PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an infrared diaper monitoring device detecting an amount of urine excreted in a diaper or excretion of stool by infrared sensors disposed outside the diaper and notifying a caretaker or the like of the amount or the stool.SOLUTION: The infrared diaper monitoring device includes: peak value calculation means 40 including infrared sensors 10, 17, 18, 21 attached to the outside of a diaper and calculating an amount of urine excreted inside the diaper and excretion of stool by output values of the respective sensors reference output value calculation means 41 detecting output values of points when the output values of the respective infrared sensors rise due to urination or evacuation and defining the output values as reference outputs and weighted addition means 42 that calculates a substantial peak value by subtracting a reference output value for each sensor calculated by the reference output value calculation means, from an output peak value for each sensor generated when each infrared sensor senses each time of the urination and evacuation, and weightedly adding all the substantial peak values on the basis of the result. The infrared diaper monitoring device is thus configured to detect the amount of urination and the evacuation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】おむつ内に排泄された尿の量または便の排泄をおむつの外側に配設した赤外線センサーで検知し介護者等に報知する赤外線おむつ監視装置を提供する。【解決手段】おむつの外側に赤外線センサー10,17,18,21を取り付け、おむつ内に排泄された尿の量または便の排泄を、赤外線センサーの各個の出力値を算出するピーク値算出手段40と、前記赤外線センサーの各個の出力値が排尿或いは排便により上昇に転じる点の出力値を検出し基準出力とする基準出力値算出手段41と、排尿或いは排便の各回に赤外線センサーが感応して発生したセンサーごとの出力ピーク値から基準出力値算出手段が算出したセンサーごとの基準出力値を減算し実質ピーク値を求め、その結果に基づいて全実質ピーク値を加重加算することにより排尿量或いは排便を算出する加重加算手段42を備え、排尿量または排便を検出するようにした。【選択図】図4
