WARNING SYSTEM FOR USE IN DAILY LIFE

• US 20160148484A1
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Arimura, Soichiro, Tanaka, Masahide
• Application Number:
  US14/906,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20160148484A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/49 ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/526 giving audible indications
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/00 Control inputs relating to users or occupants
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/10 Occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold

Abstract

Provided is a warning system that makes it possible to decrease the possibility of the occurrence of heat shock that is caused by a difference in temperature between a living room and a dressing room when a person who is about to enter a bath removes their clothing. The warning system comprises: a living room temperature sensor (28) that measures the temperature in a living room (4); a dressing room temperature sensor (54) that measures the temperature in a dressing room (8); and a warning unit (50) that issues a warning when the temperature difference between the temperature of the living room (4) and the temperature of the dressing room (8) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Claims

1. A warning system, comprising:

a living room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a living room;

a dressing room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a dressing room; and

a warning portion that gives a warning to a subject person when a difference between the room temperature of the living room and the room temperature of the dressing room is not less than a predetermined value.

2. The warning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an air heating portion that is provided in the dressing room; and

a control portion that, based on the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor, controls the air heating portion to function when the difference between the room temperature of the living room and the room temperature of the dressing room is not less than a predetermined value.

3. The warning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a human presence sensor,

wherein based on the human presence sensor, the warning portion gives the warning.

4. The warning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a judgement portion that judges whether the subject person has accepted or disregarded the warning by the warning portion; and

an accumulation portion that records a result of the judgement by the judgement portion and accumulates a behavior history of the subject person.

5. The warning system according to claim 4, further comprising:

a communication portion that communicates to an exterior the result of the judgement by the judgement portion.

6. The warning system according to claim 1, wherein

the warning by the warning portion includes a preliminary warning for creating a warning accepting mentality and a full-fledged warning including warning content information.

7. The warning system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a testing unit that tests a function of the warning portion in any other season than a season in which the warning by the warning portion is required.

8. A warning system, comprising:

a living room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a living room;

a dressing room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a dressing room;

a warning portion that, based on an air temperature difference between the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor, gives a warning to a subject person;

an accumulation portion that accumulates a behavior history as to whether the subject person has accepted or disregarded the warning by the warning portion; and

an analysis portion that analyzes the behavior history accumulated in the accumulation portion.

9. The warning system according to claim 8, wherein

based on the behavior history, the analysis portion categorizes the subject person under one of a plurality of categories defined in terms of a risk.

10. The warning system according to claim 9, wherein

based on the result of categorizing, the warning portion changes a content of the warning to the subject person.

11. The warning system according to claim 9, further comprising:

a communication portion that communicates to an exterior,

wherein based on the result of categorizing, the communication portion decides whether or not to transmit information from the analysis portion to the exterior.

12. The warning system according to claim 11, wherein

based on the result of categorizing, the communication portion changes a content of communication of the information to be communicated to the exterior.

13. The warning system according to claim 11, wherein

based on the result of categorizing, the communication portion changes a communication destination to which the information from the analysis portion is to be communicated.

14. The warning system according to claim 8, further comprising:

an information acquisition portion that acquires information related to an air temperature change,

wherein based on the information acquisition portion, the warning portion controls the warning.

15. The warning system according to claim 14, wherein

the information related to an air temperature change is at least one of a date and an air temperature forecast.

16. A warning system, comprising:

a living room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a living room;

a dressing room temperature sensor that measures a room temperature of a dressing room;

a warning portion that, based on a temperature difference between the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor, gives a warning to a subject person; and

a testing portion that tests a function of the warning portion in any other season than a season in which the warning by the warning portion is required.

17. The warning system according to claim 16, wherein

in the season in which the warning by the warning portion is required, based on the temperature difference between the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor, the warning portion gives the warning, and

in any other season than the season in which the warning by the warning portion is required, based on occurrence of a phenomenon of a reversed temperature difference between the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor, the testing portion tests a function of each of the living room temperature sensor and the dressing room temperature sensor.

18. The warning system according to claim 16, wherein

the warning portion has a human presence sensor that is provided in the dressing room, and

in any other season than the season in which the warning by the warning portion is required, based on whether or not the human presence sensor detects human presence within a predetermined period of time while the subject person is at home, the testing portion tests a function of the human presence sensor.

19. The warning system according to claim 16, wherein

the warning portion has a warning output portion that is provided in the dressing room, and

in any other season than the season in which the warning by the warning portion is required, by applying power to the warning output portion, the testing portion tests a function of the warning output portion.

20. The warning system according to claim 16, wherein

at an early stage upon arrival of the season in which the warning by the warning portion is required, the warning portion calls attention to the warning.