JPH05214822A - Bathroom device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability and an atmosphere by installing air- conditioning, illumination and floor heating facilities into a bathroom while changing these functions by specified relation. CONSTITUTION:A cool color system illumination 3a and a warm color system illumination 3b for an indoor section, a cool color system illumination 4a and a warm color system illumination 4b in a bathtub 2, an air conditioner 5 and floor heating facilities 6 are mounted. An operating section 7 is set up, and the brightness and colors of the illuminations 3a, 3b are altered in response to the quantities of adjustment when the temperature, humidity and air quantity of the device 5 are adjusted, and reverse operation to the operation is also conducted. When the illuminations 3a, 3b are brightened, the illuminations 4a, 4b are darkened, and reverse operation to the operation is performed by an operating section 9 for the bathtub. When the temperature of the facilities 6 is adjusted by the operating section 7, the illuminations 3a, 3b are changed, and reverse operation to the operation is also carried out. When a main switch 8 is turned ON, the facilities 6 are worked for a fixed time. Accordingly, each device can be operated easily without being separately operated, and an atmosphere can be made comfortable.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to lighting for bathroom equipment.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bathroom device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-2.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 15430, a bathroom is provided with a television receiver, a steam generator, and blue and white lighting fixtures, and a switching device for the lighting fixtures is provided in the bathroom. As described in JP-A-2-216703, there is known a bathroom device in which a warm color lighting fixture and a cold color lighting fixture can be independently switched. In addition, some of them are further provided with an air conditioner, lighting in the bathtub, floor heating device, etc. in the bathroom to improve comfort when taking a bath.

[0004]

However, since these devices are designed to be operated individually, the operations tend to be complicated and do not sufficiently satisfy the comfort of the bathroom. Also, it is not preferable that the operation is complicated in terms of creating an atmosphere in the bathroom. Then, the objective of this invention is improving the comfort of a bathroom and providing a bathroom apparatus suitable also for atmosphere creation.

[0005]

In a bathroom apparatus in which an air conditioner, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting fixtures, and an operating portion of the air conditioning device and the lighting fixtures are provided in a bathroom, the temperature, humidity, or A first lighting control circuit that changes the brightness or color of the lighting according to the air volume is provided.

The temperature of the air conditioner depending on the brightness or color of the lighting,
An air-conditioning controller that changes the humidity or the air volume is provided.

In a bathroom apparatus in which cold-colored and warm-colored room lighting fixtures, cold-colored and warm-colored bathtub lighting fixtures, and operation parts of these lighting fixtures are installed in a bathroom, A second lighting control circuit that increases or decreases the brightness in opposite directions is provided.

In a bathroom apparatus in which a floor heating device, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting fixtures, and an operation part of the floor heating device and lighting fixtures are provided in the bathroom, the brightness of the lighting or A third lighting control circuit for changing the color was provided.

A floor heating control circuit is provided that changes the floor temperature according to the brightness or color of the illumination.

A timer is provided for operating the floor heating system or the air conditioning system for a predetermined time when the main switch of the lighting fixture is turned on.

[0011]

The first lighting control circuit changes the brightness or color of the lighting according to the temperature, humidity or air volume of the air conditioner.

The air conditioning controller changes the temperature, humidity or air volume of the air conditioner according to the brightness or color of the lighting.

The second lighting control circuit makes the bathtub lighting darker as the room lighting becomes brighter, or makes the room lighting darker as the bathtub lighting becomes brighter.

The third lighting control circuit changes the brightness or color of the lighting according to the floor temperature.

The floor heating control circuit changes the floor temperature according to the brightness or color of the lighting.

The timer operates the floor heating system or the air conditioning system for a predetermined time when the main switch of the lighting fixture is turned on.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a first embodiment of a bathroom device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 7 are second views of the bathroom device.
8 is a configuration diagram of a seventh embodiment. FIG. In addition, the same numbers are given to the same components and the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment in the case where an air conditioner, cold-colored and warm-colored room and bath illuminators, and a floor heating device are all provided in a bathroom. Bathroom device 1 is bathtub 2
And indoor cold-colored lighting (for example, blue-based fluorescent lamp, white-based fluorescent lamp, etc.) 3a and warm-colored lighting (for example, red-based or yellow-based fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp, etc.) 3b. Interior lighting fixture 3, a bathtub lighting fixture 4 composed of cold-colored lighting 4a and warm-colored lighting 4b in the bathtub, an air conditioner 5, a floor heating device 6, the indoor lighting fixture 3, the air conditioning device 5 And an operation unit 7 for adjusting the floor heating device 6, and a main switch 8 for turning on / off the power of the operation unit 7. Further, the bathtub 2 is provided with a bathtub operation portion 9 for adjusting the bathtub lighting device 4. Further, the cold color illumination and the warm color illumination are appropriately mixed to produce various colors.

In FIG. 1, when the temperature, humidity or air volume of the air conditioner 5 is adjusted by the operation unit 7, the first lighting control circuit (not shown) changes the brightness or color of the indoor lighting device 3 according to the adjusted amount. For example, when the temperature is set to a high temperature, the illumination becomes warm colors such as orange and yellow, when the temperature is set to an intermediate temperature, it becomes green, and when the temperature is set to a low temperature, it becomes white and blue at a cold color. On the contrary, when the brightness or the color of the indoor lighting device 3 is adjusted by the operation unit 7, the air-conditioning control device (not shown) changes the temperature, the humidity, or the air volume of the air-conditioning device 5 according to the adjustment amount. When the operating unit 7 brightens the indoor lighting unit 3, the second lighting control device (not shown) darkens the bathtub lighting unit 4, and conversely, when the bathtub operating unit 9 brightens the bath lighting unit 4, the second lighting control device The lighting control device darkens the interior lighting fixture 3.

When the floor temperature of the floor heating device 6 is adjusted by the operation unit 7, the third lighting control circuit (not shown) changes the brightness or color of the indoor lighting device 3 according to the adjusted amount. On the contrary, when the brightness or color of the indoor lighting device 3 is adjusted by the operation unit 7, the floor heating control circuit changes the floor temperature of the floor heating device 6 according to the adjusted amount. Further, when the main switch 8 is turned on, the floor heating device 6 operates and heats the floor only for a time preset by a timer (not shown).

A so-called interlock switch for preventing a control signal from being input to each of the indoor lighting fixture 3, the bathtub lighting fixture 4, the air conditioner 5, and the floor heating device 6 is provided so that the device is not controlled by preference. May be. In this way, lighting, air conditioning, and floor heating operate with a certain relationship,
The operability is improved because it is not necessary to adjust each device individually.

Next, the configuration of each device will be described. FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of claim 1 in which the bathroom device 1 is
An air conditioning temperature control knob (hereinafter referred to as a temperature knob) 7a, a humidity control knob (hereinafter referred to as a humidity knob) 7b, and an air volume control knob (hereinafter referred to as an air volume knob) 7c provided in the operation unit 7. , Voltage converters 11a to 11c for converting the set values of these knobs into voltages, an air conditioner 5 in which temperature, humidity, and air volume are set by these voltages, and first lighting for inputting these voltages, respectively. A control circuit 12 and cold-colored lighting 3a and warm-colored lighting 3 whose brightness and color are controlled by two output signals of the control circuit 12.
and b.

Further, the first lighting control circuit 12 converts an output voltage of each of the voltage converters 11a to 11c into a digital value, and an A / D converter (hereinafter referred to as A / D) 12a.
.About.12c, a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as CPU) 12d for calculating the converted digital value, and the CP.
D / that converts the two output signals of U12d into analog values
A converter (hereinafter referred to as D / A) 12e and 12f.

With this configuration, the air conditioner 5 is controlled by the knobs 7a to 7c, and at the same time, the temperature, humidity and air volume set by these knobs 7a to 7c are controlled by the CPU.
Is calculated to a predetermined value. For this calculation, for example, the combination of the set values of the knobs 7a to 7c may be uniquely set to a constant numerical value. As an example, the digital value of the knob 7a is 1, the digital value of the knob 7b is 3, and the knob 7 is
When the digital value of c is 2, the CPU 12d outputs the digital value 9 and the warm color illumination 3b for the cold color illumination 3a.
A digital value of 5 is output for use, and the cold color is brighter than the warm color and becomes bluish and relatively bright. Of course, the calculation may be performed such that the illumination becomes darker as the digital value increases, and the magnitude of the digital value and the brightness do not have to be proportional. That is, by causing a constant numerical value to be output from the CPU 12d for various setting values of the knobs 7a to 7c, predetermined air conditioning is performed and illumination according to the setting values of the knobs 7a to 7c is performed. Done.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of claim 2,
The bathroom device 1 includes a cold color illumination brightness adjustment knob (hereinafter referred to as a cold color knob) 7d and a warm color illumination brightness adjustment knob (hereinafter referred to as a warm color knob) 7e provided on the operation unit 7. , Voltage converters 11d and 11e for converting the set values of these knobs into voltages, cold-color lighting 3a and warm-color lighting 3b whose brightness is set by these voltages, and these voltages are input respectively. The air-conditioning control device 13 and the air-conditioning device 5 whose temperature, humidity and air volume are controlled by the three output signals of the control circuit 13.

Further, the air conditioner 13 has A / Ds 12g and 12h for converting the output voltages of the voltage converters 11d and 11e into digital values, a CPU 12i for processing the converted digital values, and a CPU 12i. D / A 12j to 12l for converting one output signal into an analog value.

With this configuration, a constant numerical value is output from the CPU 12i for various setting values of the knobs 7d and 7e, so that predetermined illumination is performed and setting values of the knobs 7a to 7c are set. Air conditioning is performed according to.

FIG. 4 shows a fourth embodiment according to claim 3,
The difference from the third embodiment is that the voltage converters 11d, 11 are
This is after the output of e is input to the second lighting control device 14. That is, the brightness of the cold color illumination 4a and the warm color illumination 4b in the bathtub is controlled by the output signal of the second illumination control device 14.

The second lighting control circuit 14 performs a predetermined operation on the A / Ds 12g and 12h for converting the output voltages of the voltage converters 11d and 11e into digital values and the converted digital values. Arithmetic circuit 12m, 12n
A CPU 12p for processing the outputs of the calculation circuits 12m, 12n, and the D / A 12e, 12f for converting the two output signals of the CPU 12p into analog values.

The arithmetic circuits 12m and 12n have the brightness of the illumination set by the cold color knob 7d and the warm color knob 7e and the cold color illumination 4a and the warm color illumination 4b in the bathtub.
Knob 7 so that the brightness of
This is for giving a fixed weight to the set values of d and 7e. That is, after this weighting calculation is performed, the CPU 1
When the indoor lighting is brightened by the operation unit 7, the lighting in the bathtub is conversely darkened according to the change amount of the brightness by the data processing at 2p, while when the lighting in the bathtub is brightened by the operation unit 9, the brightness is changed. On the contrary, the interior lighting becomes darker according to the change amount.
By changing the lighting in this way, comfort during bathing can be improved. The arithmetic circuits 12m and 12n may be configured such that the color changes with the brightness.

FIG. 5 shows a fifth embodiment of claim 4,
The bathroom device 1 includes a floor temperature control knob (hereinafter referred to as a floor temperature knob) 7f provided on the operation unit 7, a voltage converter 11f that converts the set value of the knob into a voltage, and the floor temperature is set by this voltage. The floor heating device 6, the third lighting control circuit 15 for inputting the voltage, and the cold color lighting 3a and the warm color lighting 3b whose brightness and color are controlled by the two output signals of the control circuit 15. Composed.

Further, the third lighting control device 15 converts the output voltage of the voltage converter 11f into a digital value A /
D12q and CP that processes the converted digital value
It is composed of U12r and the D / A 12e and 12f for converting the two output signals of the CPU 12r into analog values.

With this configuration, a constant numerical value is output from the CPU 12r with respect to various set values of the floor temperature knob 7f, so that predetermined floor heating is performed and the set value of the knob 7f is set. The corresponding lighting is provided.

FIG. 6 shows a sixth embodiment according to claim 5,
The difference from the third embodiment is that the voltage converters 11d, 11 are
This is after the output of e is input to the floor heating controller 16. That is, the floor temperature of the floor heating device 6 is controlled by the output signal of the floor heating control device 16.

The floor heating control device 16 converts the output voltages of the voltage converters 11d and 11e into digital values, the A / Ds 12g and 12h, the CPU 12s that processes the digital values, and the output of the CPU 12s. It is composed of a D / A 12t that converts a signal into an analog value.

With this configuration, a constant numerical value is output from the CPU 12s for various setting values of the knobs 7d and 7e, so that predetermined illumination is performed and the setting values of the knobs 7d and 7e are set. Floor heating is done according to.

FIG. 7 shows a seventh embodiment of claim 6,
A main switch 8 for turning on / off the power supplied to the operation unit 7, the operation unit 7, and a timer 17 driven by turning on the main switch 8, and this timer 17
The floor heating device 6 or the air conditioner 5 whose operation is controlled by

That is, when the main switch 8 is turned on, it is possible to manually operate lighting, floor heating, and air conditioning with the operating section 7, but at the same time, the floor heating device 6 or the air conditioning device 5 is turned on and set immediately before. Floor heating or air conditioning is performed for a preset time of the timer 17 according to the floor temperature and the like that have been set. With this configuration, keep the floor warm before using the bathroom,
The air conditioning can be kept effective and the comfort when taking a bath can be improved. In addition, since floor heating or air conditioning is performed for a certain period of time, energy can be saved.

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is not necessary to operate each device individually, the operability is improved. Therefore, the comfort of bathing is further improved, and the atmosphere of the bathroom can be improved.

[0040]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The air conditioner, lighting equipment, and floor heating device can be operated easily, and the comfort during bathing and the atmosphere in the bathroom can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part of a first embodiment of a bathroom device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the third embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of the seventh embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Bathroom device, 3 ... Indoor lighting, 3a, 4a ... Cold lighting, 3b, 4b ... Warm lighting, 4 ... Bath lighting, 5 ...
Air conditioner, 6 ... Floor heating device, 8 ... Main switch, 12 ... First lighting control circuit, 12d, 12i, 12p, 12r ... Central processing unit, 13 ... Air conditioning control device, 14 ... Second lighting control device, 15 ... Third lighting control device, 16 ... Floor heating control device, 17 ... Timer.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A bathroom apparatus in which an air conditioner, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting equipment, and an operation part of the air conditioning equipment and lighting equipment are provided in a bathroom in accordance with temperature, humidity, or air volume of air conditioning. A bathroom device provided with a first lighting control circuit for changing the brightness or color of lighting. 2. In a bathroom apparatus in which an air conditioner, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting equipment, and an operation part of the air conditioning equipment and lighting equipment are provided in a bathroom, air conditioning is performed according to the brightness or color of the lighting. An air-conditioning control device that changes the temperature, humidity, or air volume of the bathroom device. 3. A bathroom apparatus in which cold-colored and warm-colored room lighting fixtures, cold-colored and warm-colored bathtub lighting fixtures, and an operation unit for these lighting fixtures are provided in a bathroom. A bathroom device provided with a second lighting control circuit for increasing or decreasing the brightness of lighting in opposite directions. 4. A brightness of lighting according to a floor temperature in a bathroom apparatus in which a floor heating device, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting fixtures, and an operation part of the floor heating device and the lighting fixture are provided in a bathroom. A bathroom device provided with a third lighting control circuit for changing a color or a color. 5. A bathroom apparatus in which a floor heating device, cold-colored and warm-colored lighting fixtures, and an operation part of the floor heating device and lighting fixtures are provided in a bathroom, depending on the brightness or color of the lighting. A bathroom device with a floor heating control circuit that changes the floor temperature. 6. A power source for supplying power to an operating portion of the lighting device is turned on.
A bathroom device comprising a main switch for turning off and a timer for operating a floor heating device or an air conditioner for a predetermined time when the main switch is turned on.