TW201711599A - Vanity - Google Patents

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vanity capable of effectively increasing the level of arousal of a user who is using the vanity. The vanity (1) according to the present invention is provided with: a vanity main body (10) having a mirror; illumination devices (17, 18) for illuminating a user in front of the mirror; and a camera (22) for capturing an image of the user's face. The illumination devices (17, 18) and the camera (22) are both provided in the vanity main body (10). The vanity (1) is further provided with a processing unit (24) that determines the level of arousal of the user on the basis of facial information of the user captured by the camera (22) and changes at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices (17, 18) according to the determined level of arousal.

Description

Dressing table

The present invention relates to a dressing table.

In general, a dressing table represented by a face-washing dressing table is used for performing a dressing operation such as makeup. Therefore, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, an illumination device is provided in the upper portion of the vanity mirror, and the illumination device is used to illuminate the face of the user before the makeup mirror with a certain illuminance or the like.

On the other hand, in the lighting device for the living room, it is known that the illuminance or color temperature of the lighting device is appropriately changed in order to improve the alertness of the person in the living room or to relax the person in the living room (refer to Patent Document 2). ). [Previous Technical Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. Hei 3-297004 (Patent Document 2) JP-A-H11-135273

In particular, the object of the present invention is to provide a dressing table that can effectively improve the alertness of a user using a dressing table by appropriately introducing a conventional lighting device technology for a living room into a lighting device of a dressing table.

A dressing table according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a dressing table body having a mirror; an illumination device installed in the dressing table body to illuminate a user in front of the mirror; and a camera disposed on the dresser body for The user's face is photographed; and the processing unit determines the alertness of the user based on the human body information such as the facial expression of the user or the state of the eye captured by the camera, and changes the illumination according to the determined alertness. At least one of the illumination and color temperature of the device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the drawings. The following embodiments relate to a dressing table, particularly a dressing table having an illumination device and capable of changing the illumination or color temperature of the illumination device.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 show the overall configuration of a face washing and dressing table 1 [a washing and dressing table with a mirror (cabinet)) as a "dressing table according to the first embodiment". The face washing and dressing table 1 includes a dressing table main body 10, illumination devices 17, 18, a camera 22, and a control unit 26 (see Fig. 3). The dresser body 10 includes a lower cabinet 2 as a first body portion and a mirror cabinet 3 as a second body portion. The lower cabinet 2 is placed on the floor in a state where the back side is in contact with or close to the indoor wall surface (not shown). The mirror cabinet 3 is fixed to the wall surface above the lower cabinet 2.

The top surface of the lower cabinet 2 is constituted by a top plate 4 which is composed of synthetic resin, ceramics or the like. A washbasin portion 4a is provided at a central portion of the top plate 4. The washbasin portion 4a is recessed downward. The top surface of the lower cabinet 2 is provided with a water discharge portion 5 that discharges water toward the washbasin portion 4a. At the rear edge of the top plate 4, the upright wall 6 projecting upward is integrally formed with the top plate 4. The upright wall 6 shields a portion corresponding to the wall between the lower cabinet 2 and the mirror cabinet 3. The operation box 7 of the illuminating devices 17, 18 which will be described later is attached to the standing wall 6.

In the front opening portion of the lower cabinet 2, double door type front doors 8, 8 which are openable and closable are provided. The depth dimension of the lower cabinet 2 is set to a multiple of the depth dimension of the mirror cabinet 3. The internal space of the lower cabinet 2 can be utilized as a storage space in addition to the arrangement space of the drain pipe (not shown) connected to the washbasin part 4a.

The mirror cabinet 3 includes a cabinet body 11 having a front opening portion, and three mirror doors 12, 13, and 14 attached to a front opening portion of the cabinet body 11. The cabinet body 11 is made of synthetic resin, and "the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion of the storage space, the left and right side wall portions and the back surface portion (both not shown)" and the "longitudinal partition portions 15 and 16 that separate the storage space" "Integral shape." The thickness of the upper wall portion of the cabinet body 11 is set to be larger (thicker) than the thickness of the lower wall portion and the side wall portion. The front end surface of the upper wall portion is provided with a horizontally long rectangular upper lamp 17, which is disposed approximately across the front end surface of the upper wall portion. Further, on the front end faces of the vertical partition portions 15 and 16, a side lamp 18 having an elongated strip shape is provided in the longitudinal direction. The lighting device includes an upper lamp 17 and a plurality of side lamps 18.

Among the three mirror doors 12 to 14, the mirror door 12 attached to the central portion of the cabinet body 11 is a main mirror door that is larger than the other mirror doors 13 and 14 (long in the left-right direction), and is hinged (not shown). The display is attached to the vertical partition 15 on the left side in an openable and closable manner. The mirror doors 13 and 14 attached to the left and right side portions of the cabinet body 11 are side mirror doors which are attached to the respective vertical partition portions 15 and 16 by hinges (not shown). When all three mirror doors 12 to 14 are closed, they can be used as a large mirror. The three mirror doors 12 to 14 can be utilized as a three-sided mirror in a state where the main mirror door 12 is closed and the side mirror doors 13 and 14 are opened at a predetermined angle. Although not shown, each of the mirror doors 12 to 14 is made of a synthetic resin or a metal substrate material for imparting strength to the back side of the mirror and the mirror.

The upper lamp 17 and the side lamp 18, which are disposed on the mirror cabinet 3, are illuminated as illumination devices toward the front of the mirror doors 12-14 (i.e., mirrors) to illuminate the user P standing in front of the mirror.

A part of the mirror of the main mirror door 12 (in the central portion of Fig. 1) is provided with a semi-transparent mirror 21. The substrate material of the main mirror door 12 is provided with an opening (not shown) corresponding to the semi-transparent mirror 21. Further, a camera 22 is disposed in the storage space of the cabinet body 11 inside the mirror cabinet 3, that is, the cabinet body 11. The camera 22 of the present embodiment is constituted by a small CCD (Charge-coupled Device) camera 220. When the main mirror door 12 is closed, the CCD camera 220 can photograph the front of the main mirror door 12 through the semi-transparent mirror 21. The CCD camera 220 captures the face of the user P standing in front of the mirror of the main mirror door 12.

Fig. 3 shows the configuration of the control system of the face washing and dressing table 1. In Fig. 3, the illumination button 23 is provided in the operation box 7, and the illumination button 23 is composed of an ON/OFF switch. The operation signal of the illumination button 23 is output to the processing unit 24. The processing unit 24 and the CCD camera 220 are connected so as to be capable of transmitting and receiving signals.

The processing unit 24 as a controller is constituted by one or a plurality of processors (computers). The processing unit 24 includes a control unit 26 and a determination unit 25. The determination unit 25 determines the degree of alertness of the user based on the human body information (information of the face) captured by the CCD camera 220. Here, the "face information" refers to the facial expression of the user P (for example, an expression that opens the mouth yawning) or the state of the eye (for example, the number of blinks or the average closed eye time of each blink) )Wait. Further, the control unit 26 changes at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17 and 18 in response to the alertness determined by the determination unit 25. Each of the illumination devices 17 and 18 has light-emitting portions 17a and 18a composed of LEDs and the like, and circuit portions 17b and 18b that can change at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the light-emitting portions 17a and 18a. In addition, when the color temperature of the light-emitting portions 17a and 18a is to be changed, for example, LEDs of a plurality of types of LEDs of different illuminating colors may be used as the light-emitting portions 17a and 18a, and LEDs or the like may be selected depending on the color temperature.

The processing unit 24 controls the illumination devices 17, 18 in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, after waiting for the ON operation of the illumination button 23 in step S1, it is determined in step S2 whether or not the current point is a preset time zone in the morning (for example, 8:00 to 12:00 am). In this time determination, the built-in clock of the processing unit 24 is used.

Then, when the time is judged as YES, the illumination devices 17 and 18 are turned on by the awake mode in step S3, and the awake illumination subroutine is executed in step S4.

The processing unit 24 executes the awake illumination subroutine according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S11, the processing unit 24 recognizes the face of the user P standing in front of the mirror of the main mirror door 12 by the CCD camera 220. This captured image is as shown in FIG. 6, and identifies the face of the user P, especially the body information (for example, the position of the eye) R to be obtained.

Next, in step S12, the animation of the face, in particular the animation of the eyes, is taken with the CCD camera 220. In step S13, for example, the average closed eye time of each blink is measured as human body information.

Next, in step S14, the processing unit 24 (determination unit 25) determines the alertness of the user P based on the average closed eye time. In this determination, a characteristic map of the relationship between the average closed eye time and the alertness as shown in Fig. 7 is used. In this feature map, the larger the average closed eye time (long), the lower the alertness.

Then, in step S15, the processing unit 24 (control unit 26) changes at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17 and 18 based on the alertness. In the present embodiment, the color temperatures of the illumination devices 17 and 18 in the awake mode are fixed at 7000 K, and only the illuminances of the illumination devices 17 and 18 are changed. At this time, a feature map showing the relationship between the alertness and the illuminance as shown in Fig. 8 is used. In this feature map, the higher the alertness, the lower the illumination. Further, Fig. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing a preferable specific example of the relationship between the average closed eye time and the illuminance. In the characteristic image, when the average closed eye time is 120 msec, the illuminance is 500 Lx, and the average closed eye time is larger, and the illuminance is higher.

According to the above, the awake illumination subroutine is ended; this subroutine is repeated once in one minute in the lighting in the awake mode.

Moreover, when the awake mode of step S3 continues to be turned on, it is determined in step S5 whether or not it is outside the time zone in the morning due to the passage of time. When the determination is YES, that is, the time zone other than the morning time, the lighting of the normal mode is changed in step S6, and the process proceeds to step S7. On the other hand, when it is determined that NO is the time zone of the morning, the process proceeds to step S7. . In addition, the lighting of the general mode will be discussed later.

In step S7, it is determined whether or not the illumination button 23 is switched off (OFF); if the determination is NO, the process returns to step S3; on the other hand, if the determination is YES, the illumination devices 17 and 18 are turned off in step S8, and the process ends. control.

On the other hand, when the time of step S2 is determined to be a time zone other than the morning of NO, the illumination devices 17 and 18 are turned on in accordance with the normal mode in step S9. In the normal mode, the illumination devices 17, 18 have a color temperature of 4000 K and an illumination of 300 to 400 Lx.

Next, in step S10, the processing unit 24 determines whether or not the illumination button 23 is switched off (OFF). If the determination is NO, the process returns to step S9. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S8 to turn on the illumination device. 17, 18 turn off the lights, end the control.

As described above, the dressing table (washing and dressing table 1) includes: a dressing table body 10 having mirrors (mirrors of the mirror doors 12 to 14); illumination devices 17, 18 that illuminate the user P in front of the mirror; and a camera 22 (CCD) The camera 220) captures the face of the user P. The illuminating devices 17, 18 and the camera 22 are all disposed on the dressing table body 10. Further, the dressing table 1 includes a determination unit 25 that determines the user P alertness based on the information of the face of the user P captured by the camera 22, and the control unit 26, based on the determined alertness by the determination unit 25. At least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17, 18 is changed. The information of the face of the user P is human body information, for example, the expression of the face or the state of the eyes.

According to the dressing table 1 as described above, the degree of alertness of the user P is determined based on the human body information of the user P in front of the mirror photographed by the camera 22, and at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17, 18 is changed accordingly. Therefore, the user P is not given an unpleasant feeling due to excessive waking action, and the degree of alertness of the user P can be effectively improved.

In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, the control unit 26 is configured to perform change control (lighting in the awake mode) based on the alertness only in a predetermined time zone (see S1 to S6 in FIG. 4). Therefore, it is possible to prevent the change control from being performed in accordance with the alertness level in addition to the preset time zone due to the user's operation error, and the reliability of the operation can be improved.

Also, the preset time zone is the time zone in the morning. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the user from operating the error, and the change control can be performed according to the alertness level in the time zone other than the morning, and the reliability of the operation can be improved.

Further, the dresser body 10 is a mirror cabinet 3 having open and close mirror doors 12 to 14 on the front side. A part of the mirror of the mirror door (main mirror door) 12 is provided with a semi-transparent mirror 21, and the inside of the mirror cabinet 3 is provided with a camera 22, which can photograph the mirror door 12 through the semi-transparent mirror 21 when the mirror door 12 is closed. In front.

In such a configuration, the user P seldom recognizes the presence of the camera 22 in the mirror cabinet 3, and does not impair the function as the dressing table 1. Moreover, since the face of the user P standing in front of the mirror door 12 can be photographed from the front side of the camera 22 by the camera 22, the information of the face of the user P can be obtained based on the photographing, and the user P can be appropriately determined to be awake. Degree, which can improve the reliability of the action.

Further, when the change control based on the alertness of the user P is performed, only the illuminance of the illumination devices 17 and 18 is changed, and the color temperature is fixed at 7000K. Therefore, as in the case of changing the color temperature of the illumination devices 17 and 18, it is not necessary to use a plurality of types of LEDs or the like of different illumination colors as the light-emitting portions 17a and 18a of the illumination devices 17 and 18, which is advantageous for implementation.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the first embodiment, and includes various other forms. For example, in the case where the mirror 22 is provided with the camera 22, instead of the configuration as in the first embodiment, a configuration as shown in Fig. 10 as in the second embodiment can be used.

That is, in the second embodiment, the face of the user standing in front of the mirror door 12 to 14 is placed at the center in the width direction of the front end surface of the upper wall portion of the cabinet body 11 of the mirror cabinet 3. Camera 22. Further, at the position of the front end surface of the upper wall portion of the cabinet body 11 at the left and right positions of the camera 22, the upper lamps 31 are provided as illumination devices.

Further, in the first embodiment, in addition to the average closed eye time of the information as the face of the face of the user P photographed by the camera 22, the alertness is determined based on the average closed eye time. And changing at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17, 18 according to the degree of alertness. However, since the average closed eye time is closely related to the alertness, it is also possible to set the average closed eye time as the alertness and change at least one of the illumination and the color temperature of the illumination devices 17, 18 according to the average closed eye time. Therefore, the so-called alertness in the present invention is not limited to the narrow sense of alertness, and refers to a broad degree of alertness including facial information closely related to the alertness, such as the average closed eye time.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the face washing and dressing table 1 according to the first and second embodiments described above, and other face washing and dressing tables or the dressing table 100 shown in Fig. 11 may be applied.

The dressing table 100 includes a base portion 20 as a first main body portion, a mirror portion 30 as a second main body portion, and an illumination device 170. The mirror portion 30 is provided with a mirror. A semi-transparent mirror 21 is provided in a part (central portion) of the mirror. On the back of the semi-transparent mirror 21, a camera 22 is provided. Moreover, this dressing table 100 is provided with the processing part. The processing unit determines the alertness of the user P based on the face information of the user P obtained from the camera 22, and changes at least one of the illuminance and the color temperature of the illumination device 170 according to the determined alertness.

1‧‧‧Wake-up dressing table (dressing table)
2‧‧‧Lower cabinet
3‧‧‧Mirror cabinet
4‧‧‧ top board
4a‧‧·washbasin
5‧‧‧Water Department
6‧‧‧Standing wall
7‧‧‧ operation box
8‧‧‧ front door
10‧‧‧ Dressing table body
11‧‧‧ cabinet body
12‧‧‧Main mirror door (mirror door)
13, 14‧‧‧ side mirror door (mirror door)
15, 16‧‧ ‧ vertical partition
17, 31‧‧‧ upper lamp (lighting device)
17a‧‧‧Lighting Department
17b‧‧‧Circuit Department
18‧‧‧ Sidelights (lighting device)
18a‧‧‧Lighting Department
18b‧‧‧Development Department
20‧‧‧ base
21‧‧‧Transparent mirror
22‧‧‧ camera
23‧‧‧Lighting button
24‧‧‧Processing Department
25‧‧‧Decision Department
26‧‧‧Control Department
30‧‧‧Mirror Department
100‧‧‧ Dressing table
170‧‧‧Lighting device
220‧‧‧CCD camera
P‧‧‧ users
S1~S15‧‧‧Steps
R‧‧‧ Human body information (such as the location of the eye)

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a dressing table (washing and dressing table) according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same as above. Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control system of the above. Fig. 4 is a flow chart showing the control contents of the control unit processing unit of the above. Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing the awake illumination subroutine in the flowchart of the above. Fig. 6 is a view showing a captured image of the CCD camera of the above. Fig. 7 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the average closed eye time and the alertness as above. Fig. 8 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the awakening degree and the illuminance of the above. Fig. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing the relationship between the average closed eye time and the illuminance of the above. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a dressing table according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a dressing table to which the present invention is applied.

1‧‧‧Wake-up dressing table (dressing table)

2‧‧‧Lower cabinet

3‧‧‧Mirror cabinet

4‧‧‧ top board

4a‧‧·washbasin

5‧‧‧Water Department

6‧‧‧Standing wall

7‧‧‧ operation box

8‧‧‧ front door

10‧‧‧ Dressing table body

11‧‧‧ cabinet body

12‧‧‧Main mirror door (mirror door)

13, 14‧‧‧ side mirror door (mirror door)

15, 16‧‧ ‧ vertical partition

17‧‧‧Upper light (lighting device)

18‧‧‧ Sidelights (lighting device)

21‧‧‧Transparent mirror

22‧‧‧ camera

23‧‧‧Lighting button

220‧‧‧CCD camera

Claims (5)

A dressing table comprising: a dressing table body having a mirror; an illumination device disposed on the dresser body to illuminate a user in front of the mirror; a camera disposed on the dresser body to photograph the user's face; and processing And determining, according to the facial information of the user obtained by the camera, the alertness of the user, and changing at least one of the illumination and the color temperature of the illumination device according to the determined alertness. The dressing table according to Item 1, wherein the facial information is a facial expression of the user or an eye state of the user. The dressing table according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the processing unit is configured to perform change control according to the alertness level only in a predetermined time zone. The dressing table as recited in claim 3, wherein the predetermined time zone is a time zone in the morning. The dressing table according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the dressing table body includes a mirror cabinet having an open-close type mirror door on the front side; a semi-transparent mirror is provided on a part of the mirror door mirror, and The camera is provided inside the mirror cabinet, and the camera is configured to photograph the front of the mirror door through the semi-transparent mirror when the mirror door is closed.