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The measuring and control system 31 of the rest room facility 12 comprises a microcomputer 38 which is operatively related to a collection of measuring and management devices 39 for performing urinalysis, electrocardiography, sphygmomanometry together with pulse fee measurement, physique fat proportion measurement and physique weight measurement, respectively, in addition to to an enter machine forty and a liquid crystal display system (LCD) 41. The measuring system 32 of the mattress thirteen includes a microcomputer 42, a measuring instrument 43 for detecting the physique temperature and an LCD 44. The measuring and management system 33 of the bath system 14 contains a microcomputer forty five which is related to a collection of measuring and control devices 46 and an LCD 47. The measuring and management system 34 for the ergometer 15 contains a microcomputer 48 which is linked to a collection of measuring and management units 49 for performing sphygmomanometry and pulse fee measurement, body weight measurement and load management, respectively, in addition to to an LCD 50. The controller 20 is comprised of a microcomputer 51, a keyboard 52, a cathode ray tube (CRT) 53 and an auxiliary memory gadget 54 resembling hard-disc drive.
92 thereof comprises a near infrared radiation emitting diode (IRED) ninety three and a photosensor 94 schematically shown in FIG. 19. As shown in FIG. 19, the output of the photosensor ninety four is applied to an analyzer microcomputer 95. The measurement of physique fats content is also performed passively and robotically, as the consumer is seated on the bathroom seat with his or her femoral area uncovered to the sensor section 92. The IRED 93 emits close to infrared radiation toward the exposed femoral region of the user, the depth of reflected light being detected by the photosensor 94 for deriving the body fat proportion. Will probably be understood that, whenever the water closet system 12 is used, detection of body weight is performed passively and routinely, with out requiring positive directions from the consumer. More particularly, the coaxial cable 11 is related through communications interface models 22-30 and the typical T-connectors (not shown) with a measuring and management system 31 related to the water closet system 12, a testing and measuring system 32 associated with the bed 13, a measuring and management system 33 associated with the bathing facility 14, a measuring and management system 34 related to the ergometer 15, the controller 20, a measuring and management system 35 related to the straightforward chair 16, the menu processor 17, the phone 18 with MODEM, and the monitor 19, respectively.
3A and 3B, the controller 20 gives these household appliances having the health care features, such because the bath system 14, the ergometer 15, the easy chair 16, the menu processor 17 and the monitor 19, with the vital data vital for his or her operation, as described later in a larger detail. Within the water closet system 12, the ergometer 15 and the straightforward chair 16, for example, the artery blood strain and pulse price can be monitored only when the person has positively worn a measuring finger cuff on his or her finger, the detected knowledge being transferred to the controller 20 together with the individual recognition parameter. Within the illustrated embodiment, the family appliances might include a water closet facility 12, one or more beds 13, bathing installations 14, a bicycle-simulated ergometer 15, a simple chair 16, a computerized menu processor 17, a telephone 18 with modulator-demodulator (MODEM) and a video monitor 19. As indicated in columns I-IV of the desk proven in FIGS. Referring to the flowchart of FIG. Forty five wherein operation of the computer 58 is shown, function of the menu processor 17 might be described.
Similarly, the bath system could also be provided with a massaging function which is controlled in accordance with the degree of psychological stress of the bather as detected by the electrocardiograph related to the bath system. 21, 26 and 33, a transmission start command will be issued, for example, from the microcomputer 38, 42, 45, 48 or 55 associated with those family appliances having the vital information measuring and monitoring operate to the corresponding interface unit when the individuals recognition knowledge reminiscent of weight, stature or displacement is derived. The foregoing transmission routine S101-S105 is carried out by the interface unit 22, 23, 24, 25 or 27 corresponding to the microcomputer 38, 42, 45, forty eight or fifty five when, for example, the people recognition knowledge is detected. To carry out transmission and reception of the foregoing information, the communications interface units 22-30, which is also known as communications management items, are designed to carry out knowledge communications between the coaxial cable eleven and the corresponding microcomputers 38, 42, 45, 48, 51, 55 and 62 as effectively as the corresponding personal computers fifty eight and 69, in accordance with a predetermined program and communications protocol, this system being described later in a higher detail with reference primarily to FIGS.