JPH05290979A - Automatic closet lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve cost effectiveness, efficiency and operability of a closed by cutting superfluous power consumption. CONSTITUTION:When it is detected by a door opening confirmation switch 3 that a door 1 is opened, a light in a closet is put on, and a delay switch is turned ON simultaneously. When it is detected by a pressure sensor 4 within a predetermined period of time that someone entered the closet room, the delay switch is turned OFF and the lighting is retained, but when it is not detected by the pressure sensor 4 within a predetermined period of time that someone entered the room, the light is put out after a predetermined period of time passed by the operation of the delay switch. When it is detected by the pressure sensor 4 that someone went out of the room after the lighting is retained by the pressure sensor 4, the delay switch is turned ON and the light is put out after a predetermined period of time passed. The series of operations are carried out based on instruction from an information processor 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic lighting device in a toilet, and more particularly, by providing a door open confirmation switch, a pressure sensor and an information processing device, it is possible to prevent wasteful power consumption due to forgetting to turn off the toilet. The present invention relates to a toilet automatic lighting device that can further improve the usability of the toilet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional toilet automatic lighting device,
For example, there is an automatic switch for toilet described in JP-A-1-66325. These toilet automatic switches include
There is a human body crossing detection system installed near the door and a human detection system installed near the toilet seat in the room, and the lighting sensor system or infrared reflection system controls the lighting of the lighting provided in the toilet. is doing.

[0003]

The illumination sensor system described above is provided with an infrared light emitting portion and an infrared light receiving portion. The illumination sensor system is capable of detecting the movement of a person or an object. Therefore, there is a problem that the light is turned off when the movement of the user cannot be detected in the case of a stool.

On the other hand, since the infrared reflection system reacts only in a short distance, it must be provided at two places, for example, near the entrance of the toilet and near the toilet seat.
There is a problem that the cost becomes expensive.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and with a simple structure, it is possible to prevent wasteful consumption of electric power due to forgetting to turn it off, to improve economy and toilet usability. It is an object of the present invention to provide a restroom automatic lighting device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic toilet lighting device of the present invention is provided with a door open confirmation switch for detecting the opening of a door and a pressure for detecting the entrance / exit of a person in the toilet. It has a sensor, a light switch for the lighting equipment in the toilet, and a delay timer that turns off the light in the toilet after the set time from the start of operation, and when the door open confirmation switch detects the opening of the door, it lights the light in the toilet. At the same time, the delay timer is activated, and when the pressure sensor detects the entry of a person within the timer setting time, the switch for the delay timer is turned off to issue a command to keep lighting, and the pressure sensor When the exit of the room is detected, the information processing apparatus issues an instruction to turn on the switch of the delay timer and release the lighting after a predetermined time. That.

[0007]

According to the automatic toilet lighting device of the present invention, when the door opening confirmation switch detects the opening of the door, the lighting in the toilet is turned on and, at the same time, the timer switch is turned on. When the pressure sensor detects a person entering the room within the timer setting time, the timer switch is turned off and kept lit, but when the pressure sensor does not detect the person entering the room within the timer setting time, the timer switch Is turned off after a set time.

On the other hand, when the pressure sensor detects that a person leaves the room after the pressure sensor keeps lighting, the timer switch is turned on and the light is turned off after a predetermined time.
This series of operations is performed according to an instruction from the information processing device, wasteful consumption of electric power is prevented, and it is economical and efficient, and the toilet can be easily used.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 show the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. A door opening confirmation switch 3 is provided in a lock mechanism 2 of a door 1 provided in the toilet, and a pressure sensor 4 is provided at a stepped portion in the toilet.
Are arranged. An information processing machine 5 is disposed behind the ceiling of the toilet, and the door opening confirmation switch 3 and the pressure sensor 4 are connected to the information processing machine 5. Further, the information processing device 5 is connected to a lighting device 6 provided at a predetermined position in the toilet.

The door open confirmation switch 3 has a function of outputting a door open signal to the information processing machine 5, and the pressure sensor 4 detects the entrance / exit of a person in the toilet. 5 has the function of outputting.

Further, the information processing device 5 has a lighting switch 5a for turning on / off the luminaire 6 in response to a predetermined instruction signal, which will be described later, and an operation immediately after the lighting switch 5a is turned on, and after a predetermined time. It has a delay switch 5b for turning off the lighting fixture 6. In the delay switch 5b, a time provided for turning off the light is set in a timer provided in the switch, and in this embodiment, if the timer release command is not received after 30 seconds, the toilet is turned on for 30 seconds. It has a function to release the lighting after holding.

When the information processing device 5 receives the door open signal from the door open confirmation switch 3, the lighting device 6 in the toilet is turned on, and at the same time, the delay switch 5b is operated, and the timer of the delay switch 5b is operating. When the room entry detection signal from the pressure sensor 4 is received within 30 seconds, the command for canceling the timer timing of the delay switch 5b and keeping the lighting on is issued. Subsequently, when a signal indicating that a person has left the room is received from the pressure sensor 4, the delay switch 5b is activated, and after 30 seconds, a command to release the holding of the lighting is issued.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the toilet user opens the door 1, the door open confirmation switch 3 sends a signal for door open confirmation to the information processing device 5 in step ST11 in FIG. The information processing device 5 that has received the door open confirmation signal turns on the lighting switch 5a to turn on the illumination 6 in the toilet, and simultaneously operates the delay switch 5b.

Next, in step ST12, when the user steps on the pressure sensor 4 provided in the stepped-in portion of the toilet when entering the room, the pressure sensor 4 detects a person and the information processing device 5 judges this information. , Issues a timer-off command to the delay switch 5b. By this, step ST13
At, the lighting 6 is kept on. On the other hand, step ST12
In the case where the pressure sensor 4 does not detect a person, the timer operation of the delay switch 5b continues as it is, and in step ST14, the illumination 6 is turned off 30 seconds after the door is opened.

In step ST15, when the user steps on the pressure sensor 4 when the user leaves the room, the pressure sensor 4 detects a person, the information processor 5 judges this information, and the delay switch 5b is turned on to activate the timer. Then, in step ST16, a command is issued after 30 seconds to cancel the lighting and holding of the illumination.

In this way, the door open confirmation switch 3 and the pressure sensor 4 are connected to the information processing device 5, and the information sent from the door open confirmation switch 3 and the pressure sensor 4 is transferred to the information processing device 5.
By automatically illuminating the toilet on the basis of the judgment, it is possible to prevent wasteful consumption of electric power due to forgetting to turn off the toilet, which is economical and improves the convenience of the toilet.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and the present invention is applicable even if there is a design change within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention. For example, the turn-off time can be arbitrarily set to be larger or smaller than 30 seconds, and the automatic lighting device and the ventilation fan may be linked.

[0018]

As described above, since the automatic toilet lighting device of the present invention is constructed and operates, wasteful power consumption can be prevented with a simple structure, and efficient automatic lighting is convenient. It is possible to provide a toilet and so on.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing the configuration of an embodiment of an automatic toilet lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the toilet automatic lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an automatic lighting system of an embodiment of the toilet automatic lighting device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 door 2 locks 3 door open confirmation switch 4 pressure sensor 5 information processor 5a lighting switch 5b 30 second delay timer 6 lighting equipment

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A door opening confirmation switch for detecting opening of a door, a pressure sensor for detecting entry / exit of a person in the toilet, and a delay switch for turning off the illumination in the toilet after a set time from the start of operation. An information processing device, wherein the information processing device activates the delay switch at the same time as turning on the illumination in the toilet by the door opening detection signal from the door opening confirmation switch, and the pressure sensor detects the human When entering the room is detected, the delay switch is turned off to issue a command to hold the lighting, and when the pressure sensor detects the leaving of the person when the lighting is held, the delay switch is turned on and after a predetermined time. An automatic toilet lighting device having a circuit configuration for issuing a command to release lighting.