WO2023042786A1 - Excretion data management system and excretion data management method - Google Patents

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WO2023042786A1
WO2023042786A1 PCT/JP2022/034037 JP2022034037W WO2023042786A1 WO 2023042786 A1 WO2023042786 A1 WO 2023042786A1 JP 2022034037 W JP2022034037 W JP 2022034037W WO 2023042786 A1 WO2023042786 A1 WO 2023042786A1
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真人 宮本
祐子 嶋澤
健志 西村
博 松永
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  • the present invention relates to an emission data management system and an emission data management method for managing emission data related to emissions.
  • Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique related to a toilet device that is configured to obtain a still image of falling feces using an image sensor (camera) in order to estimate the properties of the feces.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an emission data management system capable of more appropriately managing emission data.
  • a discharge data management system is a toilet device used for processing waste, and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to the waste of a user.
  • a first acquisition unit that acquires discharge data
  • a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one of drug information related to drug use by the user and food/drink information related to food intake by the user; and the acquired first discharge data.
  • a storage unit for storing at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information in association with each other; at least a part of at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information, and the and an output unit that outputs at least part of the first discharge data to an external device.
  • a discharge data management method is a toilet device that is used for processing waste and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to the waste of a user. 1 acquisition of discharge data, acquisition of at least one of drug information related to the use of drugs by the user and food/drink information related to ingestion of food/drink, and combination of the acquired first discharge data and at least the drug information and the food/drink information; one of the drug information and the food/drink information is stored in a storage unit, and at least a portion of at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion are output to an external device. do.
  • the emission data management system, etc. of the present invention can manage emission data more appropriately.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining input of second emission data in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the first emission data transmission operation of the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a first diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the information storage operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a second diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of information output operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
  • each figure is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily strictly illustrated. Moreover, in each figure, the same code
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • the discharge data management system 10 includes an electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20, a router 30, a server 40, and a mobile terminal 50.
  • the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 communicates with the server 40 by connecting to the wide area communication network 60 via the router 30.
  • the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 transmits to the server 40 discharge data regarding the user's discharge obtained by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 .
  • the server 40 can manage the user's discharge data.
  • a user can monitor the discharge data through the mobile terminal 50 by accessing the server 40 using the mobile terminal 50 in which a dedicated application program is installed.
  • Each device constituting the discharge data management system 10 is connected to an external server 70, which is an example of an external device, via a wide area communication network 60.
  • the discharge data management system 10 also functions as, for example, a monitoring system, and can provide users with a monitoring service. Furthermore, the discharge data management system 10 in the present embodiment stores (or stores) information related to at least one of the medicines used by the user and the food and drink ingested by the user in association with the discharge data. , at least part of which is output to the external server 70 or the like. Then, based on the output associated information, the business operator managing the external server 70 or the like can determine the health condition of the user appearing in the excretion caused by at least one of the user's drug use and food intake. It is possible to grasp the influence.
  • the business operator that manages the external server 70 is, for example, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs used by users. It is possible to proceed with clinical development of drugs. It is expected that the emission data management system 10 can be applied to similar uses in food and drink manufacturers, research institutes dealing with drugs, food and drink, etc., as a business operator that manages the external server 70. can.
  • the business operator that manages the external server 70 is, for example, a business operator that provides health advice. It is possible to provide advice for health maintenance, such as how to proceed with eating and drinking, and suggestions for taking in exercise. In this way, at the information output destination such as the external server 70, discharge data can be managed more appropriately from the viewpoint of monitoring changes in the user's health condition due to at least one of drug use and food intake. becomes possible.
  • excrement Each component of the emission data management system 10 will be described below.
  • feces discharged from the user will be taken as an example of excretion, but the content of the present disclosure also applies to urine discharged from the user and menstrual blood discharged from the user as excretion. can do.
  • excrement may be called excrement.
  • the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 is a multi-functional toilet bowl having functions such as a toilet cleaning function and a warm water toilet seat function.
  • the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20 is an example of a toilet device.
  • the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 specifically includes a power supply module 21 , a discharge data management module 22 , a communication module 23 and an operation panel 25 .
  • the power supply module 21, the discharge data management module 22, and the communication module 23 are, for example, board modules independent of each other.
  • the power supply module 21, the discharge data management module 22, and the communication module 23 are accommodated, for example, in a housing 24 attached to the main body of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20.
  • the operation panel 25 is installed on the wall of the private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 is installed.
  • the power supply module 21 converts AC power obtained from a power plug (not shown) included in the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 into DC power, and supplies the DC power to other components that require power for operation. It is a board module that The power supply module 21 is realized, for example, by mounting circuit elements on a substrate. Such circuit elements include AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters, and the like.
  • the power supply module 21 supplies power to, for example, a communication control unit included in the communication module 23 .
  • the power supply module 21 includes components other than the components of the discharge data management module 22 and the components of the communication module 23 (for example, the main function of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20). components for the flushing function and the heated toilet seat function) are also supplied with DC power.
  • the discharge data management module 22 is a board module for generating discharge data and transmitting (or outputting) it to an external device such as the server 40 .
  • the discharge data management module 22 is realized by executing a predetermined program by a processor and memory mounted on the board.
  • the ejection data management module 22 has an acquisition section 22a, a detection section 22b, and a transmission section 22c.
  • the acquisition unit 22a is a processing unit that acquires sensor values obtained by sensing from the sensor 24a installed on the bowl.
  • the acquisition unit 22a acquires a sensor value from the sensor 24a via a communication module (not shown) for communicating with the sensor 24a, converts it into a format that can be processed by the detection unit 22b, and outputs it.
  • the sensor 24a is a device for sensing physical quantities relating to emission data of emissions.
  • the sensor 24a is implemented using an image sensor (that is, a camera), for example, when performing sensing corresponding to the shape of the excrement.
  • the sensor 24a is realized by using an odor sensor when performing sensing corresponding to the odor of the discharged matter.
  • the sensor 24a includes an appropriate sensor such as an image sensor and an odor sensor, depending on the content (shape, odor, etc. of the emission) measured by the detection unit 22b as the state of the emission. Realized. That is, sensor 24a may include the other sensors described above.
  • a lighting device for sensing by the image sensor is provided in the bowl. Such lighting devices are turned on after the user is seated.
  • the detection unit 22b is a processing unit that measures the shape, odor, and other conditions of the waste discharged by the user based on the sensor values of the waste discharged by the user.
  • the detection unit 22b measures the state of the waste based on the image obtained from the image sensor, the odor intensity value obtained from the odor sensor, and the like.
  • the detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharged matter by image analysis. For example, the cross-sectional area and falling speed of the falling waste reflected in the image are used to estimate and measure the shape of the waste.
  • the measurement result of the shape of the discharged material detected by the detection unit 22b is output as a numerical value indicating, for example, which stage of the seven-stage scale the shape corresponds to.
  • the 7-step scale for evaluating the shape of excreta is known as the so-called Bristol scale, and is a scale for evaluating changes in stool shape corresponding to the length of transit time through the digestive tract by dividing it into seven thresholds.
  • the detection unit 22b measures the state of the effluent by standardizing the sensor value by applying it to a calibration curve or the like. For example, if the amount of odorant is evaluated without distinguishing between odorants, if there are many odorants, it takes a long time to pass through the gastrointestinal tract and the intestinal bacteria proliferate. It indicates an increase, or an increase in odorants due to a large amount of undigested food that passed through the digestive tract in a short time. Therefore, it can be said that the fewer odorous substances, the healthier the stool odor and farts.
  • odorants when odorants are specified and evaluated by the amount of the specific odorants, the amount of odorants generated by the propagation of intestinal bacteria and the amount of odorants generated when there is a large amount of undigested food are compared. should be evaluated individually. It can be said that the less any of these odorous substances, the healthier the stool odor and farts.
  • any evaluation method for evaluating stool shape, stool odor, and farts may be applied.
  • the transmission unit 22c is a processing unit that transmits emission data related to the emission to an external device.
  • the transmission unit 22c generates transmission data for transmission of discharge data, and transmits the generated transmission data to an external device via the communication module 23.
  • the transmission unit 22c also has a function of converting the generated transmission data into a format for transmission and reception.
  • the communication module 23 is a board module for the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 to communicate with the server 40 via the router 30 . Specifically, the communication module 23 is implemented by mounting circuit elements on a substrate. The communication module 23 has a communication section, a communication control section, and a storage section, none of which are shown.
  • the communication unit is a communication circuit including an antenna element and the like for the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 to communicate via the router 30.
  • the communication control unit performs information processing for realizing communication by the communication unit by executing the program stored in the storage unit.
  • the communication control unit is implemented by, for example, a microcomputer, but may be implemented by a processor.
  • the storage unit is a storage device that stores programs executed by the communication control unit. For example, the start-up process executed by the communication control unit when power is turned on to the communication control unit is executed based on the start-up program stored in the storage unit.
  • the storage unit is implemented by a semiconductor memory or the like.
  • the operation panel 25 is an interface device on which a plurality of operation buttons 25a are arranged. Each of the plurality of operation buttons 25a is assigned a switch function for executing or stopping various functions of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20. As shown in FIG. Further, in this embodiment, the operation button 25a arranged on the operation panel 25 is used for specifying the user ID. For example, the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 accepts user authentication in order to identify the user ID. In this authentication reception, a number assigned to each of a plurality of users is displayed in advance on each of the plurality of operation buttons 25a, and the user presses the portion corresponding to the number corresponding to himself/herself.
  • the operation panel 25 identifies the user ID of the user who pressed the operation button 25a by referring to the data table that associates the authentication information with the user ID using the input authentication information.
  • the number of the authentication information and the user ID may be used without distinguishing between the number and the user ID, but from the viewpoint of security, the authentication information and the user ID may be different.
  • the authentication reception is performed by performing short-range wireless communication with the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20 using a terminal device (smartphone, tablet terminal, or dedicated portable device) owned by each user.
  • a terminal device smart phone, tablet terminal, or dedicated portable device
  • biometric authentication such as face authentication using a camera installed in the private room or fingerprint authentication using a fingerprint authentication device may be performed.
  • the router 30 is a communication device that relays communication between the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 and the server 40 .
  • the router 30 is installed in the same facility where the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed.
  • Router 30 is an example of a gateway.
  • the router 30 is specifically a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) router or the like.
  • the server 40 is a cloud server installed outside the facility where the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed.
  • the server 40 is operated by, for example, a manufacturer of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and provides services using the output information described above by communicating with the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20.
  • FIG. Server 40 in the present embodiment includes first acquisition section 41 , second acquisition section 42 , third acquisition section 43 , storage section 44 and output section 45 .
  • the first acquisition unit 41 acquires emission data (first emission data) related to the user's emission. Acquisition of discharge data is an operation of acquiring discharge data information via communication from a private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed.
  • the first acquisition unit 41 is configured as one function on the server 40 that acquires the discharge data included in the transmission data.
  • the first acquisition unit 41 may be configured in any way as long as it can finally provide the discharge data to the storage device 46 installed in the server 40 .
  • the first acquisition unit 41 can be implemented as one device that operates in a private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed.
  • the first acquisition unit 41 may be integrated with the function of the transmission unit 22c that acquires the discharge data and generates the transmission data, or acquires the sensor value from the sensor 24a and generates the discharge data. It may be integrated with the detection unit 22b that detects the state of the discharge corresponding to the parameter.
  • the second acquisition unit 42 acquires at least one of drug information related to the user's drug use and food/drink information related to food/drink intake.
  • the second acquisition unit 42 acquires both drug information and food/drink information.
  • You may Acquisition of drug information and food/drink information may be performed, for example, by communicating via the wide area communication network 60 from the external server 70 that manages the drug information and food/drink information. You may acquire by making a user input through.
  • the second acquisition unit 42 is configured as one function on the server 40 for acquiring drug information and food/drink information aside from transmission data.
  • the second acquisition unit 42 may be configured in any way as long as it can finally provide the medicine information and the food/drink information to the storage unit 44 installed in the server 40 .
  • the third acquisition unit 43 acquires emission data (second emission data) input by the user, which is emission data related to the user's emission.
  • the second emission data is the emission data manually entered by the user.
  • Such discharge data is input by the user, for example, in order to compensate for discharge data not automatically acquired by the toilet device when waste is treated using another toilet device different from the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20. It is what was done.
  • the third acquisition unit 43 is configured as one function on the server 40 that acquires the second ejection data that is substantially the same as the transmission data. As long as the second discharge data can be finally provided to the storage unit 44 installed in the server 40, the third acquisition unit 43 may be configured in any way. In the following description, the emission data (first emission data) and the second emission data will be distinguished as necessary.
  • emission data when simply described as emission data, it may mean first non-emission data, or it may mean emission data that handles the first emission data and the second emission data integrally without distinguishing between them.
  • emission data management system 10 since the emission data management system 10 that uses only the first emission data does not need to acquire the second emission data, the emission data management system 10 can be realized without the third acquisition unit 43.
  • the storage unit 44 is a device that stores various data including programs executed by the server 40, discharge data, medicine information, food and drink information, and the like.
  • the storage unit 44 is implemented by a semiconductor memory or the like.
  • the output unit 45 outputs at least part of the medicine information and the food/drink information and at least part of the discharge data corresponding to the part from the storage unit 44 to an external device such as the external server 70 .
  • an external device such as the external server 70 .
  • the output unit 45 may be provided with functions such as conversion of output information in accordance with the form of such an external server 70 .
  • the mobile terminal 50 is a mobile information terminal owned by the user (or the user's family member, etc.) of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and is specifically a smartphone or tablet terminal.
  • the mobile terminal 50 has an input unit 51 .
  • the input unit 51 is used for inputting the second discharge data.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining input of the second emission data in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 shows how the second discharge data is input via the input unit 51 of the portable terminal 50 .
  • an input box for the user to input various parameters included in the second discharge data is displayed for each parameter. The user selects one of the input boxes and inputs the numerical value of the parameter he is aware of in the selected input box, thereby generating the second emission data including the input numerical value as the parameter.
  • the user can monitor the recording of discharge data and the like through the mobile terminal 50 by accessing the server 40 using the mobile terminal 50 as described above.
  • the user can also set personal settings such as the temperature of the toilet seat and the strength of the shower using the mobile terminal 50 as a user interface.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the operation of the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • the operation of the discharge data management system 10 the operation of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 will be mainly described.
  • FIG. 5 which will be described later, an operation for storing transmitted data in the storage unit 44 will be described.
  • FIG. 9 which will be described later, the operation of outputting the stored data to the external server 70 or the like will be described.
  • the user's entry into the private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed is detected by the human sensor or the like of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 (S101). Then, the electric opening/closing lid of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 is opened, and the toilet seat becomes ready for sitting.
  • sensors for sensing excreta such as the sensor 24a are not activated, but these sensors are activated when the toilet seat becomes available (S102).
  • the activation timing of the sensor 24a is not limited to this. In the case of standing urination, the sensor may be activated when the toilet seat is opened.
  • the lighting device for sensing in the image sensor is turned on.
  • the image sensor may also be used to determine the color of the emissions contained in the emissions data.
  • a light source close to the light color is selected.
  • a lighting device for illuminating the inside of the bowl from the viewpoint of visibility is provided. It may be turned on before the lighting device for sensing is turned on. For such a lighting device from the viewpoint of visibility, a light source with a warm color (low color temperature) is selected so as not to induce awakening of the user.
  • the lighting device may be the same lighting device that automatically changes from warm to white.
  • the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 starts accepting user authentication (S103). Authentication reception is performed depending on which of the plurality of operation buttons 25a is pressed as described above. Also, when two or more operation buttons 25a are pressed, such as when the user accidentally presses the operation button 25a, the user ID of the user is obtained using the authentication information transmitted according to the operation button 25a that was last pressed. It may be acquired.
  • the transmission unit 22c when the transmission unit 22c generates transmission data, the user ID is identified from the input authentication information, and transmission data including the identified user ID is generated. Authentication acceptance continues until the user finishes discharging (leaving the private room or leaving the toilet seat). This allows the user to input the authentication information to the emission data management system 10 at any timing.
  • the acquisition unit 22a acquires the sensor value from the sensor 24a (S104). Acquisition of sensor values is performed over time, and continuous sensor values are acquired in the time domain.
  • the detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharge based on the sensor value (S105). The detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharged matter over time, and outputs continuous measurement results corresponding to continuous sensor values. Then, the detection unit 22b outputs various parameters of the discharge data as measurement results.
  • the transmission unit 22c generates transmission data (S106), and transmits the discharge data to the server 40 as at least part of the information included in the transmission data (transmission step, S107).
  • FIG. 4 is a first diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 shows transmission data including discharge data transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10. As shown in FIG.
  • the transmission data transmitted by the transmission unit 22c in the present embodiment includes, in addition to the toilet ID and the user ID, the date and time when the discharge was performed, the type of waste, and the shape of the waste.
  • the amount of discharge, the color of discharge, the odor of discharge, the time required from sitting to the start of discharge, the time for washing the rear before discharge, the time for washing the rear after discharge contains parameters for multiple emissions of Other parameters include the thickness of excreta, whether or not excretion is interrupted, the time from entering the room to being seated, the time from entering the room to opening the toilet seat, whether the toilet seat is opened or closed, and the time from when the toilet seat is opened to the start of urination. Time, bidet cleaning time, odor component, odor intensity are considered.
  • the transmitted data includes automatic or manual information, which means whether the emission data was automatically obtained or manually entered.
  • automatic or manual information means whether the emission data was automatically obtained or manually entered.
  • only information indicating automatic acquisition may be included in the first ejection data, and only information indicating manual input may be included in the second ejection data.
  • the toilet ID and the user ID are represented in one numerical value by dividing them into different orders of magnitude, such as the toilet ID on the upper digit side and the user ID on the lower digit side.
  • the toilet ID is "1001" and the user ID is "1".
  • the user ID is represented by an integer from 1 to 9.
  • the user ID portion becomes "0", which is a numerical value that does not correspond to any user from 1 to 9. is attached.
  • Such an ID representation is an example, and may be represented by a user ID that can correspond to 10 or more users (for example, 10 or more two-digit representations or hexadecimal numbers, etc.). Missing IDs may be represented by characters other than "0" (alphabet letters, symbols, etc.).
  • FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the information storage operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
  • the first acquisition unit 41 acquires the discharge data in the transmission data (S201).
  • the second acquisition unit 42 acquires drug information and food/drink information from a server or the like that manages the drug information and food/drink information, among the external servers 70 (S202).
  • a server that manages drug information and food/drink information is, for example, an information management server for applications related to food/drink management (recipe proposal, calorie intake calculation, etc.) and an information management server for applications related to medication management (electronic medicine notebook, etc.). be.
  • FIG. 6 is a second diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of drug information transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10.
  • the medicine information includes a toilet bowl ID and a user ID in order to link the discharge data with the user who discharged the medicine.
  • the drug information includes the date and time of taking the drug, the name of the drug, the amount of drug taken in one dose, the status of taking the drug, and information on the patient's physical condition by complaint.
  • Various types of information included in the drug information are not limited to those described above, and appropriate information may be included according to the form used by the output destination of the information from the discharge data management system 10 .
  • FIG. 7 is a third diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 shows an example of food and drink information transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10.
  • the eating and drinking information includes a toilet bowl ID and a user ID for linking with the user who has discharged the waste data.
  • the food/drink information includes the date and time of intake, the name of food/drink, the amount of intake, the status of intake, and information on the physical condition of the patient.
  • the various types of information included in the eating and drinking information are not limited to those described above, and may include appropriate information according to the form used by the output destination of the information from the emission data management system 10 .
  • the second acquisition unit 42 acquires drug information and food/drink information from the external server 70 or the like.
  • the above steps S201 and S202 may be performed sequentially or in parallel. Furthermore, the order is not limited, and the processes may be performed in an order different from the above.
  • the storage unit 44 associates and stores the acquired discharge data with the acquired drug information and food/drink information (S203).
  • storing in association means that the discharge data, the medicine information, and the food/drink information that are matched by the user are arranged and stored in chronological order or the like.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining information stored in a storage unit according to the embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 shows an example of information stored in the storage unit 44 as described above.
  • a certain user toilet ID and user ID are “10011” in this case
  • Whether the data in each row corresponds to discharge data, medicine information, or food/drink information is displayed in the "data type" column.
  • each piece of information is chronologically arranged so that it is possible to easily extract the excretion of a certain user and the use of drugs and intake of food and drink that may affect this excretion on the time axis.
  • the information stored in the storage unit 44 makes it possible to easily extract, from among the discharge data of a certain user, the discharge data for a period affected by the use of a predetermined chemical. Similarly, from the information stored in the storage unit 44, it is possible to easily extract, from among the user's discharge data, the discharge data for a period in which there was an influence due to the ingestion of a predetermined food or drink.
  • the period of effect from the use of a given drug is defined as the time required for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug from the time of initiation of drug use. It may be a period, or it may be a predetermined period including before the timing of starting use of the medicine (a period during which there is no influence of the medicine).
  • the period during which the ingestion of a predetermined food or drink has an effect may be a period considering the time required from the timing of the start of ingestion of the food or drink to the time it takes for the user to take the food or drink and discharge the food or drink. It may be a predetermined period including before the start timing (a period during which there is no influence of food and drink).
  • the "data type" of "discharge” includes information as to whether the corresponding discharge data is automatically obtained or manually entered.
  • manually entered secondary emissions data may be less reliable than automatically acquired primary emissions data. Therefore, in order to output information with higher reliability, the output information may be changed depending on whether the first discharge data and the second discharge data, that is, whether the discharge data are automatically acquired or manually input.
  • information output in this embodiment is performed as shown in FIG. 9 below.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart of information output operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
  • the information output operation of the emission data management system 10 is started.
  • the signal requesting the provision of this discharge data includes information designating at least one of certain medicine used by the user and certain food and drink taken by the user.
  • the output unit 45 based on the information designating a certain medicine and certain food and drink, the output unit 45 identifies the portion of the information of the designated medicine and food and drink from the time-series information as shown in FIG. Then, the output unit 45 searches for discharge data corresponding to the information on the specified medicine and food.
  • the output unit 45 determines whether or not there is first discharge data (that is, automatically acquired discharge data) as discharge data corresponding to the specified medicine and food/drink information. is determined (S301). When it is determined that there is the first discharge data (Yes in S301), the output unit 45 outputs the first discharge data and the specified medicine information and food/drink information (S302). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no first discharge data (No in S301), the output unit 45 outputs second discharge data (that is, manually input (S303). When it is determined that there is the second discharge data (Yes in S303), the output unit 45 outputs the second discharge data and the specified medicine information and food/drink information (S304). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no second ejection data (No in S303), the output unit 45 terminates the process.
  • first discharge data that is, automatically acquired discharge data
  • the output unit 45 outputs information including the second discharge data when there is no first discharge data. Therefore, since the first emission data with relatively high reliability is preferentially output, various services provided by business operators are implemented based on highly reliable information, and the quality of services is improved. Improvement can be expected.
  • the present embodiment it is possible to output discharge data corresponding to the user's use of drugs and intake of food and drink. Then, at the information output destination, it is possible to monitor changes in the health condition appearing in the excreta based on the excretion data in association with at least one of drug use and food and drink intake. That is, from the viewpoint of being able to monitor whether a change in health condition is caused by at least one of drug use and food intake, it is possible to manage excretion data more appropriately.
  • the discharge data management system 10 is the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 used for processing waste, and is capable of acquiring the first discharge data related to the user's waste.
  • a first acquisition unit 41 that acquires the first discharge data and a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one of drug information regarding the user's use of drugs and food/drink information regarding the intake of food and drink via the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20.
  • 42 a storage unit 44 that stores the acquired first discharge data and at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information in association with each other; , and an output unit 45 that outputs to the external server 70 at least part of the first ejection data corresponding to the part.
  • Such a discharge data management system 10 can output discharge data corresponding to drug use and food and drink intake by the user. Then, at the information output destination, it is possible to monitor changes in the health condition appearing in the excreta based on the excretion data in association with at least one of drug use and food and drink intake. That is, from the viewpoint of being able to monitor whether a change in health condition is caused by at least one of drug use and food intake, excretion data can be managed more appropriately.
  • the output unit 45 outputs part of the stored medicine information related to the use of the prescribed medicine, 1 emission data to an external server 70.
  • the emission data management system 10 according to the first aspect is the discharge data management system 10 according to the second aspect.
  • the output unit 45 outputs part of the stored food/drink information related to intake of a predetermined food and drink, and and the first emission data of , to an external server 70.
  • changes in the first discharge data can be monitored from the external server 70 side as changes in the user's health condition (including maintenance of unchanged conditions) brought about by ingestion of predetermined food and drink. .
  • the emission data management system 10 further includes a third acquisition unit 43 that acquires the second emission data that is input by the user and is the second emission data related to the user's emission.
  • the storage unit 44 stores the input second discharge data in association with at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information
  • the output unit 45 stores at least a part of at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information.
  • the first discharge data automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 and the second discharge data manually input by the user can be output to the external server 70.
  • the first discharge data automatically obtained by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is obtained by mechanical sensing, and is therefore more reliable than the manually input second discharge data. Therefore, when the first emission data and the second emission data exist as emission data to be output, the first emission data is preferentially output, and when the first emission data is not stored, the second emission data is output. By outputting the data, more reliable discharge data can be output to the external server 70 .
  • the first discharge data includes information indicating that it was automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20
  • the second discharge data includes: 10 is an emissions data management system 10 according to the fourth aspect, including information indicating that it has been manually entered.
  • the first discharge data itself includes information indicating that it was automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and the second discharge data itself includes information indicating that it was manually input.
  • the emission data management system 10 according to the sixth aspect is the emission data management system 10 according to any one aspect of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the emission is a stool discharged from the user. .
  • the emission data management system 10 according to the seventh aspect is the emission data management system 10 according to any one aspect of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the emission is urine discharged from the user. .
  • the discharge data management system 10 according to the eighth aspect is the discharge data management system 10 according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the discharge is menstrual blood discharged from the user. be.
  • the discharge data related to the user's menstrual blood can be managed more appropriately.
  • a discharge data management method is a toilet device that is used for processing waste and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to waste of a user. acquiring data, acquiring at least one of drug information related to the use of drugs by the user and food/drink information related to food/drink intake, and associating the acquired first discharge data with at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information Store in the storage unit, and output at least a portion of at least one of the medicine information and the eating and drinking information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion to an external device.
  • Such an emission data management method can provide the same effects as the emission data management system 10 described above.
  • the communication method between devices in the above embodiment is not particularly limited.
  • a relay device (not shown) may intervene in communication between devices.
  • processing executed by a specific processing unit may be executed by another processing unit.
  • order of multiple processes may be changed, and multiple processes may be executed in parallel.
  • each component may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component.
  • Each component may be realized by reading and executing a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory by a program execution unit such as a CPU or processor.
  • each component may be realized by hardware.
  • each component may be a circuit (or integrated circuit). These circuits may form one circuit as a whole, or may be separate circuits. These circuits may be general-purpose circuits or dedicated circuits.
  • the present invention may be realized as an information processing method (emission data management method) executed by a computer, or as a program for causing a computer to execute such an information processing method. It may be realized as a computer-readable non-temporary recording medium in which such a program is recorded.
  • emission data management system 20 electric toilet seat integrated toilet (toilet device) 41 first acquisition unit 42 second acquisition unit 43 third acquisition unit 44 storage unit 45 output unit 70 external server (external device)

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An excretion data management system (10) comprises: a first acquisition unit (41) that acquires first excretion data pertaining to excrement of a user, via an electric toilet seat-integrated toilet (20) that is for use in the disposal of excrement and that is capable of acquiring the first excretion data; a second acquisition unit (42) that acquires at least one of drug information pertaining to the user's use of a drug and food/beverage information pertaining to the ingestion of food/beverage; a storage unit (44) that associates and stores the first excretion data and said at least one of the drug information and the food/beverage information which have been acquired; and an output unit (45) that outputs, from the storage unit (44) to an external server (70), at least part of said at least one of the drug information and the food/beverage information and at least part of the first excretion data which corresponds to said part.

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排出データ管理システム及び排出データ管理方法Emission data management system and emission data management method
　本発明は、排出物に関する排出データを管理する排出データ管理システム、及び、排出データ管理方法に関する。 The present invention relates to an emission data management system and an emission data management method for managing emission data related to emissions.
　ユーザの健康状態等を管理するため、便器装置に設置された画像センサ等を介して、排出物の性状を推定する装置などが知られている。特許文献１には、便の性状を推定するために画像センサ（カメラ）を用いて落下便の静止画像を取得するように構成された便器装置に関する技術が開示されている。 In order to manage the user's health condition, etc., there is known a device that estimates the properties of excretion via an image sensor installed in the toilet device. Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique related to a toilet device that is configured to obtain a still image of falling feces using an image sensor (camera) in order to estimate the properties of the feces.
特開２０１７－１３７７０７号公報JP 2017-137707 A
　本発明は、より適切に排出データを管理することができる排出データ管理システムを提供することを目的とする。 An object of the present invention is to provide an emission data management system capable of more appropriately managing emission data.
　本発明の一態様に係る排出データ管理システムは、排出物の処理に用いられる便器装置であって、ユーザの前記排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる便器装置を介して、前記第１排出データを取得する第１取得部と、前記ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得する第２取得部と、取得された前記第１排出データと、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて格納する記憶部と、前記記憶部から、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する前記第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する出力部と、を備える。 A discharge data management system according to an aspect of the present invention is a toilet device used for processing waste, and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to the waste of a user. 1 a first acquisition unit that acquires discharge data; a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one of drug information related to drug use by the user and food/drink information related to food intake by the user; and the acquired first discharge data. a storage unit for storing at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information in association with each other; at least a part of at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information, and the and an output unit that outputs at least part of the first discharge data to an external device.
　本発明の一態様に係る排出データ管理方法は、排出物の処理に用いられる便器装置であって、ユーザの前記排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる便器装置を用いて、前記第１排出データを取得し、前記ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得し、取得された前記第１排出データと、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて記憶部に格納し、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する前記第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する。 A discharge data management method according to an aspect of the present invention is a toilet device that is used for processing waste and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to the waste of a user. 1 acquisition of discharge data, acquisition of at least one of drug information related to the use of drugs by the user and food/drink information related to ingestion of food/drink, and combination of the acquired first discharge data and at least the drug information and the food/drink information; one of the drug information and the food/drink information is stored in a storage unit, and at least a portion of at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion are output to an external device. do.
　本発明の排出データ管理システム等は、より適切に排出データを管理することができる。 The emission data management system, etc. of the present invention can manage emission data more appropriately.
図１は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの機能構成を示すブロック図である。FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図２は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおける第２排出データの入力を説明するための図である。FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining input of second emission data in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図３は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの第１排出データ送信動作のフローチャートである。FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the first emission data transmission operation of the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図４は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第１図である。FIG. 4 is a first diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図５は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの情報格納動作のフローチャートである。FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the information storage operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment. 図６は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第２図である。FIG. 6 is a second diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図７は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第３図である。FIG. 7 is a third diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. 図８は、実施の形態に係る記憶部に格納されている情報を説明するための図である。8 is a diagram for explaining information stored in a storage unit according to the embodiment; FIG. 図９は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの情報出力動作のフローチャートである。FIG. 9 is a flowchart of information output operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
　以下、実施の形態について、図面を参照しながら具体的に説明する。なお、以下で説明する実施の形態は、いずれも包括的又は具体的な例を示すものである。以下の実施の形態で示される数値、形状、材料、構成要素、構成要素の配置位置及び接続形態、ステップ、ステップの順序などは、一例であり、本発明を限定する主旨ではない。また、以下の実施の形態における構成要素のうち、独立請求項に記載されていない構成要素については、任意の構成要素として説明される。 Hereinafter, embodiments will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are all comprehensive or specific examples. Numerical values, shapes, materials, components, arrangement positions and connection forms of components, steps, order of steps, and the like shown in the following embodiments are examples and are not intended to limit the present invention. Further, among the constituent elements in the following embodiments, constituent elements not described in independent claims will be described as optional constituent elements.
　なお、各図は模式図であり、必ずしも厳密に図示されたものではない。また、各図において、実質的に同一の構成に対しては同一の符号を付し、重複する説明は省略又は簡略化される場合がある。 It should be noted that each figure is a schematic diagram and is not necessarily strictly illustrated. Moreover, in each figure, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected with respect to substantially the same structure, and the overlapping description may be abbreviate|omitted or simplified.
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　以下、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムについて説明する。図１は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの機能構成を示すブロック図である。 (Embodiment)
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A discharge data management system according to an embodiment will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the emission data management system according to the embodiment.
　実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、電気便座一体型便器２０と、ルータ３０と、サーバ４０と、携帯端末５０とを備える。 The discharge data management system 10 according to the embodiment includes an electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20, a router 30, a server 40, and a mobile terminal 50.
　排出データ管理システム１０において、電気便座一体型便器２０は、ルータ３０を介して広域通信ネットワーク６０に接続することにより、サーバ４０と通信を行う。例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０は、当該電気便座一体型便器２０によって得られる、ユーザの排出物に関する排出データをサーバ４０へ送信する。これにより、サーバ４０は、ユーザの排出データを管理することができる。ユーザは、専用のアプリケーションプログラムがインストールされた携帯端末５０を用いてサーバ４０へアクセスすることなどにより、排出データを、携帯端末５０を通じてモニタすることができる。また、排出データ管理システム１０を構成する各装置は、広域通信ネットワーク６０を介して、外部の装置の一例である外部サーバ７０に接続されている。外部サーバ７０については後述するが、ここでは、２種類以上のサーバ装置を包含する概念として外部サーバ７０としている。 In the discharge data management system 10, the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 communicates with the server 40 by connecting to the wide area communication network 60 via the router 30. For example, the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 transmits to the server 40 discharge data regarding the user's discharge obtained by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 . Thereby, the server 40 can manage the user's discharge data. A user can monitor the discharge data through the mobile terminal 50 by accessing the server 40 using the mobile terminal 50 in which a dedicated application program is installed. Each device constituting the discharge data management system 10 is connected to an external server 70, which is an example of an external device, via a wide area communication network 60. FIG. Although the external server 70 will be described later, here, the external server 70 is used as a concept that includes two or more types of server devices.
　例えば、ユーザは、排出データをモニタすることで、自身又は電気便座一体型便器２０を共有する家族等の排出物に関する各種パラメータの変動を把握でき、排出物に現れる健康状態の変化等を把握することができる。このように、排出データ管理システム１０は、例えば、見守りシステムとして機能する側面も有しており、ユーザに見守りサービスを提供することができる。さらに、本実施の形態における排出データ管理システム１０は、ユーザが使用した薬品及び摂取した飲食物の少なくとも一方に関する情報と排出データとが関連付けられて格納（又は記憶）されており、必要に応じて、少なくとも一部が外部サーバ７０等へと出力される。そして、外部サーバ７０等を管理する事業者は、出力された上記の関連付けられた情報に基づいて、ユーザの薬品使用、及び、飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方による排出物に現れるユーザの健康状態への影響を把握することなどができる。 For example, by monitoring excretion data, the user can grasp changes in various parameters related to excretion of himself or a family member who shares the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and can grasp changes in health condition appearing in excretion. be able to. In this way, the discharge data management system 10 also functions as, for example, a monitoring system, and can provide users with a monitoring service. Furthermore, the discharge data management system 10 in the present embodiment stores (or stores) information related to at least one of the medicines used by the user and the food and drink ingested by the user in association with the discharge data. , at least part of which is output to the external server 70 or the like. Then, based on the output associated information, the business operator managing the external server 70 or the like can determine the health condition of the user appearing in the excretion caused by at least one of the user's drug use and food intake. It is possible to grasp the influence.
　外部サーバ７０を管理する事業者は、例えば、ユーザが使用する薬品の製造を行う製薬業者等であり、薬品をユーザが使用した結果、排出物の状態がどうなったかを把握することで、当該薬品の臨床開発等を進めることができる。排出データ管理システム１０は、外部サーバ７０を管理する事業者として、飲食物の製造業者、又は、薬品及び飲食物等を対象とする研究機関などにおいても同様の用途に応用可能であることが期待できる。 The business operator that manages the external server 70 is, for example, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs used by users. It is possible to proceed with clinical development of drugs. It is expected that the emission data management system 10 can be applied to similar uses in food and drink manufacturers, research institutes dealing with drugs, food and drink, etc., as a business operator that manages the external server 70. can.
　また、外部サーバ７０を管理する事業者は、例えば、健康に関するアドバイスを提供する事業者であり、薬品使用及び飲食物摂取の結果と、排出物の状態の変化とを総合して、薬品使用及び飲食物摂取の進め方、及び、運動の取入れ提案などの健康維持のためのアドバイス等を提供することができる。このようにして、外部サーバ７０等、情報の出力先において、薬品使用、及び、飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方によるユーザの健康状態の変化をモニタするという観点で、より適切に、排出データを管理することが可能となる。 In addition, the business operator that manages the external server 70 is, for example, a business operator that provides health advice. It is possible to provide advice for health maintenance, such as how to proceed with eating and drinking, and suggestions for taking in exercise. In this way, at the information output destination such as the external server 70, discharge data can be managed more appropriately from the viewpoint of monitoring changes in the user's health condition due to at least one of drug use and food intake. becomes possible.
　以下、排出データ管理システム１０の各構成要素について説明する。以下の説明では、排出物として、ユーザから排出される便について例に挙げて説明するが、本開示の内容は、排出物としてユーザから排出される尿及びユーザから排出される経血についても適用することができる。なお、排出物は、***物と呼ばれる場合がある。 Each component of the emission data management system 10 will be described below. In the following description, feces discharged from the user will be taken as an example of excretion, but the content of the present disclosure also applies to urine discharged from the user and menstrual blood discharged from the user as excretion. can do. In addition, excrement may be called excrement.
　電気便座一体型便器２０は、便器洗浄機能、及び、温水便座機能などの機能を有する多機能の便器である。電気便座一体型便器２０は、便器装置の一例である。電気便座一体型便器２０は、具体的には、電源モジュール２１と、排出データ管理モジュール２２と、通信モジュール２３と、操作パネル２５と、を備える。電源モジュール２１、排出データ管理モジュール２２、及び、通信モジュール２３は、例えば、互いに独立した基板モジュールである。電源モジュール２１、排出データ管理モジュール２２、及び、通信モジュール２３は、例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０の本体に取り付けられた筐体２４内に収容される。また、操作パネル２５は、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された個室内の壁部などに設置される。 The electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 is a multi-functional toilet bowl having functions such as a toilet cleaning function and a warm water toilet seat function. The electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20 is an example of a toilet device. The electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 specifically includes a power supply module 21 , a discharge data management module 22 , a communication module 23 and an operation panel 25 . The power supply module 21, the discharge data management module 22, and the communication module 23 are, for example, board modules independent of each other. The power supply module 21, the discharge data management module 22, and the communication module 23 are accommodated, for example, in a housing 24 attached to the main body of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20. As shown in FIG. Further, the operation panel 25 is installed on the wall of the private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 is installed.
　電源モジュール２１は、電気便座一体型便器２０が備える電源プラグ（図示せず）から得られる交流電力を直流電力に変換し、当該直流電力を、動作に電力を必要とする他の構成要素に供給する基板モジュールである。電源モジュール２１は、例えば、基板に回路素子が実装されることによって実現される。当該回路素子には、ＡＣ－ＤＣコンバータ、及び、ＤＣ－ＤＣコンバータなどが含まれる。電源モジュール２１は、例えば、通信モジュール２３に含まれる通信制御部への電力の供給を行う。図１では図示されないが、電源モジュール２１は、排出データ管理モジュール２２が有する構成要素、及び、通信モジュール２３が有する構成要素以外の他の構成要素（例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０の主機能である、便器洗浄機能、及び、温水便座機能のための構成要素）にも直流電力を供給する。 The power supply module 21 converts AC power obtained from a power plug (not shown) included in the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 into DC power, and supplies the DC power to other components that require power for operation. It is a board module that The power supply module 21 is realized, for example, by mounting circuit elements on a substrate. Such circuit elements include AC-DC converters, DC-DC converters, and the like. The power supply module 21 supplies power to, for example, a communication control unit included in the communication module 23 . Although not shown in FIG. 1, the power supply module 21 includes components other than the components of the discharge data management module 22 and the components of the communication module 23 (for example, the main function of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20). components for the flushing function and the heated toilet seat function) are also supplied with DC power.
　排出データ管理モジュール２２は、排出データを生成してサーバ４０等の外部の装置へと送信する（又は出力する）ための基板モジュールである。排出データ管理モジュール２２は、具体的には、基板に実装されたプロセッサ及びメモリによって所定のプログラムが実行されることによって実現される。排出データ管理モジュール２２は、取得部２２ａと、検出部２２ｂと、送信部２２ｃとを有する。 The discharge data management module 22 is a board module for generating discharge data and transmitting (or outputting) it to an external device such as the server 40 . Specifically, the discharge data management module 22 is realized by executing a predetermined program by a processor and memory mounted on the board. The ejection data management module 22 has an acquisition section 22a, a detection section 22b, and a transmission section 22c.
　取得部２２ａは、ボウルに設置されたセンサ２４ａから、センシングによって得られたセンサ値を取得する処理部である。取得部２２ａは、センサ２４ａと通信するための通信モジュール（不図示）を介してセンサ２４ａからセンサ値を取得し、検出部２２ｂにおいて処理可能な形式に変換して出力する。 The acquisition unit 22a is a processing unit that acquires sensor values obtained by sensing from the sensor 24a installed on the bowl. The acquisition unit 22a acquires a sensor value from the sensor 24a via a communication module (not shown) for communicating with the sensor 24a, converts it into a format that can be processed by the detection unit 22b, and outputs it.
　ここで、センサ２４ａについて説明する。センサ２４ａは、排出物の排出データに関する物理量をセンシングするための機器である。センサ２４ａは、例えば、排出物の形状に対応するセンシングを行う場合、画像センサ（つまり、カメラ）を用いて実現される。また、センサ２４ａは、排出物の臭気に対応するセンシングを行う場合、臭気センサを用いて実現される。センサ２４ａとしては、排出データ管理システム１０において、検出部２２ｂが排出物の状態として計測する内容（排出物の形状及び臭気等）に応じて、画像センサ及び臭気センサ等の適切なセンサを含んで実現される。つまり、センサ２４ａは、上記の他のセンサを含んでもよい。また、ユーザが便座に着座するため、ボウル内に届く外光（例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された個室の照明光）は限られる。そのため、本実施の形態では、画像センサによるセンシング用の照明装置がボウル内に設けられる。このような照明装置は、ユーザが着座した後に点灯される。 Here, the sensor 24a will be explained. The sensor 24a is a device for sensing physical quantities relating to emission data of emissions. The sensor 24a is implemented using an image sensor (that is, a camera), for example, when performing sensing corresponding to the shape of the excrement. Moreover, the sensor 24a is realized by using an odor sensor when performing sensing corresponding to the odor of the discharged matter. In the emission data management system 10, the sensor 24a includes an appropriate sensor such as an image sensor and an odor sensor, depending on the content (shape, odor, etc. of the emission) measured by the detection unit 22b as the state of the emission. Realized. That is, sensor 24a may include the other sensors described above. In addition, since the user sits on the toilet seat, external light reaching the inside of the bowl (for example, illumination light of a private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed) is limited. Therefore, in this embodiment, a lighting device for sensing by the image sensor is provided in the bowl. Such lighting devices are turned on after the user is seated.
　検出部２２ｂは、ユーザから排出される排出物のセンサ値に基づいて、排出物の形状及び臭気等の状態を計測する処理部である。検出部２２ｂは、画像センサから得られた画像、及び、臭気センサから得られた臭気の強度値等に基づいて、排出物の状態を計測する。 The detection unit 22b is a processing unit that measures the shape, odor, and other conditions of the waste discharged by the user based on the sensor values of the waste discharged by the user. The detection unit 22b measures the state of the waste based on the image obtained from the image sensor, the odor intensity value obtained from the odor sensor, and the like.
　検出部２２ｂによる排出物の状態の計測は、センサ値が画像である場合、画像解析によって行われる。例えば、画像に写る落下中の排出物の通過断面積及び落下速度等によって、この排出物がどのような形状であるかを推定によって計測する。検出部２２ｂによって検出された排出物の形状の計測結果は、例えば、７段階のスケールのどの段階に相当する形状であるかを示す数値として出力される。この排出物の形状を評価する７段階のスケールは、いわゆるブリストルスケールとして知られ、消化管の通過時間の長短に対応する便形状の変化を７つの閾値で分けて評価するスケールである。ブリストルスケールでは、数値が小さいほど、長い時間を要して消化管を通過した硬い便であることを示し、数値が大きいほど短い時間で消化管を通過した水分を多量に含む便であることを示している。そして、ブリストルスケールの数値が中間の値（つまり４）に近いほど便形状として健康的であるといえる。 When the sensor value is an image, the detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharged matter by image analysis. For example, the cross-sectional area and falling speed of the falling waste reflected in the image are used to estimate and measure the shape of the waste. The measurement result of the shape of the discharged material detected by the detection unit 22b is output as a numerical value indicating, for example, which stage of the seven-stage scale the shape corresponds to. The 7-step scale for evaluating the shape of excreta is known as the so-called Bristol scale, and is a scale for evaluating changes in stool shape corresponding to the length of transit time through the digestive tract by dividing it into seven thresholds. On the Bristol scale, a lower number indicates harder stool that took longer to pass through the digestive tract, and a higher number indicates a more watery stool that took less time to pass through the digestive tract. showing. It can be said that the closer the value of the Bristol scale is to the middle value (that is, 4), the healthier the shape of the stool.
　一方で、検出部２２ｂによる排出物の状態の計測は、センサ値が臭気の強度値である場合、このセンサ値を検量線などにあてはめて標準化することによって行われる。例えば、臭気物質を特に区別することなく、その物質量によって評価する場合、臭気物質が多い場合、長い時間を要して消化管を通過して腸内細菌の繁殖が進んでいること臭気物質の増加を示している、又は、短い時間を要して消化管を通過したために未消化の食物が多く臭気物質が増加したことを示している。したがって、臭気物質が少ないほど便臭気、屁として健康的であるといえる。また、臭気物質を特定してその特定の臭気物質の物質量によって評価する場合、腸内細菌の繁殖によって発生する臭気物質の量と、未消化の食物が多い場合に発生する臭気物質の量とを個別に評価すればよい。これらいずれの臭気物質も少ないほど便臭気、屁として健康的であるといえる。 On the other hand, when the sensor value is an odor intensity value, the detection unit 22b measures the state of the effluent by standardizing the sensor value by applying it to a calibration curve or the like. For example, if the amount of odorant is evaluated without distinguishing between odorants, if there are many odorants, it takes a long time to pass through the gastrointestinal tract and the intestinal bacteria proliferate. It indicates an increase, or an increase in odorants due to a large amount of undigested food that passed through the digestive tract in a short time. Therefore, it can be said that the fewer odorous substances, the healthier the stool odor and farts. In addition, when odorants are specified and evaluated by the amount of the specific odorants, the amount of odorants generated by the propagation of intestinal bacteria and the amount of odorants generated when there is a large amount of undigested food are compared. should be evaluated individually. It can be said that the less any of these odorous substances, the healthier the stool odor and farts.
　また、これらの他に、便形状、便臭気、及び、屁を評価するための任意の評価方法が適用されてもよい。 In addition to these, any evaluation method for evaluating stool shape, stool odor, and farts may be applied.
　送信部２２ｃは、排出物に関する排出データを外部の装置に送信する処理部である。送信部２２ｃは、排出データの送信用の送信データを生成して、生成した送信データを、通信モジュール２３を介して外部の装置へと送信する。このために、送信部２２ｃは、生成した送信データを送受信用の形式に変換するなどの機能も有する。 The transmission unit 22c is a processing unit that transmits emission data related to the emission to an external device. The transmission unit 22c generates transmission data for transmission of discharge data, and transmits the generated transmission data to an external device via the communication module 23. FIG. For this reason, the transmission unit 22c also has a function of converting the generated transmission data into a format for transmission and reception.
　通信モジュール２３は、電気便座一体型便器２０がルータ３０を介してサーバ４０と通信を行うための基板モジュールである。通信モジュール２３は、具体的には、基板に回路素子が実装されることによって実現される。通信モジュール２３は、いずれも図示しないが、通信部と、通信制御部と、記憶部とを有する。 The communication module 23 is a board module for the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 to communicate with the server 40 via the router 30 . Specifically, the communication module 23 is implemented by mounting circuit elements on a substrate. The communication module 23 has a communication section, a communication control section, and a storage section, none of which are shown.
　通信部は、電気便座一体型便器２０がルータ３０を介して通信を行うためのアンテナ素子などを含む通信回路である。 The communication unit is a communication circuit including an antenna element and the like for the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 to communicate via the router 30.
　通信制御部は、記憶部に記憶されたプログラムを実行することにより、通信部による通信を実現するための情報処理を行う。通信制御部は、例えば、マイクロコンピュータによって実現されるが、プロセッサによって実現されてもよい。 The communication control unit performs information processing for realizing communication by the communication unit by executing the program stored in the storage unit. The communication control unit is implemented by, for example, a microcomputer, but may be implemented by a processor.
　記憶部は、通信制御部が実行するプログラムが記憶される記憶装置である。例えば、通信制御部に電力が投入されたときに通信制御部が実行する起動処理は、記憶部に記憶された起動プログラムに基づいて実行される。記憶部は、半導体メモリなどによって実現される。 The storage unit is a storage device that stores programs executed by the communication control unit. For example, the start-up process executed by the communication control unit when power is turned on to the communication control unit is executed based on the start-up program stored in the storage unit. The storage unit is implemented by a semiconductor memory or the like.
　操作パネル２５は、複数の操作ボタン２５ａが配置されたインタフェース装置である。複数の操作ボタン２５ａのそれぞれには、電気便座一体型便器２０の各種機能を実行又は停止するといったスイッチ機能が割り当てられている。また、本実施の形態では、ユーザＩＤの特定のためにこの操作パネル２５に配置された操作ボタン２５ａが用いられる。例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０は、ユーザＩＤを特定するために、ユーザの認証受付を行う。この認証受付は、複数の操作ボタン２５ａのそれぞれに、あらかじめ複数のユーザのそれぞれに対して発番した番号が表示されており、ユーザが、自身に対応する番号の部分を押下するなどして、操作パネル２５に認証情報（つまりユーザそれぞれの番号）を入力することで行われる。操作パネル２５は、入力された認証情報を用いて、認証情報とユーザＩＤとを対応付けるデータテーブルを参照することにより、操作ボタン２５ａを押下したユーザのユーザＩＤを特定する。以下では認証情報の番号と、ユーザＩＤとを、番号およびユーザＩＤを示す数字として区別することなく用いる場合があるが、セキュリティなどの観点から、認証情報とユーザＩＤとは異なっていてもよい。 The operation panel 25 is an interface device on which a plurality of operation buttons 25a are arranged. Each of the plurality of operation buttons 25a is assigned a switch function for executing or stopping various functions of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20. As shown in FIG. Further, in this embodiment, the operation button 25a arranged on the operation panel 25 is used for specifying the user ID. For example, the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 accepts user authentication in order to identify the user ID. In this authentication reception, a number assigned to each of a plurality of users is displayed in advance on each of the plurality of operation buttons 25a, and the user presses the portion corresponding to the number corresponding to himself/herself. This is done by inputting the authentication information (that is, each user's number) into the operation panel 25 . The operation panel 25 identifies the user ID of the user who pressed the operation button 25a by referring to the data table that associates the authentication information with the user ID using the input authentication information. In the following, the number of the authentication information and the user ID may be used without distinguishing between the number and the user ID, but from the viewpoint of security, the authentication information and the user ID may be different.
　また、認証受付は上記の他に、各ユーザが所有する端末装置（スマートフォン、タブレット端末、又は、専用の携行デバイス）により、電気便座一体型便器２０と近距離無線通信を行うことで、入室しただけで行われてもよいし、個室内に設置されたカメラでの顔認証又は指紋認証デバイスでの指紋認証などの生体認証が行われてもよい。 In addition to the above, the authentication reception is performed by performing short-range wireless communication with the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20 using a terminal device (smartphone, tablet terminal, or dedicated portable device) owned by each user. Alternatively, biometric authentication such as face authentication using a camera installed in the private room or fingerprint authentication using a fingerprint authentication device may be performed.
　ルータ３０は、電気便座一体型便器２０とサーバ４０との通信を中継する通信装置である。ルータ３０は、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された施設と同一の施設内に設置される。ルータ３０は、ゲートウェイの一例である。ルータ３０は、具体的には、無線ＬＡＮ（Ｌｏｃａｌ　Ａｒｅａ　Ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋ）ルータなどである。 The router 30 is a communication device that relays communication between the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 and the server 40 . The router 30 is installed in the same facility where the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed. Router 30 is an example of a gateway. The router 30 is specifically a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) router or the like.
　サーバ４０は、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された施設の外に設置されたクラウドサーバである。サーバ４０は、例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０の製造事業者によって運用され、電気便座一体型便器２０と通信を行うことにより、上述の出力情報を利用したサービスなどを提供する。本実施の形態におけるサーバ４０は、第１取得部４１と、第２取得部４２と、第３取得部４３と、記憶部４４と、出力部４５と、を備える。 The server 40 is a cloud server installed outside the facility where the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed. The server 40 is operated by, for example, a manufacturer of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and provides services using the output information described above by communicating with the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20. FIG. Server 40 in the present embodiment includes first acquisition section 41 , second acquisition section 42 , third acquisition section 43 , storage section 44 and output section 45 .
　第１取得部４１は、ユーザの排出物に関する排出データ（第１排出データ）を取得する。なお、排出データを取得するとは、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された個室から通信を介して排出データの情報を取得する動作である。本実施の形態では、送信データに含まれる排出データを取得するサーバ４０上の１つの機能として、第１取得部４１が構成されている。また、最終的にサーバ４０に設置された記憶装置４６に排出データを提供することができれば第１取得部４１はどのように構成されてもよい。例えば、第１取得部４１を電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された個室内で動作する１つの装置として実現することもできる。この場合、例えば、第１取得部４１は、排出データを取得して送信データを生成する送信部２２ｃの機能と一体化されていてもよいし、センサ２４ａからセンサ値を取得して排出データのパラメータに相当する排出物の状態を検出する検出部２２ｂと一体化されていてもよい。 The first acquisition unit 41 acquires emission data (first emission data) related to the user's emission. Acquisition of discharge data is an operation of acquiring discharge data information via communication from a private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed. In this embodiment, the first acquisition unit 41 is configured as one function on the server 40 that acquires the discharge data included in the transmission data. Moreover, the first acquisition unit 41 may be configured in any way as long as it can finally provide the discharge data to the storage device 46 installed in the server 40 . For example, the first acquisition unit 41 can be implemented as one device that operates in a private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed. In this case, for example, the first acquisition unit 41 may be integrated with the function of the transmission unit 22c that acquires the discharge data and generates the transmission data, or acquires the sensor value from the sensor 24a and generates the discharge data. It may be integrated with the detection unit 22b that detects the state of the discharge corresponding to the parameter.
　第２取得部４２は、ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得する。なお、ここでは、第２取得部４２は、薬品情報及び飲食情報の両方を取得するが、排出物と対応する影響を把握したい対象物によっては、薬品情報及び飲食情報のいずれか一方のみを取得してもよい。薬品情報及び飲食情報の取得は、例えば、薬品情報及び飲食情報を管理する外部サーバ７０から、広域通信ネットワーク６０を介して通信することにより取得してもよいし、携帯端末５０に導入されたアプリケーションを通じてユーザに入力させることにより取得してもよい。なお、本実施の形態では、送信データとは別に薬品情報及び飲食情報を取得するサーバ４０上の１つの機能として、第２取得部４２が構成されている。最終的にサーバ４０に設置された記憶部４４に薬品情報及び飲食情報を提供することができれば第２取得部４２はどのように構成されてもよい。 The second acquisition unit 42 acquires at least one of drug information related to the user's drug use and food/drink information related to food/drink intake. Here, the second acquisition unit 42 acquires both drug information and food/drink information. You may Acquisition of drug information and food/drink information may be performed, for example, by communicating via the wide area communication network 60 from the external server 70 that manages the drug information and food/drink information. You may acquire by making a user input through. In this embodiment, the second acquisition unit 42 is configured as one function on the server 40 for acquiring drug information and food/drink information aside from transmission data. The second acquisition unit 42 may be configured in any way as long as it can finally provide the medicine information and the food/drink information to the storage unit 44 installed in the server 40 .
　第３取得部４３は、ユーザの排出物に関する排出データであって、ユーザによって入力された排出データ（第２排出データ）を取得する。第２排出データは、ユーザによって手動で入力された排出データである。このような排出データは、例えば、電気便座一体型便器２０とは異なる他の便器装置を利用した排出物の処理の際に、便器装置によって自動取得されなかった排出データを補うべく、ユーザによって入力されたものである。本実施の形態では、送信データと略同様の第２排出データを取得するサーバ４０上の１つの機能として、第３取得部４３が構成されている。最終的にサーバ４０に設置された記憶部４４に第２排出データを提供することができれば第３取得部４３はどのように構成されてもよい。以下必要に応じて排出データ（第１排出データ）と第２排出データとを区別して説明する。ただし、単に排出データと記載した場合に、第１非出データを意味する場合と、第１排出データ及び第２排出データを区別せずに一体的に扱う排出データを意味する場合とがある。また、第１排出データのみを用いる排出データ管理システム１０においては、第２排出データを取得する必要がないため、第３取得部４３を備えることなく排出データ管理システム１０を実現することもできる。 The third acquisition unit 43 acquires emission data (second emission data) input by the user, which is emission data related to the user's emission. The second emission data is the emission data manually entered by the user. Such discharge data is input by the user, for example, in order to compensate for discharge data not automatically acquired by the toilet device when waste is treated using another toilet device different from the electric toilet seat integrated toilet 20. It is what was done. In this embodiment, the third acquisition unit 43 is configured as one function on the server 40 that acquires the second ejection data that is substantially the same as the transmission data. As long as the second discharge data can be finally provided to the storage unit 44 installed in the server 40, the third acquisition unit 43 may be configured in any way. In the following description, the emission data (first emission data) and the second emission data will be distinguished as necessary. However, when simply described as emission data, it may mean first non-emission data, or it may mean emission data that handles the first emission data and the second emission data integrally without distinguishing between them. In addition, since the emission data management system 10 that uses only the first emission data does not need to acquire the second emission data, the emission data management system 10 can be realized without the third acquisition unit 43.
　記憶部４４は、サーバ４０が実行するプログラム及び排出データ、薬品情報及び飲食情報等を含む各種のデータが記憶される装置である。記憶部４４は、半導体メモリなどによって実現される。 The storage unit 44 is a device that stores various data including programs executed by the server 40, discharge data, medicine information, food and drink information, and the like. The storage unit 44 is implemented by a semiconductor memory or the like.
　出力部４５は、記憶部４４から、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部サーバ７０などの外部の装置に出力する。出力部４５によって外部サーバ７０等に出力される情報については、当該情報の利用形態によってさまざまな形態が想定されるため、ここでの説明は省略するが、外部サーバ７０の形態等に合わせて、適切な形態の出力情報が生成され、出力されればよい。出力部４５には、このような外部サーバ７０の形態に合わせた出力情報の変換等の機能が供えられてもよい。 The output unit 45 outputs at least part of the medicine information and the food/drink information and at least part of the discharge data corresponding to the part from the storage unit 44 to an external device such as the external server 70 . Regarding the information output to the external server 70 or the like by the output unit 45, various forms are assumed depending on the usage form of the information. Any suitable form of output information may be generated and output. The output unit 45 may be provided with functions such as conversion of output information in accordance with the form of such an external server 70 .
　携帯端末５０は、電気便座一体型便器２０のユーザ（又は、その家族等）が所有する携帯型の情報端末であり、具体的には、スマートフォン又はタブレット端末などである。携帯端末５０は、入力部５１を有する。入力部５１は、第２排出データの入力のために用いられる。例えば、図２は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおける第２排出データの入力を説明するための図である。図２では、携帯端末５０が有する入力部５１を介した第２排出データの入力の様子が示されている。図２に示すように、第２排出データに含まれる各種のパラメータについて、ユーザが入力をするための入力ボックスがパラメータごとに表示されている。ユーザは、入力ボックスのいずれかを選択し、選択した入力ボックスに自覚しているパラメータの数値を入力することで、入力された数値をパラメータに含む第２排出データが生成される。 The mobile terminal 50 is a mobile information terminal owned by the user (or the user's family member, etc.) of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and is specifically a smartphone or tablet terminal. The mobile terminal 50 has an input unit 51 . The input unit 51 is used for inputting the second discharge data. For example, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining input of the second emission data in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 shows how the second discharge data is input via the input unit 51 of the portable terminal 50 . As shown in FIG. 2, an input box for the user to input various parameters included in the second discharge data is displayed for each parameter. The user selects one of the input boxes and inputs the numerical value of the parameter he is aware of in the selected input box, thereby generating the second emission data including the input numerical value as the parameter.
　図１の説明に戻り、上述のようにユーザは、携帯端末５０を用いてサーバ４０へアクセスするにより、排出データの記録などを、携帯端末５０を通じてモニタすることができる。また、ユーザは、携帯端末５０をユーザインターフェースとして、便座の温度、及び、シャワーの強さなどの個人設定を行うこともできる。 Returning to the description of FIG. 1, the user can monitor the recording of discharge data and the like through the mobile terminal 50 by accessing the server 40 using the mobile terminal 50 as described above. The user can also set personal settings such as the temperature of the toilet seat and the strength of the shower using the mobile terminal 50 as a user interface.
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　以上のように構成された排出データ管理システム１０の動作について、図３～図９を用いて説明する。図３は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの動作のフローチャートである。ここでは、排出データ管理システム１０の動作として、電気便座一体型便器２０の動作を中心に説明する。また、後述する図５において、送信されたデータを記憶部４４に記憶させる際の動作について説明する。また、後述する図９において、格納されたデータを外部サーバ７０等に出力する際の動作について説明する。 [motion]
The operation of the discharge data management system 10 configured as above will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9. FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the operation of the emission data management system according to the embodiment. Here, as the operation of the discharge data management system 10, the operation of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 will be mainly described. Also, with reference to FIG. 5, which will be described later, an operation for storing transmitted data in the storage unit 44 will be described. Also, with reference to FIG. 9, which will be described later, the operation of outputting the stored data to the external server 70 or the like will be described.
　まず、電気便座一体型便器２０が設置された個室へのユーザの入室が電気便座一体型便器２０の人感センサ等によって検知される（Ｓ１０１）。すると、電気便座一体型便器２０の電動開閉式の蓋が開かれ、便座が着座可能な状態になる。ユーザの入室時点では、センサ２４ａなどの、排出物のセンシングのためのセンサは起動されていないが、便座が着座可能になるとともにこれらのセンサが起動される（Ｓ１０２）。なお、センサ２４ａの起動タイミングはこれに限らず、ユーザの入室時点でもよいし、常時起動状態であってもよい。立小便の場合は、便座が開いた時点でセンサが起動してもよい。また、センサの起動とともに、画像センサでのセンシング用の照明装置が点灯される。詳細は述べないが、画像センサは、排出データに含まれる排出物の色の判定にも用いられることがあるため、このような場合には、画像における色ずれの影響を抑制するために白色の光色に近い光源が選択される。なお、電気便座一体型便器２０を夜間に利用する場合があるため、画像センサでのセンシング用の照明装置の他に、視認性の観点でボウル内を照らす照明装置が備えられ、画像センサでのセンシング用の照明装置の点灯よりも前から点灯されていてもよい。このような視認性の観点での照明装置は、ユーザの覚醒を誘発しないように暖色（低い色温度）の光色の光源が選択される。照明装置は同じ照明装置で、自動的に暖色から白色に変更されるものであってもよい。 First, the user's entry into the private room in which the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is installed is detected by the human sensor or the like of the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 (S101). Then, the electric opening/closing lid of the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 is opened, and the toilet seat becomes ready for sitting. At the time when the user enters the room, sensors for sensing excreta such as the sensor 24a are not activated, but these sensors are activated when the toilet seat becomes available (S102). The activation timing of the sensor 24a is not limited to this. In the case of standing urination, the sensor may be activated when the toilet seat is opened. In addition, along with the activation of the sensor, the lighting device for sensing in the image sensor is turned on. Although not described in detail, the image sensor may also be used to determine the color of the emissions contained in the emissions data. A light source close to the light color is selected. In addition, since the electric toilet seat integrated toilet bowl 20 may be used at night, in addition to the lighting device for sensing by the image sensor, a lighting device for illuminating the inside of the bowl from the viewpoint of visibility is provided. It may be turned on before the lighting device for sensing is turned on. For such a lighting device from the viewpoint of visibility, a light source with a warm color (low color temperature) is selected so as not to induce awakening of the user. The lighting device may be the same lighting device that automatically changes from warm to white.
　次に、電気便座一体型便器２０は、ユーザの認証受付を開始する（Ｓ１０３）。認証受付は、上記したように複数の操作ボタン２５ａのいずれが押下されたかによって行われる。また、誤ってユーザが押下した場合など、２以上の操作ボタン２５ａが押下された場合に、最後に押下された操作ボタン２５ａに応じて送信された認証情報を用いて、当該ユーザのユーザＩＤを取得するとしてもよい。 Next, the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 starts accepting user authentication (S103). Authentication reception is performed depending on which of the plurality of operation buttons 25a is pressed as described above. Also, when two or more operation buttons 25a are pressed, such as when the user accidentally presses the operation button 25a, the user ID of the user is obtained using the authentication information transmitted according to the operation button 25a that was last pressed. It may be acquired.
　そして、送信部２２ｃが送信データを生成する際に、入力された認証情報からユーザＩＤを特定し、特定したユーザＩＤを含む送信データを生成するようになっている。認証受付は、ユーザによる排出が終了（個室から退出、又は便座より離座）するまでの間継続される。これにより、ユーザが任意のタイミングで排出データ管理システム１０への認証情報の入力を行うことができる。 Then, when the transmission unit 22c generates transmission data, the user ID is identified from the input authentication information, and transmission data including the identified user ID is generated. Authentication acceptance continues until the user finishes discharging (leaving the private room or leaving the toilet seat). This allows the user to input the authentication information to the emission data management system 10 at any timing.
　ユーザが便座に着座し、排出を開始すると、取得部２２ａは、センサ２４ａからセンサ値を取得する（Ｓ１０４）。センサ値の取得は、経時的に行われ、時間領域で連続したセンサ値が取得される。検出部２２ｂは、センサ値に基づいて排出物の状態を計測する（Ｓ１０５）。検出部２２ｂによる排出物の状態の計測は経時的に行われ、連続したセンサ値に対応して、連続的な計測結果が出力される。そして、検出部２２ｂは、計測結果として、排出データの各種パラメータを出力する。 When the user sits on the toilet seat and starts emptying, the acquisition unit 22a acquires the sensor value from the sensor 24a (S104). Acquisition of sensor values is performed over time, and continuous sensor values are acquired in the time domain. The detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharge based on the sensor value (S105). The detection unit 22b measures the state of the discharged matter over time, and outputs continuous measurement results corresponding to continuous sensor values. Then, the detection unit 22b outputs various parameters of the discharge data as measurement results.
　そして、送信部２２ｃは、送信データを生成して（Ｓ１０６）、送信データに含まれる情報の少なくとも一部として排出データをサーバ４０へと送信する（送信ステップ、Ｓ１０７）。 Then, the transmission unit 22c generates transmission data (S106), and transmits the discharge data to the server 40 as at least part of the information included in the transmission data (transmission step, S107).
　ここで、図４は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第１図である。図４は、排出データ管理システム１０において送受信される排出データを含む送信データを示している。 Here, FIG. 4 is a first diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 shows transmission data including discharge data transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10. As shown in FIG.
　図４に示すように、本実施の形態において送信部２２ｃが送信する送信データは、便器ＩＤ及びユーザＩＤに加えて、排出が行われた日時と、排出物の種別と、排出物の形状と、排出物の量と、排出物の色と、排出物の臭気と、着座から排出開始までの所要時間と、排出前に行ったおしり洗浄の時間と、排出後に行ったおしり洗浄の時間と、の複数の排出物に関するパラメータを含む。その他のパラメータとして、排出物の太さ、排出物の途切れの有無、入室から着座までの時間、入室から便座を開くまでの時間、便座の開閉の有無、便座を開いた時点から排尿開始までの時間、ビデ洗浄の時間、臭気の成分、臭気の強度が考えられる。 As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission data transmitted by the transmission unit 22c in the present embodiment includes, in addition to the toilet ID and the user ID, the date and time when the discharge was performed, the type of waste, and the shape of the waste. , the amount of discharge, the color of discharge, the odor of discharge, the time required from sitting to the start of discharge, the time for washing the rear before discharge, the time for washing the rear after discharge, contains parameters for multiple emissions of Other parameters include the thickness of excreta, whether or not excretion is interrupted, the time from entering the room to being seated, the time from entering the room to opening the toilet seat, whether the toilet seat is opened or closed, and the time from when the toilet seat is opened to the start of urination. Time, bidet cleaning time, odor component, odor intensity are considered.
　また、送信データには、排出データが自動で取得されたか、又は、手動で入力されたかの別を意味する、自動又は手動の情報が含まれる。なお、第１排出データに対して自動取得であることを示す情報のみが含まれ、第２排出データに対して手動入力であることを示す情報のみが含まれてもよい。 In addition, the transmitted data includes automatic or manual information, which means whether the emission data was automatically obtained or manually entered. Alternatively, only information indicating automatic acquisition may be included in the first ejection data, and only information indicating manual input may be included in the second ejection data.
　便器ＩＤ及びユーザＩＤは本実施の形態では、上位ケタ側の便器ＩＤと下位ケタ側のユーザＩＤとのように１つの数値の中でけた違いの部分に分けて表現されている。具体的には、図４では便器ＩＤが「１００１」であり、ユーザＩＤが「１」である。ここでは、ユーザＩＤは、１～９の整数によって表されている。ここで、ユーザＩＤが正常に得られず、ユーザＩＤを含まない送信データが生成された場合には、ユーザＩＤの部分が「０」となり、１～９番のいずれのユーザにも該当しない数値が付されている。このようなＩＤの表現は一例であり、１０人以上のユーザを対応させることが可能なユーザＩＤ（例えば、１０以上の２ケタでの表現又は１６進数等）で表現されてもよいし、ユーザＩＤの欠落が「０」以外の文字（アルファベット及び記号等）で表現されてもよい。 In the present embodiment, the toilet ID and the user ID are represented in one numerical value by dividing them into different orders of magnitude, such as the toilet ID on the upper digit side and the user ID on the lower digit side. Specifically, in FIG. 4, the toilet ID is "1001" and the user ID is "1". Here, the user ID is represented by an integer from 1 to 9. Here, if the user ID cannot be obtained normally and transmission data that does not include the user ID is generated, the user ID portion becomes "0", which is a numerical value that does not correspond to any user from 1 to 9. is attached. Such an ID representation is an example, and may be represented by a user ID that can correspond to 10 or more users (for example, 10 or more two-digit representations or hexadecimal numbers, etc.). Missing IDs may be represented by characters other than "0" (alphabet letters, symbols, etc.).
　サーバ４０では、送信データを受信すると、図５のように動作する。図５は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの情報格納動作のフローチャートである。 When the server 40 receives the transmission data, it operates as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flow chart of the information storage operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
　図５に示すように、送信データを受信すると、第１取得部４１は、送信データ内の排出データを取得する（Ｓ２０１）。また、第２取得部４２は、外部サーバ７０等のうち、薬品情報及び飲食情報を管理するサーバ等から薬品情報及び飲食情報を取得する（Ｓ２０２）。薬品情報及び飲食情報を管理するサーバは、例えば、飲食物管理（レシピ提案、摂取カロリー計算等）に関するアプリケーションの情報管理サーバや、服薬管理（電子お薬手帳等）に関するアプリケーションの情報管理サーバ等である。 As shown in FIG. 5, upon receiving the transmission data, the first acquisition unit 41 acquires the discharge data in the transmission data (S201). In addition, the second acquisition unit 42 acquires drug information and food/drink information from a server or the like that manages the drug information and food/drink information, among the external servers 70 (S202). A server that manages drug information and food/drink information is, for example, an information management server for applications related to food/drink management (recipe proposal, calorie intake calculation, etc.) and an information management server for applications related to medication management (electronic medicine notebook, etc.). be.
　ここで、図６は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第２図である。図６は、排出データ管理システム１０において送受信される薬品情報の一例を示している。図６に示すように、薬品情報には、排出データに関する排出を行ったユーザとの紐づけを行うために、便器ＩＤ及びユーザＩＤが含まれている。また、薬品情報には、服薬日時と、薬品名と、１回の服薬における服薬量と、服薬の状況と、自訴での体調に関する情報とが含まれている。薬品情報に含まれる各種の情報は、上記に限らず、排出データ管理システム１０からの情報の出力先で利用される形態に応じて適切な情報が含まれればよい。 Here, FIG. 6 is a second diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 shows an example of drug information transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the medicine information includes a toilet bowl ID and a user ID in order to link the discharge data with the user who discharged the medicine. In addition, the drug information includes the date and time of taking the drug, the name of the drug, the amount of drug taken in one dose, the status of taking the drug, and information on the patient's physical condition by complaint. Various types of information included in the drug information are not limited to those described above, and appropriate information may be included according to the form used by the output destination of the information from the discharge data management system 10 .
　また、図７は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムにおいて送受信されるデータの一例を示す第３図である。図７は、排出データ管理システム１０において送受信される飲食情報の一例を示している。図７に示すように、飲食情報には、排出データに関する排出を行ったユーザとの紐づけを行うために、便器ＩＤ及びユーザＩＤが含まれている。また、飲食情報には、摂取日時と、飲食物名と、摂取量と、摂取の状況と、自訴での体調に関する情報とが含まれている。飲食情報に含まれる各種の情報は、上記に限らず、排出データ管理システム１０からの情報の出力先で利用される形態に応じて適切な情報が含まれればよい。 FIG. 7 is a third diagram showing an example of data transmitted and received in the emission data management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 shows an example of food and drink information transmitted and received in the discharge data management system 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the eating and drinking information includes a toilet bowl ID and a user ID for linking with the user who has discharged the waste data. The food/drink information includes the date and time of intake, the name of food/drink, the amount of intake, the status of intake, and information on the physical condition of the patient. The various types of information included in the eating and drinking information are not limited to those described above, and may include appropriate information according to the form used by the output destination of the information from the emission data management system 10 .
　なお、上記では、第２取得部４２が外部サーバ７０等から薬品情報及び飲食情報を取得する例を示したが、第２取得部４２は、ユーザが携帯端末５０によって入力した薬品情報及び飲食情報を取得してもよい。上記のステップＳ２０１及びＳ２０２は、順次行われてもよいし、並行して行われてもよい。さらに、その順番に限定はなく、上記と異なる順に処理がされてもよい。 In the above description, an example in which the second acquisition unit 42 acquires drug information and food/drink information from the external server 70 or the like is shown. may be obtained. The above steps S201 and S202 may be performed sequentially or in parallel. Furthermore, the order is not limited, and the processes may be performed in an order different from the above.
　図５に戻り、次に、記憶部４４は、取得した排出データと、取得した薬品情報及び飲食情報とを対応付けて格納する（Ｓ２０３）。本実施の形態において、対応付けて格納するとは、排出データと、薬品情報及び飲食情報とのユーザが一致している情報を時系列などに沿って整理して格納することを意味する。この結果、あるユーザの排出物の排出と、時間軸上でこの排出に影響しうる薬品の使用及び飲食物の摂取とを容易に抽出することが可能となる。 Returning to FIG. 5, next, the storage unit 44 associates and stores the acquired discharge data with the acquired drug information and food/drink information (S203). In the present embodiment, storing in association means that the discharge data, the medicine information, and the food/drink information that are matched by the user are arranged and stored in chronological order or the like. As a result, it is possible to easily extract the excretion of a certain user and the use of drugs and intake of food and drink that may affect this excretion on the time axis.
　図８は、実施の形態に係る記憶部に格納されている情報を説明するための図である。図８では、上記のようにして記憶部４４に格納された情報の一例を示している。図８に示すように、あるユーザ（ここでは便器ＩＤ及びユーザＩＤが「１００１１」）が、２０２１年７月１０日～２０２１年７月１２日の期間において取得された排出データと薬品情報及び飲食情報とが示されている。各行のデータが排出データと薬品情報及び飲食情報とのいずれに対応するかは、「データ種別」の列に表示されている。上記したように、あるユーザの排出物の排出と、時間軸上でこの排出に影響しうる薬品の使用及び飲食物の摂取とを容易に抽出することができるように、各情報は、時系列に沿って整理されている。言い換えると、記憶部４４に格納された情報により、あるユーザの排出データの中から所定の薬品の使用によって影響があった期間の排出データを容易に抽出することができる。同様に、記憶部４４に格納された情報により、あるユーザの排出データの中から所定の飲食物の摂取によって影響があった期間の排出データを容易に抽出することができる。 FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining information stored in a storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 shows an example of information stored in the storage unit 44 as described above. As shown in FIG. 8, a certain user (toilet ID and user ID are “10011” in this case) has excretion data, medicine information, and eating and drinking data acquired during the period from July 10, 2021 to July 12, 2021. Information and is shown. Whether the data in each row corresponds to discharge data, medicine information, or food/drink information is displayed in the "data type" column. As described above, each piece of information is chronologically arranged so that it is possible to easily extract the excretion of a certain user and the use of drugs and intake of food and drink that may affect this excretion on the time axis. are arranged according to In other words, the information stored in the storage unit 44 makes it possible to easily extract, from among the discharge data of a certain user, the discharge data for a period affected by the use of a predetermined chemical. Similarly, from the information stored in the storage unit 44, it is possible to easily extract, from among the user's discharge data, the discharge data for a period in which there was an influence due to the ingestion of a predetermined food or drink.
　所定の薬品の使用によって影響があった期間とは、薬品の使用開始のタイミングから、当該薬品の吸収（absorption）、分布（distribution）、代謝（metabolism）、***（excretion）に要する時間を考慮した期間であってもよいし、薬品の使用開始のタイミング以前（薬品の影響がない期間）を含むあらかじめ定められた期間であってもよい。所定の飲食物の摂取によって影響があった期間とは、飲食物の摂取開始のタイミングから、当該ユーザの経口摂取から排出までに要する時間を考慮した期間であってもよいし、飲食物の摂取開始のタイミング以前（飲食物の影響がない期間）を含むあらかじめ定められた期間であってもよい。 The period of effect from the use of a given drug is defined as the time required for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of the drug from the time of initiation of drug use. It may be a period, or it may be a predetermined period including before the timing of starting use of the medicine (a period during which there is no influence of the medicine). The period during which the ingestion of a predetermined food or drink has an effect may be a period considering the time required from the timing of the start of ingestion of the food or drink to the time it takes for the user to take the food or drink and discharge the food or drink. It may be a predetermined period including before the start timing (a period during which there is no influence of food and drink).
　また、図８の「内容」の列に表示されている通り、「データ種別」が排出のものには、当該排出データが自動取得であるか、手動入力であるかの情報を含んでいる。例えば、手動入力された第２排出データは、自動取得された第１排出データよりも信頼性に欠ける場合がある。そこで、より信頼性の高い情報を出力するために、第１排出データと第２排出データ、すなわち、排出データが自動取得されたか手動入力されたかによって出力される情報が変化してもよい。例えば、本実施の形態における情報の出力は、以下の図９のようにして行われる。図９は、実施の形態に係る排出データ管理システムの情報出力動作のフローチャートである。 In addition, as shown in the "Content" column in Fig. 8, the "data type" of "discharge" includes information as to whether the corresponding discharge data is automatically obtained or manually entered. For example, manually entered secondary emissions data may be less reliable than automatically acquired primary emissions data. Therefore, in order to output information with higher reliability, the output information may be changed depending on whether the first discharge data and the second discharge data, that is, whether the discharge data are automatically acquired or manually input. For example, information output in this embodiment is performed as shown in FIG. 9 below. FIG. 9 is a flowchart of information output operation of the discharge data management system according to the embodiment.
　例えば、外部サーバ７０を管理し、各種のサービスを提供する事業者側から、排出データの提供を要求する信号を受け付けると、排出データ管理システム１０の情報出力動作が開始される。この排出データの提供を要求する信号には、ユーザが使用したある薬品、及び、ユーザが摂取したある飲食物の少なくとも一方を指定する情報が含まれている。そして、出力部４５は、ある薬品、及び、ある飲食物を指定する情報に基づいて、図８に示すような時系列に沿う情報から指定された薬品及び飲食物の情報の部分を特定する。そして、出力部４５は、指定された薬品及び飲食物に関する情報に対応する排出データを探索する。 For example, when a signal requesting the provision of emission data is received from a business operator that manages the external server 70 and provides various services, the information output operation of the emission data management system 10 is started. The signal requesting the provision of this discharge data includes information designating at least one of certain medicine used by the user and certain food and drink taken by the user. Then, based on the information designating a certain medicine and certain food and drink, the output unit 45 identifies the portion of the information of the designated medicine and food and drink from the time-series information as shown in FIG. Then, the output unit 45 searches for discharge data corresponding to the information on the specified medicine and food.
　このとき、図９に示すように、出力部４５は、指定された薬品及び飲食物に関する情報に対応する排出データとして、第１排出データ（つまり、自動取得された排出データ）があるか否かを判定する（Ｓ３０１）。第１排出データがあると判定した場合（Ｓ３０１でＹｅｓ）、出力部４５は、第１排出データと、指定された薬品情報及び飲食情報とを出力する（Ｓ３０２）。一方で、第１排出データがないと判定した場合（Ｓ３０１でＮｏ）、出力部４５は、指定された薬品及び飲食物に関する情報に対応する排出データとして、第２排出データ（つまり、手動入力された排出データ）があるか否かを判定する（Ｓ３０３）。第２排出データがあると判定した場合（Ｓ３０３でＹｅｓ）、出力部４５は、第２排出データと、指定された薬品情報及び飲食情報とを出力する（Ｓ３０４）。一方で、第２排出データがないと判定した場合（Ｓ３０３でＮｏ）、出力部４５は、処理を終了する。 At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, the output unit 45 determines whether or not there is first discharge data (that is, automatically acquired discharge data) as discharge data corresponding to the specified medicine and food/drink information. is determined (S301). When it is determined that there is the first discharge data (Yes in S301), the output unit 45 outputs the first discharge data and the specified medicine information and food/drink information (S302). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no first discharge data (No in S301), the output unit 45 outputs second discharge data (that is, manually input (S303). When it is determined that there is the second discharge data (Yes in S303), the output unit 45 outputs the second discharge data and the specified medicine information and food/drink information (S304). On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no second ejection data (No in S303), the output unit 45 terminates the process.
　このように、出力部４５は、第１排出データがない場合に、第２排出データを含む情報を出力する。このため、比較的信頼性が高い第１排出データが優先的に出力されるので、事業者によって提供される各種のサービスが、信頼性の高い情報に基づいて実施されるため、サービスの品質の向上が期待できる。 Thus, the output unit 45 outputs information including the second discharge data when there is no first discharge data. Therefore, since the first emission data with relatively high reliability is preferentially output, various services provided by business operators are implemented based on highly reliable information, and the quality of services is improved. Improvement can be expected.
　以上のようにして、本実施の形態では、ユーザによる薬品使用及び飲食物摂取に対応する排出データを出力することができる。そして、情報の出力先において、薬品使用、及び、飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方と対応付けて排出データによる排出物に現れる健康状態の変化をモニタすることができる。すなわち、健康状態の変化を、薬品使用及び飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方によってもたらされたものであるか否かをモニタ出来るという観点で、より適切に、排出データを管理することが可能となる。 As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to output discharge data corresponding to the user's use of drugs and intake of food and drink. Then, at the information output destination, it is possible to monitor changes in the health condition appearing in the excreta based on the excretion data in association with at least one of drug use and food and drink intake. That is, from the viewpoint of being able to monitor whether a change in health condition is caused by at least one of drug use and food intake, it is possible to manage excretion data more appropriately.
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　以上説明したように、第１態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、排出物の処理に用いられる電気便座一体型便器２０であって、ユーザの排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる電気便座一体型便器２０を介して、第１排出データを取得する第１取得部４１と、ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得する第２取得部４２と、取得された第１排出データと、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて格納する記憶部４４と、記憶部４４から、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部サーバ７０に出力する出力部４５と、を備える。 [Effects, etc.]
As described above, the discharge data management system 10 according to the first mode is the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet bowl 20 used for processing waste, and is capable of acquiring the first discharge data related to the user's waste. A first acquisition unit 41 that acquires the first discharge data and a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one of drug information regarding the user's use of drugs and food/drink information regarding the intake of food and drink via the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20. 42, a storage unit 44 that stores the acquired first discharge data and at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information in association with each other; , and an output unit 45 that outputs to the external server 70 at least part of the first ejection data corresponding to the part.
　このような排出データ管理システム１０は、ユーザによる薬品使用及び飲食物摂取に対応する排出データを出力することができる。そして、情報の出力先において、薬品使用、及び、飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方と対応付けて排出データによる排出物に現れる健康状態の変化をモニタすることができる。すなわち、健康状態の変化を、薬品使用及び飲食物摂取の少なくとも一方によってもたらされたものであるか否かをモニタ出来るという観点で、より適切に、排出データを管理することができる。 Such a discharge data management system 10 can output discharge data corresponding to drug use and food and drink intake by the user. Then, at the information output destination, it is possible to monitor changes in the health condition appearing in the excreta based on the excretion data in association with at least one of drug use and food and drink intake. That is, from the viewpoint of being able to monitor whether a change in health condition is caused by at least one of drug use and food intake, excretion data can be managed more appropriately.
　また、例えば、第２態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、出力部４５は、格納されている薬品情報のうち所定の薬品の使用に関する一部と、所定の薬品が使用されたタイミング以降の第１排出データと、を外部サーバ７０に出力する、第１態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, in the discharge data management system 10 according to the second aspect, the output unit 45 outputs part of the stored medicine information related to the use of the prescribed medicine, 1 emission data to an external server 70. The emission data management system 10 according to the first aspect.
　これによれば、所定の薬品の使用によって、ユーザにもたらされた健康状態の変化（不変の状態維持を含む）として、第１排出データの変化を外部サーバ７０側からモニタすることができる。 According to this, it is possible to monitor changes in the first discharge data from the external server 70 side as changes in the user's health condition (including maintenance of unchanged conditions) brought about by the use of prescribed medicines.
　また、例えば、第３態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、出力部４５は、格納している飲食情報のうち所定の飲食物の摂取に関する一部と、所定の飲食物が摂取されたタイミング以降の第１排出データと、を外部サーバ７０に出力する、第１又は第２態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, in the emission data management system 10 according to the third aspect, the output unit 45 outputs part of the stored food/drink information related to intake of a predetermined food and drink, and and the first emission data of , to an external server 70. The emission data management system 10 according to the first or second aspect.
　これによれば、所定の飲食物の摂取によって、ユーザにもたらされた健康状態の変化（不変の状態維持を含む）として、第１排出データの変化を外部サーバ７０側からモニタすることができる。 According to this, changes in the first discharge data can be monitored from the external server 70 side as changes in the user's health condition (including maintenance of unchanged conditions) brought about by ingestion of predetermined food and drink. .
　また、例えば、第４態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、さらに、ユーザの排出物に関する第２排出データであって、ユーザによって入力された第２排出データを取得する第３取得部４３を備え、記憶部４４には、入力された第２排出データと、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方とが対応付けて格納され、出力部４５は、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部に対応する第１排出データが格納されていない場合、当該一部と、当該一部に対応する第２排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部サーバ７０に出力する、第１～第３態様のいずれか１態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, the emission data management system 10 according to the fourth aspect further includes a third acquisition unit 43 that acquires the second emission data that is input by the user and is the second emission data related to the user's emission. , the storage unit 44 stores the input second discharge data in association with at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information, and the output unit 45 stores at least a part of at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information. any one of the first to third aspects, wherein when the corresponding first emission data is not stored, the part and at least part of the second emission data corresponding to the part are output to the external server 70 1 is an emissions data management system 10 according to one aspect.
　これによれば、電気便座一体型便器２０によって自動で取得された第１排出データと、ユーザによって手動で入力された第２排出データとを外部サーバ７０への出力に供することができる。このとき、電気便座一体型便器２０によって自動で取得された第１排出データは、機械的なセンシングによって取得されているため、手動で入力された第２排出データよりも信頼性が高い。したがって、出力対象の排出データとして、第１排出データと第２排出データとが存在する場合に、第１排出データを優先的に出力し、第１排出データが格納されていない場合に第２排出データを出力するようにして、より信頼性の高い排出データを外部サーバ７０への出力に供することができる。 According to this, the first discharge data automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 and the second discharge data manually input by the user can be output to the external server 70. At this time, the first discharge data automatically obtained by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20 is obtained by mechanical sensing, and is therefore more reliable than the manually input second discharge data. Therefore, when the first emission data and the second emission data exist as emission data to be output, the first emission data is preferentially output, and when the first emission data is not stored, the second emission data is output. By outputting the data, more reliable discharge data can be output to the external server 70 .
　また、例えば、第５態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、第１排出データには、電気便座一体型便器２０によって自動で取得されたことを示す情報が含まれ、第２排出データには、手動で入力されたことを示す情報が含む、第４態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, in the discharge data management system 10 according to the fifth aspect, the first discharge data includes information indicating that it was automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and the second discharge data includes: 10 is an emissions data management system 10 according to the fourth aspect, including information indicating that it has been manually entered.
　これによれば、第１排出データ自身に、電気便座一体型便器２０によって自動で取得されたことを示す情報が含まれ、第２排出データ自身に、手動で入力されたことを示す情報が含まれる。このため、外部サーバ７０側で第１排出データ又は第２排出データを受け取ってから、各種のデータ処理を行うまでの期間中で、任意のタイミングで、自動で取得された排出データと手動で入力されたデータとを区別して取り扱うことができる。つまり、データハンドリングの観点で、より適切に、排出データを管理することができる。 According to this, the first discharge data itself includes information indicating that it was automatically acquired by the electric toilet seat-integrated toilet 20, and the second discharge data itself includes information indicating that it was manually input. be Therefore, during the period from when the external server 70 receives the first emission data or the second emission data to when various data processing is performed, the automatically acquired emission data and the manually entered emission data can be input at an arbitrary timing. It can be handled separately from the data that has been processed. In other words, the discharge data can be managed more appropriately from the viewpoint of data handling.
　また、例えば、第６態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、排出物は、ユーザから排出される便である、第１～第５態様のいずれか１態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, the emission data management system 10 according to the sixth aspect is the emission data management system 10 according to any one aspect of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the emission is a stool discharged from the user. .
　これによれば、ユーザの便に関する排出データをより適切に管理することができる。 According to this, it is possible to more appropriately manage the discharge data related to the user's flight.
　また、例えば、第７態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、排出物は、ユーザから排出される尿である、第１～第５態様のいずれか１態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, the emission data management system 10 according to the seventh aspect is the emission data management system 10 according to any one aspect of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the emission is urine discharged from the user. .
　これによれば、ユーザの尿に関する排出データをより適切に管理することができる。 According to this, it is possible to more appropriately manage the excretion data related to the user's urine.
　また、例えば、第８態様に係る排出データ管理システム１０は、排出物は、ユーザから排出される経血である、第１～第５態様のいずれか１態様に記載の排出データ管理システム１０である。 Further, for example, the discharge data management system 10 according to the eighth aspect is the discharge data management system 10 according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the discharge is menstrual blood discharged from the user. be.
　これによれば、ユーザの経血に関する排出データをより適切に管理することができる。 According to this, the discharge data related to the user's menstrual blood can be managed more appropriately.
　また、第９態様に係る排出データ管理方法は、排出物の処理に用いられる便器装置であって、ユーザの排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる便器装置を用いて、第１排出データを取得し、ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得し、取得された第１排出データと、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて記憶部に格納し、薬品情報及び飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する。 Further, a discharge data management method according to a ninth aspect is a toilet device that is used for processing waste and is capable of acquiring first discharge data related to waste of a user. acquiring data, acquiring at least one of drug information related to the use of drugs by the user and food/drink information related to food/drink intake, and associating the acquired first discharge data with at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information Store in the storage unit, and output at least a portion of at least one of the medicine information and the eating and drinking information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion to an external device.
　このような排出データ管理方法は、上記の排出データ管理システム１０と同様の効果を奏することができる。 Such an emission data management method can provide the same effects as the emission data management system 10 described above.
　（その他の実施の形態）
　以上、実施の形態について説明したが、本発明は、上記実施の形態に限定されるものではない。 (Other embodiments)
Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.
　上記実施の形態における装置間の通信方法については特に限定されるものではない。例えば、装置間の通信においては、図示されない中継装置が介在してもよい。 The communication method between devices in the above embodiment is not particularly limited. For example, a relay device (not shown) may intervene in communication between devices.
　また、上記実施の形態において、特定の処理部が実行する処理を別の処理部が実行してもよい。また、複数の処理の順序が変更されてもよいし、複数の処理が並行して実行されてもよい。 Further, in the above embodiment, the processing executed by a specific processing unit may be executed by another processing unit. In addition, the order of multiple processes may be changed, and multiple processes may be executed in parallel.
　また、上記実施の形態において、各構成要素は、各構成要素に適したソフトウェアプログラムを実行することによって実現されてもよい。各構成要素は、ＣＰＵ又はプロセッサなどのプログラム実行部が、ハードディスク又は半導体メモリなどの記録媒体に記録されたソフトウェアプログラムを読み出して実行することによって実現されてもよい。 Also, in the above embodiments, each component may be realized by executing a software program suitable for each component. Each component may be realized by reading and executing a software program recorded in a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory by a program execution unit such as a CPU or processor.
　また、各構成要素は、ハードウェアによって実現されてもよい。例えば、各構成要素は、回路（又は集積回路）でもよい。これらの回路は、全体として１つの回路を構成してもよいし、それぞれ別々の回路でもよい。また、これらの回路は、それぞれ、汎用的な回路でもよいし、専用の回路でもよい。 Also, each component may be realized by hardware. For example, each component may be a circuit (or integrated circuit). These circuits may form one circuit as a whole, or may be separate circuits. These circuits may be general-purpose circuits or dedicated circuits.
　また、本発明の全般的又は具体的な態様は、システム、装置、方法、集積回路、コンピュータプログラム又はコンピュータ読み取り可能なＣＤ－ＲＯＭなどの記録媒体で実現されてもよい。また、システム、装置、方法、集積回路、コンピュータプログラム及び記録媒体の任意な組み合わせで実現されてもよい。 In addition, general or specific aspects of the present invention may be implemented in a system, apparatus, method, integrated circuit, computer program, or recording medium such as a computer-readable CD-ROM. Also, any combination of systems, devices, methods, integrated circuits, computer programs and recording media may be implemented.
　例えば、本発明は、コンピュータが実行する情報処理方法（排出データ管理方法）として実現されてもよいし、このような情報処理方法をコンピュータに実行させるためのプログラムとして実現されてもよいし、このようなプログラムが記録されたコンピュータ読み取り可能な非一時的な記録媒体として実現されてもよい。 For example, the present invention may be realized as an information processing method (emission data management method) executed by a computer, or as a program for causing a computer to execute such an information processing method. It may be realized as a computer-readable non-temporary recording medium in which such a program is recorded.
　その他、各実施の形態に対して当業者が思いつく各種変形を施して得られる形態、又は、本発明の趣旨を逸脱しない範囲で各実施の形態における構成要素及び機能を任意に組み合わせることで実現される形態も本発明に含まれる。 In addition, forms obtained by applying various modifications to each embodiment that a person skilled in the art can think of, or realized by arbitrarily combining the constituent elements and functions of each embodiment without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Also included in the present invention.
　１０　排出データ管理システム
　２０　電気便座一体型便器（便器装置）
　４１　第１取得部
　４２　第２取得部
　４３　第３取得部
　４４　記憶部
　４５　出力部
　７０　外部サーバ（外部の装置） 10 emission data management system 20 electric toilet seat integrated toilet (toilet device)
41 first acquisition unit 42 second acquisition unit 43 third acquisition unit 44 storage unit 45 output unit 70 external server (external device)

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  1. 　排出物の処理に用いられる便器装置であって、ユーザの前記排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる便器装置を介して、前記第１排出データを取得する第１取得部と、
    　前記ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得する第２取得部と、
    　取得された前記第１排出データと、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて格納する記憶部と、
    　前記記憶部から、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する前記第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する出力部と、を備える
    　排出データ管理システム。     a first acquisition unit that acquires the first discharge data via a toilet device that is used for processing waste and is capable of acquiring the first discharge data related to the waste of a user;
    a second acquisition unit that acquires at least one of drug information related to the use of drugs by the user and food/drink information related to food/drink intake;
    a storage unit that associates and stores the acquired first discharge data with at least one of the drug information and the eating and drinking information;
    an output unit configured to output at least a portion of at least one of the medicine information and the eating and drinking information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion from the storage unit to an external device. Emission data management system.
  2. 　前記出力部は、格納されている前記薬品情報のうち所定の薬品の使用に関する一部と、前記所定の薬品が使用されたタイミング以降の前記第１排出データと、を前記外部の装置に出力する
    　請求項１に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The output unit outputs to the external device part of the stored medicine information related to use of a prescribed medicine and the first discharge data after the timing at which the prescribed medicine is used. The emission data management system of claim 1.
  3. 　前記出力部は、格納している前記飲食情報のうち所定の飲食物の摂取に関する一部と、前記所定の飲食物が摂取されたタイミング以降の前記第１排出データと、を前記外部の装置に出力する
    　請求項１に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The output unit outputs part of the stored food/drink information related to intake of a predetermined food and drink, and the first discharge data after the timing at which the predetermined food/drink is taken, to the external device. The emission data management system according to claim 1, which outputs.
  4. 　さらに、前記ユーザの前記排出物に関する第２排出データであって、前記ユーザによって入力された第２排出データを取得する第３取得部を備え、
    　前記記憶部には、入力された前記第２排出データと、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方とが対応付けて格納され、
    　前記出力部は、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部に対応する前記第１排出データが格納されていない場合、当該一部と、当該一部に対応する前記第２排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する
    　請求項１に記載の排出データ管理システム。     a third acquisition unit configured to acquire second emission data related to the user's emission, the second emission data being input by the user;
    the storage unit stores the input second discharge data in association with at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information;
    When the first discharge data corresponding to at least a part of at least one of the drug information and the food/drink information is not stored, the output unit outputs the part and the second discharge data corresponding to the part. 2. The emission data management system according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of and is output to an external device.
  5. 　前記第１排出データには、前記便器装置によって自動で取得されたことを示す情報が含まれ、
    　前記第２排出データには、手動で入力されたことを示す情報が含まれる
    　請求項４に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The first discharge data includes information indicating that it has been automatically acquired by the toilet device,
    5. The emission data management system according to claim 4, wherein the second emission data includes information indicating that it has been manually entered.
  6. 　前記排出物は、前記ユーザから排出される便である
    　請求項１～５のいずれか１項に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The emission data management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the emission is a stool discharged from the user.
  7. 　前記排出物は、前記ユーザから排出される尿である
    　請求項１～５のいずれか１項に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The excretion data management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the excretion is urine excreted from the user.
  8. 　前記排出物は、前記ユーザから排出される経血である
    　請求項１～５のいずれか１項に記載の排出データ管理システム。     The discharge data management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the discharge is menstrual blood discharged from the user.
  9. 　排出物の処理に用いられる便器装置であって、ユーザの前記排出物に関する第１排出データを取得することができる便器装置を用いて、前記第１排出データを取得し、
    　前記ユーザの薬品の使用に関する薬品情報及び飲食物の摂取に関する飲食情報の少なくとも一方を取得し、
    　取得された前記第１排出データと、前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方とを対応付けて記憶部に格納し、
    　前記薬品情報及び前記飲食情報の少なくとも一方における少なくとも一部と、当該一部に対応する前記第１排出データの少なくとも一部とを外部の装置に出力する
    　排出データ管理方法。     Acquiring the first discharge data using a toilet device used to treat waste, the toilet device being capable of obtaining first discharge data related to the waste of a user;
    Acquiring at least one of drug information related to the user's use of drugs and food/drink information related to food/drink intake;
    storing the acquired first discharge data in association with at least one of the medicine information and the food/drink information in a storage unit;
    A discharge data management method, comprising: outputting at least a portion of at least one of the drug information and the food and drink information and at least a portion of the first discharge data corresponding to the portion to an external device.
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