Title:
URINE VOLUME MEASURING DEVICE, URINE VOLUME MEASURING METHOD, TOILET APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND URINE VOLUME MEASURING ADDITIVE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2016090296
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toilet apparatus, urine volume measuring device, urine volume measuring method, program, and urine volume measuring additive capable of simply measuring a urine volume without bringing a measuring device into contact with the urine.SOLUTION: The urine volume measuring device includes: a storage section for storing information related to a color based on the volume of a urine, the color in a mixed state of a pooled water formed on a bowl part of a toilet bowl and the urine; an acquisition section that acquires the information related to the color of the pooled water after the urine has been discharged in the bowl part, with in noncontact with the pooled water; and an arithmetic section that estimates the volume of the urine before it has been discharged in the bowl part on the basis of the information related to the color acquired by the acquisition section and the information related to the color stored by the storage section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
YAMAZAKI HIRONORI
Application Number:
JP2014222327A
Publication Date:
May 23, 2016
Filing Date:
October 31, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOTO LTD
International Classes:
G01N33/493; E03D9/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2000283981A | 2000-10-13 | |||
| JP2005105669A | 2005-04-21 | |||
| JP2007252805A | 2007-10-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masahiko Hinataji
Junichi Kozaki
Hiroshi Ichikawa
Junichi Kozaki
Hiroshi Ichikawa