KR20120073919A

KR20120073919A - Apparatus and method of analyzing feces of bidet

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Publication number: KR20120073919A
Application number: KR1020100135846A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이경헌
Original assignee: 웅진코웨이주식회사
Priority date: 2010-12-27
Filing date: 2010-12-27
Publication date: 2012-07-05

Abstract

PURPOSE: A defecation analyzing device and method of a bidet are provided to analyze a health state of intestines of a user by measuring defecation of the user while the user defecates. CONSTITUTION: A seat sensor(130) senses whether a user takes a seat or not. A defecation sensor(140) measures defecation information of the user. The defecation sensor comprises an infrared light sensor, a distance sensor, and a CCD(Charge Coupled Device) sensor. The infrared light sensor measures the speed of defecation and the length of excrement. The distance sensor measures the change of water level of a toilet. The CCD sensor inspects color of the excrement. An analysis unit(110) analyzes a health state of intestines of the user by using the measured defecation information. A storing unit(120) stores the measured defecation information and the analyzed health state of the intestines. An interface unit(150) outputs analyzed health state of the intestines to the user.

Description

Apparatus and method of analyzing feces of bidet}

A bidet of the present invention relates to a device capable of measuring and analyzing a bowel movement state of a user.

Medically normal feces are golden in color and have a bold banana-like odor that is clean enough to not require a tissue. In addition, the amount of stools per day is less than 200g on an adult basis, and the last part of the stools floats like water. However, the thickness and amount of the stool varies from person to person and may vary depending on the amount of food ingested.

Even in the modern age of medical technology and medical devices, the color and smell of feces serves as a barometer for health. Basically, the color of the stool is affected by what you eat. For example, if you see a stool after eating a lot of chocolate or sage, you can look for a dark brown stool color. However, when the color or shape of the stool suddenly changed or irrelevant to the meal, various diseases can be suspected.

First of all, the thickness of the stool is different depending on the person, but most of the excessively thin stools can be seen in people who have insufficient diet or weak muscles. Inadequate food intake, loose bowel activity and lack of power to come out of the thin stools will come out. In particular, if the side is thin enough to be distinguished even by the naked eye, it may be a signal that cancer tissue is formed on the walls of the colon and rectum. If you continue to have hard, small stools like rabbit poop, you may suspect hemorrhoids, rectal cancer, constipation, or stomach ulcers. At this time, it is better to go toilet consciously and to eat a lot of cooked vegetables or algae. Sudden, stool-like stools suggest that irritable bowel syndrome can be suspected because it means that water is not absorbed enough. have.

The ideal color of healthy stools is golden. Occasionally, white stools can be seen, which can prevent the bile from mixing due to blocked bile ducts. If you find black stools and bloody stools that look like magnetic fields, be careful. Black stools can be seen as discoloration while going down to the rectum due to bleeding due to ulcers such as stomach ulcers, so if the stool is bad smell and sticky, you should go to the hospital. Bloody stool may be a case of hemorrhoids and colon cancer, etc. If blood is mixed in the stool, it is possible to suspect colon diseases such as colon polyps, colitis, and colon cancer. If you wipe the tissue with tissue paper or after the last time you see the blood after the stool, you can think of the blood coming from hemorrhoids.

Just knowing the status of the feces can obtain a lot of information about the health of the user.

The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for diagnosing bowel health of a user by measuring and analyzing a bowel movement of a user in a bidet.

Bidet defecation analysis apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems is a seating sensor for detecting the user's seating, the user's bowel movement information, the bowel movement speed, the length of the side, the bowel movement amount is detected And an analysis unit analyzing bowel health state by using a defecation sensor measuring the color of the stool and the measured bowel information.

The defecation analysis apparatus further includes at least one of a storage unit for storing the measured bowel information and the analyzed bowel health state and an interface unit for outputting the analyzed bowel health condition to the user.

The defecation sensor includes an infrared sensor for measuring the speed of the bowel and the length of the bowel, a distance sensor for measuring the water level change of the water accumulated in the toilet and a CCD sensor for determining the color of the bowel.

Bidet analysis method according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the problem is a user recognition process for recognizing the user's seating, the user's bowel movement information, the bowel movement speed, the length of the side, Defecation measurement process for measuring the amount of defecation and color of feces and bowel analysis process for analyzing the bowel health state of the user using the user's bowel information.

The bowel analysis method may further include a result output process of outputting the analyzed intestinal health state to the user.

According to the bidet bowel analysis apparatus and method of the present invention by the above solution, it is possible to analyze the bowel health status of the user by measuring and analyzing the bowel movement of the user during the bowel movements and inform the user of the bowel health status Can be.

1 is a view schematically illustrating a situation in which a user uses a toilet and a bidet.
2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional block of the bidet analysis apparatus of the bidet of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of the bowel analysis method of the bidet of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, in describing in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and like parts are denoted by similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

1 is a view schematically illustrating a situation in which a user uses a toilet and a bidet.

Referring to Figure 1, the user is seated on the bidet 10 performs the bowel movements, the bowel movements fall into the water in the toilet 20 to sink in the water is moved to the septic tank with the water down. Therefore, the bidet 10 may measure the bowel movement state in units of bowel movements of the user.

2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional block of the bidet analysis apparatus of the bidet of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the bowel analysis apparatus 100 of the present invention may include a seating sensor 130, a bowel movement sensor 140, and an analysis unit 110, and includes a storage unit 120 and an interface unit ( And one or more of 150).

The seating sensor 130 may detect whether a user is seated. The seating sensor 130 may be implemented using a pressure sensor, an electrostatic sensor, an infrared sensor 141, or the like. The seating sensor 130 may detect whether a user is seated and transmit a detection signal to the analyzer 110 or the bowel sensor 140. Since the bowel movement is preferably performed only when the user is in a bowel movement state, the seating sensor 130 may be used to check whether the bowel movement is started and to perform bowel movement measurement.

When the defecation sensor 140 detects a user's seat, the defecation sensor 140 measures the defecation of the user to collect defecation information of the user. Information measured includes the rate of bowel movement, the length of the side, the amount of bowel movement and the color of the side.

The defecation sensor 140 may include an infrared sensor 141, a distance sensor 143, and a CCD sensor 145 to collect the above information.

The infrared sensor 141 may detect the change in the infrared measurement signal of the light receiver during defecation time and measure the speed and the length of the bowel movement.

The distance sensor 143 may be mounted on the lower end of the bidet to measure deflection by measuring a change in the water level of water accumulated in the toilet.

The CCD sensor 145 may determine the color of the bowel movement.

The analysis unit 110 may analyze the intestinal health state using the collected bowel information. Bowel bowel behavior varies according to the state of bowel health, so analyzing bowel information can help to estimate bowel health. The detailed analysis process of the analysis unit 110 will be described below.

The storage unit 120 may store the collected bowel information and the analyzed bowel health status information, and the interface unit 150 may output the analyzed bowel health status to the user. In addition, the interface unit 150 may output the collected bowel information to the user. In addition, if the user information can be collected through the interface unit 150, the bowel information and bowel health information may be classified for each user and stored in the storage unit 120.

Through the above configuration, the bowel health state of the user can be analyzed by measuring and analyzing the bowel movements of the user while the user is defecating.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of the bowel analysis method of the bidet of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the bowel analysis method of the bidet of the present invention may be performed including a user recognition process 301, a bowel measurement process 302, and a bowel analysis process 303. It may be further included.

The user recognition process 301 may recognize whether the user is seated. Since bowel analysis is sufficient to be performed only when the user makes a bowel movement, it may be determined whether the bowel analysis is performed by detecting whether the user has performed a seating action, a preparation for bowel movement.

In the bowel movement measurement process 302, when the user's seat is detected, the bowel movement speed, the length of the bowel, the amount of bowel movement and the color of the bowel, which is the bowel information of the user, may be measured.

In detail, the position sensor 130 recognizes the start time of bowel movement t1, measures the distance to the initial surface using the distance sensor 143, measures the initial surface height h1, and measures the infrared sensor 141. The bowel movement rate v, the width of the side w and the bowel length l can be measured. In addition, the end time t2 of bowel movement can be recognized through a bidet washing button operation, and when the end of bowel movement is recognized, the height h2 of the rising sleep after bowel movement can be measured.

In the bowel analysis process 303 may analyze the bowel health of the user using the bowel information of the user.

In detail, the total bowel movement time (T) is derived using the start and end of bowel movement (t1, t2), the thickness of the side (W) is derived using the width of the side, the bowel movement (V) is the thickness of the side (W) And length (l). In addition, defecation may be derived using a change in the surface height.

The color (C) of the edge is set to the best state of bright golden color, and the worse state of dark color is set, and the color of the measured side derives the corresponding color range.

The bowel health state is derived according to the score by converting the information about the bowel movement time (T), the thickness of the stool (W), the bowel movement amount (V) and the color of the stool (C) into a quantitative score. Intestinal health has five levels.

Equation 1 is a formula for deriving bowel movement time (T), thickness of the side (W) and bowel movement (V).

The result output process 304 may output the analyzed user's bowel health state to the user.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, and it is common in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

10: bidet 20: toilet seat
100: defecation analysis device
110: analysis unit 120: storage unit
130: seating sensor 140: defecation sensor
150: interface unit
141: infrared sensor 143: distance sensor
145: CCD sensor

Claims

A seating sensor to detect whether a user is seated;
A defecation sensor that measures defecation speed, a length of a side, a defecation amount and a color of a side of defecation information of the user when detecting a seat of the user; And
A bidet bowel analysis apparatus including an analysis unit for analyzing the bowel health state using the measured bowel information.

According to claim 1, wherein the bowel analysis device
A storage unit for storing the measured bowel information and the analyzed bowel health state; And
Fecal bowel analysis device further comprises one or more of the interface unit for outputting the analyzed bowel health status to the user.

The method of claim 1, wherein the bowel sensor
An infrared sensor for measuring the speed of bowel movement and the length of the bowel;
A distance sensor for measuring a change in water level of water accumulated inside the toilet bowl; And
A bidet bowel analysis apparatus comprising a CCD sensor for determining the color of the stool.

A user recognition process of recognizing whether a user is seated;
A defecation measurement process of measuring defecation speed, the length of the side, the amount of defecation, and the color of the side, which is the defecation information of the user when the seat of the user is detected; And
A bowel movement analysis method comprising a bowel analysis process of analyzing the bowel health status of the user using the bowel information of the user.

According to claim 4, wherein the bowel analysis method
A bowel movement analysis method further comprising a result output process of outputting the analyzed bowel health state of the user to the user.