JP2001128899A - Controller for peripheral apparatus of toilet bowl - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for the peripheral apparatus of a toilet bowl which provides toilet room uses with meticulous services. SOLUTION: This controller has an image input means, a human body image extracting means which extracts a human body image from the image signals inputted from the image input means, a distance detecting means which detects the distance from the image input means to the human body in accordance with the extracted human body image, and a central arithmetic means which judges to which of preset >=3 regions the detected distance belongs and controls the operation of the plurality of toilet bowl peripheral apparatus in the forms varying with each of the preset regions in a accordance with the region to which the detected distance belongs.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a toilet peripheral device control device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A pyroelectric sensor or a photoelectric sensor is used to detect the presence of a human body within one predetermined distance from a sensor. , Turn on the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device, release the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device, release the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device, turn on the toilet seat heating heater, or turn off the low temperature. A toilet peripheral device control device configured to shift from the standby mode to the normal heating mode and to turn on the deodorizing device has been conventionally used. JP 7
No. 236593 discloses a toilet bowl peripheral device control device configured to extract a human body image from an image signal input from an image input unit, and to open and close a toilet lid and a toilet seat based on an action and a posture of a human body. ing.

[0003]

In a toilet peripheral device control device using a pyroelectric sensor or a photoelectric sensor, when a human body is present within one predetermined distance from the sensor, the toilet peripheral device is turned on. Since the operation prohibition of the toilet bowl peripheral device is released, when the one predetermined distance is set to a small value, the toilet seat is cold when the toilet seat is seated, and when the local washing is started early after the toilet seat is seated, the washing water is cold, etc. If the predetermined distance is set to a large value, the peripheral devices of the toilet are turned on unnecessarily early and power is wasted, and the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device are prohibited. Is unnecessarily released early, causing problems such as impairment of the prevention of washing water discharge and dry air discharge due to mischief or accident, and eventually, a detailed service for toilet room users. There is a problem that can not provide a scan. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-236593 discloses a toilet peripheral device control apparatus which is set according to the taste of a toilet room user, such as a human body local cleaning condition, a human body local drying condition, a toilet seat temperature condition, a toilet room temperature condition, and the like. Toilet peripheral equipment control including control of the operating conditions of peripheral equipment cannot be performed,
Eventually, there was a problem that a detailed service could not be provided to a toilet room user. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a toilet peripheral device control device capable of providing a detailed service to a toilet room user.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, there is provided an image input means, a human body image extracting means for extracting a human body image from an image signal input from the image input means, and A distance detecting means for detecting a distance from the image input means to the human body based on the human body image; and an area to which the detected distance belongs to among three or more predetermined areas, and to which the detected distance belongs. In response to the,
A toilet peripheral device control device, comprising: a central processing unit that controls operations of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices in a different manner for each preset region.

[0005] A toilet peripheral device control device according to the present invention determines which of three or more regions the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to, and sets the distance in advance according to the region to which the distance belongs. The operation of a plurality of toilet bowl peripheral devices is controlled in a different manner for each area. More specifically, for example, when the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to the third region, the toilet bowl peripheral device is maintained in the OFF state, and the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the drying air of the human body local drying device are performed. When the discharge operation is prohibited and the distance from the image input unit to the human body belongs to the second area shorter than the third area, the toilet seat heating device is turned on or the mode is shifted from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode, and the human body local cleaning is performed. Turn on the hot water heater of the device
I do. When the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to the first region shorter than the second region, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device are released. .

[0006] In the toilet peripheral device control device according to the present invention, if the image input means is disposed near the toilet and three areas are appropriately set, when the toilet room user approaches the toilet and sits on the toilet seat. It is possible to turn on the toilet seat heating device or shift from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode sufficiently earlier than the time when the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device is turned on. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as when the toilet seat is cold when the toilet seat is seated, and when the local washing is started early after the seat is seated, the washing water is cold. On the other hand, it is possible to prevent the toilet seat heating device from being turned on unnecessarily early or to shift from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode, and to turn on the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device to waste power. If the toilet room user leaves after defecation, make sure to turn off the hot water heater and toilet seat heating device of the human body local cleaning device.
As a result, waste of power can be prevented.

[0007] In the toilet peripheral device control device according to the present invention, if the image input means is disposed near the toilet and the three areas are appropriately set, the toilet room user can immediately enter the human body local area immediately before sitting on the toilet seat. The prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device can be released. As a result, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device are released unnecessarily early to prevent the cleaning water discharge and the drying air discharge due to mischief or accident. The occurrence of a situation that hinders execution is prevented.

Therefore, the toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to the present invention can provide a detailed service to a toilet room user.

An image is input using a recently developed compact high-precision image processing device such as an AF sensor manufactured by Fuji Electric, a human body image is extracted from an input image signal, and triangulation is performed based on the extracted human body image. It is possible to detect the distance from the image input means to the human body by the method.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device control device includes a characteristic portion extracting means for extracting a characteristic portion from a human body image, a toilet peripheral device operating condition input means,
The storage unit that stores the characteristic portion of the human body image and the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device in association with each other, compares the characteristic portion of the newly input human body image with the characteristic portion of the human body image stored in the storage unit, and newly compares the characteristic portion. Reading means for reading, from the storage means, a toilet peripheral device operating condition associated with the same characteristic portion of the human body image as the input portion of the human body image, and operation of the toilet peripheral device, reading the toilet peripheral device operating condition from the storage means A toilet peripheral device operating condition setting means for setting the same condition as the condition.

[0011] In the above toilet peripheral device control device,
When the user uses the toilet peripheral for the first time, a human body image of the user is automatically input by the image input means, and a characteristic portion of the user's human body image is automatically extracted by the characteristic part extracting means. The characteristic portion of the human body image of the user and the desired toilet peripheral device operating condition set by the user manually operating the toilet peripheral device operating condition input unit are stored in the storage unit in association with each other. Since the toilet peripheral is generally used by a plurality of users, the characteristic portions of the plurality of human body images and the plurality of toilet peripheral device operating conditions are stored in the storage unit in association with each other.

When a user who has used the toilet peripheral device in the past re-uses the toilet peripheral device, a human body image of the user is newly automatically input by the image input means, and the characteristics of the human body image of the user are used. The part is automatically newly extracted by the characteristic part extracting means. The characteristic part of the newly extracted human body image of the user and the characteristic part of the plurality of human body images stored in the storage unit are sequentially compared by the reading unit, and the characteristic part of the plurality of human body images stored in the storage unit are sequentially compared. From among the above, the same characteristic part as the characteristic part of the newly automatically extracted human body image of the user is detected. Toilet peripheral device operating conditions associated with the detected characteristic portion of the human body image are read from the storage means by the reading means. The toilet peripheral device operating condition setting means sets the toilet peripheral device operating condition when using the toilet peripheral device again to be the same as the toilet peripheral device operating condition read from the storage means.

As can be understood from the above description, according to the above-mentioned toilet peripheral device control apparatus, when a user who has once used the toilet peripheral device uses the toilet peripheral device again, the image input from the image input means is not required. Based on the signal, the user's desired toilet bowl peripheral operating condition is automatically set. Therefore, the toilet peripheral device control device can provide a detailed service to a toilet room user.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device includes a human body cleaning device, and the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device includes an operating condition of the human body cleaning device. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral includes a human body local dryer, and the toilet peripheral operating conditions include operating conditions of the human local dryer. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the toilet peripheral includes a toilet seat heating device, and the toilet peripheral operating condition includes an operating condition of the toilet seat heating device. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device includes a toilet room heating device, and the toilet peripheral device operating condition includes an operating condition of the toilet room heating device. A toilet peripheral device control device that automatically sets the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device according to the characteristic portion of the human body image can be applied to various toilet peripheral devices in which the operating condition is set according to the preference of the toilet room user. is there.

In the present invention, an image input means, a human body image extracting means for extracting a human body image from an image signal input from the image input means, a characteristic part extracting means for extracting a characteristic part from the human body image, and a toilet area Equipment operation condition input means, storage means for storing the characteristic portion of the human body image and the toilet peripheral device operation condition in association with each other, and the characteristic part of the newly input human body image and the characteristic of the human body image stored in the storage means Reading means for reading out from the storage means operating conditions of the toilet peripheral device associated with the characteristic portion of the newly input human body image and the same characteristic portion of the human body image, and storing the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device. And a toilet peripheral device operating condition setting means for setting the same as the toilet peripheral device operating condition read from the device.

In the toilet peripheral device control apparatus according to the present invention, when the user uses the toilet peripheral device for the first time, the human body image of the user is automatically input by the image input means, and the user's human body image is displayed. The characteristic part is automatically extracted by the characteristic part extracting means. The characteristic portion of the human body image of the user and the desired toilet peripheral device operating condition set by the user manually operating the toilet peripheral device operating condition input unit are stored in the storage unit in association with each other. Since the toilet peripheral is generally used by a plurality of users, the characteristic portions of the plurality of human body images and the plurality of toilet peripheral device operating conditions are stored in the storage unit in association with each other.

When a user who has used the toilet peripheral device in the past uses the toilet peripheral device again, a human body image of the user is newly automatically input by the image input means, and the characteristics of the human body image of the user are used. The part is automatically newly extracted by the characteristic part extracting means. The characteristic part of the newly extracted human body image of the user and the characteristic part of the plurality of human body images stored in the storage unit are sequentially compared by the reading unit, and the characteristic part of the plurality of human body images stored in the storage unit are sequentially compared. From among the above, the same characteristic part as the characteristic part of the newly automatically extracted human body image of the user is detected. Toilet peripheral device operating conditions associated with the detected characteristic portion of the human body image are read from the storage means by the reading means. The toilet peripheral device operating condition setting means sets the toilet peripheral device operating condition when using the toilet peripheral device again to be the same as the toilet peripheral device operating condition read from the storage means.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the toilet bowl peripheral device control device of the present invention, when a user who has once used the toilet bowl peripheral device uses the toilet bowl peripheral device again, the user receives the input from the image input means. Based on the image signal, the operating conditions of the toilet peripheral device desired by the user are automatically set.
Therefore, the toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to the present invention can provide a detailed service to a toilet room user.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device is a human body cleaning device, and the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device is an operating condition of the human body cleaning device. Equipment control device. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device is a human body local drying device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition is an operating condition of the human body local drying device. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device is a toilet seat heating device, and the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device is an operating condition of the toilet seat heating device. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device is a toilet room heating device, and the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device is an operating condition of the toilet room heating device. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The toilet peripheral device control device according to the present invention is applicable to various toilet peripheral devices in which operating conditions are set according to the preference of a toilet room user.

[0020] In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the toilet peripheral device control device includes a distance detecting means for detecting a distance from the image input means to the human body based on the extracted human body image;
A determination is made as to which of the three or more predetermined areas the detected distance is included in, and a plurality of toilet bowl peripherals are determined in different modes for each of the predetermined areas according to the area including the detected distance. Central processing means for controlling the operation of the device.

The above-mentioned toilet peripheral device control device controls the operation of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices in three or more different modes according to the area to which the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs.
More specifically, for example, when the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to the third region, the toilet bowl peripheral device is maintained in the OFF state, and the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the drying air of the human body local drying device are performed. When the discharge operation is prohibited and the distance from the image input unit to the human body belongs to the second area shorter than the third area, the toilet seat heating device is turned on or the mode is shifted from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode, and the human body local cleaning is performed. Turn on the hot water heater of the device. When the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to the first region shorter than the second region, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device are released. .

In the above-mentioned toilet peripheral device control device,
If the image input means is disposed near the toilet and the three areas are properly set, the toilet seat heating device is turned on when the toilet room user approaches the toilet and sufficiently earlier than when the toilet seat is seated, or It is possible to shift from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode and turn on the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as when the toilet seat is cold when the toilet seat is seated, and when the local washing is started early after the seat is seated, the washing water is cold. On the other hand, it is possible to prevent the toilet seat heating device from being turned on unnecessarily early or to shift from the low-temperature standby mode to the normal heating mode, and to turn on the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device to waste power. When the toilet room user leaves after defecation, the hot water heater and the toilet seat heating device of the human body local cleaning device can be reliably turned off to prevent waste of power.

In the above-mentioned toilet peripheral device control device,
If the image input means is arranged in the vicinity of the toilet and the three areas are set appropriately, immediately before the toilet room user sits on the toilet seat, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the human body local drying device The prohibition of the drying air discharge operation can be released. As a result, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body local drying device are released unnecessarily early to prevent the cleaning water discharge and the drying air discharge due to mischief or accident. The occurrence of a situation that hinders execution is prevented.

Therefore, the above-mentioned toilet peripheral device control device can provide a detailed service to a toilet room user.

An image is input using a recently developed compact high-precision image processing apparatus such as an AF sensor manufactured by Fuji Electric, a human body image is extracted from an input image signal, and triangulation is performed based on the extracted human body image. It is possible to detect the distance from the image input means to the human body by the method.

[0026]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a toilet seat 2 is placed on a toilet bowl disposed in a toilet room 1. A toilet seat heating heater 3 is built in the toilet seat 2. The toilet body washing device 4 is attached to the toilet seat 2. The human body local cleaning device 4 has a cleaning water discharge mechanism (not shown) and a hot water heater. A human body local drying device (not shown) and a deodorizing fan are integrated with the human body local cleaning device 4. A toilet lid 5 is attached to the toilet. A toilet lid driving device 6 that opens and closes the toilet lid 5 is provided. Indoor heating heater 7 in toilet room 1
Are arranged.

The toilet seat heating heater 3, the washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4, and the operation of a plurality of toilet bowl peripheral devices such as a hot water heater, a human body local drying device, a deodorizing fan, a toilet lid driving device 6, and an indoor heating heater 7. Toilet peripheral device control device 8 to be controlled
Are provided in the toilet room 1. The toilet device controller 8 includes an image input unit 81 attached to the toilet seat 2.
have. The toilet peripheral device control device 8 stores the current image memory 82 a storing the current image of the toilet room 1 input from the image input means 81 and the previously input image of the toilet room 1 in a state where no person is present. It has a human body image extracting means 82 composed of a background image memory 82b for storing and a difference calculation unit 82c for performing a calculation for subtracting the background image from the current image of the toilet room 1.

The toilet peripheral device control device 8 has a distance detecting means 83 for detecting the distance from the image input means 81 to the human body by triangulation based on the extracted human body image. The toilet bowl peripheral device control device 8 determines which of the three regions the detected distance belongs to, and according to the region to which the detected distance belongs, in a different manner for each of the predetermined regions. , Controls the operation of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices such as a toilet seat heating heater 3, a washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and a hot water heater, a human body local drying device, a deodorizing fan, a toilet lid driving device 6, and an indoor heating heater 7. Central processing means 8
Four.

In the control program stored in the memory (not shown) of the toilet bowl peripheral device control device 8, the area of the distance from the image input means 81 to the human body, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the human body local cleaning device 4 shown in FIG. A correlation table between the washing water discharge mechanism and the operation modes of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices such as a hot water heater, a human body local drying device, a deodorizing fan, a toilet lid driving device 6, and an indoor heating heater 7 is pre-installed. I have.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, the distance from the image input means 81 to the human body has three regions: a region of 0 to 20 cm, a region of 20 to 110 cm, and a region of 110 cm or more (near the door in the toilet room or outside the toilet room). It is divided into areas. The correlation between the region and the operation mode of the plurality of toilet bowl peripheral devices is determined in chronological order, and even if the distance from the image input unit 81 to the human body belongs to the same region, Are different, the mode of operation of the toilet bowl peripheral device is also different. This will be described more specifically.

In the area before or immediately after the toilet room user enters the toilet room 1, the stopper of the cleaning water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the stopper of the human body local drying device are turned on, and the cleaning water discharge operation is performed. And the drying air discharge operation are prohibited, the deodorizing fan, the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device 4, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned off, and the toilet lid driving device 6 is closed and the stool is driven. Lid 5 is closed.

In the area when the area is shifted from the area to the area, that is, when the toilet user entering the toilet room 1 is separated from the vicinity of the door and undressed for defecation, the human body local cleaning device 4 is used. The stopper of the washing water discharge mechanism and the stopper of the human body local drying device are turned on, and the washing water discharge operation and the drying air discharge operation are prohibited.
The deodorizing fan is turned off, and the hot water heater, toilet seat heating heater 3 and indoor heating heater 7 of the human body local cleaning device 4 are turned off.
N, the toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to open and the toilet lid 5 is open.

In the area when the area is shifted from the area to the area, that is, when the undressed toilet room user is seated on the toilet seat for defecation, the stopper of the washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the human body local area are used. The stopper of the drying device is turned off, and the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation are released. The deodorizing fan, the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device 4, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are provided. Is ON, the toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to open, and the toilet lid 5 is opened.

In the region when the region is shifted from the region to the region, that is, in the region where the toilet room user who has defecation is away from the toilet seat and wearing clothes, the stopper of the washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the human body drying are performed. The stopper of the apparatus is turned on to prohibit the washing water discharge operation and the dry air discharge operation, and the deodorizing fan, the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device 4, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned on.
The toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to open and the toilet lid 5 is opened.

In the area when the user moves from the area to the area, that is, when the toilet room user moves to the vicinity of the door to leave the toilet room or when the user leaves the toilet room, the cleaning of the human body local cleaning device 4 is performed. The stopper of the water discharge mechanism and the stopper of the human body local dryer are ON
The cleaning water discharge operation and the drying air discharge operation are prohibited, and the deodorizing fan is turned on for a predetermined time,
Hot water heater, toilet seat heating heater 3, human body local cleaning device 4,
The indoor heating heater 7 is turned off, and the toilet lid driving device 6
Is driven to close, and the toilet lid 5 is closed.

The operation of the toilet peripheral device control device 8 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the code explanation table of FIG. In a state where the toilet room user is not in the toilet room 1, the toilet peripheral device control device 8
Is turned on, and the control of the toilet peripheral device by the toilet peripheral device control device 8 is started. The central processing unit 84 turns on the stopper of the cleaning water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the stopper of the human body local drying device to prohibit the cleaning water discharge operation and the drying air discharge operation, and performs a deodorizing fan, a human body local cleaning device. 4, the toilet water heater 3, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned off, and the toilet lid driving device 6 is closed and the toilet lid 5 is driven.
Is closed (S1). At a predetermined minute time interval, the image input means 81 photographs the toilet room 1 and the human body image extracting means 8
2 extracts a human body image from the photographed image, and based on the human body image, a distance detecting means 83 detects a distance from the image input means 81 to the human body by triangulation, and a central processing means 84
It is determined whether the detected distance belongs to any one of the areas. If the human body image cannot be extracted and the distance from the image input unit 81 to the human body cannot be detected, the central processing unit 84
Determines that the detected distance from the image input means 81 to the human body belongs to the area.

As long as the detected distance belongs to the area, that is, before the toilet room user enters the toilet room 1 or immediately after entering the toilet room 1, the central processing means 84 executes the cleaning water discharge operation. The prohibition and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation are maintained, and the deodorizing fan, the hot water heater of the human body local cleaning device 4, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned off.
The state and the closed state of the toilet lid 5 are maintained (S2).

When the detected distance shifts from the area to the area, that is, when the toilet user entering the toilet room 1 moves away from the vicinity of the door, the central processing means 84
Hot water heater, toilet seat heating heater 3, human body local cleaning device 4,
The indoor heating heater 7 is turned on, the toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to open, and the toilet lid 5 is opened (S2 to S3). As a result, the washing water for washing the human body part is heated, the toilet seat 2 is heated, and the toilet room 1 is heated. The toilet lid 5 is opened and the toilet can be used.

While the detected distance remains in the area, that is, while the toilet room user is undressing in preparation for defecation, the central processing means 84 operates the hot water heater, the toilet seat of the O of heating heater 3 and indoor heating heater 7
The N state and the open state of the toilet lid 5 are maintained (S4 to S5). Since the ON state of the indoor heating heater 7 is maintained, there is no possibility that the comfort of the toilet room 1 is impaired during undressing.

When the detected distance shifts from the area to the area, that is, when the toilet room user moves to the vicinity of the door to exit from the toilet room 1 or exits from the toilet room 1, the central processing means 84 sets the human body local part. Cleaning device 4
The hot water heater, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned off, and the toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to close to close the toilet lid 5,
The toilet peripheral device is returned to a state before or immediately after the toilet room user enters the toilet room 1 (S5 to S6).

When the detected distance shifts from area to area, that is, immediately before the toilet room user sits on the toilet seat 2 for defecation, the central processing means 84 operates the cleaning water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4. The stopper and the stopper of the human body local dryer are turned off to release the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation, and the deodorizing fan is turned on (S4, S7). As a result, it is possible to operate the operation button (not shown) to discharge the cleaning water and discharge the drying air. The deodorizing fan operates to remove the odor associated with defecation. Since the temperature of the toilet seat 2 has been raised to a predetermined temperature, there is no possibility that the comfort of the toilet room 1 will be impaired when sitting on the toilet seat 2. Since the temperature of the washing water has risen to the predetermined temperature, even if the human body local washing is started early after sitting on the toilet seat 2, there is no possibility that the comfort of the toilet room 1 is impaired. Immediately before sitting on the toilet seat 2, the ON of the stopper of the cleaning water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the ON of the stopper of the human body local drying device are maintained, and the prohibition of the cleaning water discharge operation and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation are maintained. Since it is maintained, there is no possibility that the effect of preventing the discharge of the washing water and the discharge of the dry air due to mischief or accident is impaired.

While the detected distance remains in the area, that is, while the toilet room user is sitting on the toilet seat 2 to defecate or perform local cleaning after defecation, the central processing means 84 executes the cleaning water. Release of discharge operation prohibition and dry air discharge operation prohibition, hot water heater of human body local cleaning device 4, deodorizing fan,
The toilet seat heater 3 and the indoor heater 7 are turned on, and the toilet lid 5 is kept open (S8).

When the detected distance shifts from area to area, that is, when the toilet room user who defecates leaves the toilet seat 2, the central processing means 84 sets the stopper of the washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 and the human body local part. The stopper of the drying device is turned on to prohibit the washing water discharge operation and the drying air discharge operation (S9). As a result, discharge of cleaning water and discharge of dry air due to mischief or accident are prevented.

While the detected distance remains in the area, that is, while the toilet room user who is separated from the toilet seat 2 is wearing clothes, the central processing means 84 inhibits the washing water discharge operation and discharges the dry air. The operation is prohibited (S10 to S1).
1).

When the detected distance shifts from region to region, that is, when the toilet room user sits on the toilet seat 2 again for defecation, the central processing means 84 sets the stopper of the washing water discharge mechanism of the human body local cleaning device 4 to a stop position. Then, the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation are canceled by turning off the stopper of the human body local drying device (S11 to S12).
As a result, the cleaning water can be discharged again, and the drying air can be discharged.

When the detected distance shifts from the area to the area, that is, when the toilet room user moves to the vicinity of the door to leave the toilet room 1 or leaves the toilet room 1, the central processing means 84 sets the human body local part. Cleaning device 4
Then, the hot water heater, the toilet seat heating heater 3 and the indoor heating heater 7 are turned off, the toilet lid driving device 6 is driven to close, the toilet lid 5 is closed (S10, S13), and a timer (not shown) is turned on (S14).

When a predetermined time t ₀ has elapsed since the timer was turned on while the detected distance stayed in the area, that is, after the toilet room user exited the toilet room 1, another toilet room user moved to the toilet room 1. When the predetermined time t ₀ elapses without entering the room, the central processing means 8
4 turns off the deodorizing fan, resets the timer, and returns the toilet bowl peripheral device to a state before the toilet room user enters the toilet room 1 (S15 to S18).

Before the predetermined time t ₀ elapses after the timer is turned on, the detected distance shifts from the area to the area, that is, the predetermined time t ₀ elapses after the toilet room user leaves the toilet room 1. Before another toilet room user enters the toilet room 1 and moves away from the vicinity of the door, the central processing unit 84 turns on the hot water heater, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 of the human body local cleaning device 4.
Then, the toilet lid driving device 6 is opened and the toilet lid 5 is opened to prepare for the toilet room user to sit on the toilet seat 2 (S15,
S19).

When a predetermined time t ₀ has elapsed since the timer was turned on while the detected distance stayed in the area, that is, after the toilet room user exited the toilet room 1, another toilet room user moved to the toilet room 1. entry and away from the door near the unit to, from the timer oN when the predetermined time t ₀ has elapsed without sitting on the toilet seat 2, the central processing unit 84, a deodorizing fan and OFF, the timer is reset, toilet room user Prepares to sit on the toilet seat 2 (S20 to S24).

Before the predetermined time t ₀ elapses after the timer is turned on, the distance shifts from area to area, that is, after the toilet room user leaves the toilet room 1, another toilet room user enters the toilet room 1. When entering and leaving the vicinity of the door and moving to the vicinity of the door to be exited from the toilet room 1 or leaving the toilet room 1 without sitting on the toilet seat 1 before the predetermined time t ₀ elapses from the timer ON. , The central processing means 84 includes the hot water heater, the toilet seat heating heater 3, and the indoor heating heater 7 of the human body local cleaning device 4.
Is turned off, the toilet lid driving device 6 is closed and the toilet lid 5 is closed (S21, S25), and it is monitored whether or not the next toilet room user enters the toilet room 1.

Before the predetermined time t ₀ elapses after the timer is turned on, the distance shifts from the area to the area, that is, after the toilet room user leaves the toilet room 1, another toilet room user entered the, before the predetermined time t ₀ from the timer oN elapses, when sitting on the toilet seat 2, the central processing unit 84, and a stopper of the stopper and the human private drying apparatus of the washing water discharge mechanism of human private cleaning device 4 It is turned off to release the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation and the prohibition of the dry air discharge operation, and resets the timer to prepare for the defecation of the toilet room user (S22, S26 to S2).
7).

As can be seen from the above description, the toilet peripheral device control device 8 according to the present embodiment differs in each of the predetermined regions according to the three regions to which the distance from the image input means 81 to the human body belongs. Therefore, since the operation of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices is controlled, troubles such as the toilet seat being cold at the time of sitting and the washing water being cold when local cleaning is started early after sitting are eliminated, and the toilet peripheral device is turned on unnecessarily and early. Power is wasted, and the prohibition of the washing water discharge operation of the human body local cleaning device and the prohibition of the drying air discharge operation of the human body drying device were canceled unnecessarily and early, and the cleaning water discharge and dry air due to mischief and accidents were released. Problems such as impairment of discharge prevention are eliminated. Therefore, the toilet peripheral device control device 8 according to the present embodiment can provide a detailed service to the toilet room user. A recently developed compact high-precision image processing device such as an AF sensor manufactured by Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
It is possible to input an image, extract a human body image from an input image signal, and detect the distance from the image input means to the human body by triangulation based on the extracted human body image using the method described in 1 above.

As shown in FIG. 1, the toilet device controller 8 includes a human body image extracting means 82, a distance detecting means 83, a central processing means 84, and the outer edge of the face, eyes, and nose from the extracted human body image. Feature extraction including an edge detection unit 85a that extracts the contour of a feature portion of a human body image such as a mouth, an ear, and the like, and a binarization calculation unit 85b that binarizes the extracted edge image with a predetermined threshold. Means 85 and a characteristic portion of the human body image, more specifically, the binarized edge image described above;
The operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 manually input by the human body local cleaning condition setting remote controller 9, more specifically, the cleaning water discharge flow rate, the cleaning water discharge mode, the movement mode of the cleaning water discharge nozzle, the cleaning water temperature, and the like. It has a characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86 which stores the cleaning conditions in a one-to-one correspondence. Since the human body local cleaning device 4 is generally used by a plurality of users, the characteristic portions of the plurality of human body images and the plurality of operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 are associated with each other in a one-to-one correspondence, and the characteristic portion & cleaning portion is used. It is stored in the condition memory 86.

The toilet peripheral device controller 8 further processes the image newly input from the image input means 81 by the human body image extracting means 82 and the characteristic part extracting means 85 to obtain a characteristic portion of a new human body image. A pattern matching unit 87a for detecting the same characteristic part of the human body image from the characteristic parts of a plurality of human body images stored in the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86 by using a pattern matching method, and the characteristic of the detected human body image A cleaning condition reading unit 87 comprising a cleaning condition reading unit 87b for reading out the operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 associated with the parts on a one-to-one basis from the characteristic portion & cleaning condition memory 86, and the human body local cleaning device 4 Is set to be the same as the operation condition of the human body local cleaning device 4 read out from the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86, and the cleaning condition signal is output from the human body local cleaning device. Outputs to the purification unit 4, the washing condition setting unit 88 for actuating the human private part washing device 4 under the conditions
And

The toilet peripheral device control device 8 performs the following operations in addition to the above operations. When a toilet room user who uses the human body local cleaning device 4 enters the toilet room 1 for the first time, the image input means 81 photographs the toilet room 1 including the face of the toilet room user, and an image signal is sent to the human body image extraction means 82. Sent. An image of the face of the toilet room user is extracted from the image signal by the human body image extracting means 82,
The characteristic portion is extracted from the image of the face of the toilet room user by the characteristic portion extracting means 85. After defecation, the toilet room user manually operates the remote control 9 for setting human body local cleaning conditions, and sets the cleaning conditions such as the flow rate of the cleaning water, the cleaning water discharging mode, the movement mode of the cleaning water discharging nozzle, and the temperature of the cleaning water. That is, the operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 are set, the human body local cleaning device 4 is operated under the conditions to perform the local cleaning, and the person leaves the toilet room 1.

The characteristic portion of the image of the face of the toilet room user extracted by the human body image extracting means 85 and the cleaning conditions set by the toilet room user by manually operating the remote control 9 for setting the local cleaning condition of the human body, ie, the human body The operation conditions of the local cleaning device 4 are stored in the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86 in a one-to-one correspondence. Since the human body local cleaning device 4 is used by a plurality of different toilet room users, the characteristic portions of the facial images of the plurality of different toilet room users and the plurality of different cleaning conditions desired by the plurality of different toilet room users. That is, the operating conditions of the human body local cleaning apparatus 4 are stored in the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86 in a one-to-one correspondence with each other.

When the toilet room user enters the toilet room 1 again for defecation, the image input means 81 newly captures the toilet room 1 including the face of the toilet room user, and the human body image extraction means 82 newly captures the image. The image of the toilet room user's face is newly extracted from the image of the toilet room 1 thus obtained, and the characteristic portion is newly extracted from the image of the toilet room user's face by the characteristic portion extracting means 85. The characteristic portion of the newly extracted toilet room user's face image and the characteristic portions of the plurality of different toilet room user's face images stored in the characteristic portion & cleaning condition memory 86 are used as the cleaning condition reading means. The face of the toilet room user newly extracted from the feature parts of the plurality of different toilet room user face images sequentially compared by the pattern matching unit 87 a and stored in the feature part & cleaning condition memory 86. The characteristic part of the face image which is the same as the characteristic part of the image is detected. The operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 associated with the detected toilet room user's face image in a one-to-one correspondence, that is, set when the toilet room user uses the human body local cleaning device 4 for the first time. The operating condition that has been set is the cleaning condition reading section 87 of the cleaning condition reading means 87.
b is read from the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86. The cleaning condition setting means 88 sets the current operating condition of the human body part cleaning device 4 to be the same as the operating condition of the human body part cleaning device 4 read from the characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 86 by the cleaning condition reading means 87. Then, the cleaning condition signal is output to the human body local cleaning device 4, and the human body local cleaning device 4 is operated under the conditions. As a result, toilet room users
By simply pressing the cleaning start button and the cleaning end button of the remote control 9 for setting the local cleaning conditions of the human body, the local cleaning can be performed under the desired cleaning conditions set when the human body cleaning apparatus 4 is used for the first time.

As can be understood from the above description, according to the toilet peripheral device control device 8, when the toilet room using the human body local cleaning device 4 is used again, the image input means 81 is used when the human body local cleaning device 4 is used again. Based on the input image signal, the operating condition of the desired body part cleaning apparatus 4 for use in the toilet room is automatically set. Therefore, the toilet peripheral device control device 8 can provide a detailed service to the toilet room user.

In the above embodiment, once the toilet room user manually sets the operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4, once the next time, the toilet room user will use the toilet room 1
When entering the room, the operating conditions of the human body local cleaning device 4 were automatically set, but once the toilet room user manually sets the operating conditions of the human body local drying device, such as the drying air discharge flow rate and the drying air temperature, the next time, the toilet room When a room user enters the toilet room 1, the operating conditions of the human body local dryer may be automatically set.
That is, once the operating conditions of the toilet seat heating heater 3 are manually set, the toilet room user will be
When entering the room, the operating condition of the toilet seat heating heater 3 may be automatically set, and once the toilet room user manually sets the temperature condition of the toilet room 1, that is, the operating condition of the indoor heating heater 7, once the next time, the toilet room When the user enters the toilet room 1, the operating condition of the indoor heating heater 7 may be automatically set.

In the above embodiment, the area is 0 to 20 cm, the area is 20 to 110 cm, and the area is 110 cm.
m or more, the lower limit distance and the upper limit distance of each area may be appropriately set according to the size, layout, and the like of the toilet room 1. In the above-described embodiment, the area to which the distance from the image input unit 81 to the human body belongs is three. However, four or more areas are set, and the operation of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices is controlled in a different manner for each area. Is also good.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, the toilet seat 2 is opened when the transition from the area to the area does not proceed to the area after a predetermined time has elapsed, or when the transition from the area to the area does not occur. Is detected,
Hot water heater, toilet seat heating heater 3, human body local cleaning device 4,
The indoor heating heater 7 may be turned off to prepare for the urination of a male toilet room user. In addition to the above embodiment, even if a predetermined time has elapsed after the transition from the region to the region, the region does not transition to the region and the toilet seat 2
Is not detected, the hot water heater, the toilet seat heating heater 3 and the indoor heating heater 7 of the human body cleaning device are turned off.
F, the toilet lid driving device 6 may be closed to drive the toilet lid 5, and the toilet lid may be closed to prepare for cleaning the toilet room, replacing paper, changing clothes in the toilet room 1 of the toilet room user, and the like. Opening and closing of the toilet seat 2 can be detected by an appropriate sensor.

In addition to the above-described embodiment, an indoor lighting device in a toilet room, a dummy sound generating device, and the like may be added to the control target of the toilet peripheral device control device 8.

[0062]

As can be understood from the above description, in the toilet peripheral device control apparatus according to the present invention, it is determined whether the distance from the image input means to the human body belongs to any of three or more predetermined regions, and the distance is determined. Depending on the region to which the toilet belongs, the operation of the plurality of toilet peripheral devices is controlled in a different manner for each region set in advance, so that when the toilet seat is cold, when the local washing is started early after sitting, the washing water is cold, etc. The trouble is eliminated, the peripherals of the toilet are turned on unnecessarily early and power is wasted, and the prohibition of the flush water discharge operation and the prohibition of the dry air discharge operation are released unnecessarily and early, resulting in cleaning by mischief or accident. Problems such as impairment of prevention of water discharge and dry air discharge are eliminated. Therefore, the toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to the present invention can provide a detailed service to a toilet room user.

In the toilet peripheral device control apparatus according to the present invention, when a toilet room user who has once used the toilet peripheral device again uses the toilet peripheral device, the toilet room user uses the image signal input from the image input means. Since the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device desired by the toilet room user is automatically set, the toilet peripheral device control device according to the present invention can provide a detailed service to the toilet room user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a toilet peripheral device controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a layout diagram of toilet peripheral devices controlled by the toilet peripheral controller.

FIG. 2 is a correlation table between an area to which a distance from an image input unit and a human body belongs and an operation mode of a plurality of toilet peripheral devices in the toilet peripheral device control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the toilet peripheral device control device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a table for explaining reference numerals in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Toilet room 2 Toilet seat 3 Toilet seat heater 4 Human body local cleaning device 5 Toilet lid 6 Toilet lid drive device 7 Indoor heating heater 8 Toilet peripheral device control device 9 Remote control for cleaning condition setting 81 Image input means 82 Human body image extraction means 83 Distance detection means 84 central processing means 85 characteristic part extracting means 86 characteristic part & cleaning condition memory 87 cleaning condition reading means 88 cleaning condition setting means

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Claims (12)

[Claims] An image input means, a human body image extracting means for extracting a human body image from an image signal input from the image input means, and a distance for detecting a distance from the image input means to the human body based on the extracted human body image. The detecting means determines which of the three or more regions the detected distance belongs to, and, depending on the region to which the detected distance belongs, a plurality of different regions for each of the predetermined regions. A toilet peripheral device control device, comprising: a central processing unit that controls operation of a toilet peripheral device. 2. A characteristic part extracting means for extracting a characteristic part from a human body image, a toilet peripheral device operating condition input means, a storage means for storing a characteristic part of the human body image and a toilet peripheral device operating condition in association with each other, Comparing the characteristic part of the human body image input to the human body image with the characteristic part of the human body image stored in the storage means, and associating the characteristic part of the human body image with the characteristic part of the newly input human body image A reading means for reading the peripheral device operation condition from the storage means, and a toilet peripheral device operation condition setting means for setting the toilet peripheral device operation condition to be the same as the toilet peripheral device operation condition read from the storage device. Item 2. A toilet peripheral device control device according to item 1. 3. The toilet bowl peripheral device control according to claim 2, wherein the toilet bowl peripheral device includes a human body local cleaning device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition includes an operation condition of the human body local cleaning device. apparatus. 4. The toilet bowl according to claim 2, wherein the toilet bowl peripheral device includes a human body local drying device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition includes an operating condition of the human body local drying device. Equipment control device. 5. The toilet bowl peripheral device includes a toilet seat heating device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition includes an operating condition of the toilet seat heating device.
The toilet peripheral device control device according to the paragraph. 6. The toilet bowl peripheral device includes a toilet room heating device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition includes an operating condition of the toilet room heating device. 7. A toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to claim 1. 7. An image input means, a human body image extracting means for extracting a human body image from an image signal inputted from the image input means, a characteristic part extracting means for extracting a characteristic part from the human body image, and a toilet device peripheral operating condition An input unit, a storage unit that stores the characteristic portion of the human body image and the operation condition of the toilet peripheral device in association with each other, and a characteristic portion of the newly input human body image and a characteristic portion of the human body image stored in the storage unit. The reading means for reading from the storage means the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device associated with the characteristic portion of the newly input human body image and the characteristic portion of the same human body image, and reading the operating condition of the toilet peripheral device from the storing means. A toilet peripheral device control device, comprising: a toilet peripheral device operating condition setting means for setting the same as a toilet peripheral device operating condition. 8. The toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to claim 7, wherein the toilet bowl peripheral device is a human body local cleaning device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition is an operating condition of the human body local cleaning device. 9. The toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to claim 7, wherein the toilet bowl peripheral device is a human body local dryer, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition is an operating condition of the human body local dryer. 10. The toilet bowl peripheral device is a toilet seat heating device,
The toilet peripheral device control device according to claim 7, wherein the toilet peripheral device operation condition is an operation condition of a toilet seat heating device. 11. The toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to claim 7, wherein the toilet bowl peripheral device is a toilet room heating device, and the toilet bowl peripheral device operating condition is an operating condition of the toilet room heating device. 12. A distance detecting means for detecting a distance from the image input means to the human body based on the extracted human body image, and judging which of the three or more predetermined areas the detected distance belongs to, 8. The toilet bowl peripheral device control device according to claim 7, wherein the operation of a plurality of toilet bowl peripheral devices is controlled in a manner different for each preset region according to the region to which the detected distance belongs.