Feces color detection device
AssigneeSetech Co., Ltd.
InventorHirokazu SEKINE
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Abstract
A plurality of color sensing sections are attached to a toilet seat so as to test a health state or a fecal occult blood portion every time by capturing the feces surface color during defecation. Before feces which have been excreted from a body sink into a water-seal portion, the circumference of the feces is optically captured to detect the color of the surface of the feces. By monitoring changes in color, the health state of the defecator is monitored. In particular, by checking the presence/absence of an occult blood portion, the present invention assists in early detection of colorectal cancer and allows a fecal occult blood test to be performed in a hygienic manner without burdening the user.
Claims11
A feces color detection device comprising:
- a color sensing unit provided on a toilet seat or an upper portion of a toilet bowl and configured to capture an image of feces;
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- a color detection unit configured to detect a color of the feces based on output signals of the color sensing unit, the feces color detection device further comprising:
- at least two different illuminators configured to illuminate the feces, including a second illuminator emitting light of a wavelength from 600 nm to 800 nm and a first illuminator emitting light of a wavelength outside the wavelength region of the second illuminator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.