Title:
VIBRATION-DETECTING DEVICE AND TOILET SEAT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2004/112600
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A vibration-detecting device for highly accurately detecting vibration transmitted to a rigid body, and particularly a toilet seat device for highly accurately detecting user’s body movement transmitted to a toile seat. A vibration-detecting device has pressing means (amplifying means) (27) for amplifying vibration caused by a user’s body movement transmitted to an upper lid (rigid body) (6) of a toilet seat device (5) and has a piezoelectric sensor (vibration-detecting sensor) (9) for detecting the amplified vibration. With this structure, the user’s body movement transmitted to a toilet seat is detected by the piezoelectric sensor (vibration-detecting sensor) after being amplified by the pressing means (amplifying means)(27). As a consequence, even if the toilet seat has almost no deformation by the user’s body movement transmitted to the toilet seat, the body movement can be detected with excellent accuracy.
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Inventors:
UEDA SHIGEKI
OGINO HIROYUKI
YOSHINO KOJI
MATSUDA MASATO
OGINO HIROYUKI
YOSHINO KOJI
MATSUDA MASATO
Application Number:
PCT/JP2004/008945
Publication Date:
December 29, 2004
Filing Date:
June 18, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
UEDA SHIGEKI
OGINO HIROYUKI
YOSHINO KOJI
MATSUDA MASATO
UEDA SHIGEKI
OGINO HIROYUKI
YOSHINO KOJI
MATSUDA MASATO
International Classes:
A47K13/30; A61B5/11; (IPC1-7): A61B5/00; A47K13/24; A47K13/30; A61B5/11
Foreign References:
JP2985645B2 | 1999-12-06 | |||
JP2734832B2 | 1998-04-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1637068A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Oguri, Shohei (Minato-ku Tokyo, 13, JP)
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