Body waste quantity estimation device and body waste quantity estimation method comprising an ultrasonic detector for detection a position of a wall of the urinary bladder and an estimation section that estimates the quantity of body waste accumulated in the rectum according to a message supplied from the ultrasonic detector
The present invention comprises a body waste quantity estimation device 100. The body waste quantity estimation device 100 comprises: an ultrasonic detector 1 for detecting a position of a wall of the urinary bladder 64 and an estimation section 52 that estimates the quantity of body waste accumulated in the rectum 67 according to a message supplied from the ultrasonic detector 1. The estimation section determines timing of excrement according to the quantity of body waste so estimated. A body waste quantity estimation method comprises a step of detecting a position of a wall of the urinary bladder and a step of estimating the quantity of body waste accumulated in the rectum according to the position of the wall of the urinary bladder so detected. The method further comprises a step of determining the timing of excrement according to the quantity of body waste so estimated.本發明關於一種便量推定裝置100。便量推定裝置100具備:檢測膀胱64的壁部之位置的超音波感測器1;以及根據超音波感測器1的輸出信息來推定已累積在直腸67中的便量的推定部52。100‧‧‧便量推定裝置1‧‧‧超音波感測器(感測器)11‧‧‧記憶體12‧‧‧通報部13‧‧‧輸入部14‧‧‧通信部2‧‧‧裝置主體3‧‧‧發送部31‧‧‧脈衝產生器32‧‧‧放大部4‧‧‧接收部41‧‧‧放大部42‧‧‧A/D轉換部5‧‧‧控制部51‧‧‧信號處理部52‧‧‧推定部200‧‧‧通信終端
