the primary side flows into the pressure chamber 4g from a small hole 4n formed on the outer circumferential side of the diaphragm 4e, and the water supply pressure causes the lower surface of the diaphragm 4e to press against the valve seat 4.
The main valve 4i opens as soon as the seat is seated on the 10th
It will be in the state shown in the figure.

Furthermore, the one shown in FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the water supply control section 3b, in which the output from the human body detection control section 3a is directly connected to the flip-flop 3.
b ₅ , 3b ₆ and the 50 msec one-shot timer 3b ₇ to start and stop energization from the battery 5 to the operating coil 4a in the same way as in the previous embodiment, and also to start and stop the energization for 20 msec via the NOT circuit 3b ₂₀ . By inputting it to the one-shot timer _3b21 , the power supply from the battery 5 to the recovery coil 4b is started and stopped.

That is, in the case of FIG. 12, when the input to the water supply control unit 3b switches from Hi to Low after the detection of the user, the output of the NOT circuit 3b ₂₀ becomes Hi, and the 20-second one-shot timer 3b ₂₁ is activated. As soon as it starts working,
It outputs to the closing drive transistor 3b ₁₉ to turn it on, and starts supplying electricity from the battery 5 to the return coil 4b. And the above 20ms one shot timer 3
20 milliseconds after the start of operation of b ₂₁ , the closing drive transistor 3b ₁₉ is turned off to stop supplying electricity from the battery 5 to the return coil 4b.

A time chart of the water supply section detection control section 3b is shown in FIG.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, the water washer 1 is the urinal 1.
Although the case of case a is shown, the washing machine 1 is not limited to this, and for example, as shown in FIG. 14, the water washer 1 may be a hand washing machine 1b.

In this case, a sensing part 2 is installed on the wall A of the rear upper surface of the handwash basin 1b. When the sensing part 2 detects a user approaching the handwash basin 1b to wash his hands, the water supply part 4 is energized and water is discharged. Start water supply from tool 1b ₁ ,
When the user leaves the hand wash basin 1b after washing his hands, the water supply is stopped.

That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the one-shot pulse circuit with reflected light _3a10 causes the flip-flop _3a13 to output an output from low to high, and the one-shot pulse circuit without reflected light _3a7 causes the flip-flop _3a13 to output an output from high to low. issue. From Low to Hi or from Hi from this flip-flop 3a ₁₃
At the time of output to Low, the water supply control unit 3b operates in the same manner as in the previous embodiment.

Also, when the flip-flop 3a ₁₃ outputs Hi to the water supply control unit 3b, the multiplexer 3
Switch _a3 from period 2t to period t, and when outputting Low, switch from period t to period 2t.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the sensing section 2 is connected to the wall surface A.
Although the sensing section 2 is installed in an embedded manner, the mounting structure of the sensing section 2 is not limited to that shown in the drawings and may be any structure.

<Effects of the Invention> Since the present invention has the above configuration, it has the following advantages.

As the water supply part, a latching solenoid that does not need to be continuously energized to maintain the open state once the valve is opened is used, and the current waveform that occurs when the latching solenoid is energized is detected,
Utilizing the characteristic of the latching solenoid that the current waveform becomes minimum when the plunger opens, the valve is opened by energizing until the minimum value is detected;
Since unnecessary energization is stopped after the valve is opened, the power consumption of the water supply section can be extremely reduced compared to conventional systems that require continuous energization of the water supply section while the valve is open.

Therefore, the life of the battery is extended, and there is no need to frequently replace the battery, which not only provides an economical advantage of significantly reducing maintenance costs, but also greatly reduces the effort required to replace the battery.

If the latching solenoid is energized normally and the latching solenoid operates, the minimum value can be detected after a predetermined time has elapsed since the coil starts being energized, but if the minimum value cannot be detected even after the predetermined time has elapsed since the energization started, the plunger will not operate. As you can see that it is not
It is possible to know when to replace the battery by detecting an abnormality in the valve part or by detecting a current shortage.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a vertical side view of a water supply control device showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a human body detection control section, Fig. 3 is a time chart of the same, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the human body detection control section and other parts. Block diagram showing an embodiment of
Figures a and 5b are the same flowchart, Figure 6 is the same time chart, Figure 7 is a block diagram of the water supply control section, Figure 8 is a graph showing the time vs. current characteristics when the latching solenoid is energized, and Figure 6 is the same time chart. Figure 9 is a time chart of the water supply control section, Figure 10 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the water supply section showing the main valve in the closed state, and Figure 11 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the water supply section showing the main valve in the open state. show,
Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the water supply control section, Fig. 13 is a time chart of the same, Fig. 14 is a partially cutaway front view showing the case where the water washer is a hand wash, and Fig. 15 is the same. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a human body detection control section. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Washer, 2...Sensing unit, 2a...Light emitter, 2b...Light receiving element, 3...Control unit, 4...Water supply unit, 5...Battery.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A water washer, a sensing part that detects the use of the water washer, a control part that outputs an opening/closing signal to the water supply part based on a sensing signal from the sensing part, and a valve that opens and closes based on the opening/closing signal from the control part. In a water supply control device that uses a battery as a driving power source and includes a water supply section, the water supply section opens and maintains the valve open state in response to a valve opening signal from the control section, and closes and closes in response to a valve close signal. It consists of a latching solenoid that maintains the state and stops energizing the water supply part while the valve is open, and the control unit starts outputting a valve opening signal and detects the current waveform when the latching solenoid is energized. . A water supply control device, characterized in that the output of the valve opening signal is stopped when the minimum value of the current waveform is detected.