KR20130015816A

KR20130015816A - Automatic urinal

Info

Publication number: KR20130015816A
Application number: KR1020110078067A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김정욱
Original assignee: 고 건 호
Priority date: 2011-08-05
Filing date: 2011-08-05
Publication date: 2013-02-14

Abstract

The present invention is installed in a water supply pipe for supplying the washing water to the urinal, and in the automatic flushing toilet having a control box for opening and closing the water supply pipe so that the washing water in the water supply pipe is supplied to the urinal, the control box, A first transmitting part for transmitting light, a second transmitting part for transmitting light having an intensity greater than that of the light transmitted from the first transmitting part, and a light transmitting part from the first transmitting part and the second transmitting part, A sensor unit including a light receiving unit to which light reflected by the light is incident; And a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the light incident on the light receiving unit is transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit or the reflected light is transmitted and reflected from the second transmitting unit, wherein the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined from the second transmitting unit. A control unit which transmits a control signal for displaying the approach induction information to the display unit when it is determined to be transmitted and reflected light; And a magnetic valve for supplying the washing water to the urinal after the user views the toilet in response to the control signal from the controller, when the incident light from the determination unit is determined to be transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit. And, the display unit, and the sensor unit is characterized in that the automatic flushing toilet having an access guide function provided on the front of the control box.
According to the present invention, it is determined whether the user is far or near from the urinal from the light sensed by the sensor unit, and when the user is far from the urinal, the user may approach the urinal by visually displaying an approach instruction phrase on the display unit. It has the effect of inducing it.

Description

Toilet with automatic flushing function {Automatic urinal}

The present invention relates to an automatic flushing toilet having an approach inducing function, and more specifically, to determine whether the user is located far or close to the urinal, and at the same time located far from the urinal according to the determination result. The present invention relates to an automatic flushing toilet having an access inducing function which can visually induce access to a urinal.

In recent years, the automatic flushing toilet is widely used to automatically wash the water supply means when the user is close. However, this automatic flushing toilet does not have a function of determining whether the user is close to or away from the urinal, and also, if the user is located far from the urinal, a function for visually guiding the user from the urinal close to the urinal. Without having. Therefore, when the user urinates from a long distance from the urinal, there is a problem that a part of the urine falls to the floor and contaminates the toilet floor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the control box of the urinal includes a determination unit and a display unit that can determine the close and far distance from the urinal, so that the user is far from the urinal from the light detected by the sensor unit The purpose of the present invention is to determine whether the user is located at a long distance from the urinal, and if the user is located at a long distance from the urinal, thereby inducing the user's access to the urinal visually by displaying an access inducing phrase on the display unit.

In order to solve the above object, the present invention is installed in a water supply pipe for supplying the washing water to the urinal, and in the automatic flushing toilet having a control box to open and close the water supply pipe to supply and block the washing water inside the water supply pipe to the urinal, The control box may include a first transmitting part transmitting light having a constant intensity, a second transmitting part transmitting light having an intensity greater than that of the light transmitted from the first transmitting part, and the first transmitting part and the second transmitting part. A sensor unit including a light receiving unit to which light reflected by a user after being transmitted from the light unit is incident; And a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the light incident on the light receiving unit is transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit or the reflected light is transmitted and reflected from the second transmitting unit, wherein the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined from the second transmitting unit. A control unit which transmits a control signal for displaying the approach induction information to the display unit when it is determined to be transmitted and reflected light; And a magnetic valve for supplying the washing water to the urinal after the user views the toilet in response to the control signal from the controller, when the incident light from the determination unit is determined to be transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit. And, the display unit, and the sensor unit is characterized in that the automatic flushing toilet having an access guide function provided on the front of the control box.

In the present invention, when the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined to be the light transmitted from the second transmitting unit and reflected, the control box further includes a lamp for receiving a control signal from the control unit and repeating the flashing It features an automatic flushing toilet with induction.

In the present invention, when the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined as the light transmitted from the second transmitting unit and reflected, the control box receives a control signal from the control unit and outputs a speaker for outputting a voice to induce access It further features an automatic flushing toilet with access inducing function.

In the present invention, the display unit is characterized in that the automatic flushing toilet having an access inducing function to display the character 'come one step forward' as the access induction information.

In the present invention, the control unit is characterized in that the automatic flushing toilet having an access inducing function for transmitting the control signal for displaying the letter 'thank you' after sending the control signal for displaying the access guidance information. do.

According to the present invention, the user can determine whether the user is far or near from the urinal from the light detected by the sensor unit through the determination unit, and when the user is far from the urinal, the display prompts the display to approach the display visually Has the effect of inducing access to the urinal.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic flushing urinal having an access inducing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an automatic flushing urinal having an access inducing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described for an automatic flushing urinal having an access inducing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic flushing urinal with an induction function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 shows the appearance of an automatic flushing urinal with an access induction function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention Perspective view.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, in the automatic flushing urinal having an access guide function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the urinal 100 is provided fixed to the wall of the toilet. On the upper side of the urinal 100, a water supply pipe 120 in communication with a water source (water source) such as a water tank is installed and the water supply pipe 120 to supply and block the washing water in the water supply pipe 110 to the urinal 100 side. To control box 110 is installed.

The control box 110, the control unit 10 for sending each control signal in accordance with the program stored therein, the sensor unit 20 for detecting the user's approach, and according to the control signal of the control unit 10 LCD 30 for displaying information, LED 40 blinking according to the control signal of the controller 10, speaker 50 for outputting voice in accordance with the control signal of the controller 10, and the controller 10 Magnetic valve 60 for supplying the washing water in accordance with the control signal of the). Unexplained reference numeral 70 denotes a power supply.

More specifically, the sensor unit 20 transmits infrared LEDs 21 (first transmitters) for transmitting light of a constant intensity, and light having intensity greater than the intensity of light transmitted from the first transmitters 21. Infrared LED 22 and the second light-transmitting part, and the light receiving part 23 is transmitted from the first light-transmitting portion 21 and the second light-transmitting portion 22, the light reflected by the user is incident. .

In addition, the controller 10 includes a programmable microprocessor (not shown), a memory for storing predetermined information, a relay switch capable of turning on or off power supplied from the power supply unit 70, and a light receiving unit. And a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the received light is transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit 21 or reflected and reflected from the second transmitting unit.

In addition, the magnetic valve 60 is connected to the water pipe in accordance with the control signal of the control unit 10 to open and close the tap water supply is the same as a conventional conventional automatic flushing urinal.

Hereinafter will be described the operation of the automatic flushing urinal having an access guide function having the above-described configuration.

First, when the user moves closer to the urinal 100, infrared light, which is alternately transmitted from the first transmitter 21 and the second transmitter 22, is reflected by the user to be incident to the receiver 23.

In this case, the intensity of the infrared light transmitted from the first transmitter 21 is adjusted to be weaker than that of the infrared light transmitted from the second transmitter 22. Therefore, when the user is located at a distance from the urinal, the intensity of light transmitted from the first light transmitting part 21 to the user after being reflected by the user 23 is low, and is transmitted from the second light transmitting part 22. The intensity of light incident on the light receiving unit 23 after being reflected to the user is high, so that the discriminating unit determines whether the light incident on the light receiving unit 23 is reflected by the user after being transmitted from the second light transmitting unit 22. do. That is, it is determined that the user is not in close proximity to the urinal 100.

When the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined as the light transmitted from the second transmitting unit 22 and reflected, the control unit 10 sends a control signal to the induction information, that is, on the LCD 30. Have them say "Come one step further".

At this time, in addition to displaying a character on the LCD 30, in addition to repeatedly flashing the LED 40 in accordance with the control signal of the control unit 10 or the voice 'come one step forward' through the speaker 50 You can also output the user's access.

In addition, when the user moves to a position close to the urinal 100 by looking at the display text of the LCD 30, the determination unit determines this, as will be described later, and at this time, the control unit 10 sends a control signal to the LCD. It is also possible to display the letters 'thank you' on (30).

On the other hand, when the user is in the position close to the urinal 100, the intensity of the light transmitted from the first transmitting portion 21, reflected to the user is increased, so that the discriminating unit is incident light from the first transmitting portion 21 It is determined that the light is reflected after being transmitted. That is, it is determined that the user is close to the urinal 100.

When the light incident from the discriminating unit is determined to be light transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit 21, after the user views the toilet, the control unit 10 may supply water from the water supply pipe 120 to the urinal 100. The magnetic valve operates according to the control signal of.

As described above, according to the automatic flushing toilet having an access-inducing function of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether the user is close to the urinal so that the user located far from the urinal can move to the position close to the urinal.

10: control unit 20: sensor unit
21, 22: first and second transmitting part 23: light receiving part
30: LCD 40: LED
50: speaker 60: magnetic valve
70: power supply 100: urinal
110: control box 120: water supply pipe

Claims

In an automatic flushing toilet equipped with a control box installed in the water supply pipe for supplying the washing water to the urinal and opening and closing the water supply pipe so that the washing water in the water supply pipe is supplied to the urinal.
The control box,
A first transmitting part transmitting light of a constant intensity,
A second transmitter for transmitting light having an intensity greater than that of the light transmitted from the first transmitter, and
A sensor unit including a light receiving unit to which light reflected by a user after being transmitted from the first light transmitting unit and the second light transmitting unit is incident;
And a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the light incident on the light receiving unit is transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit or the reflected light is transmitted and reflected from the second transmitting unit, wherein the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined from the second transmitting unit. A control unit which transmits a control signal for displaying the approach induction information to the display unit when it is determined to be transmitted and reflected light; And
And a magnetic valve for supplying the washing water to the urinal after the user sees the toilet according to a control signal from the controller, when the incident light from the determination unit is determined to be transmitted and reflected from the first transmitting unit. ,
The display unit and the sensor unit is an automatic flush toilet having an access induction function provided on the front of the control box.

The control box of claim 1, wherein the control box further includes a lamp for repeating blinking in response to a control signal from the control unit when the incident light from the determination unit is determined to be light transmitted from the second transmission unit and reflected. Automatic flush toilet with access guidance.

According to claim 1 or claim 2, When the incident light from the discriminating unit is determined to be the light transmitted from the second transmitting unit and reflected, the control box receives a control signal from the control unit voice to guide the access Automatic toilet bowl with an access induction function further comprising a speaker for outputting.

The toilet of claim 1 or 2, wherein the display unit displays a character of 'Come one step forward' as the access guide information.

The toilet of claim 4, wherein the control unit further transmits a control signal for displaying a 'thank you' character after transmitting a control signal for displaying access guidance information.