JPH0549664A - Blow bath system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically operate a blow bath by setting a blow jetting part, blow strength, a blow pattern, etc., so that both mind and body can be refreshed based on a user's physical condition and health information. CONSTITUTION:The blow bath system is provided with a physical condition data input means 1 for inputting physical condition data such as a user's subjective symptom and urine component, perspiration quantity, blood pressure, the number of heart rates, an electrocardiogram, and energy consumption, etc. Also, this blow bath system is constituted of a healthy state inferring means 2 for storing information inputted by the physical condition data input means 1, and also, inferring a healthy state based on user's physical condition data, a blow control means 4 for controlling a blow pattern of a blow bath 3 based on a result of inference of the healthy state inference means 2, a hot water supply machine controller 6 for controlling for water supply machine 5 for supplying hot water to the blow bath 3, and a display means 7 for displaying the bath time and the user's physical condition data, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a blow bath system for promoting recovery from fatigue.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional blow bath, there is known a type in which a blow ejection portion, a blow strength, a blow pattern, etc. are freely set by an operation switch or the like according to a user's preference.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the prior art, although the bathing time, the blow strength, and the like can be relaxed mentally after bathing depending on the preference of the user, in some cases As a result, the person may feel physically tired and weak, and there is a problem in that there is a portion that cannot be said to be refreshing both physically and mentally.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a user's physical condition data (for example, urine component) in a blow bath in which hot water is sucked into air to generate a jet flow containing bubbles from a jet nozzle. , Sweat rate, heart rate, energy consumption, etc.), physical condition data input means, health condition inference means for storing the physical condition data and inferring a health condition based on the physical condition data, and based on the inference result A blow control means for controlling the blow of the blow bath is provided.

[0005]

Operation: The blow-out portion, blow strength, blow pattern, etc. are set so that the mind and body can be refreshed based on the physical condition data of the user, and the blow bath is automatically operated.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a blow bus system according to the present invention.

The blow bath system is a physical condition data input means 1 for inputting physical condition data such as user's subjective symptoms, urine components, sweat rate, blood pressure, heart rate, electrocardiogram, energy consumption and the like.
A health condition inference means 2 that stores information input by the physical condition data input means 1 and infers a health condition based on the physical condition data of the user; It comprises a blow control means 4 for controlling the blow pattern, a water heater controller 6 for controlling the water heater 5 for supplying hot water to the blow bath 3, and a display means 7 for displaying bathing time, user's health information and the like.

As the physical condition data input means 1, a urine analyzer for analyzing urine components of a user and a finger sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure / heart rate are provided in a toilet bowl, and an intelligent toilet capable of outputting respective analysis or measurement data, An electronic pedometer capable of measuring the user's exercise amount (energy consumption) and outputting the measured data, and the blood pressure and the load on the user.
There is an intelligent bike that has a sphygmomanometer for measuring heart rate and can output the measurement data.

The health condition inference means 2 stores the physical condition data (user's subjective symptoms, urine component, sweat rate, blood pressure, heart rate, electrocardiogram, energy consumption, etc.) of the user inputted by the physical condition data input means 1. A central processing unit (CPU) for processing the user's fatigue level based on a predetermined algorithm from the memory 2a and the information stored in the memory 2a.
2b and input / output interfaces 2c and 2d.

In the blow bath 3, a suction port 3a for returning the hot water to the blow control means 4 and a plurality of jet nozzles 3b for drawing air into the hot water by the blow control means 4 to generate a jet flow containing bubbles and the water heater 5. An outlet 3c and a return port 3d for circulating hot water between them are formed, and further an operation unit 3e provided with a start switch for activating the blow control means 4 and a temperature sensor 3f for detecting the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3 are provided. It is equipped.

The blow control means 4 is a health condition inference means 2
Based on the fatigue level which is the result of the inference, the jet pressure (blow strength) of the jet containing bubbles and which jet opening from which jet nozzle 3b the jet containing bubbles should be jetted (the blow jet part / the blow pattern). ) Determining CPU 4a
And a nozzle control unit 4c for controlling the number of rotations of the pump by the motor in order to set the blow strength to a value determined by the CPU 4a and a nozzle control unit 4c for controlling the blow ejection portion / blow pattern to the pattern determined by the CPU 4a. . 4d is a memory and 4e is an input interface.

The hot water supply controller 6 determines the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3 detected by the temperature sensor 3f as the health condition inference means 2
CPU 6a that determines the set hot water temperature based on the fatigue degree that is the inference result and calculates the gas amount and the air amount that are supplied to the hot water heater 5 so as to reach the set hot water temperature that is determined.
It is composed of a gas amount control unit 6b and an air amount control unit 6c for controlling the gas amount and the air amount calculated in 6a, respectively.
6d is a memory and 6e is an input interface.

The display means 7 displays the bathing time and the physical condition data of the user, which are set on the basis of the fatigue degree which is the result of the inference by the health condition inference means 2, and the user turns on the activation switch of the operation section 3e. If it is turned on, the set bathing time is counted down and the automatic operation starts.

In the above configuration, the user's subjective symptoms and urine components output from the physical condition data input means 1 such as the intelligent toilet, the electronic pedometer, and the intelligent bike, and input to the health condition inference means 2, From physical condition data such as sweating rate, blood pressure, heart rate, electrocardiogram, energy consumption, etc., muscle fatigue and mental fatigue are checked as shown in FIG. Here, when the ○ mark has a strong correlation,
A mark indicates a case where there is a slight correlation.

Perspiration, exercise (energy consumption) and blood pressure, heart rate, which are strongly correlated with muscle fatigue,
From the electrocardiogram and urine components, the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3, the bath time and the blow pattern including the blow strength are set, and the blood temperature, heart rate, and the electrocardiogram have a strong correlation with mental fatigue. The blow pattern including is set. A blow pattern including the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3 for recovering muscle fatigue, a bath time and a blow strength, and a blow pattern including the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3, a bath time and a blow strength for recovering mental fatigue. Are adjusted so that the blow pattern including the blow strength is set in the blow control means 4, the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3 is set in the water heater controller 6, and the bathing time is set in the display means 7.

When the user uses the blow bath 3, the hot water temperature of the blow bath 3 is controlled to the set hot water temperature by the water heater 5 and the water heater controller 6 before bathing in the blow bath 3. Then, when the user bathes in the blow bath 3 and turns on the activation switch of the operation unit 3e, air is sucked into the hot water controlled by the blow control means 4 from the pump to the set temperature, and bubbles are ejected from the jet nozzle 3b. A jet flow that includes a jet is generated for a bathing time only during the bathing time, and the user's back, chest, and feet are stimulated by the jet and bubbles to relax the user physically and mentally.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the hot water temperature and the bathing time of the blow bath viewed from the fluctuation of the heart rate. As shown in FIG. 3, as the fluctuation of the heart rate is larger, the set hot water temperature is set lower to prolong the bathing time to recover mental fatigue.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the blow pattern of the blow bath viewed from the fluctuation of the heart rate. Various patterns (A to F) are formed in the blow pattern by controlling the pump rotation speed and the nozzle opening degree of the jet nozzle 3b by the pump control unit 4a and the nozzle control unit 4b. For example, soft and generous bubbles are generated. Comfortable mild blow A, spot blow B that gives a strong stimulating feeling by strong blow of maximum pressure, pulse blow C in which the flow of bubbles repeats on and off at regular intervals, and gathers like a wave with a slow cycle Waveblow D to return, foam spouts on the back, chest,
There are a cycle blow E that is repeated in the order of feet, a random blow F that combines each blow pattern, and the like. The one shown in FIG. 4 is intended to recover mental fatigue by mild blow A or wave blow D with weaker stimulation as the heart rate variability increases.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, mental and physical fatigue can be recovered scientifically.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a blow bus system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between the physical condition data and the correlation between mental and physical fatigue and the operating conditions of the blow bath.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of set hot water temperature and bath time of a blow bath viewed from heart rate fluctuations.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a blow pattern of a blow bath viewed from heart rate fluctuations.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Physical condition data input means, 2 ... Health condition inference means, 3 ...
Blow bath, 4 ... Blow control means, 5 ... Water heater, 6 ... Water heater control device, 7 ... Display means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A blow bath for injecting air into hot water to generate a jet flow containing bubbles from a jet nozzle, and a physical condition data input means for inputting physical condition data of a user and the physical condition data for storing the physical condition data. A blow bus system comprising: a health state inference means for inferring a health state based on the above; and a blow control means for controlling blow of the blow bus based on the inference result.