JP5310168B2 - Urine temperature measuring device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide equipment for measuring temperature of urine, which can measure the temperature of urine with as high a degree of accuracy as possible in the measurement of the temperature of a subject's urine. <P>SOLUTION: This equipment for measuring the temperature of the urine includes: a Western-style closet bowl in which a bowl surface for receiving the urine discharged by the subject is formed; a temperature checking area position setting means for setting a position in a temperature checking area on the bowl surface; a target position setting means for setting a target position as a standard of the subject's urine discharge position in the discharge of the urine in a plurality of predetermined positions on the bowl surface; and a urine discharge position acquiring means for acquiring the optional target position, selected from among the plurality of target positions by the subject, as the selected urine discharge position. The temperature checking area position setting means sets the position in the temperature checking area on the basis of the selected urine discharge position which is acquired by the urine discharge position acquiring means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a urine temperature measuring device that measures the temperature of urine excreted by a subject in a non-contact manner.

  Conventionally, the body temperature, which is the temperature of the body, has been used as one of the indices for grasping the health state of the body, and a measurement accuracy of at least 0.1 ° C. or more is required. As a method for measuring the body temperature, there is a method of measuring the body temperature of the body surface part by bringing a thermometer or the like into contact with the skin. And the necessity of this body temperature measurement is increasing as the health management orientation in individuals increases. However, in this measurement method using a thermometer, variations due to measurement are likely to occur, and it is difficult for anyone to easily measure an accurate body temperature.

  On the other hand, since urine produced in the body accumulates in the body, it is also called deep body temperature, and has a temperature reflecting the body temperature inside the body. It has been known that this deep body temperature more accurately represents the health of the body as compared to the body temperature which is the temperature of the body surface described above. Therefore, it is possible to estimate this deep body temperature by measuring the temperature of this urine immediately after being discharged out of the body due to excretion, and more accurate physical health information can be obtained compared to general body temperature. It will be. For this purpose, there is a demand for a method of easily measuring with accuracy higher than the conventional temperature measurement accuracy.

  Therefore, various urine temperature measuring devices that measure the temperature of the urine during excretion of the subject (hereinafter, the temperature of the urine during excretion is also referred to as “urine temperature”) have been proposed.

  As the temperature measuring means provided in such a urine temperature measuring device, for example, the present invention is an electric element that receives infrared rays radiated from the surface of an object according to its temperature and obtains an electrical output proportional to the amount of received light. Radiation infrared detection type temperature measurement means (hereinafter, this radiation infrared detection type temperature measurement means is also referred to as “radiation temperature measurement means”) which can measure the temperature of an object in a non-contact manner using the temperature measuring element in FIG. is there.

  This radiation temperature measuring means is configured to condense infrared rays radiated from an object onto the surface of the temperature measuring element using an optical system such as a condensing lens. The sum of infrared rays emitted from all objects existing in the measurement region is measured. Therefore, in order to accurately measure the temperature of an object, it is necessary to match the measurement region only to the object to be measured.

  As a urine temperature measuring device using such a radiation temperature measuring means, specifically, the radiation temperature measuring means is provided on the ceiling surface of the urinal, and infrared rays emitted from urine passing through the measurement region are received. There is known a non-contact type urine temperature measuring device that measures urine temperature (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 04-203128

  However, in the urine temperature measuring device arranged in the conventional urinal described above, when the subject urinates in a standing position on the urinal, the difference in the position of the subject at the time of measurement or the difference in height is directly reflected. The position of the urethral tip of the subject is greatly different.

  Therefore, the route (hereinafter, this route is also referred to as “urination route”) until urination reaches the bowl surface from the front end of the urethra differs greatly from subject to subject. On the other hand, since the radiation temperature measuring means using a general measuring element has a trade-off relationship between the measurement accuracy and the measurement range, when measuring with high accuracy, the measurement area cannot be set so wide. Therefore, in general, it is difficult to follow a temperature measurement region, which is a range in which the temperature of the radiation temperature measurement means is measured, in the urination locus.

  Also shown is a method (FIG. 4) for measuring the surface temperature change due to the urine flow of a member (infrared transmitting plate 3) that forms part of the bowl surface.

  Although this method has a wide range of measurement targets of the radiation temperature measuring means, it is an indirect measurement that uses the heat transfer phenomenon due to contact with urination, so even if the preheating measures shown in other forms are combined The measured temperature is affected by the heat capacity of the member and other factors, and it is difficult to measure the temperature quickly and accurately.

  Furthermore, the configuration of using the urinal has a problem that the subject is limited to males as a result of the difficulty of female use.

  Furthermore, in the case of a woman, since the urination position is on the side of the toilet surface of the toilet, it is difficult to measure the urine temperature at the urination position.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in measuring the urine temperature of a subject, the urine temperature capable of performing urine temperature measurement as accurately as possible without being affected by differences in gender and height. The object is to provide a measuring device.

  In order to solve the conventional problem, in the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1, the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1 measures the temperature in the temperature measurement region by receiving infrared rays emitted from the temperature measurement region having a predetermined area. In a urine temperature measuring device provided with a urine temperature measuring means for measuring the temperature of urine excreted by a subject in a non-contact manner by a temperature element, a Western-style toilet having a bowl surface for receiving the urine excreted by the subject, and at the time of urination Target display means for forming a target as a target of the urination position of the subject as an optical image and displaying it on the bowl surface, and target position setting for setting a target position that is a predetermined position on the bowl surface for displaying the target Means, temperature detection area position setting means for setting the position of the temperature detection area on the bowl surface based on the target position, and a urination position attribute stratified into a plurality of sections with respect to the urination position according to a predetermined reference A urination position acquisition unit that selects a urination position attribute to which the subject belongs from a group and acquires a predetermined urination position that is determined in advance in association with the urination position attribute as a urination position, and the target position setting unit includes: The target position is set based on the selected urination position acquired by the urination position acquisition means.

  Moreover, in the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 2, in the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1, the urination position acquiring means acquires personal information related to at least the urination position attribute of the subject. It has an acquisition means, Based on the personal information, the selection urination position is acquired by selecting the urination position attribute of a subject.

  Further, in the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 3, in the urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1 or 2, the target position setting means finely adjusts the target position from a preset position. An adjustment means is provided.

  Moreover, in the urine temperature measuring apparatus of Claim 4, in the urine temperature measuring apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3, the stored water surface position control means for controlling the stored water surface height of the Western-style toilet is provided. Further, at least at the time of measuring the urine temperature, the measured water level is set to a lower level than when the normal toilet bowl is used.

  According to invention of Claim 1, according to the urination position attribute of each subject based on the urination position attribute that is stratified with respect to the urination position that varies depending on the sex and age of the subject, the position of the target for each individual is determined. By setting, it is easy for each subject to urinate by aiming at the target at the position corresponding to his / her urination position, so the measurement performed based on this target position can also obtain the accurate temperature of the urine sample. Therefore, the urine temperature measuring device is easy to use for the subject.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the urination position attribute of the subject is acquired every time measurement is performed based on the personal information of the subject, the measurement according to a large number of subjects can be performed with a simple structure.

  Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 3, since the target can be accurately set at a position suitable for the subject, highly accurate temperature measurement is possible.

  Furthermore, according to the invention described in claim 4, it is possible to distinguish the reservoir position between the case of measuring the urine temperature and the case of using the toilet, and to make both the toilet function and the urine temperature measuring function compatible. it can.

It is a side view which shows the whole structure of the urine temperature measuring apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the same top view. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the urine temperature measuring apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of an infrared rays light-receiving part. It is explanatory drawing explaining the light-receiving area | region of an infrared rays light-receiving part. It is an external appearance perspective view of a remote control device. It is a top view which shows the expansion | deployment urine flow area | region formed on a bowl surface. It is a top view which shows the relationship of the position of a target position and a temperature detection area | region. It is a figure which shows the structure of the infrared rays light-receiving part different from FIG. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of a urination position acquisition means. It is explanatory drawing explaining the setting of the temperature detection area | region in the case of a man and the case of a woman. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the urine temperature measurement process routine of an operation | movement flow. It is explanatory drawing explaining the case where it is not necessary to reduce a water storage surface. It is explanatory drawing explaining the case where a stored water surface needs to be reduced. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure including a stored water surface control. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a stored water surface control.

  When measuring the temperature of urine with high accuracy without contact using infrared rays emitted by urine, to accurately measure the temperature without contact with urination trajectory until urination reaches the bowl surface, As described above, the urine temperature measuring means requires a complicated configuration.

  Therefore, according to our preliminary experiment, the urine excreted by the subject is around the collision position (hereinafter, the position of the bowl surface where the urine collides is also referred to as the “urine flow collision position”) after colliding with the bowl surface. A urinary flow region spreading in a film shape (hereinafter, this urinary flow region spreading in a film shape is also referred to as a “development urinary flow region”) is formed in a specific region closer to the urine flow collision position in the developed urinary flow region. It was confirmed that the urine maintained a temperature as close as possible to the temperature of the urine at the position immediately after being released from the urination port (hereinafter, this temperature is also referred to as “urine temperature”).

  In this specific area, urine that has not been cooled by the atmosphere in the urine flow path until then appears one after another on the surface due to the collision, and it is immediately after the collision, so it is affected by cooling due to heat conduction to the toilet. This is probably because the surface temperature state having an extremely narrow temperature distribution is formed as a whole region, and has a sufficiently large area as compared with the temperature detection region in the present invention. Hereinafter, this specific region having a temperature distribution range very close to this urine temperature is referred to as “thermometric urine flow region” in the present invention.

  Therefore, in the urine temperature measuring device according to the present invention, the temperature measurement region having a predetermined area is set within the temperature detection urine flow region having the predetermined temperature distribution range. It is necessary to know at least the position and shape of the thermometric urine flow region.

  Therefore, in a preliminary experiment, a change in the position and shape on the bowl surface where the thermometric urine flow region is formed due to the difference in the subject when urinating while sitting on the toilet bowl was confirmed. As a result, the position and shape of the thermometric urine flow region on the bowl surface are different among the subjects to a degree that cannot be ignored for the size of the thermometric region. It was found that the position and shape of the thermographic urine flow region are in a substantially constant correspondence.

  That is, if the subject's urine flow collision position on the bowl surface at the time of urination is known, the position and shape of the temperature-detected urine flow region on the bowl surface can be estimated in advance, and the temperature measurement region of the urine temperature measurement means is within the temperature-detected urine flow region. It was confirmed that it can be set to.

  And according to our preliminary confirmation, the distribution of urine flow collision positions by multiple subjects, i.e., urination positions, is not uniform and can be stratified into specific categories according to the characteristics of subjects such as gender and age. I understood. Specifically, for example, the distribution corresponds to three categories of adult men, adult women, and children, and the median of each distribution is the bowl on the bowl surface closest to the toilet bowl tip and the farthest from the toilet bowl tip On the surface, it was on the center bowl surface. In the present invention, hereinafter, the characteristics of the subject used for stratifying the urination positions in this way are referred to as urination position attributes.

  Therefore, the urine temperature measuring device according to the present invention includes a urination position attribute acquisition unit, obtains a urination position attribute to which the subject belongs, and sets the position of the temperature measurement region of the urine temperature measurement unit based on the urination position attribute. As a result, it is possible to realize that the temperature measuring region of the urine temperature measuring means can be reliably positioned within the urination position region.

  As described above, the urine temperature measuring device according to the present invention forms a Western-style toilet with a bowl surface for receiving the urine excreted by the subject and a target that is a target of the urination position of the subject at the time of urination as an optical image. Target display means for displaying on the bowl surface, target position setting means for setting a target position which is a predetermined position on the bowl surface for displaying the target, and on the bowl surface based on the target position Temperature detection region position setting means for setting the position of the temperature detection region, and selecting any urination position attribute to which the subject belongs from among a plurality of urination position attributes previously stratified by the urination position, and the selected urination position attribute Urination position attribute acquisition means for acquiring a predetermined value corresponding to the urination position attribute acquisition means, and the target position setting means is based on the urination position attribute acquired by the urination position attribute acquisition means. There have been to set the target position.

  That is, the urination position acquisition means selects one urination position attribute among the plurality of urination position attributes as the urination position attribute to which the subject belongs, and determines the urination position corresponding to the urination position attribute as the selected urination position. Thereafter, the target position is set based on the selected selective urination position.

  Then, the selection of the urination position attribute of the subject is performed for each measurement by obtaining personal information related to the urination position of the subject.

  As a result, since the urination position suitable for each subject can be indicated on the ball surface by the target for each subject, it has become possible to realize advanced measurement in which the urine temperature extremely close to the body temperature is measured with high accuracy.

  Furthermore, particularly when the subject is a woman, depending on the type of toilet bowl used, the urination position is on the side of the reservoir of the toilet bowl, making it difficult to install the target of the present invention, in other words, the urine temperature to which the present invention is applied. There is also a problem that measurement is difficult.

  Therefore, a method of forming a thermometric urine basin in the present invention by lowering the water surface and allowing urine to directly hit the ball surface is conceivable.

  Therefore, the urine temperature measuring device according to the present embodiment described below, to which the present invention is preferably applied, further includes a reservoir surface position control means for controlling the reservoir surface height of the Western-style toilet.

  Hereinafter, the urine temperature measuring device according to the present embodiment will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

(About the overall configuration of the urine temperature measurement device)
FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing a use state of the urine temperature measuring apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof. Hereinafter, first, an outline of the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to these drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the urine temperature measuring device 1 in the present embodiment is configured to measure the temperature of urine excreted by a subject P by being incorporated in a Western-style toilet.

  That is, the urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment includes, as shown in the figure, a device main body 10 incorporated in a Western-style toilet having a toilet bowl portion 17 for receiving urine excreted by the subject P, and the device main body. A remote control device 11 for operating the device main body 10 is attached to the side wall surface K of the toilet booth where the unit 10 is installed. The remote control device 11 includes a remote control operation unit 33 that can also operate a local washing function and a toilet bowl washing function of a Western-style toilet, and a remote control display unit 32 that includes a liquid crystal display device.

  Thus, the urine temperature measuring device 1 in the present embodiment measures the temperature of the urine excreted while the subject P is seated on the Western-style toilet, and displays the urine temperature obtained as a result of the measurement on the remote control display unit 32. Subject P can be notified. Further, by operating the remote control device 11, it is possible to perform functions as a Western-style toilet, for example, excretion of excreted excretion, cleaning of the toilet user's local area after excretion, and drying of the local area. ing.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, this Western-style toilet includes a toilet body 12 having a toilet bowl 17 for receiving a user's excrement, and a casing provided on the upper surface of the rear side of the toilet body 12. 14 and a toilet seat 15 comprising a toilet seat body 15a and a toilet lid 15b pivotally supported by the casing 14 respectively.

  Further, in the casing 14, in addition to the toilet bowl function unit 19 that performs the local washing operation and the toilet bowl washing operation after excretion, the infrared light receiving unit 44 that receives infrared rays from urine and the target that projects the target onto the bowl surface B Each mechanism part of the position projection part 50 and the measurement control part 41 which controls the whole urine temperature measurement are accommodated.

  The toilet main body 12 is provided with toilet cleaning means having a function of discharging the excretion excreted by the subject P and simultaneously cleaning the toilet.

  The toilet bowl function unit 19 serves as a sanitary washing water nozzle (not shown) for injecting local washing water toward the local area as a sanitary washing means for washing the local area of the subject P, or as a local drying means for drying the washed local area. A hot air generator (not shown) that blows hot air locally is provided, and a seating sensor (for example, a weight sensor (not shown)) that detects a sitting state in which the subject P is seated on the toilet seat body 15a.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, in the toilet bowl part 17 of this Western style toilet bowl, a stored water is normally stored to the predetermined water level, and the stored water surface W is formed. In the present embodiment, the target H and the temperature detection region S that is the measurement region of the infrared light receiving unit 44 are set between the pool surface W of the bowl surface B and the upper end of the toilet bowl unit 17. .

  Then, as shown in the drawing, the subject P sits on the toilet seat body 15a and starts measurement with the remote control operation unit 33, and then aims at the target H and urinates. And the urine discharged | emitted from the urination port P-1 is discharged | emitted by the vicinity of this target H, and the predetermined | prescribed predetermined | prescribed urine flow area | region T formed by developing on the bowl surface B around the collision position P-2 is formed. Infrared light emitted from the region is received by the infrared light receiver 44.

(Overall configuration of urine temperature measuring device)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually showing the overall configuration of the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. Each configuration will be described below.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the urine temperature measuring device 1 in this embodiment includes a device main body 10 that measures the temperature of urine excreted by a subject P, and a remote control device for performing various operations of the device main body 10. 11.

(Regarding the configuration of the remote control device 11)
The remote control device 11 includes a remote control display unit 32 for displaying the control contents of the urine temperature measurement device 1 and urine temperature measurement results, and a remote control operation unit 33 having various operation buttons for operating the urine temperature measurement device 1. A remote control communication unit 34 that transmits and receives various control signals and urine temperature measurement result information to and from the apparatus main body unit 10, and a remote control control unit 31 that includes a microcomputer for overall control of the entire operation of the remote control device 11. I have. Details of each of these parts will be described later.

(Regarding the configuration of the apparatus body 10)
As described above, the apparatus main body 10 is incorporated in a Western-style toilet equipped with the toilet main body 12, the casing 14 placed on the toilet main body 12, and the toilet seat 15 connected to the casing 14 so as to be rotatable. Yes.

  Further, in the casing 14, a main body communication unit 42 that transmits and receives various control signals and urine temperature measurement result information to and from the remote control device 11, and a sanitary washing operation such as a toilet cleaning operation for discharging filth and a washing of a local body part And a urine temperature measuring unit 20 having a function necessary for urine temperature measurement.

  Further, when the infrared light receiving unit 44 of the urine temperature measuring device 1 is performing a measurement operation, the toilet function unit 19 invalidates the instruction signal even if the sanitary washing switch 54 or the local drying switch 55 of the remote control device 11 is operated. I try to handle it. This is also considered as a preventive measure for these operations to adversely affect urine temperature measurement.

  The urine temperature measuring unit 20 receives the infrared rays emitted from the urine excreted by the subject and measures the temperature in a non-contact manner. And a measurement control unit 41 constituting a control unit of each means for performing control.

(About each structure of the main body measurement part 40)
The main body measurement unit 40 includes an infrared light receiving unit 44 that constitutes a mechanism unit of a urine temperature measurement unit that measures the temperature of urine discharged from the subject, and a position on the bowl surface B when the subject P urinates. And a target position projection unit 50 that constitutes a mechanism unit of target position display means for projecting the target H as a light image onto the bowl surface B as a guideline.

  The infrared light receiving unit 44 condenses the infrared light flux emitted from the temperature detection region S and the light receiving element unit 69 including a temperature measuring element that outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the amount of received infrared light. An optical unit 63 that forms an image of the temperature sensing region S on the temperature measuring element, a temperature signal processing unit 60 that outputs an electrical signal from the light receiving element 69 as temperature information, and a position of the temperature sensing region S are moved. And a temperature detection region moving part 75 constituting a mechanism part of the temperature detection region moving means. The specific configuration of the infrared light receiving unit 44 will be described in detail later.

  The target position projection unit 50 includes a target position moving unit 58 that constitutes a mechanism unit of a target position moving unit that moves the display position of the optical image displayed as a target. The target H is moved to an arbitrary target position P-3 to be set. The specific configuration of the target position projection unit 50 will be described in detail later.

(About each structure of the measurement control part 41)
The measurement control unit 41 includes a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. Various programs are stored in the ROM, and various information such as operation control of various means of the urine temperature measurement device 1 and measurement results are stored. The memory etc. are performed.

  Note that the measurement control unit 41 in the present embodiment validates the instruction to start the measurement operation from the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 as the operation start instruction means only while the seating sensor detects the sitting state. That is, in a state where the subject P is not seated on the toilet seat body 15a, the measurement of the urine temperature cannot be performed, for example, measurement in a male standing position where accurate measurement cannot be performed is prevented.

  Hereinafter, the functions of the measurement control unit 41 are the urine temperature calculation unit 47 constituting the urine temperature calculation unit, the target position setting unit 71 constituting the target position setting unit, the urination position obtaining unit 72 constituting the urination position obtaining unit, Each of the functions of the temperature detection region position setting unit 46 constituting the temperature detection region position setting means will be described separately.

  The target position setting unit 71 sets a target position P-3, which is a target position on the bowl surface B, which serves as a measure of the urination position of the subject, to a predetermined position corresponding to the urination position of the subject.

  The urination position acquisition unit 72 selects a urination position attribute to which the subject belongs from a plurality of urination position attribute groups, which are a plurality of sections obtained by stratifying the urination position of the subject according to a predetermined reference, and sets the selected urination position attribute as the selected urination position attribute. The corresponding urination position is acquired as the selected urination position P-4.

  For this purpose, the urination position acquisition unit 72 includes a personal information acquisition unit 73 that acquires personal information related to the urination position of the subject, and a urination position attribute storage unit 74 that stores the relationship between the personal information and the urination position attribute. Then, based on the subject's personal information, the subject's selective urination position P-4 is obtained for each measurement.

  The personal information acquisition unit 73 constitutes personal information acquisition means for acquiring information related to the individual urination position for determining the urination position attribute. As personal information related to the urination position of the subject, male or female as sex information, adult or child as information related to height, age, or the like can be adopted.

  The urination position attribute storage unit 74 is a storage medium such as a RAM or a ROM disposed on the circuit board in the apparatus main body unit 10, and the urination position attribute storage unit 74 is classified according to the urination position attribute on a storage area allocated to each subject on the storage medium. The assigned selected urination position P-4 is stored as urination position attribute registration information.

  The temperature detection region position setting unit 46 is for setting the position of the temperature detection region S, which is a light receiving range on the bowl surface B where the infrared light receiving unit 44 receives infrared rays and performs electrical output. Based on the individual selected urination position P-4 acquired in step 1, a predetermined position is detected from the selected urination position P-4 using a correspondence table between a predetermined urination position P-4 and a temperature detection area position determined in advance. This is calculated as the position of the region S.

  The temperature detection region position setting unit 46 changes and sets the position of the temperature detection region S by an actuator such as an electric motor (not shown) as the temperature detection region moving unit 75.

  The urine temperature calculation unit 47 calculates the urine temperature based on the temperature information output obtained by the infrared light receiving unit 44. If necessary, the urine temperature calculation unit further corrects the temperature information output in consideration of various influence factors. You may make it calculate urine temperature by going.

(Details of the main body measuring unit 40)
Next, details of the above-described infrared light receiving unit 44 forming the main body measurement unit 40 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a detailed configuration of the infrared light receiving unit 44, and the temperature detection region moving unit 75 described above is omitted. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the optical relationship between the light receiving element portion 69 and the temperature measuring region S of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the infrared light receiving unit 44 includes a plurality of temperature measuring elements 61 that receive infrared rays radiated from the surface of the object according to the temperature of the object and output them as electrical signals vertically and horizontally. The temperature measuring element group 62 to be the light receiving element portion 69 formed in this manner is provided.

  In the present embodiment, as the temperature measuring element group 62, a thermopile element in which a plurality of thermopile elements connected to a large number of thermocouples that output heat generated by receiving infrared rays as electromotive force is collectively packaged and integrated. An array is used. Such a thermopile element array is shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 4, but 64 thermopile elements (temperature measuring elements 61) are arranged adjacent to each other in a matrix of 8 rows × 8 columns on a silicon substrate (not shown). A thermopile element array having a substantially flat plate shape in appearance is configured.

  The infrared light receiving unit 44 also serves as a temperature signal processing unit 60, a reference temperature element 64 for temperature calibration arranged close to the temperature measuring element group 62, and each temperature measuring element at a predetermined timing according to the control of the measurement control unit 41. The address signal output means 65 for outputting the address signal 61, the scanning means 66 for selecting each detection signal from the plurality of temperature measuring elements 61 based on the address signal input from the address signal output means 65, and the scanning means 66 Amplifying means 67 for amplifying the detection signal from the temperature measuring element 61 and the detection signal from the reference temperature element 64 selected by, and converting the detection signal from the amplifying means 67 into a digital signal and transmitting it to the measurement control unit 41 A / D conversion means 68.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the optical unit 63 is configured by using a condenser lens or the like for the infrared light beam emitted from the temperature measuring region S set on the bowl surface B that is the surface of the toilet bowl unit 17. The optical system forms an image on the temperature measuring element group 62 that forms a substantially flat surface as a mapping of the temperature measuring region S.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the infrared light flux from the temperature measurement region S is configured to be shared by the temperature measuring elements 61 which are units constituting the temperature measuring element group 62. Therefore, if a region of any one of the plurality of temperature measuring elements 61 in the temperature measurement region S is a unit temperature measurement region Sx, the temperature measurement region S is a combination of the unit temperature measurement regions Sx. Become.

  Accurate temperature measurement is possible as long as the entire unit temperature detection region Sx of at least one of the plurality of temperature measuring elements is within the object to be measured. In this embodiment, the temperature resolution of a single element is reduced. A wider range of temperature measurement can be obtained by maintaining.

  With the configuration as described above, each temperature measuring element 61 generates an output signal corresponding to the infrared energy of the region in charge of the received map, which is sequentially taken out by the scanning means 66, and the temperature of the temperature measuring element group 62 itself. Along with the output signal of the reference temperature element 64 for measuring the value, the signal is input to the measurement control unit 41 through the A / D conversion means 68. Then, in the urine temperature calculation unit 47 that constitutes the measurement control unit 41 to which such a signal is input, after correction by the reference temperature and emissivity, the output signal of each temperature measuring element is converted into temperature information.

  In addition, in this embodiment, since the obtained temperature information employs the temperature measuring element group as the temperature measuring element, a plurality of temperature information for each temperature measuring element is obtained.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the plurality of temperature information is not focused on the infrared light from the temperature measurement region S but is formed as a mapping on these temperature measuring element groups. It becomes two-dimensional temperature information corresponding to the arrangement of each temperature measuring element. Therefore, it is possible to know the temperature distribution state in the temperature measuring region S or to display it visually.

(Details of the target position projection unit 50)
Next, a specific configuration of the target position projection unit 50 that also forms the main body measurement unit 40 will be described.

  The urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a target position projection unit 50 that displays the target H at the target position P-3 on the bowl surface B. Examples of the target position projection unit 50 include a unit that projects a light image by irradiating a laser beam from a predetermined light image irradiation port using a light image generation unit such as a semiconductor laser.

  Then, the target position P-3 of the target H in the present invention is set to a predetermined position on the bowl surface by the target position setting unit 71 based on the selected urination position P-4 acquired by the urination position acquisition unit 72. That is, the target position projection unit 50 can move the projection position of the target H on the toilet bowl surface by moving the optical unit 63 to change the light projection axis of the target position projection unit 50, for example. The target position moving part 58 is provided, and the target position moving part 58 can be set at a plurality of predetermined positions on the bowl surface B.

  In addition, although the arrangement | positioning position in the apparatus main body part 10 of the target position projection part 50 is not limited, in this embodiment, the target position projection part 50 is arrange | positioned in the front end side of the casing 14, as shown in FIG. Yes.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2, the target position projection part 50 is provided in the position biased to the right side with respect to the discharge port of the sanitary washing water nozzle of the toilet bowl function part 19. Thereby, discharge of the washing water from the sanitary washing water nozzle is not disturbed.

  As described above, by disposing the target position projection unit 50 at a position close to the center line on the front end side in the casing 14, an area where the optical image from the target position projection unit 50 becomes a urination position on the front side of the toilet bowl unit 17. Therefore, the target H can be displayed on the bowl surface B on the front side of the toilet bowl portion 17 in an easy-to-view state by a light image with less distortion.

  Further, the light image that becomes the target H on the bowl surface B is merely an image and is not an entity, so it does not become dirty and unclear, and various toilets in which the urine temperature measuring device 1 is assembled. Can be easily marked.

(Details of remote control device)
FIG. 6 shows an external perspective view of the remote control device 11. As shown in the figure, the remote control device 11 includes an individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 operated by the subject P when the urine temperature measurement is started in the apparatus main body 10, and the urine temperature measurement is ended in the main body measurement unit 40. A measurement end switch 52 operated by the subject P, a toilet cleaning switch 53 operated by the subject P when cleaning the toilet bowl portion 17 of the toilet main body 12 after defecation, and a sanitary washing switch for instructing the operation of the sanitary washing device 54, a change switch 57 for finely adjusting the selected urination position P-4 (target position P-3), and a remote control display 32 for displaying various information such as measurement results and measurement conditions. Yes.

  Here, the urine temperature to be measured by the present invention is used not only as temporary physical information but also as health management information such as management of a woman's menstrual cycle. Accumulation in units becomes important. Therefore, in the case of a form used by a plurality of subjects, a function for personally identifying the plurality of subjects is required.

  As an individual identification means for that purpose, an existing method such as an ID card can be adopted. However, in the present embodiment, a plurality of switches are provided, and each switch is assigned to a specific subject. It is configured to perform identification.

  That is, the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 functions as a measurement start means for starting urine temperature measurement in the present embodiment, but four buttons are assumed for use in an individual home as shown in the figure. For example, it is assigned to each individual constituting the family and can be used as a personal identification means.

  The individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 composed of these four buttons is assigned a dedicated storage area for each button, and the obtained measurement result is the measurement result of the subject assigned to the selected button. Is stored in this dedicated storage area. That is, for example, when the urine temperature is measured by pressing the “1” button, the obtained result is stored in a storage area dedicated to the “1” button.

  In addition, information on the selected urination position P-4 selected according to the urination position attribute of the subject is stored in this storage area.

  Thus, the subject PA presses the assigned “1” button to measure the urine temperature, thereby selecting the urination position P− from the storage area of the storage medium assigned to the “1” button. 4 and the urine temperature measurement result of the subject PA can be accumulated in the storage area of the storage medium assigned to the button “1”.

  Further, by operating each button of the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51, the individual urine temperature measurement results stored in this dedicated storage area are read out, and the history is graphed as shown in the figure. The remote control display 32 can be displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the remote control display unit 32 has a measurement result display unit 37 that displays the measurement result of the temperature measurement, and a target position display unit 38 as a target position display unit that displays the current position of the target H. doing.

  The measurement result display unit 37 displays the measurement result based on the urine temperature of the subject. A history of past measurement results is also displayed with a graph or the like together with the current measurement results. The subject can know his / her body temperature based on the measurement result displayed on the measurement result display unit 37.

  The remote control display unit 32 not only displays the numerical value of the measurement result and the history graph, but also displays the current target position P-3 relative to the changeable range of the target position, as shown in the figure, to indicate the measurement status to the subject. It is to inform you.

  The target position display unit 38 displays on the bowl surface B the position where the target position P-3 is set on the front, rear, left and right with reference to the selected urination position P-4. That is, the position on the bowl surface B is displayed in a two-dimensional display with the selected urination position P-4 as the origin of the X and Y axes, and the position on the bowl surface B where the target position P-3 is located. It is trying to display. The subject can check the display content of the position of the target position P-3 and confirm at which position his target H is on the bowl surface B, in other words, at which position he is urinating. .

  The change switch 57 having a cross shape disposed in the remote control device 11 functions as a target position fine adjustment unit of the target position setting unit 71, and the target position P displayed on the bowl surface B by the change switch 57. -3 is finely adjusted from a preset position. The target position P-3 can be finely adjusted by confirming the position of the target H on the target position display unit 38 of the remote control device by operating the cross-shaped change switch 57 right and left and right and left.

  In this embodiment, the personal identification function of the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is used not only to manage measurement results but also to manage other information that needs to be managed on an individual basis. Yes.

  In other words, in this embodiment, the optical target H that is the target of the target position P-3 is displayed on the bowl surface to the subject. The display position of the target H is the individual urine for each subject. Assigned to the temperature measurement switch 51 and stored in the storage medium. When the subject P selects and depresses the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 at the start of measurement, the selected urination position P-4 assigned to that switch. The target H is displayed at the target position P-3 set based on the above.

  Specifically, when the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is operated at the start of measurement, the urination position acquisition unit 72 urinates based on the personal information assigned according to the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51. When the selected urination position P-4 is acquired from the relationship table between the individual urination position attribute and the urination position stored in the position attribute storage unit 74, the target position setting unit 71 sets the individual urination position P-4 to the selected urination position P-4. The target position P-3 is set, and the target position moving unit 58 drives an actuator such as an electric motor (not shown) to display the target H at the target position P-3.

  In the urine temperature measurement device 1, when the subject P selects the assigned individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 in the measurement, the target H is displayed at the registered target position P-3 of the subject P. ing. Next, a method for assigning and registering the target position at the time of first use to the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 will be specifically described.

  When the subject P performs a predetermined switch operation of the remote control device 11, the target position registration mode is set. Next, when any individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is selected as a registration switch, a woman is displayed on the remote control display unit 32 from among women, men, and children, which are the criteria for determining selectable urination position attributes in the present embodiment. In addition, the target H is displayed at the urination position corresponding to the urination position attribute. The subject P appropriately operates the change switch 57 to display the urination position attribute to which the subject P belongs, and then presses the measurement end switch 52 to complete the selection of the urination position attribute. At this time, the target H is displayed at the average urination position on the bowl surface of the subject group belonging to the selected urination position attribute, that is, the selected urination position P-4. Since this position is an average position to the last, fine adjustment is performed to the urination position specific to the subject P below as necessary.

  That is, urination is started and fine adjustment is performed with the change switch 57 to move the display position of the target H from the selected urination position P-4 so as to coincide with the urine collision position P-2 as much as possible. Thereafter, when the urine temperature measurement is finished, the position at that time is allocated and stored in the selected individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 as the target position P-3 of the subject P. When the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is depressed from the next use, the target H is displayed on the bowl surface B at the registered target position P-3.

  In the present embodiment, the change switch 57 has a function as target position adjusting means. That is, the target position P-3 registered by the above-described procedure is a position set and stored by the subject himself, and in this embodiment, the target seat P-3 is in the form of sitting on the toilet seat and urinating. If there is, it is relatively easy to urinate according to the target position P-3. However, depending on the position and posture of sitting on the toilet seat, the urine flow collision position may deviate from the target position P-3. It is possible to do.

  Therefore, when the collision position P-2 deviates from the target position P-3 during measurement, the subject P selects and pushes the button (see FIG. 6) in the direction in which the change switch 57 is to be moved, The target position is changed to match the urine flow collision position. At this time, when a series of measurements are completed in this state, the target position setting unit 71 updates the personal data with the position at that time as the new target position P-3.

  In this way, the subject can set the target H at a position that matches his / her attribute simply by selecting the urination position attribute using the change switch 57, so that reliable temperature measurement of the thermometric urine flow region U can be performed. Since it is possible to simplify the time and effort of the subject who sets the position of the target H required for the urination position, the urine temperature (body temperature) can be accurately measured.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the change switch 57 is configured such that the position adjustment can be adjusted only in the front-rear direction.

  In addition, when the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is pressed, a password may be requested when functioning as an operation start instruction unit or when displaying a urine temperature measurement history. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent leakage of personal information and protect privacy. In order to input a password, a separate numeric key switch may be provided, or a touch panel may be provided on the remote control display unit 32.

(About the specific setting method of the temperature detection area S)
A method for setting the temperature measurement region S in the urine temperature measurement device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the developed urine flow area and the target H formed on the bowl surface B of the toilet main body 12. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the relationship between the target position and the position of the selected urination position corresponding to each urination position attribute (female, male, child) in the present embodiment and the temperature measurement region.

  In the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1, when the subject sits on the toilet seat and urinates while aiming at the target H projected on the target position P-3 on the bowl surface B, the urine draws a parabola as shown in FIG. However, it falls near the target H and collides. Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the urine that has collided with the bowl surface B spreads according to the amount of urination, and flows down toward the water storage surface W while developing around the collision position P-2. In the figure, T indicates a developed urine flow region formed around the collision position P-2 on the bowl surface B.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the specific area indicated by U in the developed urine flow area T is uniform at the temperature of urine immediately after urination, that is, at a temperature very close to the urine temperature in the present invention, as described above. It was confirmed that the temperature distribution was excellent and the position and shape had a good correlation with the collision position P-2 (hereinafter, this specific area is referred to as a thermometric urine flow area U).

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the infrared light receiving unit 44 including the plurality of temperature measuring elements 61 is employed in the infrared light receiving unit, and the temperature measuring region S is allocated to the plurality of temperature measuring elements 61. Therefore, if at least one of the plurality of temperature measurement regions is included in the temperature detection urine flow region U, accurate measurement is possible.

  The size of the temperature-detected urine flow region U is about 50 mm × 70 mm in a certain experimental example when the temperature distribution is within a range of ± 0.1 ° C. necessary for urine temperature measurement, and is adopted in this embodiment. Stable measurement is performed with respect to the size (20/8 mm × 20/8 mm) of the temperature measuring area per element of the temperature measuring area S (20 mm × 20 mm) of the temperature measuring element group 62 (8 × 8 = 64 elements). It was confirmed that the area was large enough.

  Therefore, the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment sets the temperature detection region S for measuring the urine temperature in the temperature detection urine flow region U on the bowl surface B based on the collision position P-2.

  In other words, various urine flow collision positions are set in advance, the position and shape in the thermometric urine flow region U formed therearound are measured, and the relationship is stored in the storage unit of the measurement control unit 41. At the time of measurement, the temperature detection region position setting unit 46 sets the position of the temperature detection region S to a predetermined position in the temperature detection urine flow region U that is predetermined based on the collision position P-2.

  Further, in many cases, the thermometric urine flow region U is formed in a wider range on the lower side of the collision position P-2 as shown in the drawing because of the positional relationship between the urination port P-1 and the bowl surface B. This was also found in a preliminary experiment.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the temperature detection region S is set in the temperature detection urine flow region U and at a position below the collision position P-2. Since the temperature-detecting urine flow region U at this position is sufficiently wide compared to the size of the temperature-detecting region S, even if the urination position or urination state of the subject P changes during urination, the temperature-detecting region S of the temperature-detecting region S is used as a reference. As long as the position is set, stable temperature measurement of the temperature-detected urine flow region U is possible.

  Thus, by setting the temperature detection region S below the collision position P-2, highly accurate urine temperature measurement can be stably performed.

  Thus, after the subject collides with the bowl surface B, the urine excreted by aiming at the target H set at the target position P-3 spreads thinly around the collision position P-2 and enters the developed urine flow region T. By forming the thermometric urine flow region U and setting the thermometric region S with the target position P-3 regarded as the collision position P-2, reliable urine temperature measurement can be performed with a simple configuration.

  The urine temperature measuring device 1 in the present embodiment includes the temperature detection region position setting unit 46 that sets the position of the temperature detection region for each subject as described above, but the set target position P-3 is the urine flow collision position. The position of the temperature measurement region is set as P-2. Therefore, it is expected that a situation in which measurement is performed without the subject being injured even if the actual urine flow collision position P-2 is deviated from the target position P-3 due to some error of the subject. Therefore, as a means for preventing such a situation, an actual urine flow collision state can be monitored. The details will be described below.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an infrared light receiving unit 144 that is a modification of the infrared light receiving unit 44 of the urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 10 illustrates focal length variation in the infrared light receiving unit 144. It is explanatory drawing explaining the setting of the temperature measurement area | region S when changing a focal distance with the mechanism 145. FIG. Below, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure as the structure in the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment described so far, and those description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the infrared light receiving unit 144 includes a focal length variation mechanism 145 that varies the focal length of the optical unit 63. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the focal length variation mechanism 43 constitutes the optical unit 63, and by changing the focal length of the optical unit 63 by sliding the lens constituting the optical unit 63, the temperature measurement is performed. The region S is made wide and narrow.

  The operation first estimates the approximate urine drop position of the subject P from the position of the developed urine flow region of the temperature distribution measurement result of the wide temperature measurement region S. Next, when the estimated urine drop position is deviated by a predetermined amount or more from the urine flow collision position P-2 determined based on the target position P-3, the temperature measurement area moving unit 75 causes the temperature measurement area S to be detected. Is moved to a new temperature detection position based on the urine drop position, and then the temperature measurement region S is narrowed to continue the urine temperature measurement.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 10, first, the temperature measurement region S is widened around the target position P-3 of the subject P so as to become the temperature measurement region (A). Then, in a state where the temperature detection region S is widened, a location where the urine flow of the subject P is actually hit is determined based on the obtained temperature distribution. That is, the actual drop position of urine is grasped from the temperature distribution measurement result in a wide temperature measurement region.

  FIG. 10 shows a temperature distribution state observed when the temperature measurement region is changed. The temperature measurement region (A) is shown when the temperature measurement region is widened, and the temperature measurement region (B) is shown when the temperature measurement region is narrowed. Yes. In this case, when the entire temperature measurement region (A) is viewed, there are many places where the temperature rises due to urine on the rear end side of the toilet bowl. From this distribution state, it can be seen that the actual urination position is shifted to the toilet rear end side from the urine flow collision position P-2 assumed based on the target position P-3. In this state, since it is difficult to measure the temperature with higher accuracy, the estimated urination position is used as the urine flow collision position P-2, and the position of the temperature measurement region is moved, and the temperature measurement region is narrowed and the temperature measurement region ( B).

  Specifically, the temperature measurement region S is moved by the temperature measurement region moving unit 75 (actuator such as an electric motor), and the focal length of the optical unit 63 is increased by the focal length variation mechanism 43, whereby the temperature measurement region (B ), The temperature of the urine in the developed urinary flow region T is intensively measured.

In addition, when the deviation of the actual urination position is detected as described above, not only the above-described correction of the temperature measurement region position and the like but also the fact is displayed on the remote control display unit 32 to notify the subject. good.

  As described above, the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment adds the function of increasing or decreasing the focal length of the optical mechanism by the focal length variation mechanism 43, so that the temperature measurement region S is set in accordance with the actual urination position of the subject. Since it is possible to set and measure, high-precision measurement can be performed.

(About urine temperature measurement procedure by urine temperature measuring device)
Next, the procedure for measuring the urine temperature of the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the entire operation, and FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of the routine processing of FIG.

  First, when the subject P is appropriately seated on the toilet seat body 15a and the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 assigned to the remote controller 11 in advance is selected and pressed, the remote controller 11 of the remote controller 11 The ON signal of the temperature measurement switch and the selected switch number are detected (step S11).

  The remote control unit 31 that has detected the ON signal generates an instruction signal for starting the measurement operation by the main body measurement unit 40, that is, a measurement operation start instruction signal, and the remote controller communication unit 34 of the apparatus main body unit 10 via the remote control communication unit 34. It transmits to the measurement control part 41 (step S12). The measurement operation start instruction signal also includes a switch number signal as a subject specifying signal (information including this signal for specifying the subject is also referred to as “subject specifying information” below).

  Next, when receiving the measurement operation start instruction signal via the main body communication unit 42, the target position setting unit 71 of the measurement control unit 41 drives the actuator of the target position projection unit 50 and includes the target in the measurement operation start instruction signal. The individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 is moved to the position registered as the target position P-3 at the first use according to the subject specifying signal (step S13).

  And the target position setting part 71 memorize | stores the target position P-3 set here as the collision position P-2, and the temperature detection area position setting part 46 drives a temperature detection area moving means, and this collision position P- The temperature detection region S is set at a position below a predetermined distance from 2 (step S14).

  Thereafter, the subject P starts to urinate, but the change switch 57 is operated as necessary to finely adjust the target position. Then, a position movement signal is sent from the remote control device 11 to the apparatus main body unit 10, and the target position setting unit 71 (measurement control unit 41) uses the position signal corresponding to the operation amount of the change switch 57 as the target position as the target display means. The target position is finely adjusted and sent to the setting unit 71, and the changed target position is updated and stored as the target position P-3 of the subject P (step S15).

  When the setting of the temperature measurement region S is completed, the measurement control unit 41 starts control of the main body measurement unit 40 and executes a urine temperature measurement process (step S16). The urine temperature measurement process will be described in detail below as a urine temperature measurement process routine with reference to FIG.

  In the urine temperature measurement processing routine, as shown in FIG. 11, first, the urine temperature calculation unit 47 of the measurement control unit 41 acquires the temperature of each element of the thermopile (step S21). That is, a set obtained by scanning the output signals from the temperature measuring elements 61 of the temperature measuring element group 62 having an 8 × 8 configuration based on the infrared rays received from the temperature measuring area S in the infrared light receiving unit 44. The operation of acquiring the two-dimensional temperature information as one frame information is repeated until a predetermined number of times.

  Next, when the urine temperature calculation unit 47 determines that the number of acquired frames has reached a preset number of times (step S22: Yes), the temperature information for each temperature measuring element 61 in the temperature measuring element group 62 is obtained. An averaging process is performed, and an average measured temperature of each temperature measuring element 61 in a preset number of frames is calculated (step S23).

  In the present embodiment, the average measured temperature is calculated for all the temperature measuring elements 61 in the temperature measuring element group 62 based on the acquired data for 50 frames. In this way, by calculating the average measured temperature of each temperature measuring element 61 in a preset number of frames, the amount of influence on the measurement value due to the noise of the detection signal generally generated for each temperature measuring element 61 is reduced. Can do.

  When the prescribed number of times has not been reached (step S22: No), the process returns to step S21.

  Next, the measurement control unit 41 extracts the maximum value from the average measured temperatures of the temperature measuring elements 61 in a preset number of frames, and stores this in the storage medium as the urine temperature measured value at that time. (Step S24).

  That is, the measurement control unit 41 calculates an average measurement temperature for each element from the output signals of the plurality of temperature measurement elements 61 that receive infrared rays, and sets the highest value of the average measurement temperatures of the main body measurement unit 40. A process for obtaining a urine temperature measurement value is performed. Since the urine temperature is higher than the ambient temperature in the normal measurement environment, the urine temperature may decrease from the temperature immediately after urination due to the cooling phenomenon, but it will not rise. By using the maximum value among the plurality of temperatures obtained for each element as a measured value of the temperature of the urine in the thermometric urine flow region U, a measured value closer to the urine temperature can be obtained.

  In this embodiment, as described above, since the infrared light receiving unit is composed of a plurality of temperature measuring elements, a method of selecting one of a plurality of obtained temperature data is adopted. If at least one unit temperature detection region Sx is included in the above-described temperature detection urine flow region U, the temperature measurement of urine in the temperature detection urine flow region U is correctly performed.

  Next, the measurement control unit 41 determines whether or not the measurement end switch 52 in the remote control operation unit 33 of the remote control device 11 has been pressed (step S25).

  As a result, when it is determined that the measurement end switch is not pressed (step S25: No), the measurement control unit 41 returns the process to step S22.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the measurement end switch has been pressed (step S25: Yes), the measurement control unit 41 at each time point from when the urine temperature measurement switch is pressed until the measurement end switch is pressed. The maximum value of the recorded values stored in the storage medium as the urine temperature measurement value is extracted and determined as the urine temperature measurement value in one urination action, and the urine temperature measurement value is stored in the specified subject The information is stored in the storage medium in association with the information (step S26), and the urine temperature measurement process is terminated.

  When the urine temperature measurement process is completed, the measurement control unit 41 displays on the remote control display unit 32 of the remote control device 11 based on the obtained urine temperature measurement result information and the past measurement information of the subject corresponding to the subject specifying information. Measurement result display data to be created is created (step S17).

  Next, the measurement control unit 41 transmits information related to the measurement result including the created measurement result display data (hereinafter, this information is also referred to as “urine temperature measurement result information”) via the main body communication unit 42. 11 to the remote control unit 31 (step S18).

  In addition, as another example of urine temperature measurement result information, for example, in a certain measurement, when the urine flow collision position is significantly shifted or the urine temperature measurement is not performed normally because urination has been completed in a short time There is alarm information indicating that the urine temperature measurement was not performed normally.

  When receiving the urine temperature measurement result information via the remote control communication unit 34, the remote control unit 31 displays the urine temperature measurement result on the remote control display unit 32 (step S19).

  In this case, if information indicating that the urine temperature measurement was not performed is included, for example, “The urine temperature measurement was not performed normally, so there is an error in the measurement results.” Display is performed on the remote control display unit 32 to inform the subject that attention should be paid.

  Thereafter, the measurement control unit 41 of the apparatus main body unit 10 and the remote control unit 31 of the remote control device 11 perform a predetermined measurement preparation operation necessary for the next urine temperature measurement, and end a series of urine temperature measurements.

  In the present embodiment, the remote controller 11 is provided with the remote controller display 32, the remote controller operating unit 33, etc. in order to perform the operation and display related to the urine temperature measurement. Although it is configured to communicate with the apparatus main body 10 and function as the urine temperature measuring device 1, the operation display unit is provided in the apparatus main body 10 instead of the remote control display unit 32 and the remote control operation unit 33 of the remote control device 11. It is good also as a structure which provides.

  By the way, the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 described above is configured such that the urine temperature measuring unit 20 is integrated in advance in a Western-style toilet. However, the urine temperature measuring unit 20 may be provided in a separate housing from the western toilet and can be retrofitted to an existing western toilet.

  Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated as an example using the temperature measuring element group which consists of several temperature measuring elements as a light receiving element with which the infrared light-receiving part 44 is provided, it is good also as a light receiving element consisting of a single temperature measuring element.

  Note that the temperature measuring element used in the present invention is not limited as long as it can output a signal in accordance with at least the temperature in the temperature detection region, and thus can be adopted even if it is composed of a single element.

(Regarding the control of the reservoir surface)
Next, position control of the stored water surface W will be described. FIG. 13 is a side view for explaining a case in which it is not necessary to lower the accumulated water surface W of the urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 14 is a accumulated water surface of the urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment. It is a side view explaining the case where W needs to be reduced.

  The urine temperature measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a reservoir surface position control means for adjusting the reservoir surface W. The stored water surface position control means includes a pressure sensor (not shown), and the pressure water sensor is disposed at the bottom of the bowl surface B of the toilet function unit 19, for example. And a pressure sensor measures the pressure of the stored water in the toilet bowl part 17. FIG.

  The measurement control unit 41 converts the amount of stored water in the toilet bowl unit 17 based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor, and detects the height position of the stored water surface W on the bowl surface B. The water storage surface position control unit 30 performs control for lowering the water storage surface position to a predetermined position.

  The reservoir surface position control unit 30 also includes a drainage channel 36 provided between the trap pipe 18 and the drainage connection pipe 22, and a drainage valve 35 in the middle of the drainage channel 36, and opens the drainage valve 35. Thus, the toilet main body 12 is provided with a stored water discharge means for flowing the water in the trap pipe 18 through the drainage path 36 without passing through the trap section to the drainage connection pipe.

  With the above configuration, the reservoir surface position control unit 30 calculates the height position of the reservoir surface W, and then compares the height position of the reservoir surface W with the subject's selective urination position P-4. When the target position P-3 is located below the pool surface W, the drain valve 35 is opened to discharge the pool water in the toilet bowl portion 17, so that the height position of the pool surface W is adjusted. I have to.

  For example, in the case of a woman, depending on the type of toilet used, the target position P-3 may be set on the water storage surface W side and measurement may be impossible. The urine temperature can be measured by lowering the value. Thereby, since it becomes possible to measure according to the urination position which changes for every test subject, highly accurate measurement can be performed.

  Next, a procedure for controlling the water storage surface W of the urine temperature measuring apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described below with reference to an operation flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure including the stored water surface control of the urine temperature measuring device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the stored water surface control procedure according to the present embodiment.

  First, as shown in FIG. 15, the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 in the remote control operation unit 33 of the remote control device 11 is pressed while the subject P is seated on the toilet seat 15 (step S31). Based on this pressing operation, the remote control unit 31 of the remote control device 11 sends an instruction signal for starting the measurement operation by the main body measurement unit 40, that is, a measurement operation start instruction signal via the remote control communication unit 34. The data is transmitted to the measurement control unit 41 of the measurement unit 20.

  Next, when receiving the measurement operation start instruction signal, the measurement control unit 41 acquires the individual target position P-3 assigned to the selected individual urine temperature measurement switch 51, and the selected target. The temperature detection area S is moved based on the position P-3 (step S32). That is, the measurement control unit 41 drives the focal length variation mechanism 43 so that the focal length of the optical mechanism is increased or decreased by the focal length variation mechanism 43, thereby widening and narrowing the temperature detection region S and the target position moving unit 58. It drives and changes the position of the temperature measurement area | region S based on a test subject's target position P-3.

  Further, the target position P-3 is finely adjusted by the operation of the target position setting unit 71 by the operation of the subject. In other words, the target position setting unit 71 is a change switch 57 that is a cross button disposed on the remote control device 11, and the change switch 57 is finely moved to the target position P-3 according to the subject by operating the up / down / left / right switch. Make adjustments.

  Next, the measurement control unit 41 determines whether or not the set target position P-3 is below the height position of the stored water surface W (step S33).

  When the target position P-3 is below the height position of the stored water surface W, the process of lowering the stored water surface W from S41 to S44 in FIG. Further, when the target position P-3 is above the height position of the stored water surface W, the urine temperature measurement process from steps S21 to S26 in FIG. 12 is performed (step S34).

  And after performing the fall process of the stored water surface W, the said urine temperature measurement process to the steps S21-S26 in the said FIG. 12 is performed (step S35).

  Finally, the remote controller 11 displays the result of the urine temperature measurement process (step S36), and the urine temperature measurement process including the stored water surface control is terminated.

Next, specific control of the stored water surface W will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the water surface position control unit 30 sets the target position P-3 based on the positional relationship between the target position P-3 and the amount of water stored in the bowl portion and the water surface W measured by the pressure water sensor. The amount of drainage that lowers the accumulated water surface W to a possible position is calculated (step S41).

  Next, the stored water surface position control unit 30 opens the drain valve 35 (step S42), thereby allowing the water in the trap pipe 18 to flow through the drain pipe 36 without passing through the trap pipe 18 to the drain connecting pipe. I am doing so. (Step S43).

  Then, after flowing a predetermined amount of stored water, the stored water surface position control unit 30 closes the drain valve 35 (step S44), stops the drain valve 35 from being opened, and terminates the process of reducing the stored water surface W. .

  For example, when a female subject presses the individual urine temperature measurement switch 51 of the remote control device 11, the female target position P-3 is acquired, and whether the target position P-3 is located in the reservoir surface W. In the case where it is determined whether or not it is located in the water storage surface W, the amount of water stored in the water is detected by a pressure sensor, and the relationship between the female target position P-3 and the water storage surface W is calculated. The urine temperature is measured by controlling the stored water. In this manner, even a female subject can accurately measure urine temperature while maintaining normal toilet functions.

  Moreover, description of each embodiment mentioned above is an example of this invention, and this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. For this reason, it is a matter of course that various modifications other than the above-described embodiments can be made according to the design and the like as long as they do not depart from the technical idea according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urine temperature measuring apparatus 10 Apparatus main body part 11 Remote control apparatus 12 Toilet body main part 14 Casing 15 Toilet seat 15a Toilet seat main body 15b Toilet lid 17 Toilet bowl part 18 Trap line 19 Toilet function part 20 Urine temperature measuring part 22 Drainage connection pipe 30 Position control unit 31 Remote control unit 32 Remote control display unit 33 Remote control operation unit 34 Remote control communication unit 35 Drain valve 36 Drainage channel 37 Display unit 38 Temperature detection area position display unit 40 Main body measurement unit 41 Measurement control unit 42 Main body communication unit 44 Infrared light receiving unit 46 Temperature measurement region position setting unit 47 Urine temperature calculation unit 48 Temperature measurement region position moving means 50 Target position projection unit 51 Individual urine temperature measurement switch 52 Measurement end switch 53 Toilet washing switch 54 Sanitary washing switch 55 Local drying switch 57 Change switch 58 Target Position moving unit 60 Temperature signal processing unit 61 Temperature measuring element 62 Temperature measuring element group 63 Optical part 64 Reference temperature element 65 Address signal output means 66 Scan means 67 Amplifying means 68 A / D conversion means 69 Light receiving element part 71 Target position setting part 72 Pissing position acquisition part 73 Personal recognition Information acquisition means 74 Urination position storage means 75 Temperature detection area moving section 144 Infrared light receiving section 145 Focal length variation mechanism B Bowl surface H Target K Side wall surface P Subject W Reservoir surface P-1 Urination port P-2 Collision position P-3 Urination position S Temperature detection area

Claims (4)

Urine temperature measuring means for measuring the temperature of the urine excreted by the subject in a non-contact manner by a temperature measuring element that receives infrared rays emitted from the temperature measuring area having a predetermined area and measures the temperature in the temperature measuring area; In the urine temperature measuring device,
A Western-style toilet with a bowl surface for receiving urine excreted by the subject;
Target display means for forming a target as a target of the urination position of the subject at the time of urination with a light image and displaying on the bowl surface;
Target position setting means for setting a target position which is a predetermined position on the bowl surface for displaying the target;
A temperature detection region position setting means for setting a position of the temperature detection region on the bowl surface based on the target position;
A urination position attribute to which the subject belongs is selected from the urination position attribute group stratified into a plurality of sections with respect to the urination position according to a predetermined criterion, and a predetermined urination position predetermined in association with the urination position attribute is selected. A urination position obtaining means for obtaining a urination position,
The urine temperature measuring device, wherein the target position setting means sets the target position based on the selected urination position acquired by the urination position acquisition means. The urination position acquisition means includes
At least personal information acquisition means for acquiring personal information related to the urination position attribute of the subject,
The urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the selected urination position is acquired by selecting the urination position attribute of a subject based on the personal information. The target position setting means includes
The urine temperature measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising target position fine adjustment means for finely adjusting the target position from a preset position.   It further comprises a reservoir surface position control means for controlling the reservoir surface height of the Western-style toilet, and at least at the time of urine temperature measurement, the reservoir water level is set to a lower measurement water level than when used as a normal toilet. The urine temperature measuring device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.