REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control apparatus for a toilet seat apparatus which generates electric power by a user's pressing operation, the remote control apparatus being capable of balancing operability and the ability to reliably stop water spray at a high level.;When a cleansing button MB2, being a button other than a stop button MB1, is pressed, a slide member 10 receives force F2′ at a branch 13a. When the branch 13a slides in a direction indicated by an arrow A2, a main part 11 also slides in a direction indicated by an arrow A1. A power generation unit GU generates electric power using mechanical energy input by a pressing force of an output part 14 of the slide member 10. When the stop button MB1 is pressed, the slide member 10 receives force F2 at a stop input part 12 and slides in the direction indicated by an arrow A1. At this time, a loss in the mechanical energy caused until it is transferred to the power generation unit GU by the slide member 10 is smaller than that caused as a result of the pressing operation of the cleansing button MB2.

主权项

1. A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling a toilet seat apparatus having a nozzle for spraying water toward private parts of a human body, the remote control apparatus comprising:
a selection part which includes a water stop button for stopping water spray from the nozzle and a non-water stop button for causing operations other than the stop of the water spray from the nozzle, the operations at least including water spray from the nozzle, the selection part selecting an operation of the toilet seat apparatus based on a pressing operation of a user of the toilet seat apparatus; a transfer part which transfers mechanical energy input by the pressing operation in the selection part; a power generation part which generates electric power using the mechanical energy transferred from the transfer part; and a control part which generates a water stop signal when the water stop button is pressed and transmits the water stop signal to the toilet seat apparatus and generates a non-water stop signal when the non-water stop button is pressed and transmits the non-water stop signal to the toilet seat apparatus, using the electric power generated by the power generation part, wherein a loss in the mechanical energy caused until the mechanical energy input by the pressing operation of the water stop button is transferred to the power generation part is smaller than a loss in the mechanical energy caused until the mechanical energy input by the pressing operation of the non-water stop button is transferred to the power generation part.