JP6635402B2 - Toilet information processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toilet information processing device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for improving toilet use efficiency and improving customer convenience, a device that measures the degree of congestion in a toilet and displays the congestion degree to a user is known.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a toilet vacancy display device that measures the presence / absence of a plurality of toilets, determines the degree of congestion from the usage, and informs the user.

In addition, for example, in Patent Document 2, in order to acquire and display the use situation, the use situation of a plurality of toilets is acquired by a sensor, and the use or non-use state is wirelessly transmitted, thereby saving construction and maintaining the appearance. Means for constructing the system are disclosed.

JP-A-6-333174 JP 2014-44474 A

  However, even if the degree of congestion in the toilet is measured and displayed, if all the toilets in the toilet are in use, the user waits for the toilet to finish using the toilet, It is not possible to accurately determine which one can use the toilet in a short time when the user goes to a non-congested toilet set in a place where the toilet is located. Therefore, it does not lead to a sufficient improvement in convenience of the toilet.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and when all toilets of a toilet are in use, calculating the time until one of the toilets is used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a toilet information processing device that can perform the operation.

A toilet information processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a toilet including: a first detection unit configured to detect use of a plurality of toilets; and a control unit configured to process first detection information of the first detection unit. The information processing apparatus, wherein the control unit processes the presence / absence information of the plurality of toilets based on the first detection information, and processes the first detection information, and uses the longest use of the toilets in use. With the use time information as time, the use end time of any one of the plurality of toilets is calculated, and the use time information is the longest use time among the use times belonging to the first threshold time or less. And a second detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of an operation of a function unit provided in the toilet, wherein the control unit processes second detection information of the second detecting means, and wherein the use time information is The usage time belonging to one threshold time or less and the second detection information Operation time calculated by processing in the use time belonging to or less than the second threshold time, and the longest operation time.

According to this configuration, the use end time is calculated from the longest use time among the use times of the plurality of toilets, and when there is a user who uses the use time longer than expected, the use end time is calculated. By excluding it from the target, the use end time can be accurately calculated.
In addition, even before the first threshold time is reached, if there is a user who does not operate the functional unit for a longer time than expected, the use time is excluded from the calculation of the use end time, so that the user can accurately use the function unit. The end time can be calculated.

Toilet information processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the first state like, various types of information processed by the control unit, a transmittable different information device and the toilet information processing apparatus, wherein The information transmitted to the information device includes the use time of the toilet that is processing the first detection information and is being used.

  According to this configuration, the information device connected to the toilet information processing device can receive the use end time and each use time information of the toilet in use. Further, even if the information device is not connected to the toilet information processing device, information can be obtained through the information device connected to the toilet information processing device.

The toilet information processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first and second aspects, calculates the use end time from a result of past use times of the plurality of toilets. Features.

  According to this configuration, the use end time is calculated using the result of the past use time, so that the use end time can be calculated more accurately.

The toilet information processing device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the toilet information processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the control unit processes the first detection information and calculates the calculated toilet bowl in use. Notifies when the usage time exceeds the third threshold.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to detect a user who has fallen due to illness or the like by notifying when there is a user who is using a certain threshold or more, and notify the outside.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when all the toilets of a toilet are in use, the toilet information processing apparatus which can calculate the time until the end of use of any one toilet can be provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the toilet information processing device according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which the toilet information processing apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment implements. It is a block diagram showing typically the restroom information processing device concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart which the toilet information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment implements. FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration in which an information device is connected to the toilet information processing device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a distribution diagram schematically showing a result of using a plurality of toilets, for showing a specific method of calculating a use end time described in the first and second embodiments. It is a flowchart at the time of adding notification control to the toilet information processing apparatus of 1st, 2nd embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In order to facilitate understanding, the same constituents are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible in the drawings to be written, and redundant description will be omitted.

[First Embodiment]
First, a toilet information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described in the embodiment.

<Configuration of toilet information processing device>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the toilet information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet information processing apparatus 100 includes a plurality of toilet bowls 101a, 101b, 101c, a plurality of first detection units 102a, 102b, 102c, and a control unit 103. Each of the plurality of toilet bowls 101a, 101b, and 101c and each of the plurality of first detection units 102a, 102b, and 102c are configured separately. The plurality of first detection units 102a, 102b, and 102c are connected to the control unit 103 by a wired communication line by a bus connection type, and exchange state signals.

  The plurality of first detecting means 102a, 102b, 102c respectively detect the use of the plurality of toilet bowls 101a, 101b, 101c, and transmit the content as first detection information to the control unit 103. Thereby, the control unit 103 can grasp all the usage states of the plurality of toilet bowls 101 existing in the toilet information processing apparatus 100. In addition, as the first detection means 102, for example, a human body detection sensor or a seating detection sensor provided in a sanitary washing device installed in the toilet 101 is used.

<Operation of control unit>
The operation of the control unit 103 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an example of a flowchart executed by the remotely operated device according to the first embodiment.

(Step SP11)
The control unit 103 monitors the use presence / absence information and the use time information of the plurality of toilet bowls 101 based on the respective first detection information obtained from the first detection unit 102.

(Step SP12)
The control unit 103 proceeds to step SP13 when all the toilets 101 are in the use status from the monitoring result of the use presence / absence information. Otherwise, return to step SP11.

(Step SP13)
The control unit 103 extracts the toilet 101 having a usage time shorter than the first threshold from the usage time information of the plurality of toilets 101. The first threshold is, for example, 30 minutes.

(Step SP14)
The control unit 103 calculates the use end time of any one of the plurality of toilets 101 from the longest use time in the extracted use time information of the toilet 101. After the calculation, the process returns to step SP11 to monitor the use presence / absence information and the use time information of the plurality of toilet bowls 101.

  Accordingly, the control unit 103 calculates the use end time of any one of the plurality of toilet bowls 101 without using the usage time information of the toilet bowl that is used in an unexpected use method. Can be.

[Second embodiment]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the toilet information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the toilet information processing device 100 of the second embodiment includes second detecting means 201 a, 201 b, and 201 c in addition to the toilet information processing device 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1. It is connected to the control unit 103. The second detecting means 201a, 201b, 201c are means for detecting the presence or absence of operation of the functional units of the respective toilet bowls 101a, 101b, 101c, and are configured separately from the toilet bowls 101a, 101b, 101c. As the second detection means 201, for example, a result of the operation of the sanitary washing device installed on the toilet 101 is used.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart executed by the toilet information processing device according to the second embodiment. Note that steps of the control unit 103 that are different from those of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described below.

(Step SP21)
In step SP13, the control unit 103 extracts the toilet whose usage time is equal to or less than the first threshold from the plurality of toilets 101, and then processes the second detection information from the extracted toilet. The toilet of the use time belonging to two threshold times or less is extracted. Thereafter, the process continues to step SP14. The second threshold value is, for example, 20 minutes.

  With these, the control unit 103 determines, among the plurality of toilet bowls 101, a toilet bowl in which the use time of the functional unit of the toilet bowl 101 is longer than expected, as a toilet bowl used in an unintended usage method, The use end time of any one toilet can be calculated.

[Third embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration in which an information device is connected to the toilet information processing device according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 5, an information device 301 which is a device different from the toilet information processing device 100 is connected to the toilet information processing device 100. The toilet information processing apparatus 100 and the information device 301 are wired and connected one to one.

  The toilet information processing device 100 can transmit various types of information processed by the control unit 103 to the information device 301. The various types of information include the use end time of the toilet, the use presence / absence information of the toilets 101a, 101b, 101c, the use time information, and the like.

  Thereby, even the external information device 301 can know the usage status of the plurality of toilets 101a, 101b, 101c in detail.

  Various types of information obtained by the external information device 301 are displayed on, for example, a monitor of a management office that manages the toilet information processing apparatus 100, and can be confirmed by a manager.

  Next, a method of calculating the use end time calculated by the control unit 103 will be described. FIG. 6 is a distribution diagram schematically showing the result of the use time of the plurality of toilet bowls 101 in a certain period, for illustrating a specific method of calculating the use end time described in the first and second embodiments.

  In FIG. 6, the horizontal axis x is each use time, the vertical axis t is the use time frequency, the average value in this distribution is E (x), and the variance value is σ.

Equation 1 below is an equation for calculating the use end time from the result of FIG. A value obtained by multiplying the average value E (x) by three times the variance value σ is used as the assumed value of the use time, and a value obtained by subtracting the extracted longest use time from the value is calculated as the use end time.

Formula 1: use end time = E (X) + 3σ-longest time

  Thus, the control unit 103 can calculate the use end time based on the actual data, and the calculation result becomes more realistic.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart when notification control is added to the toilet information processing apparatus of the first and second embodiments. Hereinafter, steps related to the notification control will be described.

(Step SP51)
After step SP11, the control unit 103 determines in step SP51 whether the usage time is equal to or longer than the third threshold. The third threshold is larger than the first threshold, for example, one hour.

(Step SP52)
In step SP15, when there is the toilet 101 whose use time exceeds the third threshold, the control unit 103 issues a notification. As the notification, an alarm sound may be generated at a management office that manages the toilet information processing apparatus 100.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to such description.

  For example, in FIGS. 1, 3, and 5, the first detection unit 102 and the control unit 103 are connected by wire, but may be connected by wireless. Although the connection is made by a bus connection type, any connection method can be used as long as the connection method allows information on whether the toilet 101 is used or not.

  For example, in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5, the toilet bowls 101a, 101b, and 101c and the first detection means 102a, 102b, and 102c are configured separately, but may be configured as a single body.

  Also, for example, in FIG. 3, the toilet bowls 101a, 101b, 101c and the second detecting means 201a, 201b, 202c are configured separately, but may be configured as one body.

  For example, in FIG. 5, the toilet information processing apparatus 100 and the information device 301 are connected one-to-one, but may be connected via various networks such as a LAN and the Internet. Also, the connection is made by wire, but may be made by wireless. The number of information devices 301 is not limited to one, but may be a plurality.

  For example, FIG. 6 shows the result of the past use time in a normal distribution, but the distribution is not always such a distribution and is based on actual data.

  For example, Expression 1 shows a calculation expression of the use end time, but other calculation expressions may be used.

100 toilet information processing device 101a, 101b, 101c toilet bowl 102a, 102b, 102c first detection means 103 control unit 11 controller 12 sensors 201a, 201b, 201c second detection means 301 information equipment

Claims (4)

A toilet information processing apparatus, comprising: a first detection unit configured to detect use of a plurality of toilets; and a control unit configured to process first detection information of the first detection unit.
The control unit, the use information of the plurality of toilets based on the first detection information, and processing the first detection information, use time information and the longest use time of the toilet in use, In calculating the use end time of any one of the plurality of toilets,
The use time information is the longest use time among the use times belonging to the first threshold time or less ,
A second detection unit configured to detect the presence or absence of operation of a functional unit provided in the toilet,
The control unit processes second detection information of the second detection unit,
The use time information is the use time belonging to the first threshold time or less and the operation time calculated by processing the second detection information is the longest among the use times belonging to the second threshold time or less. A toilet information processing apparatus characterized by using time . The toilet information processing device,
Various information processed by the control unit, it is possible to transmit to a device different from the toilet information processing device,
Information sent to the device, the toilet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first process the detection information, characterized in that it also includes the time of use of the toilet bowl during use. The toilet information processing device,
Toilet information processing apparatus from the results of past usage time, according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that for calculating the use end time of the plurality of the toilet. The said control part processes the said 1st detection information, and notifies when the calculated use time of the toilet during use exceeds the 3rd threshold value, The claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Toilet information processing equipment.

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