JP2819293B2 - Sanitary treatment equipment remotely controlled by remote control transmitter - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sanitary treatment apparatus for cleaning a human body part, and more particularly to a sanitary treatment apparatus which is remotely operated by an optical wireless remote control transmitter (hereinafter simply referred to as "remote control transmitter"). The present invention relates to a sanitary treatment apparatus which is remotely controlled by a remote control transmitter with an improved drive control method of a reception confirmation sound generating means in the sanitary treatment apparatus.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, generally proposed sanitary treatment devices include a nozzle for ejecting cleaning hot water to a human body part, an ejection device provided with a driving unit and an operation position setting unit, and heating of an electrothermal heat exchanger and the like. A feed water heating device equipped with a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of body and washing water, a local drying device for drying washing water attached to a local area, a toilet seat equipped with heating means, and a control unit for controlling all of these operations. It is structured to be used by attaching it to a toilet, and an operation unit for adjusting, activating, and stopping each of the functional units is configured on an operation panel surface located on a side of the toilet, It can be manually operated by switches provided on the operation panel surface.

In addition, in order to enable the local operation of each functional unit on the sanitary treatment apparatus side, the operation contents that are substantially the same as the operation contents of the switches configured in the operation unit are designated, and the operation is performed by connecting with a signal line. By configuring a wired remote controller with a means for transmitting a signal, and by operating switches configured on the wired remote controller, the same operation as that of the sanitary treatment apparatus main body can be performed. Sanitary treatment devices have also been proposed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above-described sanitary treatment apparatus that constitutes the conventional wired remote controller, the user sitting on the toilet seat uses switches or signal lines disposed on the operation unit on the sanitary treatment device main body side. Because the switches on the connected wired remote controller are used to activate and stop the various functional parts of the sanitary treatment device, it can be used by children or users who need nursing care. There is a problem that erroneous operation may occur due to the above, and the connection signal line of the wired remote controller may obstruct usability around the toilet, and the configuration of the wired remote controller itself enhances the operability of the sanitary treatment device. There were drawbacks that were hard to make.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been a demand for a proposal of a sanitary treatment apparatus having an optical remote control transmitter in place of the wired remote controller, and the present invention has been devised to meet such a demand. . Thus, in such a remote control transmitter, in order to confirm whether or not the operation signal has been received by the reception section of the sanitary treatment apparatus main body, a reception confirmation sound is generated in response to the operation of each switch. However, in a remote control transmitter in which a user sitting on a toilet seat performs an operation at hand, such as a sanitary treatment device, the operation direction and an operation signal receiving unit in the sanitary treatment device main body are different from each other. Since the position is in the opposite direction, the reception of the operation signal is likely to be incomplete, and there is a problem that the reception is interrupted during the reception, or the reception state is intermittent and a reception confirmation sound is generated each time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
A structure for generating a reception confirmation sound so that a user who remotely controls the remote control transmitter can easily confirm that the operation signal of the remote control transmitter has been received by the reception unit of the sanitary treatment device, Even if the signal is interrupted or interrupted, if it is less than a predetermined number of cycles, the operation signal reception state is continued, and the reception confirmation sound is not generated when the operation signal is re-received. It is intended to prevent generation of a reception confirmation sound.

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, a sanitary processing apparatus remotely controlled by a remote control transmitter according to the present invention includes a reception confirmation sound generating unit, and receives an operation signal transmitted from the remote control transmitter to a receiving unit of the sanitary processing apparatus main body. By receiving at
When the switch is configured to drive the reception confirmation sound generating means and each switch is configured to emit a single reception confirmation sound, a predetermined number of cycles within a predetermined time required for operating the switch. When re-receiving after less than the operation signal interruption, the reception confirmation sound generation means is not driven, and when the switch is configured to emit a continuous reception confirmation sound, when the operation signal is interrupted less than the predetermined number of cycles, The driving of the reception confirmation sound generating means is not stopped.

[Action]

When the sanitary treatment device configured as described above is remotely operated by transmitting an operation signal from a remote control transmitter, when the transmission signal is received by the receiving unit of the sanitary treatment device main body, for example, the reception is performed. The detection signal is detected by the receiving element of the section and a detection current flows, and the detection current is detected and the reception confirmation sound generating means such as an electronic sound buzzer or the like is driven. While checking easily,
Even if the reception state is interrupted or interrupted during the operation, if the reception state is less than the predetermined number of cycles, the reception confirmation sound is not generated at the time of re-reception, and the reception confirmation sound is not stopped at the time of interruption or stop.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a sanitary treatment device remotely controlled by a remote control transmitter according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the sanitary treatment device,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a sanitary treatment apparatus main body fixed to the rear end of the upper end of the toilet bowl 2 and has a structure having sleeve portions 3 and 4 on both left and right sides. In the center of the sanitary treatment device main body 1, a washing water injection nozzle 5 for ejecting washing water and a hot air discharge port 6 for discharging warm air are provided. ,
An operation unit 7 comprising an anal washing switch 8, a bidet washing switch 9, a swing washing switch 10, a local drying switch 11, a nozzle position adjusting switch 12, a hot air temperature adjusting and water pressure adjusting switch 13 and a stop switch 14, and The right sleeve 4 is provided with an operation signal receiving unit 15 for receiving an optical signal from a remote control transmitter 16 described later. Further, the sanitary treatment apparatus main body 1 has a toilet seat 17 that rises and falls so as to rest on the upper edge of the toilet bowl 2, and a toilet lid 18 that rises and falls so as to cover the upper surface of the toilet seat 17.
Are pivotally connected via hinges.

The remote control transmitter 16 has an emission window that emits an operation signal having a predetermined carrier frequency as an optical signal at an end of the housing 19.
20 and the anal cleaning switch 2 on the operation surface 21
2. The operation unit 7 of the sanitary treatment apparatus main body 1 including a bidet cleaning switch 23, a swing cleaning switch 24, a local drying switch 25, a nozzle position adjusting switch 26, a hot air temperature adjusting and water pressure adjusting switch 27, and a stop switch 28. A corresponding switch group is configured.

On the other hand, a remote control system as shown as an example in FIG. 2 is formed in the sanitary treatment device main body 1, and an electronic sound buzzer connected to the control unit 29 at an appropriate position in the sanitary treatment device main body 1. And an operation signal receiving section 30 provided on the right sleeve 4 of the sanitary treatment apparatus main body 1.
The operation signal from the remote control transmitter 16 received at 15 is demodulated and transmitted to the control unit 29 for controlling the operation, stop, etc. of each function unit 31, and the reception confirmation sound generation unit 30 is controlled by the control unit 29. Is configured to be driven. Also,
For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the operation signal receiving unit 15 receives the operation signal from the remote control transmitter 16 and detects the operation signal, and demodulates the operation information from the signal detected by the reception element 32. An operation signal demodulation unit 33, an operation signal processing unit 34 for shaping the signal demodulated by the operation signal demodulation unit 33 and transmitting the signal to the control unit 29, and a driving unit 35 for driving the reception confirmation sound generation unit 30. It is provided with.

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing the drive timing of the reception confirmation sound generating means. FIG. 4A shows a switch configured to generate a single reception confirmation sound, for example, the above-mentioned anal washing switch.
22, the drive timing of the reception confirmation sound generation means 30 in a switch configured to generate a reception confirmation sound when each switch is operated, such as a bidet cleaning switch 23, a swing cleaning switch 24, a local drying switch 25, and the like. , Within a predetermined switch operation time (usually about 0.1 to 1.0 seconds)
When the reception of the operation signal is interrupted for one cycle equivalent time ((a) dotted line portion), no drive signal to the reception confirmation sound generating means 30 is generated ((b) dotted line portion), and the equivalent time is equal to or more than two cycles. When reception of the operation signal is interrupted ((c)
The dotted line) is controlled so that a drive signal is generated at the time of re-reception ((d) solid line).

(B) is a switch configured to generate a continuous reception confirmation sound, such as a nozzle position adjustment switch 26, a hot air temperature adjustment and a water pressure adjustment switch 27, and the like. FIG. 4 shows the drive timing of the switch acknowledgment sound generating means 30 of a switch configured to ring. The continuous sounding of the acknowledgment sound started by the operation of each switch is equivalent to one cycle of time during the operation of the switch. When the reception of the operation signal is interrupted ((a) dotted line portion), the drive signal does not stop ((b) dotted line portion), and when the reception of the operation signal is interrupted for more than 2 cycles ((c) dotted line portion) ), The drive signal is stopped ((d)
(Solid line).

The number of cycles for determining the operation signal interruption time for generating or stopping the drive signal is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that the design can be appropriately changed according to the characteristics of the switch. is there.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the sanitary treatment device remotely controlled by the remote control transmitter according to the present invention is configured as described above, the user receives the operation signal of the remote control transmitter at the receiving unit configured on the sanitary treatment device main body side. Can be confirmed by, for example, an electronic sound buzzer or the like, so that operability is improved, such as facilitating adjustment of an operation signal transmission direction, and it is possible to identify a defect between the remote control transmitter and the sanitary treatment device main body, and Even if the reception of the operation signal is interrupted or interrupted, if it is within a predetermined time, it does not generate a reception confirmation sound at the time of re-reception, preventing the generation of a complicated reception confirmation sound, and The effect after implementing the present invention is extremely large, for example, enabling the quiet use of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a sanitary treatment apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing one configuration example of a remote control system, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing one configuration example of a reception system. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are waveform diagrams showing an example of the drive timing of the reception confirmation sound generating means. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sanitary treatment apparatus main body 7 ... Operation part 15 ... Operation signal reception part 16 ... Remote control transmitter 29 ... Control part 30 ... Reception confirmation sound generation means 31 ... Function part 32 ... Receiving element 33 ... Operation signal demodulation part 34 ... Operation signal Processing unit 35 ... Drive unit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Yamazaki 5-1, 1-1 Kamiami Higashi, Kokura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Tokoki Co., Ltd. Kokura 2nd Plant (72) Inventor Tetsuhiro Katamura Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 5-1, 1-1 Kamiami-Higashi, Kokura-Minami-ku, Tokyo Tokoki Co., Ltd. Kokura 2nd Factory (56) References JP-A-57-127386 (JP, A) JP-A-61-181239 (JP, A) JP-A-62-82136 (JP, A) JP-A-62-82135 (JP, A) JP-A-1-100589 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) E03D 9 / 00-9/16 H04Q 9/00-9/16

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A remote control comprising a reception confirmation sound generating means, wherein an operation signal transmitted from a remote control transmitter is received by a reception section of a sanitary treatment apparatus main body, thereby driving the reception confirmation sound generation means. In a sanitary treatment device remotely controlled by a transmitter, a reception confirmation sound is generated when re-receiving after an operation signal interruption of less than a predetermined number of cycles within a predetermined time required for operating a switch configured to emit a single reception confirmation sound A sanitary treatment device remotely controlled by a remote control transmitter, wherein the sanitary treatment device is controlled so as not to drive the means. 2. A remote control comprising a reception confirmation sound generating means, wherein the operation signal transmitted from the remote control transmitter is received by a reception section of the sanitary treatment apparatus main body, thereby driving the reception confirmation sound generation means. In a sanitary treatment apparatus remotely controlled by a transmitter, a control is performed so that the operation of a reception confirmation sound generating means is not stopped when an operation signal of a switch configured to emit a continuous reception confirmation sound is interrupted for less than a predetermined number of cycles. A sanitary treatment apparatus remotely controlled by a remote control transmitter.