JP5825575B2 - Height meter - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a height meter in which a cursor is supported on a column.

  In the height meters shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, a column extends upward from a base, and a cursor is supported on the column so as to be slidable in the vertical direction. The height is measured by placing the cursor on the head of the subject on the base.

JP-A-6-70913 JP-A-6-154193

  In the conventional height meter, the measurement is performed by placing the cursor supported on the column on the head of the person to be measured, and therefore it is necessary to use a longer column to measure a high height. Also, with a height meter that has multiple columns and expands and contracts, the height of the column that is lower than the height of the most contracted column cannot be measured because the cursor is fixed at the top of the column.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a subject, and it aims at providing the height meter which can solve the said subject.

In order to achieve such an object, the height meter of the present invention includes a base on which a person to be measured rides, a column extending upward from the base, a support portion supported by the column, A height meter comprising: a cursor including a contact portion that contacts a head and an extending portion extending from the support portion; and a calculating unit that calculates the height of the measurement subject, wherein the cursor is the support portion The contact portion can be positioned above or below the base of the extension portion extending from the base, and the contact portion can be positioned above the base of the extension portion extending from the support portion. It is characterized by comprising input means for inputting whether it is located or located on the lower side and outputting the inputted result to the calculating means .
The present invention also includes a base on which the person to be measured rides, a column extending upward from the base, a support part supported on the column, and a contact part that contacts the head of the person to be measured. In a height meter comprising a cursor having an extending part extending from a part and a calculating means for calculating the height of the person to be measured, the cursor is in contact with a base of the extending part extending from the support part. The portion can be positioned on the upper side or the lower side, and the contact portion is positioned above the base of the extending portion extending from the support portion, or on the lower side. It has a detecting means for detecting whether it is located and outputting the detected result to the calculating means .
Further, according to the present invention, the cursor causes the contact portion to be positioned above the base of the extension portion extending from the support portion by vertically reversing the mounting direction of the support portion supported by the column. Further, it is characterized in that it can be positioned on the lower side.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that the cursor is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the column.

  According to the present invention, the height measurement range can be expanded or changed by positioning the contact portion on either the upper side or the lower side of the base of the extension portion and supporting the cursor on the column.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the height meter of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which expands and shows the cursor of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which expands and shows the cursor of FIG. It is a figure which shows each height meter attached by turning the cursor upside down. It is a schematic diagram which shows the height meter with which the cursor was slidably supported by the column. It is a figure which shows the cursor which a contact part moves up and down with respect to a support part.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  A height meter 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a base 2 on which a person to be measured rides, a column 3 extending upward from the base 2, a cursor 4 supported on the column 3, and a measuring unit 5 for measuring the height of the person to be measured. And.

  The column 3 is composed of three stages from a first stage 31 to a third stage 33, and expands and contracts by driving the motor. The column 3 is provided with a sensor for measuring the expansion / contraction position of the column 3. The cursor 4 is fixed to the upper end of the first stage 31 that is the uppermost stage of the column 3. The cursor 4 includes a support part 42 supported by the column 3, an extension part 41 extending from the support part 42, and a sensor for detecting that the extension part 41 contacts the head of the measurer. ing.

  The extending portion 41 includes an inclined portion 411 extending obliquely linearly from the support portion 42 toward the side of the support portion 42, and extends horizontally from the tip of the inclined portion 411 to contact the head of the subject. And a contact portion 412 to be operated. The cursor 4 reverses the mounting direction of the support portion 42 with respect to the column 3 so that the contact portion 412 is positioned above the base of the inclined portion 411 as shown in FIG. It can also be located on the lower side.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the column 3 is provided with detection means for detecting whether the contact portion 412 is located above or below the base of the inclined portion 411. The detection means includes a first switch 62 that detects that the contact portion 412 is located below the base of the inclined portion 411, and that the contact portion 412 is located above the root of the inclined portion 411. It comprises a second switch 64 for detection.

  The cursor 4 is provided with a first pressing member 61 and a second pressing member 63 at the same height position. The first switch 62 and the second switch 64 are installed at different height positions on the column 3. When the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 are pressed by the first pressing member 61 or the second pressing member 63, the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 output a detection signal to the measuring unit 5.

  The measuring unit 5 includes an input unit 52 for inputting information corresponding to a button operation, a storage unit 53 for storing programs and data, a calculation unit 51 for performing processing based on data and programs stored in the storage unit 53, And a control means 54 for controlling the driving of the motor based on the calculation result of the calculation means 51.

  When the calculation means 51 detects that the contact portion 412 of the extending portion 41 is in contact with the head of the measurer by an input signal from the sensor provided in the cursor 4, based on the input signal from the sensor provided in the column 3, The height corresponding to the expansion / contraction position of the column 3 with respect to the reference position of the column 3 for height calculation is calculated. In the calculation means 51, when the input source of the detection signal is switched from the first switch 62 to the second switch 64, the height of the contact portion 412 from the base of the inclined portion 411 is only 2 × 2 even if the expansion / contraction position of the column 3 is the same. High height is calculated. Further, in the calculation means 51, when the input source of the detection signal is switched from the second switch 64 to the first switch 62, the height of the contact portion 412 from the root of the inclined portion 411 even if the column 3 is in the same expansion / contraction position × A height that is 2 lower is calculated.

  In the height meter 1, when the cursor 4 is attached to the column 3 so that the contact portion 412 is located above the base of the inclined portion 411, the second pressing member 63 presses the second switch 64 to detect the detection signal. Is input to the calculation means 52 of the measurement unit 5. In the calculation means 52, when a detection signal is input from the second switch 64, compared to a conventional height meter in which the cursor 4 extends horizontally from the root, the root of the inclined portion 411 is the same even if the column 3 has the same expansion / contraction position. The height is calculated by subtracting the height of the contact part 412 from. As a result, in the height meter 1, as shown in FIG. 4A, the height H1 of the support portion 42 from the upper surface of the base 2 in the state where the column 3 is extended to the height H1 of the support portion 42 from the base of the inclined portion 411. The height can be measured up to the height obtained by adding the height H2 of the part 412.

  When the cursor 4 is attached to the column 3 so that the contact portion 412 is positioned below the base of the inclined portion 411, the first pressing member 61 presses the first switch 62 and the detection signal is measured. Input to the calculation means 52 of the unit 5. In the calculation means 52, when a detection signal is input from the first switch 62, the root of the inclined portion 411 is equal even if the column 3 has the same expansion / contraction position as compared with a conventional height meter in which the cursor 4 extends horizontally from the root. The height is calculated by adding the height of the contact portion 412 from the top. As a result, in the height meter 1, as shown in FIG. 4B, the height H3 of the support portion 42 from the upper surface of the base 2 in the state in which the column 3 is most contracted is from the base of the inclined portion 411. The height can be measured from the height obtained by subtracting the height H4 of the contact portion 412.

  According to the present embodiment, the contact part 412 of the cursor 4 can be positioned above and below the base of the inclined part 411. For this reason, when the contact portion 412 is positioned above the root of the inclined portion 411, the height of the cursor 4 is higher than that of a conventional height meter extending horizontally from the root, and the contact portion 412 is measured at the root of the inclined portion 411. If it is positioned further downward, it becomes possible to measure a height lower than that of a conventional height meter in which the cursor 4 extends horizontally from the root. Accordingly, the height measurement range can be expanded or changed as compared with the conventional height meter without changing the height of the column 3. Moreover, such a function and effect can be obtained with a simple configuration in which the height calculation program and the cursor 4 are changed with respect to the conventional height meter 1.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 detect whether the contact portion 412 is located above or below the base of the inclined portion 411, and the measurement unit 5 Since the detection result is input to the calculation means 51, the height measurement range can be changed simply by changing the cursor 4 so that the contact portion 412 is positioned above or below the base of the inclined portion 411.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the detection unit detects whether the contact portion 412 is located above or below the base of the inclined portion 411 has been described. The input means 52 may input by the above operation.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the cursor 4 is fixed to the upper end of the column 3 and the column 3 expands and contracts has been described. However, like the cursor 4 shown in FIG. It is good also as composition which has. In the cursor 4, a support portion 42 supported by the column 3 slides in the vertical direction on the column 3. Even in this configuration, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained by attaching the cursor 4 to the column 3 so that the contact portion 412 is positioned above or below the base of the inclined portion 411. In FIG. 5, the column 3 does not expand and contract in one stage, but the column 3 may be configured in a plurality of stages and expand and contract.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the cursor 4 includes the extension part 41 and the support part 42, and the contact part 412 of the extension part 41 is located either above or below the base of the inclined part 411. As described above, the case where the direction of the cursor 4 is selected and attached to the column 3 has been described. However, as long as the contact portion 412 of the cursor 4 can be positioned above and below the base of the inclined portion 411, the configuration is not limited to that in the above embodiment.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the vertical position of the contact portion 412 with respect to the base of the inclined portion 411 may be switched while the support portion 42 is supported by the column 3. For example, even if the extending portion 41 is inserted into and removed from the support portion 42 and the vertical position of the contact portion 412 with respect to the base of the inclined portion 411 is switched, the extending portion 41 rotates with respect to the support portion 42 and the inclined portion 411. The vertical position of the contact portion 412 with respect to the root of the base may be switched.

  The column 3 does not need to be configured in three stages, and may be two stages or four stages or more. Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the case where the measurement part 5 calculated the to-be-measured person's height, this invention is applicable also to the height meter 1 with which the column 3 was graduated.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the extending portion 41 of the cursor 4 is configured by the inclined portion 411 extending linearly obliquely toward the side of the support portion 42 and the contact portion 412 extending horizontally from the inclined portion 411. Explained the case. However, the cursor only needs to have the contact portion 412 positioned above or below the base of the extending portion 41, and the inclined portion 411 extending linearly obliquely from the support portion 42 toward the side of the support portion 42. It is not necessary for the contact portion 412 to extend from.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 are provided in the column 3 has been described. However, the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 may be provided in the cursor 4, and the first pressing member 61 and the second pressing member 63 may be provided in the column 3. One of the first switch 62 and the second switch 64 is provided in the column 3, the corresponding pressing members 61 and 63 are provided in the cursor 4, and the other switches 62 and 64 are provided in the cursor 4. Corresponding pressing members 61 and 63 may be provided in the column 3. The present invention can also be applied to a height meter that is integrally combined with a weight scale, body composition meter, body fat scale, and the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Height meter 2 Base 3 Column 31 1st stage 32 2nd stage 33 3rd stage 4 Cursor 41 Extension part 411 Inclination part 412 Contact part 42 Support part 5 Measurement part 51 Calculation means 52 Input means 53 Storage means 54 Control means 61 1st Press member 62 1st switch 63 2nd press member 64 2nd switch

Claims (4)

The base on which the person to be measured rides,
A column extending upward from the base;
A cursor having a support portion supported by the column and an extending portion including a contact portion that contacts the head of the person to be measured and extending from the support portion;
Calculating means for calculating the height of the person to be measured;
In height meter with
The cursor is configured such that the contact portion can be positioned above or below the base of the extending portion extending from the support portion,
Input whether the contact part is located above or below the base of the extension part extending from the support part, and output the inputted result to the calculation means A height meter characterized by having an input means . The base on which the person to be measured rides,
A column extending upward from the base;
A cursor having a support portion supported by the column and an extending portion including a contact portion that contacts the head of the person to be measured and extending from the support portion;
Calculating means for calculating the height of the person to be measured;
In height meter with
The cursor is configured such that the contact portion can be positioned above or below the base of the extending portion extending from the support portion,
Detection that detects whether the contact portion is located above or below the base of the extending portion extending from the support portion, and outputs the detected result to the calculation means Height meter characterized by having means . The cursor may be positioned on the lower side of the contact portion on the upper side of the base of the extension portion extending from the support portion by reversing the mounting direction of the support portion supported on the column. The height meter according to claim 1, wherein the height meter is configured so as to be able to be made . 4. The height meter according to claim 1, wherein the cursor is supported so as to be slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the column.

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