JPH0847485A - Operating device for information input/output equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To achieve a simple application by integrating an formation device for inputting or outputting information with an operator of a hot washing toilet seat. CONSTITUTION:This apparatus is made up of a first display means 4 to display the state of operation based on a signal of an equipment operating means 2, an organic information transmitting means 7 to transmit organic information of a biosignal detection means 5, an organic information receiving means 8 to receive an output of the organic information transmitting means 7 and a second display means 9 to display organic information obtained by the organic information receiving means 8. At least the equipment operating means 2, the first display means 4, the organic information receiving means 8 and the second display means 9 are integrated to perform an operation of equipment and an inputting or outputting of the organic information by remote controlling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention integrates a function of an information terminal for inputting / outputting information sensed from a living body into an operating device of a housing equipment used at home, a workplace, etc. The present invention relates to an information device that senses biological information while using it and contributes to health maintenance and health management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is important to sense the state of a living body and inform the person concerned and medical personnel of the state of the living body for prevention of diseases, maintenance of health, health management during medical treatment, etc. We are gradually beginning to work towards an aging society.

As a means for that purpose, sophisticated medical devices have been developed in medical institutions, and are often used in hospitals. In addition, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and urinalysis meters are gradually entering the home.

Further, a system for connecting a home and a medical institution for treatment and monitoring is proposed, and various measuring devices are provided in housing equipment, and passively collects biometric information according to personal use and stores it in a controller. Then, the stored biometric information is acquired and operated by other housing equipment for health management,
There is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 228116/1993 that obtains biometric information of an individual and contributes to health management / maintenance.

This Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 5-228116 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the measurement / control device 101 for various household appliances transmits the transmission medium 10 via the interface unit 102.
A telephone 104 with a modem is connected to the transmission medium 103, and the telephone 104 with a modem is connected to the central host computer 107 through the public telephone line 105 and the modem 106. It should be noted that the modem-equipped telephone 104 has a built-in readable / writable IC card 108 for recognition of personal information so that personal biometric information can be transferred to a computer such as a hospital. 109 is a terminator. With such a configuration, biometric information is passively collected according to the use of an individual, and a home and a medical institution are connected to perform treatment or monitoring.

[0006] Further, a method of detecting a movement of the heart related to a vital function of a human body in a toilet is being researched. Literature PHYSIO
LOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS ATTACHED TO THE BED AND
SANITARY EQUIPMENTS; IEEE ENGNEERING IN MEDICINE &
BIOLOGY 11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 1461
-1463 1989 and the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-228116, the basic measurement configuration is described.

As shown in FIG. 14, the electrode plate 202 and the electrode plate 20 are located at the places where the thighs at both ends of the toilet seat 201 are in contact with each other.
3, and the ground electrode plate 204 is provided on the operation unit 205 of the control box that also serves as the right armrest. The operation unit 205 of the control box also serving as the right armrest has a microcomputer. Reference numeral 206 denotes an operation unit of a control box that also serves as a left armrest, in which an LCD is arranged and a controller for a warm water washing toilet seat is arranged. In this way, each control device is collected and arranged in the control box.

With this structure, when the living body sits on the toilet seat 201, an electrocardiogram is taken between the two thighs by using the right hand of the second lead method as the ground.

On the other hand, blood information is also important for a living body, and in measuring blood pressure, pressure is applied to the arm by a pressurizing unit with a pressure sensor wound around the arm to measure the blood pressure. There is a pulse oximeter for measuring blood oxygen concentration. This is described in JP-A-4-332536.

[0010]

However, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 228116/1993 having the above-mentioned conventional structure, in order to sense the state of a living body for health management and the like, and notify the person and medical personnel of the information, The living body is measured in the toilet facility, processed by a microcomputer, and L
It is displayed on a CD, and is connected to the outside via a network to provide information. This system is necessary for people undergoing medical treatment and managers with a certain illness. It was exaggerated for those who wanted to know their health condition, and there was a disadvantage in terms of actual usability. In addition, it is inconvenient and inconvenient for people with physical disabilities. That is, in the case of an existing house with an existing toilet and a hot water washing toilet seat, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is a problem that the facility shown in Japanese Patent No. 228116 cannot be introduced immediately (problem 1).

On the other hand, the desire to manage health at home has become stronger with the aging of the population. Also,
A device called a hot water washing toilet seat has been used in toilet facilities.If the operating part of this hot water washing toilet seat and the above operating parts are provided, there are many operating parts when actually using them, and how and how There was a problem that it was difficult to understand whether to operate (Problem 2).

[0012] Furthermore, for the elderly and people with physical disabilities who will need such health equipment in the future, it is very difficult to operate the equipment with the arm part of the toilet seat for hot water washing because the body must be bent. It was something (Problem 3).

On the other hand, the literature PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYS
TEMS ATTACHED TO THE BED AND SANITARY EQUIPMENTS; I
EEE ENGNEERING IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 11TH ANNUAL I
NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 1461-1463 Toilet seat 20 in 1989
An electrode plate 202 and an electrode plate 203 are provided where the thighs at both ends of 1 contact, and a ground electrode 205 is provided on the right arm portion. The electrocardiogram is measured when sitting on the toilet seat and touching the ground electrode. However, it is better to perform passively when measuring the movement of the heart, but in this conventional example, the work of touching the arm with the right hand is involved, so there is a problem that it is not passive and affects the heartbeat (issue 4).

Further, a so-called pulse oximeter for measuring the blood oxygen saturation level is used for medical purposes by people with asthma and people who are in danger due to accidents or the like, but is not suitable for domestic use. In terms of price, it was not used by ordinary people. However, since the continuity of the decrease in blood oxygen level due to excessive smoking affects the life span, daily use to inform each person of the harm of tobacco and prevent its continuation becomes an important issue. (Problem 5).

Of course, humans desire to manage blood pressure on a daily basis, but there is a problem that applying pressure to the arm every time makes continuous measurement troublesome ( Problem 6).

Further, when the processing of the biometric information is carried out in the existing house, between the biometric detection part and the information processing part,
Further, there is a problem that it is unsightly to pull the wiring around for information transmission between the information processing part and the external organization (problem 7).

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and a first object thereof is to provide a device capable of grasping a health condition only by replacing the remote controller of the warm water washing toilet seat with the information input / output device operating device of the present invention. This is to solve the problem 1 by providing a device that can be mounted on a warm water washing toilet seat in an existing home. In addition, the operation part of the warm water washing toilet seat and the part that displays the data of sensing the living body are integrated to simplify the operation part, and both can be easily displayed by the display switching key. The problem 2 is solved by sensing the living body by the method, transmitting the living body information, and displaying the living body information on the operation unit to easily grasp the current living body state of oneself. Further, since the main constituent part of the information input / output device operating device is a remote controller, it is possible to solve the problem 3 by making it easier for the elderly and people with physical disabilities even without bending their hips. is there.

The second purpose is to grasp the condition of the heart, which is the most basic information related to human life and death in the biological information, but in the toilet, the person should put out the buttocks and contact the toilet seat. Therefore, the problem 4 is solved by passively, that is, in a more natural state, the buttocks or thighs directly touch the sensor to grasp the condition of the heart.

The third purpose corresponds to the problem 5, and it is necessary to grasp the level of oxygen, which is most important for life and death, in the information of blood which is spread over the whole human body. However, the purpose is to inform the measurer of the harmful effects of tobacco so that continuous measurement can be performed easily.

A fourth object is to solve the problem 6 and to easily grasp the blood pressure by rolling the arm without applying pressure.

A fifth object is to cope with the problem 7 and to easily transmit the sensed information.

[0022]

In order to achieve the above first object, the present invention has, as a first configuration, equipment operating means for operating a hot water washing toilet seat, and an operation state display based on a signal from the equipment operating means. The first display means, the biological signal detecting means for detecting the biological signal of the person using the warm water washing toilet seat, the biological information transmitting means for transmitting the biological information of the biological signal detecting means, and the output of the biological information transmitting means. It comprises a biometric information receiving means for receiving and a second display means for displaying the biometric information obtained by the biometric information receiving means, and at least a device operating means, a first display means, a biometric information receiving means and a second display. It is configured to be a remote controller integrated with the means.

As a second configuration, equipment operating means for operating the hot water washing toilet seat, first display means for displaying an operating state based on a signal from the equipment operating means, and a biological signal of a person using the hot water washing toilet seat. Biometric signal detecting means for detecting, biometric information transmitting means for transmitting biometric information of the biometric signal detecting means,
Biometric information receiving means for receiving the output of the biometric information transmitting means, storage means for storing information obtained by the biometric information receiving means and information serving as a reference for determining whether the biometric information is normal or abnormal, and storing The health state determination means determines the health state from the data stored in the means, and the second display means displays the biological information obtained by the health state determination means. At least the device operation means and the first display means. Biometric information receiving means, storage means, health condition determination means, and second
It is configured as a remote controller that is integrated with the display means of.

In addition to the first or second configuration as a third configuration, a display switching unit that switches a signal to be sent to the first display unit and the second display unit, and a first switching unit based on a signal from the display switching unit. The display means and the second display means are replaced by a single display means.

In order to achieve the second object, in addition to any one of the first to third configurations as a fourth configuration, the biological signal detecting means has electrodes for measuring myoelectric potential in the vicinity of the buttocks,
A biological amplifier for amplifying the signal of the electrode is provided, and the electrode is provided on the toilet seat of the warm water washing toilet seat.

In order to achieve the third object, as a fifth structure, the biological signal detecting means is a red light emitting means, an infrared light emitting means, and a control means for irradiating the red and infrared light emitting means by pulse driving. And a light receiving means for receiving the light of the red and infrared light emitting means reflected or transmitted to the living body, and a cycle for extracting a periodic change of blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means as a signal change of the light receiving means. Change extraction means, pulse recognition means for recognizing arterial waves from the output of the cycle change extraction means, and signal ratio calculation means for obtaining the ratio of red and infrared absorbance signals of oxyhemoglobin in blood obtained by the light receiving means. And oxygen saturation determination means for obtaining the ratio of oxygen saturation in blood from the signal of the signal ratio calculation means are provided in any one of the first to third configurations.

As a sixth configuration for achieving the fourth object, the biological signal detecting means is a light emitting means, a control means for irradiating the light emitting means by pulse driving, and the light of the light emitting means is reflected on the living body. Alternatively, a light receiving means for receiving the transmitted light, a cycle change extracting means for extracting a periodic change of blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means as a signal change of the light receiving means, and an arterial wave are recognized from the output of the cycle change extracting means. With a pulse recognition means for performing, an electrocardiographic measurement means for measuring an electrocardiogram, a fluctuation time calculation means for measuring a deviation time between the pulse of the pulse recognition means and the heartbeat detected by the electrocardiographic measurement means, and a fluctuation time calculation means A blood pressure value conversion means for converting the calculated deviation time and the distance from the heart to the measurement position into a blood pressure value is provided in any one of the first to third configurations.

In order to achieve the fifth object, as the seventh configuration, in the first to sixth configurations, the biometric information transmitting means transmits by the radio transmitting means and the biometric information receiving means receives by the radio receiving means. The added configuration is added. Further, the transmitting means for transmitting from the remote controller to the external telephone line is arranged to transmit wirelessly.

[0029]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above-mentioned structure.

For the first purpose, according to the first configuration, a person who operates the hot water washing toilet seat on the basis of the signal of the device operating means and displays the operation state on the first display means to use the hot water washing toilet seat. The biological signal of is detected by the biological signal detecting means,
The biometric information of the biometric signal detecting means is transmitted by the biometric information transmitting means, the output of the biometric information transmitting means is received by the biometric information receiving means, and the biometric information obtained by the biometric information receiving means is second.
By using the remote controller that integrates at least the device operating means, the first display means, the biometric information receiving means, and the second display means, both the operation of the equipment and the detection of the biometric information are performed. It was made possible.

With the second configuration, the warm water washing toilet seat is operated based on the signal from the device operating means and the operation state is set to the first.
The biological signal of the person who uses the warm water washing toilet seat is detected by the biological signal detecting means, the biological information of the biological signal detecting means is transmitted by the biological information transmitting means, and the output of the biological information transmitting means is transmitted to the living body. The information received by the information receiving means and the information obtained by the biometric information receiving means are stored, and the reference information for determining whether the biometric information is normal or abnormal is stored in advance by the storage means and stored by the storage means. The health condition is discriminated by the health condition discriminating means from the data obtained, and the biological information discriminated by the health condition discriminating means is displayed on the second display means.
At least a device operation means, a first display means, a biometric information reception means, a storage means, a health condition determination means, and a second display means can be operated by a remote controller to both operate the equipment and detect biometric information. It is the one.

With the third configuration, in addition to the first or second configuration, the signals sent to the first display means and the second display means are switched by the display switching means, and the first display means and the second display means are switched. The display means is provided on the display means provided instead of the display means.

For the second purpose, in the fourth structure, the biological signal detecting means measures the electric potential in the vicinity of the buttocks by the electrodes provided on the toilet seat of the warm water washing toilet seat, extracts it as biological information, and transmits it by the biological information transmitting means. Is done.

For the third purpose, the light emitting means is caused to emit light by the control means according to the fifth construction, and the light emitted by the red light emitting means and the infrared light emitting means, which are the two light emitting means, is reflected to the living body. Alternatively, the transmitted light is received by the light receiving means, and the periodic change of blood flow is extracted from the signal of the light receiving means as the signal change of the light receiving means by the cycle change extracting means, and the output of the cycle change extracting means is used by the pulse recognizing means. Recognizing the arterial wave, the ratio of the red and infrared absorbance signals of oxyhemoglobin in the blood obtained by the light receiving means is obtained by the signal ratio calculating means, and the ratio of oxygen saturation in blood is calculated from the signal of the signal ratio calculating means. The signal obtained by the oxygen saturation determining means is transmitted to the biometric information transmitting means.

For the fourth purpose, the control means causes the light emitting means to emit light according to the sixth configuration, and the light reflected by or transmitted through the living body is received by the light receiving means. A periodic change of blood flow is extracted as a signal change of the light receiving means by the periodic change extracting means, an arterial wave is recognized by the pulse recognizing means from the output of the periodic change extracting means, and an electrocardiogram is measured by the electrocardiographic measuring means. The time difference between the pulse of the pulse recognition means and the heartbeat detected by the electrocardiography measuring means is measured by the fluctuation time calculating means, and the blood pressure is converted by the blood pressure value converting means from the deviation time calculated by the fluctuation time calculating means and the distance from the heart to the measurement position. It is converted to a value.

For the fifth purpose, in the seventh configuration, the biometric information transmitting means transmits by the wireless transmitting means, and the biometric information receiving means receives by the wireless receiving means to transmit and receive signals. Also, information is transmitted to the telephone line by wireless transmission means.

[0037]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment of the present invention, an example applied to a warm water flush toilet seat device having the first construction provided to achieve the first object will be described.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are block diagrams showing the construction of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic diagram applied to the equipment operating means of the warm water washing toilet seat.

FIG. 1 shows the entire information input / output device operating device 1 of the present invention. 2 is equipment operating means for operating the warm water washing toilet seat 3, 4 is first display means for displaying the operating state based on the signal of the equipment operating means 2, 5 is biosignal detecting means for detecting the signal of the living body 6, 7 Is a biological signal detecting means 5
The biometric information transmitting means for transmitting the signal detected in step 8, 8 is the biometric information receiving means for receiving the signal detected by the biometric information transmitting means 7, and 9 is the second for displaying the biometric information received by the biometric information receiving means 8. Is a display means.

In addition, FIG. 2 shows information received by the biometric information receiving means 8 of FIG.
2 has a configuration in which a transmitting means 10 for transmitting the data is added.

Further, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 13 is a remote controller in which at least the device operating means 2, the first display means 4, the biological information receiving means 5 and the second display means 9 are integrated. Is. Further, when the transmitting means 10 is configured, the transmitting means 10 is also integrated.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view in which the device operating means 2 is integrated with the remote controller 13 of the warm water washing toilet seat 3, and also includes the third configuration. 14 is a stop key, 15 is a wash button, 16 is a bidet wash key, 17 is a dry key, 18 is a deodorizing key, 19 position and strength control keys, 20 is a device operating means 2, a biological signal detecting means 5, and biological information transmission Display switching means 21 by means of a mode switching key for a biometric information section related to biometric information, which is configured by means 7 and biometric information receiving means 8.
Operation key. 22 is a measurement start key.

The control key 19 also serves as a key operation for operating the selection items and operating procedures displayed on the second display means 9 when operating the biological information.
Further, the control key 19 can be moved to move up, down, left or right to select an operation.

Reference numeral 23 is a biometric information transmitting antenna of the biometric information transmitting means 7, and 24 is an antenna of the biometric information receiving means.

Next, the operation of the configuration of the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flow chart mainly showing the operation of the biometric information section of the device operating device 1 also used for information input / output.

In step 301, it is normally assumed that the device operating means 2 is in the device operating mode in which it works effectively. The second display means 9 displays the following: 1st line = “operation state of hot water washing toilet seat” 2nd line = {display of operation part when device is operated} Hereinafter, the displayed word / phrase itself is shown in "", and the operation in {} is shown in {}.

When the device operating function is used, the operation keys when the device operating means 2 is pressed are displayed on the second line. When the device operating means 2 is pressed, the operating state is displayed on the first display means 4, and the information of the operating key is transmitted to the warm water washing toilet seat 3 by infrared LED or wireless.

On the other hand, when operating the biometric information section, the mode switching key 20 of the display switching means 13 is pressed to start the operation of the biometric information section. When the mode switching key 20 is pressed again, the operation of the device operation function starts.

Next, at step 302, the biometric information section is in a standby state. Then, the item list is displayed on the second display means 9. Like a table of contents, for example
Items such as (1) pulse wave measurement, (2) blood pressure measurement, (3) electrocardiogram measurement, (4) urinalysis, (5) blood oxygen concentration measurement are displayed. .

In step 303, when it is necessary to switch the items, the control key 19 is used to move the selected portion up and down to switch the items. Here, it is assumed that there are five items. Now, assuming that it is the third item, the display on the second display means 9 at this time is: 1st line = “item display” 2nd line = “electrocardiogram measurement”.

At step 304, the electrocardiographic measurement displayed on the second line is selected, and when the start key 22 is pressed at step 305, the electrocardiographic measurement selected by the control key 19 is started.

In step 306, the biometric information of the living body 6 is detected by the biological signal detecting means 5. Before the biometric information is sent to the biometric information transmitting means 7, the biometric information is in a form that is easily displayed,
After converting the raw signal into biometric information that was converted into information,
In step 307, a signal is sent to the biometric information transmitting means 7,
In step 308, the biometric information is transmitted from the biometric information transmitting antenna 23 to the antenna 24 of the biometric information receiving means 8.
In step 309, the transmitted biological signal information is transferred to the second
It is displayed by the display means 9 of.

After displaying the sent biomedical signal information, it is determined in step 310 whether or not the mode switching key 20 has been pressed. If not, step 306.
Then, the biological signal detecting means 5 detects the biological information again. If the mode switching key 20 is pressed, the process returns to step 301 and the equipment operation standby state is set.

A graph displaying the electrocardiographic waveform is drawn on the second display means 9 in FIG. The second display means may not be displayed when a body movement signal generated when the living body moves.

Although the method of transmitting the biometric information is described as being transmitted in real time, the case where the biometric information is transmitted in real time is stored and the biometric information is stored for a certain period of time, and the stored biometric signal is analyzed. It goes without saying that an appropriate selection is made regarding the transmission timing, such as when various types of biometric information are calculated and transmitted at regular intervals.

As described above, the biological information sensed from the biological body is transmitted to the device operating means 2 and is displayed to grasp the current biological state of oneself.

In the configuration of another embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the biometric information received by the biometric information receiving means 8 by the transmitting means 10 added to the first configuration is transferred to the telephone line 11 by the transmitting means 10. The biometric information can be transmitted to the medical institution 12 by transmitting.

According to the first configuration, by providing a display unit on the conventional remote controller for operating the equipment, the remote controller operation can be facilitated and the information of the biological signal can be displayed. The operation part can also be used in common, and the number of buttons can be reduced by making the first and second display means common and switching the display by the display switching means 21 to display the same buttons. It is possible and easy to use. The third configuration will not be described by specially providing items, but the above effect is brought about by sharing the display means.

It should be noted that the biological signal detecting means 5 is connected to the remote controller 13
Although the description has been made separately, the remote controller may be integrated with the remote controller that detects biometric information from a hand or the like.

Further, since at least the device operating means 2, the first display means 4, the biometric information receiving means 5, the second display means 9 and the transmitting means 10 are integrated into the remote controller 13, they are mounted on the front wall of the toilet bowl. By installing the remote control unit and operating the device with the input means by voice recognition so that the same operation as pressing the operation key can be performed, it becomes possible to operate even a physically handicapped person. Also, by making the display part speech-synthesized, it can be used by people with visual impairments. By changing a part of the input means and the output means in this way, it becomes possible to use it even for a person with a disability in a part of the body.

By the way, in the above description, the description has been made on the case of being integrated with the equipment operating part (so-called remote control) of the warm water washing toilet seat, but the same can be applied to other equipment such as a bath apparatus. It has been reported that an electrocardiographic function of a living body can be measured by providing an electrode on a bathtub in a bath device, and therefore, the same operation and effect can be provided.

Next, the second structure of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The second configuration is a storage unit 25 for storing the information obtained by the biometric information receiving unit 8 and the determination data as to whether the biometric information is known in advance to be normal or abnormal in the first configuration, and the data stored in the storage unit 25. A health condition discriminating means 26 for judging the health condition is added, and a second display means for displaying the biometric information discriminated by the health condition discriminating means 26 is added. The normal data of the biometric information stored in advance is stored in the storage means 25a, and the data sent from the biometric information transmission means 7 is stored in the storage means 25b.

Next, the operation of the configuration of the second embodiment will be described. As in the case of the first configuration, the biological signal detecting means 5 detects the biological signal, the biological information is transmitted by the biological information transmitting antenna 23 of the biological information transmitting means 7, and is received by the antenna 24 of the biological information receiving means 8. The operation up to this point is the same as in the case of the first embodiment. The received biometric information is stored in the storage means 25b, and the health condition determination means 26
I will send it to you at any time. At the same time, the normal data stored in the storage means 25a is also sent to the health condition determination means 26. The health condition discriminating means 26 compares the normal data with the data collected at the present time, and displays normal information if normal, and abnormal information on the second display means 9 if abnormal.

The storage means 25b stores the same type of data for one week, for example. That is, the history of the living body is stored. From this one-week history data, the health condition is determined based on whether or not it is within the normal range, at which point in the week it is outside the normal range, and whether or not to return to the original state. As a result, the instantaneous judgment and the judgment from the past to the present can be displayed.

Further, in the configuration of the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the transmitting means 10 added to the second configuration transmits the health information of the health condition judging means 26 to the transmitting means 10 through the telephone line 1.
The health information can be transmitted to the medical institution 12 by transmitting the health information to the medical institution 1.

Since the transmitted data is compared with the normal data in advance, a medical institution can immediately make a diagnosis from the compared data.

Next, a fourth embodiment for achieving the second object will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

The fourth configuration is a case where the biological signal detecting means 5 is used for electrocardiographic measurement. FIG. 7 shows a warm water washing toilet seat 13 for performing electrocardiographic measurement. FIG. 7 is a view seen from above when the living body 6 is not sitting.

Reference numeral 27 denotes an electrode, which is attached to the toilet seat 28. The electrode 27 has an insulator 29 around it, and is installed at three places on the toilet seat 28. The electrodes 27 come into contact with each other when the buttocks 30 of the living body 6 apply a load to the toilet seat 28.

Further, 31 is a biological amplifier for amplifying the signal of the electrode 27, 32 is a conductive terminal of the electrode 27, 32a is a conductive terminal A, 32b is a conductive terminal B, and 32c is a conductive terminal C. The conductive terminal C32c is used as ground. Reference numeral 33 is a wireless transmission means provided in the biological information transmitting means 7 for transmitting biological information, and 34 is a wireless receiving means provided in the biological information receiving means 8 for receiving biological information.

Further, in the description here, the electrode is composed of at least three or more conductive terminals 32, and one of the conductive terminals 32 is a grounded conductive terminal group, and is provided on the toilet seat 28.

Next, the operation of the structure of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 7 and 8.

Among the operations, the operations other than the biological signal detection are the same as the operations shown in the above-mentioned first to third configurations, and the description thereof will be omitted.

When the living body 6 is not sitting on the toilet seat 28, it is installed on the toilet seat 28 by the insulator 29 as shown in FIG. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the buttocks 30 of the living body 6 are attached to the toilet seat 28.
Apply a load to. Then, the insulator 29 comes into contact along the surface of the buttocks 30 so that the electrodes 27 are in close contact with the buttocks (not shown). The potential difference between the conductive terminal A 32 a and the conductive terminal B 32 b is measured with the conductive terminal C 32 c as ground, amplified by the biological amplifier 31, and transmitted to the biological information transmitting means 7. In the biometric information transmitting means 7, the radio transmitting means 33 transmits to the radio receiving means 34 provided in the biometric information receiving means 8. The transmitted data displays the biological signal information on the second display means 9.

The biometric information received by the biometric information receiving means 8 by the transmitting means 10 is transmitted by the transmitting means 10 to the telephone line 1.
The biometric information can be transmitted to the medical institution 12 by transmitting the information to the medical institution 1.

By doing so, the electrocardiogram can be measured simply by sitting on the toilet seat. Information other than electrocardiogram, such as body movements, may be appropriately omitted on the second display means 9, and only necessary portions may be displayed.

Next, as a fifth embodiment provided to achieve the third object of the present invention, an embodiment applied to the hot water washing toilet seat device having the fifth structure will be described.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the fifth configuration. In FIG. 9, 35 is a red light emitting means, 36 is an infrared light emitting means, and 37 is a light emitting means, showing the red light emitting means 35 and the infrared light emitting means 36. Reference numeral 38 denotes a synchronization signal generator 39 for illuminating the light emitting means 37 by pulse driving, and an illumination controller 40.
And 41 is a light receiving means for receiving the light reflected or transmitted by the light emitting means 37 with respect to the living body 6, and the filter portion 42, the A / D conversion portion 43, and the data from the serial data to the parallel data. It includes a signal pre-processing unit 45 which is composed of a serial-parallel conversion unit 44 for converting into data. Four
Reference numeral 6 is a cycle change extracting means for extracting a cyclic change of blood flow from the infrared signal of the light receiving means 41, and 47 is a cycle change extracting means 4
Pulse recognition means for recognizing an arterial wave from the output of 6.
8. Signal ratio calculating means for obtaining the ratio of red and infrared absorbance signals of oxyhemoglobin in blood obtained by the light receiving means 41, and 49 is the ratio of oxygen saturation in blood from the oxyhemoglobin signal of the signal ratio calculating means 48. It is an oxygen saturation determination means to be obtained. The output of the pulse recognizing means 47 is input to the oxygen saturation determining means 49 in order to confirm that the oxygen saturation of the artery is obtained.

Next, the operation of the structure of the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In step 501, the illumination control unit 40 causes the red light emitting means 35 to emit a pulse by the pulse signal generated by the synchronization signal generation unit 51. The light emitted in step 502 is received by the light receiving means 41, a high / low filter is applied in the filter section 42 of the signal preprocessing means 45 in step 503, and A / D conversion is performed in the A / D conversion section 43 in step 504 and latched. To do. Similarly, in step 505, the infrared light emitting means 36 is pulse-emitted by the illumination controller 40 by the pulse signal similarly generated by the synchronization signal generator 39. The light emitted in step 506 is received by the light receiving means 41, and in step 507 the signal preprocessing means 45.
A high-low filter is applied by the filter unit 42 of No. 2, and A / D conversion is performed by the A / D conversion unit 43 and latched in step 508. In step 509, the signal from the red light emitting means 35 latched in step 504 and the signal from the infrared light emitting means 36 latched in step 508 are serial signals, so the serial-parallel converter 44 converts this signal into a two-system signal. To separate.

As a result, the signal from the red light emitting means 35 and the signal from the infrared light emitting means 36 can be taken out, and the infrared light emitting means 3 is stored after being accumulated for a certain time in step 510.
The frequency change extraction means 46 analyzes the frequency of the signal of 6 and the pulse recognition means 47 determines the pulse rate in step 511. The frequency analysis method may be a method based on fast Fourier transform, or may be obtained by reciprocal by obtaining the peak of the signal and measuring the time between the peak and the peak. Next, in step 512, the signal ratio calculation means 48 calculates the ratio of the signal from the red light emitting means 35 and the absorbance signal from the infrared light emitting means 36. In step 513, the oxygen saturation level in the blood is determined by the oxygen saturation level determination means 49 from the signal from the signal ratio calculation means 48. Then, in step 514, the information is transmitted to the biometric information transmitting means 7. After that, the same measurement is performed. The oxygen saturation is low when the ratio between the red absorbance and the infrared absorbance (red absorbance / infrared absorbance) is low, and when it is low, the oxygen saturation is high. Then, in order to determine the oxygen saturation from this ratio, the value is determined by comparing it with a value that has been previously tested.

Next, as a sixth embodiment provided to achieve the fourth object of the present invention, an embodiment applied to the hot water washing toilet seat device having the sixth construction will be described.

In FIG. 11, 37 is a light emitting means, 38 is a control means composed of a synchronization signal generating section 39 for irradiating the light emitting means 37 by pulse driving and an illumination control section 40, and 41 is a light emitting means 37. The filter unit 42 and A is a light receiving unit that receives the light reflected or transmitted by the living body.
Signal pre-processing means 45, which is composed of the / D converter 43,
Reference numeral 46 is a cycle change extracting means for extracting a cyclic change in blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means 41, and 47 is a cycle change extracting means 46.
Pulse recognition means for recognizing an arterial wave from the output of
Is an electrocardiographic measuring means for measuring electrocardiogram, 51 is a pulse recognizing means 4
7, the fluctuation time calculating means for measuring the deviation time between the pulse and the heartbeat detected by the electrocardiography measuring means 50, and 52 is the deviation time calculated by the fluctuation time calculating means 51 and the distance from the heart to the measurement position is converted into a blood pressure value. It is a blood pressure value conversion means.

Next, the operation of the structure of the sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In step 601, the lighting control unit 40 causes the light emitting means 37 to emit a pulsed light in response to the pulse signal generated by the synchronization signal generation unit 39. Step 6
The light emitted in 02 is received by the light receiving means 41, and step 6
At 03, a high / low filter is applied by the filter section 42 of the signal preprocessing means 45, and at step 604, the A / D conversion section 43 performs A / D conversion and latches. After accumulating for a certain period of time in step 605, the period change extracting means 46 frequency analyzes the signal from the light emitting means 37, and then step 606.
Then, the pulse rate is obtained by the pulse recognition means 47. In addition, the method of frequency analysis may be a method by fast Fourier transform,
It is also possible to obtain the peak of the signal, measure the time between the peak and the peak, and obtain the reciprocal. On the other hand, in step 701, the electrocardiographic measurement means 50 measures electrocardiographic function. Step 702
Then, the heartbeat is extracted from the electrocardiogram measurement. Comparing the pulse and the heartbeat extracted in step 605 and step 702, step 6
At 07, the time difference of the peak value is calculated by the fluctuation time calculating means 51, and the blood pressure value converting means 52 converts the difference time calculated in step 608 and the distance from the heart to the measurement position into a blood pressure value. In addition, in electrocardiographic measurement, a pulse is transmitted instantaneously, and since the pulse is a pulse due to a fluid, there is a time delay or deformation of the pulse. Since the time difference at this time is proportional to the blood pressure, step 60
In 8, the blood pressure calculation means 61 converts the blood pressure. Then, in step 609, the information is transmitted to the biometric information transmitting means 7.
After that, the same measurement is performed.

For the electrocardiographic measurement, the methods shown in the first and second embodiments may be applied. Further, the pulse measurement may be applied to the fifth embodiment in which blood oxygen saturation is measured. As a result, blood pressure can be measured without applying pressure to the body.

[0086]

As described above, the information input / output device operating device of the present invention has the following effects.

With the first configuration, the warm water washing toilet seat is operated based on the signal from the device operating means, the first display means for displaying the operation state, and the biological signal detecting means detects the biological signal to detect the biological signal. The biometric information of the means is transmitted by the biometric information transmitting means, the output of the biometric information transmitting means is received by the biometric information receiving means, and the biometric information obtained by the biometric information receiving means is displayed by the second display means. Therefore, (1) biometric information can be detected by replacing the remote controller of the existing warm water washing toilet seat with the remote controller of the present invention, and the existing facility can be effectively used to introduce the health management system.

(2) Furthermore, since it can be handled as a remote control while being held in the hand, it can be operated without an unreasonable posture toward the toilet seat arm when detecting a living body.

(3) Since the remote controller that is not working except for operating the device is used as the display unit and operating unit for biometrics, the working time of the remote controller is increased and it can be used more effectively.

(4) A long time in the toilet can be used constructively. Further, by providing the transmitting means for transmitting the biometric information, (5) diagnosis to an external medical institution is possible without constructing a large system.

By performing health determination by the health condition determining means having the second configuration (6) The difference between the current health condition and the normal value is displayed, so that the health condition can be easily grasped at home.

(7) Further, by storing the history of the living body in the storage means, it is possible to grasp from the history data whether or not it is within the normal range, for example, at which point in one week the person is healthy. You can manage your health in the long run.

By displaying with one display means by switching with the display switching means of the third configuration (8) Displayed because the operation of the warm water washing toilet seat and the portion for displaying the data of sensing the living body are integrated. The division can be shared.

(9) In addition, since the operation unit is integrated, it is easy to see, and the display switching means normally sets the warm water washing toilet seat to the operating state so that it can be used immediately. It becomes easier to use by switching the display at the time of measurement.

According to the fourth structure, the biological signal detecting means measures the potential near the buttocks by the electrodes, amplifies the signal of the electrodes by the biological amplifier, and then extracts the output of the biological amplifier as the biological information by the potential information recognizing means. Since the information is transmitted by the transmission means, (10) it is possible to grasp the heart condition, which is the most fundamental information related to human life and death among the biological information.

(11) Moreover, in the toilet, since the person puts his buttock out and sits in contact with the toilet seat, the buttock or thigh can directly touch the sensor to grasp the condition of the heart in a more natural state. it can. That is, the action of changing the movement of the heart by the act of measuring can be eliminated as much as possible.

According to the fifth structure, the control means causes the light emitting means to emit light, and the light emitted by the red light emitting means and the infrared light emitting means, which are two systems of light emitting means, is reflected by or transmitted to the living body. The periodic change extracting means extracts a periodic change in blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means as a signal change of the light receiving means, and the pulse wave recognizing means recognizes an arterial wave from the output of the periodic change extracting means. The ratio of the red and infrared absorbance signals of the oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood obtained by the means is obtained by the signal ratio calculating means, and the oxygen saturation ratio in the blood is determined from the oxygenated hemoglobin signal of the signal ratio calculating means. Since the obtained signal is transmitted to the biological information transmitting means in (12), the oxygen saturation in blood can be easily measured at home.

(13) As the number of times of sitting on the toilet seat and breathing increases, the amount of inhaled air decreases, and excessive breathing can be prevented by the information on the oxygen saturation.

(14) By reducing the amount of oxygen inhaled by a person who smokes a lot of cigarettes, it is possible to prevent excessive smoking of cigarettes based on the information on the oxygen saturation.

According to the sixth configuration, the light emitting means is caused to emit light by the control means, the light reflected or transmitted by the light emitting means is received by the light receiving means, and the signal of the light receiving means periodically changes the blood flow. Is extracted by the cycle change extraction means as a signal change of the light receiving means, the arterial wave is recognized by the pulse recognition means from the output of the cycle change extraction means, and the electrocardiogram is measured by the electrocardiographic measurement means,
The time difference between the pulse of the pulse recognition means and the heartbeat detected by the electrocardiography measuring means is measured by the fluctuation time calculating means, and the blood pressure is converted by the blood pressure value converting means from the deviation time calculated by the fluctuation time calculating means and the distance from the heart to the measurement position. The light emitting means is caused to emit light by the control means adapted to be converted into a value, and the light emitted by the red light emitting means and the infrared light emitting means, which are two systems of light emitting means, is reflected by or transmitted to the living body. A signal obtained by calculating the blood oxygen saturation concentration from the ratio of the signals of the two systems of the light receiving means by the oxygen saturation determination means by detecting the arterial wave from the signals of the two systems of the light receiving means by the pulse rate computing means. (15) It is possible to easily measure without rolling the arm and applying pressure to the arm.

(16) Moreover, in the toilet, a person puts his buttocks on and sits in contact with the toilet seat. Therefore, by arranging the living body detecting means on the toilet seat, blood pressure can be sampled from the buttocks or thighs in a natural state. it can. Then, the action of measuring the movement of the heart can be eliminated as much as possible, and the blood pressure value in a normal state can be shown.

According to the seventh configuration, the biometric information transmitting means transmits by the radio transmitting means, and the biometric information receiving means transmits and receives the signal by the radio receiving means. (17) The sensed information is easily Can be transmitted.

(18) Further, in the case where the bio-signal detection means is provided separately from the remote control part, the sensing area can be freely selected and the signal can be sent wirelessly.

Further, by making the transmitting means wireless, (19) even if there are various places with a toilet and a telephone, it is possible to deal with all.

(20) Even when installed later, information can be transmitted without changing the building.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information input / output device operating device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information input / output device operating device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram in which the information input / output device operating device in the embodiment is applied to device operating means of a warm water washing toilet seat.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information input / output device operating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information input / output device operating device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electrode arrangement of a toilet seat portion according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information input / output device operating device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a biological signal detecting means of an information input / output device operating device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information input / output device operating device.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a biological signal detecting means of an information input / output device operating device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information input / output device operating device.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional information input / output device operating device.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a toilet seat portion of the same device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Equipment Operating Means 3 Hot Water Washing Toilet Seat 4 First Display Means 5 Biometric Signal Detecting Means 7 Biometric Information Transmitting Means 8 Biometric Information Receiving Means 9 Second Display Means 10 Transmitting Means 13 Remote Control 21 Display Switching Means 25 Storage Means 26 Health Status Discriminating means 27 Electrode 28 Toilet seat 31 Biological amplifier 33 Wireless transmitting means 34 Wireless receiving means 35 Red light emitting means 36 Infrared light emitting means 37 Light emitting means 38 Control means 41 Light receiving means 46 Period change extracting means 47 Pulse rate recognizing means 48 Signal ratio calculating means 49 Oxygen saturation determination means 50 Electrocardiography measurement means 51 Fluctuation time calculation means 52 Blood pressure value conversion means

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A device operating means for operating a warm water washing toilet seat,
First display means for displaying an operation state based on a signal from the equipment operating means, biometric signal detecting means for detecting a biometric signal of a person using the warm water washing toilet seat, and biometric information of the biosignal detecting means. The biometric information transmitting means for transmitting, the biometric information receiving means for receiving the output of the biometric information transmitting means, and the second display means for displaying the biometric information obtained by the biometric information receiving means, and at least the device. An information input / output device operating device serving as a remote controller in which an operating means, the first display means, the biological information receiving means, and the second display means are integrated. 2. A device operating means for operating a warm water washing toilet seat,
First display means for displaying an operation state based on a signal of the device operating means, biometric signal detecting means for detecting a biometric signal of a person using the warm water washing toilet seat, and biometric information of the biosignal detecting means. Biometric information transmitting means for transmitting, biometric information receiving means for receiving the output of the biometric information transmitting means, and information obtained by the biometric information receiving means and a standard for determining whether the biometric information is normal or abnormal. A storage means for storing the following information, a health status determination means for determining a health status from the data stored in the storage means, and a second display for displaying the biological information obtained by the health status determination means
And a display unit, which is at least the device operation unit, the first display unit, the biological information receiving unit, the storage unit, the health condition determination unit, and the second display unit. Information input / output device operating device. 3. A display switching means for switching each signal sent to the first display means and the second display means, and the first display means and the second display means according to a signal from the display switching means.
3. The information input / output device operating device according to claim 1, wherein the device is displayed on one display means instead of the display means. 4. The biological signal detecting means has an electrode for measuring a potential near the buttocks and a biological amplifier for amplifying a signal from the electrode, and the electrode is provided on a toilet seat of a warm water washing toilet seat. The information input / output device operating device according to any one of 1 to 3. 5. The biological signal detecting means includes a red light emitting means, an infrared light emitting means, a control means for irradiating the red and infrared light emitting means by pulse driving, and the red and infrared light emitting means. Light receiving means for receiving light that is reflected or transmitted by a living body, periodic change extracting means for extracting a periodic change in blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means, and an arterial wave from the output of the periodic change extracting means. Pulse recognizing means for recognizing, a signal ratio calculating means for obtaining a ratio of red and infrared absorbance signals of oxyhemoglobin in blood obtained by the light receiving means, and a signal in the blood from the signal of the signal ratio calculating means 4. An information input / output device operating device according to claim 1, further comprising an oxygen saturation determining means for obtaining a ratio of oxygen saturation. 6. The biological signal detecting means includes a light emitting means, a control means for irradiating the light emitting means by pulse driving, and a light receiving means for receiving light reflected or transmitted by the light of the light emitting means with respect to a living body. , A cycle change extracting means for extracting a periodic change in blood flow from the signal of the light receiving means, a pulse recognizing means for recognizing an arterial wave from an output of the cycle change extracting means, and an electrocardiogram for measuring an electrocardiogram. Measuring means, a fluctuation time calculating means for measuring the deviation time of the pulse detected by the pulse recognition means and the heartbeat detected by the electrocardiographic measuring means, and the deviation time calculated by the fluctuation time calculating means and from the heart to the measurement position 4. The information input / output device operating device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a blood pressure value converting means for converting the distance to a blood pressure value. 7. The information input / output device operating device according to claim 1, wherein the biometric information transmitting means transmits by radio transmitting means and the biometric information receiving means receives by radio receiving means.