JP7106213B2 - bathroom equipment - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hot water supply apparatus capable of setting hot water temperature from a kitchen remote controller or a bath remote controller, and a bathroom apparatus for changing the volume of music in the bathroom and the state of lighting.

Since a hot water supply apparatus for supplying hot water in a bathroom is generally installed outdoors, operations such as changing the temperature of hot water supply are performed from a kitchen remote controller or a bathroom remote controller installed indoors. Note that the operation to change the hot water supply temperature of the hot water supply device is not limited to the configuration performed from the remote controller fixed indoors, and may be configured to be performed from a mobile communication terminal such as a tablet terminal or a smartphone. In this case, it is necessary to newly provide a communication unit for communicating with the mobile communication terminal on the water heater side, but this mobile communication terminal functions in the same way as the kitchen remote controller, and the priority switch is operated by the bathroom remote controller. is set so as not to accept an operation to change the hot water supply temperature from a mobile communication terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition to the temperature of the hot water supply, the parameters to be changed in the bathroom include the volume and the brightness of the lighting when playing music.

JP 2014-234990 A (paragraph [0027])

In the conventional water heater described above, since the mobile communication terminal is added as a new remote controller to remote controllers such as bathroom remote controllers and kitchen remote controllers that are conventionally fixed indoors, when the mobile communication terminal functions as a remote controller, , it was necessary to activate a dedicated application installed on the mobile communication terminal and actively set the hot water temperature from the remote control screen displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal. It's nothing more than

Therefore, when a plurality of people use the bathroom one by one, if the hot water temperature of each person is different, the hot water temperature can be set to the hot water temperature of each person's preference by the portable communication terminal in the same way as the conventional kitchen remote controller or bath remote controller. You have to do something to set it.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention is a bathroom apparatus that can automatically change the hot water supply temperature to a desired hot water supply temperature without performing the setting operation of the hot water supply temperature, or can adjust the volume and lighting conditions. The task is to provide

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a bathroom apparatus according to the present invention is a bathroom apparatus having at least a remote controller capable of changing the set value of hot water supply temperature of the hot water supply apparatus, and communicates with an external portable communication terminal. a setting data changing unit that reads the setting data stored in the mobile communication terminal and overwrites the setting value changed by the remote controller with the setting data, and the distance between the reference point set in advance in the house and the mobile communication terminal When the distance becomes equal to or less than a predetermined distance, the setting data changing unit automatically communicates with the mobile communication terminal and reads the setting data in the mobile communication terminal.

In recent years, many people own a mobile communication terminal such as a smartphone. The environment is set to your preferred environment.

For example, the setting data stored in the portable communication terminal is setting data relating to the hot water temperature of the hot water supply apparatus.

In a state where there are a plurality of mobile communication terminals whose distances from the reference point are equal to or less than the predetermined distance, the setting data changing unit is configured to set the mobile communication terminal having the shortest distance from the reference point. Load data.

In addition, a bath remote controller installed in the bathroom is provided, and a priority switch provided on the bath remote controller is operated, and the mobile communication terminal is set at the reference point in a state in which the hot water supply temperature set by the bath remote controller is given priority. , the setting data changing unit reads setting data relating to hot water supply temperature among the setting data set in the mobile communication terminal, and gives priority to the hot water supply temperature set by the bath remote controller. It is desirable to set the hot water supply temperature by

However, if the hot water supply temperature is changed to the hot water supply temperature set in the mobile communication terminal while the priority switch of the bath remote controller is being operated, the hot water supply temperature changes to the hot water supply temperature set in the mobile communication terminal. It is desirable to provide the bath remote controller with notification means for notifying that the bath remote control has been changed.

As is clear from the above description, the present invention changes the temperature of hot water supplied by the hot water supply device to the temperature set in the mobile communication terminal simply by bringing the mobile communication terminal closer to the reference point, or changes the volume of the sound device. Since the lighting conditions of the lighting system and the lighting equipment are automatically changed to the desired condition, there is no need for active operation. environment.

A floor plan of a house with a water heater installed Front view of bath remote control Front view of kitchen remote control Flow chart when changing the hot water supply temperature by automatic communication with a mobile communication terminal

Referring to FIG. 1, H is a house in which a water heater 1 according to the present invention is installed. Since the water heater 1 is installed outdoors, the temperature of hot water supplied from the water heater 1 to the kitchen KT and the bathroom BR is controlled by a bath remote controller 2 provided in the bathroom BR and a kitchen remote controller 3 provided in the kitchen KT. Although bath remote controller 2 and kitchen remote controller 3 are connected to water heater 1 by wire in this embodiment, they may be connected wirelessly via radio waves.

Referring to FIG. 2, the bath remote control 2 is provided with a power switch 21. When the power switch 21 is pushed, the hot water supply device 1 is turned on and ready to supply hot water. The hot water supply temperature is set by the hot water supply temperature setting switch 22 . In addition, the bathroom BR is usually provided with a shower, and a priority switch 23 is provided in order to prevent the hot water temperature from being changed while the user is bathing in warm water from the shower. When the priority switch 23 is pushed, the operation of changing the temperature of hot water supplied by the kitchen remote controller 3, which is another remote controller, cannot be accepted. A speaker 24 is provided to pronounce various messages.

Referring to FIG. 3, kitchen remote controller 3 is provided with power switch 31 and hot water supply temperature setting switch 32, but is not provided with a priority switch having the same function as priority switch 23 described above.

Returning to FIG. 1, in the present invention, the reference point 4 is set in the dressing room DR adjacent to the bathroom BR. A device such as a cradle for directly placing the mobile communication terminal on the reference point 4 may be provided, and the hot water supply temperature data stored in the mobile communication terminal placed on the device may be read. In the embodiment, a detection range 5 centered on this reference point 4 is set.

On the other hand, an application for setting the temperature of hot water supply is installed in advance in the mobile communication terminals 6A and 6B, and a desired temperature of hot water supply is set in advance by the application. Then, when the mobile communication terminal 6A enters the detection range 5, the hot water supply temperature data set in the mobile communication terminal 6A that has entered is read, and the hot water supply temperature of the water heater 1 is changed. made it Specifically, a communication station using Bluetooth (registered trademark: bluetooth) is installed at the reference point 4, and the strength of the radio wave between the communication station and each mobile communication terminal determines whether the communication station and each mobile communication terminal can communicate with each other. It is conceivable to obtain the distance to the terminal. Alternatively, it may be determined whether or not each mobile communication terminal is present within the detection range 5 using the GPS function of each mobile communication terminal. In the example shown in FIG. 1, one mobile communication terminal 6A exists within the detection range 5. However, when a plurality of mobile communication terminals exist within the detection range 5, the reference point 4 read the temperature data of the hot water supply in the portable communication terminal closest to the

Referring to FIG. 4, when the power switch 21 of the bath remote controller 2 or the power switch 31 of the kitchen remote controller 3 is pressed, it is first determined whether the priority switch 23 of the bath remote controller 2 is turned on (S1). ). At this time, if the priority switch 23 is on, acceptance of the hot water supply temperature change operation by the kitchen remote controller 3 is prohibited (S2), and if the priority switch 23 is not on, the hot water supply temperature change operation by the kitchen remote controller 3 is prohibited. (S3), and subsequently determine whether the mobile communication terminal exists within the detection range 5 (S4).

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, since one mobile communication terminal 6A exists within the detection range 5, reception of operation to change the temperature of the hot water supply by the kitchen remote control 3 is prohibited (S6), and the mobile communication terminal 6A is disabled. The hot water supply temperature data set in the hot water supply temperature data is read out, and the actual hot water supply temperature in the hot water supply device 1 is changed to the hot water supply temperature of the read hot water supply temperature data (S7).

If the priority switch 23 of the bath remote controller 2 is turned on at this time, it is necessary to notify the bather that the temperature of the hot water supply has been changed. is changed (S9).

It should be noted that, since it is sufficient to issue this notification by the buzzer sound once when the temperature of the hot water supply is changed, the buzzer sound is not continuously sounded until the mobile communication terminal leaves the detection range 5 (S5). , S8, S10).

By the way, in the above embodiment, the hot water supply temperature is automatically changed. The setting data corresponding to the volume of the sound equipment and the dimming state of the dimming device are stored in the mobile communication terminal, and these setting data are read in the same way as the hot water supply temperature data to adjust the volume and dimming state. It may be configured to change automatically.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

1 hot water supply device 2 bath remote controller 3 kitchen remote controller 4 reference point 5 detection range 6A mobile communication terminal 6B mobile communication terminal

Claims (5)

A bathroom apparatus equipped with a remote controller capable of changing at least a hot water supply temperature setting value of the hot water supply apparatus, communicating with an external mobile communication terminal, reading setting data stored in the mobile communication terminal, and reading the remote controller. a setting data changing unit that overwrites the setting value changed by the setting data with the setting data, and the setting data changing unit changes the A bathroom device that automatically communicates with a mobile communication terminal and reads setting data in the mobile communication terminal. 2. The bathroom apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting data stored in said portable communication terminal is setting data relating to the hot water supply temperature of said hot water supply apparatus. In a state where there are a plurality of mobile communication terminals whose distances from the reference point are equal to or less than the predetermined distance, the setting data changing unit is configured to set the mobile communication terminal having the shortest distance from the reference point. 3. A bathroom device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it reads data. A bath remote controller installed in a bathroom is provided, and a priority switch provided on the bath remote controller is operated, and the mobile communication terminal is placed at a predetermined distance from the reference point in a state in which the hot water supply temperature set by the bath remote controller is prioritized. When the temperature approaches below, the setting data changing unit reads the setting data related to the hot water supply temperature among the setting data set in the mobile communication terminal, and gives priority to the hot water supply temperature set by the bath remote controller. 4. The bathroom apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hot water supply temperature is set. When the hot water supply temperature is changed to the hot water supply temperature set in the mobile communication terminal while the priority switch of the bath remote controller is being operated, the hot water supply temperature is changed to the hot water supply temperature set in the mobile communication terminal. 5. The bathroom apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the bath remote controller is provided with an informing means for informing that the bathroom has been refilled.

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