PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathroom monitoring device and a bathroom monitoring method that can be put into practice at low cost.SOLUTION: A bathroom monitoring device comprises: a range unit that obtains first distance information indicating distance to each place in a bathroom by emitting a range wave and receiving a reflection wave in the bathroom where there is a person a storage unit that stores bathroom positional information indicating the position of a first prescribed place in the bathroom and a processing unit that obtains person positional information indicating the position of a prescribed region of the person in the bathroom on the basis of the first distance information, compares the bathroom positional information with the person positional information, and performs control to output a warning from an alarm unit on the basis of the comparison result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】低コストで実現可能な浴室監視装置および浴室監視方法を提供すること。【解決手段】浴室監視装置は、人が居る浴室にて測距波を出射し反射波を受信することで、前記浴室内の各箇所までの距離を示す第一距離情報を取得する測距部と、前記浴室内の第一所定箇所の位置を示す浴室位置情報を記憶する記憶部と、前記第一距離情報に基づき、前記浴室内の人の所定部位の位置を示す人位置情報を取得し、前記浴室位置情報および前記人位置情報を比較し、比較結果に基づいて警報部から警告を出すよう制御する処理部と、を備えている。【選択図】図1
