WO2014045588A1

WO2014045588A1 - Controller and supine table

Info

Publication number: WO2014045588A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/005553
Authority: WO
Inventors: 崇稔小森; 志方　宣之
Original assignee: パナソニック株式会社
Priority date: 2012-09-21
Filing date: 2013-09-20
Publication date: 2014-03-27
Also published as: KR20150058195A; JP6064250B2; JP2016168402A; TWI583332B; CN104684527B; TW201424636A; CN104684527A; JPWO2014045588A1; JP2017039009A; JP6016175B2; JP6344458B2

Abstract

This controller is used in supine tables having at least a back-raising or a knee-raising function. The controller is provided with an operating section for directing said function and a display section for displaying the state of the supine table. The display section comprises a dot matrix-type display and displays the state of the supine table in numerical values and figures.

Description

Operating device and supine table

The present invention generally relates to an operating device and a supine table, and more particularly to an operating device and a supine table used for a supine table that can be raised and knee-raised.

The supine table, called a “gatch bed”, allows the user to raise his back by raising the back bottom, and allows the user to raise his knee by raising the knee bottom. Since users of this type of supine table often require care, the operation device for instructing the back-lifting and knee-lifting operations should be operated by the care recipient. Must be designed. For this reason, it is desired for the operating device to display that the operating device has been operated and the movement of the supine table due to the operation.

Here, conventionally, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 11-290395, there is an electric bed equipped with an operating device provided with a display unit. When this electric bed is raised back or knees up, the bed raising angle is digitized and displayed on the display unit.

However, a monochromatic segment type liquid crystal display is used for the display unit. For this reason, the display unit only displays the back-up angle as a numerical value, and it is difficult for the user to understand what the current state is by only displaying the numerical value of the angle.

In addition, with a conventional controller, when a user gives an instruction, it is used whether the instruction is intended or whether the current operation is in accordance with the above instruction. It is difficult for a person to discriminate.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides an operating device and a supine table that improve the user's feeling of use by appropriately and accurately displaying an operation according to an instructed operation. Let it be an issue.

The operating device according to the first aspect of the present invention is an operating device used for a supine table having at least one of the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The operating device includes an operation unit for instructing the function and a display unit for displaying the state of the supine table. The display unit includes a dot matrix type display, and displays the state display of the supine table with numerical values and figures.

The operating device according to the second aspect of the present invention is an operating device used for a supine table having at least two functions among the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The operating device includes an operation unit for instructing the function and a display unit for displaying the state of the supine table. A color is given to the operation section provided in plural for each function. When the operation unit is operated, the display unit changes the background color to be the same as the color of the operated operation unit.

In the second mode of the operating device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the background color is generated in the backlight color of the display unit configured by a liquid crystal display.

The operating device of the 4th form which concerns on this invention is used for the supine stand which has the function of raising a back and a knee in 1st form, and when the said function of raising a back is instruct | indicated, the said knee-up state display is carried out. Turn off the light.

An operating device of a fifth form according to the present invention is used in a supine table having functions of raising the back and knees in the first form, and when the function of raising the knees is indicated, the state display of the back raising is displayed. Turn off the light.

The sixth embodiment of the supine table according to the present invention has at least one of the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The supine table includes the operating device according to any one of the first to fifth embodiments.

FIG. 1A is a front view of the controller according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1B is a left side view of the controller according to the present embodiment. FIG. 1C is a right side view of the controller according to the present embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows an example of the display of the operating device of this embodiment. 3A and 3B are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the operating device of the present embodiment. 4A and 4B are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the operating device according to the present embodiment. 5A and 5B are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the operating device of the present embodiment. 6A, 6B, and 6C are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the controller of the present embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows the other example of a display of the operating device of this embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows the other example of a display of the operating device of this embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows the other example of a display of the operating device of this embodiment. 10A and 10B are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the operating device of the present embodiment. FIG. 11A and FIG. 11B are partial front views showing other examples of the display of the operating device of the present embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows the other example of a display of the operating device of this embodiment. It is a partial front view which shows the other example of a display of the operating device of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the supine stand of this embodiment.

An embodiment according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows an operating device 1 according to this embodiment. This operating device 1 is used for a supine table 8 called a gatch bed. This supine table 8 has a back raising by raising the back bottom (back raising function), a user's knee raising by raising the knee bottom (knee raising function), and a height adjustment (height by moving up and down) Adjustment function). Here, the height adjustment is intended here for an object that can be inclined by changing the height of the head side and the bottom side. As for the mechanisms for raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height, any mechanism may be used as long as the above-described movement can be performed electrically, for example, by the operation of the controller 1. Details are omitted here.

The supine table 8 of the present embodiment includes a bottom plate 81, a mattress 82 provided on the bottom plate 81, and a drive unit 83 that drives the bottom plate 81, as shown in FIG. The bottom plate 81 includes a back bottom 84, a waist bottom 88, and a knee bottom 85. The waist bottom 88 is fixed to the frame. The back bottom 84 and the waist bottom 88 are rotatably connected. The waist bottom 88 and the knee bottom 85 are rotatably connected. The back bottom 84 changes its posture between a horizontal state and a state where the back bottom 84 is inclined so as to be positioned upward toward the tip. The user raises his back while the back bottom 84 is inclined. In the supine table 8 of the present embodiment, a function for performing this back lifting is defined as a back lifting function.

The knee bottom 85 includes a first knee bottom 86 and a second knee bottom 87. The first knee bottom 86 and the second knee bottom 87 are rotatably connected. The knee bottom 85 changes its posture between a flat state and a state of standing up in a mountain shape. The user raises the knee while the knee bottom 85 stands up in a mountain shape. In the supine table 8 of the present embodiment, the function of performing the knee lifting is defined as a knee lifting function.

The drive unit 83 includes a first drive unit that drives the back bottom 84 and the knee bottom 85, and a second drive unit that raises or lowers the bottom plate. The first drive unit drives the back bottom 84 between a horizontal state and an inclined state. The second drive unit is driven to move up or down while maintaining the state of the bottom plate 81. In the supine table 8 of the present embodiment, the function of raising or lowering the bottom plate 81 while maintaining the state of the bottom plate 81 is defined as a height adjustment function.

It should be noted that the supine table 8 of the present embodiment does not necessarily have all the back raising function, the knee raising function, and the height adjusting function. The supine table 8 only needs to have at least one of a back raising function, a knee raising function, and a height adjusting function.

As shown in FIG. 1, the operating device 1 has a plurality of

operation units

3, 4, 5, and 6 arranged on the surface, and a display unit 2 provided at the upper end. The controller 1 includes switches 71 to 74 for “upper limit”, “lower limit”, “memory”, and “reset” regarding the elevation setting on the left side surface (first side surface 11). Further, the operating device 1 is provided with switches 75 to 78 for “power”, “speed”, “operation sound” and the like relating to the detailed setting on the right side surface (second side surface 12). The second side surface 12 is a side surface opposite to the first side surface 11.

Of the

operation units

3, 4, 5 and 6, the operation unit 6 is for instructing the height adjustment. The operation unit 5 is for instructing knee-lifting. The operation unit 4 is for instructing to raise the back. Further, the operation unit 3 is for swinging back and forth using a mechanism for height adjustment in a state where the back and knees are raised (see FIG. 3). Here, for convenience, the operation unit 3 is defined as a cradle operation unit, the operation unit 4 as a head operation unit, the operation unit 5 as a foot operation unit, and the operation unit 6 as a height operation unit. Each of the operation units 3 to 6 is assigned with an individual color.

That is, the operation unit 3 is assigned a first color, the operation unit 4 is assigned a second color, the operation unit 5 is assigned a third color, and the operation unit 6 is assigned a fourth color. Is attached. The first color, the second color, the third color, and the fourth color are different from each other.

The display unit 2 arranged at the upper end of the surface of the operating device 1 is composed of an active matrix type color liquid crystal display device which is one of dot matrix type displays. The display unit 2 is built in the operating device 1 and performs display according to an output from a control means (not shown) to which the operation units 3 to 6 and switches 71 to 78 are connected. The control means is composed of a one-chip microcomputer. All the displays on the display unit 2 described below are performed by output from the control means. That is, the display unit 2 is controlled by the control unit.

First, in a state where the operation units 3 to 6 are not operated, as shown in FIG. 2, the control means causes the display unit 2 to display the back raising angle, the knee raising angle, and the height as numerical values, At the same time, a diagram corresponding to the angle and height is displayed. Then, the control means lights white as the background color.

When operating the cradle operation unit 3 formed in orange (with orange), the control means displays on the display unit 2 that the cradle operation unit 3 is being operated, as shown in FIG. In addition, the background color is changed to orange which is the same color as the cradle operation unit 3. Further, the control means displays the display of the angle and height changed by the operation of the operation unit 3 larger than the display when not changing. At this time, the numerical values of the angle and the height changed by the operation of the operation unit 3 are also changed, and the figure display is also changed in conjunction with it.

As shown in FIG. 4, when operating the head operating unit 4 formed in blue (blue), the control means displays the operation contents in characters and at the same time the background color changes to blue. Let Further, the control means changes the angle value of the back raising which has been changed by the operation of the head operation unit 4 in a state where it is displayed larger than the display when not changing. The control means also changes the figure display in conjunction with the change in the angle value of the back raising. Further, when the head operation unit 4 is being operated, the angle display relating to the knee-lifting is erased, thereby making it clearer that the operation relating to the back-lifting is being performed. In other words, when the function of raising the back is instructed, the control means turns off the knee-up state display.

As shown in FIG. 5, when operating the foot operation unit 5 formed in green (green), the control means displays the operation content in characters and at the same time the background color changes to green. Let Further, the control means changes the knee-raised angle numerical value changed by the operation of the foot operation unit 5 in a state of being displayed larger than the display when not changing. In addition, the figure display is also changed in conjunction with the change in the knee angle value. Further, when the foot operation unit 5 is being operated, the angle display related to the back raising is erased, thereby making it clearer that the operation relating to the knee raising is being performed. That is, when the control means is instructed to raise the knee, the back-up state display is turned off.

When operating the height operation unit 6 formed in vermilion (with vermilion), as shown in FIG. 6, the control means displays the operation content in characters and at the same time the background color is vermilion. Change. The control means changes the height value changed by the operation of the height operation unit 6 in a state of being displayed larger than the display when not changing. In addition, the control means also changes the graphic display in conjunction with the change in the height value. In addition, the angle display related to raising the back and knees is erased, thereby making it clearer that the operation relating to the height is being performed. In other words, when the height adjustment function is instructed, the control means turns off the knee-up state display and the back-up state display.

FIG. 6C shows that when the height is lower than the predetermined height, a note of “Intention to pinch” is displayed. It should be noted that the note display of “Caution on scissors” continues with a white background display as shown in FIG. 7 even when the operation units 3 to 6 are not operated.

Note that since a color liquid crystal is used as the display unit 2, the background color may be displayed as a liquid crystal color, but the background color may be switched by changing the color of the backlight.

Fig. 8 shows a warning display at the time of return after the power is cut off, and the contents of necessary operations are displayed in a large red background.

FIG. 9 shows the display of the display unit 2 when the speed switch 76 is operated. The characters are displayed as fast (or normal) according to the set speed, and at the same time, from the diagram display displayed at the bottom. The figure is also displayed. The figure about the constant speed setting at the bottom of the display unit 2 also changes in accordance with the set speed.

FIG. 10 shows the display of the display unit 2 when the operation sound switch 77 is operated. At the same time, the on / off state is displayed, and at the same time, the on / off state is larger than the figure displayed at the bottom. indicate. Note that the operation sound display at the bottom of the display unit 2 is turned off when the display unit 2 is off.

When the

switches

71 and 72 for setting the upper limit and the lower limit of the height adjustment are operated, as shown in FIG. 11, whether the upper limit (lower limit setting) has been set or released is displayed at the same time, and at the same time, at the bottom of the display section Turns the upper / lower limit setting display on or off.

When the switch 73 is operated to memorize the angle of raising the back and the angle of raising the knee, as shown in FIG. 12, the angle is displayed with the vermilion as the background color. The memory display at the bottom blinks only during setting and lights up after setting.

FIG. 13 shows a state in which a back-up angle caution display is being performed. An error display (for example, U20) is displayed in a state where vermilion is used as a background color, and at the same time, “Please lower your head” is displayed. Furthermore, the head operation unit 4 to be operated is displayed.

As described above, the controller 1 of the present embodiment has the following first feature.

In the first feature, the controller 1 is used for the supine table 8 having at least one of the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The operating device 1 includes an operation unit for instructing functions and a display unit 2 for displaying the state of the supine table 8. The display unit 2 includes a dot matrix type display, and displays a status display of the supine table 8 with a numerical value and a figure.

Moreover, the controller 1 of the present embodiment has the following second feature as another feature.

In the second feature, the controller 1 is used for the supine table 8 having at least two functions among the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The controller 1 includes an operation unit for instructing the above functions and a display unit for displaying the state of the supine table 8. In the operating device 1, a plurality of operation units provided for each function are colored. When the operation unit is operated, the display unit 2 changes its background color to be the same color as the color of the operated operation unit.

Further, the operating device 1 of the present embodiment may have the following third to fifth characteristics. The third to fifth features are arbitrary features.

In the third feature, in the first feature, the background color is generated by the backlight color of the display unit 2 configured by a liquid crystal display.

In the fourth feature, the controller 1 is used in the supine table 8 having functions of raising the back and knees. When the controller 1 instructs the back raising function, the knee-up state display is turned off.

In the fifth feature, in the first feature, the controller 1 is used for the supine table 8 having functions of raising the back and knees. When the operating device 1 instructs the knee-raising function, the back-up state display is turned off.

Further, the supine table 8 of the present embodiment has the following characteristics.

The supine table 8 has at least one of the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height. The supine table 8 includes the controller 1 having any one of the first to fifth features.

Of course, the display unit 2 of the controller 1 of the present embodiment may use an organic EL matrix display instead of a liquid crystal display. Since a dot matrix device is used for the display unit 2, not only numerical values are displayed, but also necessary numerical values are displayed in a large size, and the angle and height changed by the operation are displayed in an enlarged view. In addition, since it is possible to arbitrarily display the image with a conspicuous color, the user can accurately recognize what the operation being performed relates to.

Although an example using a color liquid crystal is shown here, a monochrome liquid crystal may be used. In this case, the background color may be changed by changing the backlight color. Further, regarding the change of the background color, the display unit 2 may be a segment display device.

Claims

An operating device used for a supine table having at least one of a function of raising a back, raising a knee, and adjusting a height,
An operation unit for instructing the above functions;
A display unit for displaying the state of the supine table,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit includes a dot matrix type display, and displays a status display of the supine platform with a numerical value and a figure.
An operating device used for a supine table having at least two functions of raising a back, raising a knee, and adjusting a height,
An operation unit for instructing the above functions;
A display unit for displaying the state of the supine table,
A color is attached to the above-mentioned operation unit provided by function,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein when the operation unit is operated, the display unit changes a background color to be the same color as the color of the operated operation unit.
3. The operating device according to claim 2, wherein the background color is generated by a backlight color of the display unit configured by a liquid crystal display.
Used for supine table with functions of raising the back and knees,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein when the function of raising the back is instructed, the knee-up state display is turned off.
Used for supine table with functions of raising the back and knees,
The operating device according to claim 1, wherein when the knee-lifting function is instructed, the back-up state display is turned off.
A supine table having at least one of the functions of raising the back, raising the knees, and adjusting the height,
A supine stand comprising the operating device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.