TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a mobile toilet system servicing elderly on call
AU - Ueno, Sozo
AU - Imai, Y.
AU - Hayasaka, T.
AU - Okubo, M.
AU - Ishikawa, T.
AU - Yamaguchi, T.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A number of elderly people have a difficulty in going to the toilet by themselves. They sometimes wear an adult diaper but it makes the elderly uncomfortable and unsanitary. Moreover, their pride is injured by wearing the diaper. A portable toilet is also used for the elderly requiring assistance to the toilet. The portable toilet is not a sufficient solution because it is also uncomfortable and unsanitary for them. We propose a mobile toilet system for solving this problem. The concept of the proposed system is as follows. The toilet waits for calling signal from the elderly at standby room. When the calling signal is received, the toilet autonomously goes to the bedroom and approaches the elderly. After excreting, the toilet returns to the standby room and automatically disposes feces. In this paper, we present a prototype of the system and discuss the usefulness of the system.
AB - A number of elderly people have a difficulty in going to the toilet by themselves. They sometimes wear an adult diaper but it makes the elderly uncomfortable and unsanitary. Moreover, their pride is injured by wearing the diaper. A portable toilet is also used for the elderly requiring assistance to the toilet. The portable toilet is not a sufficient solution because it is also uncomfortable and unsanitary for them. We propose a mobile toilet system for solving this problem. The concept of the proposed system is as follows. The toilet waits for calling signal from the elderly at standby room. When the calling signal is received, the toilet autonomously goes to the bedroom and approaches the elderly. After excreting, the toilet returns to the standby room and automatically disposes feces. In this paper, we present a prototype of the system and discuss the usefulness of the system.
KW - Elderly people
KW - Mobile toilet system
KW - Monitoring feces
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_416
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_416
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70350686314
SN - 9783540892076
T3 - IFMBE Proceedings
SP - 1747
EP - 1749
BT - 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering - ECIFMBE 2008
T2 - 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, ECIFMBE 2008
Y2 - 23 November 2008 through 27 November 2008
ER -