JP3190694U - Indoor humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an indoor humidifying device capable of easily visually recognizing a humidified state in a room even from a dark place or a distant position and maintaining a comfortable indoor environment. SOLUTION: An LED display body 8 composed of a plurality of LEDs and whose light emission is controlled according to the humidity detected by a humidity detection sensor to display colors is provided on the entire outer circumference of a lower portion of a device main body 1 in a band shape. As a result, the user can check the indoor humidity by coloring from all directions regardless of the direction of the installation location of the device main body 1, and even from a dark room or a distant position, so that the current humidification state in the room can be easily known. can. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an indoor humidifier that humidifies a room by atomizing water with a vibrator and releasing the water to the outside, and particularly relates to an indoor humidifier capable of easily checking the state of indoor humidity. Is.

  Conventionally, in a room humidifier, in order to notify the user of the indoor humidification state, the humidity of the room is detected with a sensor and the humidity value is digitally displayed and / or analog-displayed. There is a structure in which the user is notified by changing the color of the display element which is set and the detected humidity is included in the set range.

  For example, Patent Document 1 describes a structure in which humidity is displayed by a humidity display element provided on the front side of a humidifier in accordance with a humidity signal detected by a humidity detection element. Patent Document 2 describes a structure in which the color of the backlight of the liquid crystal display unit provided on the front side of the humidifier is changed according to the room humidity detected by the humidity detecting means.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-20026 JP 2003-83572 A

  However, since the humidity display parts described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above are provided only on the front surface of the main body of the humidifier / humidifier, the side surface direction (lateral) has an angle with respect to the front surface of the main body of the humidifier / humidifier. From the direction, there is a problem that the humidity display is not visible or difficult to see.

  In this respect, in Patent Document 2, the user automatically confirms the color of the backlight, that is, the color of the liquid crystal display panel by automatically changing the color of the backlight to a preset color according to the room humidity. The humidity state can be visually confirmed, the operating state of the humidifier can be confirmed quickly and surely even from a dark place or a distant position, and it can be recognized how much the humidification state in the current room is. There is a description.

  However, as in the idea described in Patent Document 2, even if the light emission color of the backlight is changed, the light is emitted when viewed from the side at an angle with respect to the front surface of the apparatus main body provided with the liquid crystal display panel. The color is not visible or difficult to see.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above prior art, and an object thereof is to provide an indoor humidifier capable of easily visually confirming a humidified state in a room even from a dark place or a remote location, and capable of comfortably maintaining an indoor environment. .

  In order to achieve the above object, an indoor humidifier according to claim 1 includes a vibrator for atomizing water stored in the apparatus body to humidify the room, and a humidity detection sensor for detecting indoor humidity. And an LED display body provided around the side of the apparatus main body and capable of emitting a plurality of different colors, and a light emission color of the LED display body according to the indoor humidity detected by the humidity detection sensor And a light emission control unit that changes the light intensity.

  The indoor humidifier according to claim 2 includes a vibrator drive switch that switches the vibrator between a drive state and a stop state, and a display body light emission switch that switches the LED display body between a light emission state and a light emission stop. It is characterized by that.

  According to the indoor humidifier according to the present invention, the light emission color of the LED display body provided around the side of the device main body is changed according to the indoor humidity detected by the humidity detection sensor. Can be used to recognize indoor humidity. Further, since the LED display is provided around the side of the apparatus main body, the indoor humidity can be confirmed regardless of the direction of the installation location of the apparatus main body, and even from a dark room or a distant location. Since the state can be easily known, the humidifier can be used to maintain the indoor environment in a comfortable state.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of embodiment of the indoor humidifier which concerns on this invention. It is a circuit diagram which shows the main circuits of the indoor humidifier of this embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the luminescent color control in the indoor humidifier of this embodiment.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, a humidifying control unit / member such as a water storage tank and an electric circuit board is built in the apparatus main body 1 of the indoor humidifier as is well-known, although not shown. A lid member 2 covering the water storage tank is detachably installed on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1, and a rotating member 3 is installed at the center of the lid member 2 so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction. The rotating member 3 includes an opening 4 for releasing the water atomized in the water storage tank by driving a vibrator, which will be described later, and a user's finger to rotate the rotating member 3. A hole 5 for insertion is formed.

  On the front side 1a of the apparatus main body 1, a display unit 6 and various switch buttons 7a to 7f for displaying the following various setting states and temperature / humidity detection results are provided. In addition, an LED display body 8 that is configured by a plurality of LEDs and that performs light emission control according to the detected humidity and displays a color is provided in a strip shape on the entire outer periphery of the lower portion of the apparatus main body 1.

  In the switch buttons 7a to 7f, 7a is a vibrator drive switch that is provided in the water storage tank and switches the vibrator for atomizing water to drive or stop, and 7b is a weak / medium humidified state. / Humidity setting switch that can be set in roughly 3 steps, 7c and 7d are up (+) / down (-) switches for specifically setting the humidification value, 7e is the humidification time A timer switch 7f is a display body light emission switch (light switch) that performs switching to cause the LED display body 8 that performs color display to emit light or to stop it according to the detected humidity.

  In FIG. 2, 8 is an LED display body composed of a plurality of LEDs 8 a and can emit light in different colors, 9 is a power source, 10 is a humidity detection sensor, 11 is an LED display body 8 that receives a humidity detection result by the humidity detection sensor 10. Humidity display control circuit unit that is a light emission control unit that controls color development / emission of light, and 12 is a vibrator drive circuit unit that drives and controls a vibrator 13 that vibrates and atomizes water stored in a water storage tank It is.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the vibrator drive switch 7 a is electrically connected and installed between the power supply 9 and the vibrator drive circuit unit 12 in order to switch the vibrator 13 to a drive state or a stop state. The display body light emission switch 7 f is electrically connected and installed between the power source 9 and the humidity display control circuit unit 11 in order to switch the LED display body 8 to the light emission state or the stop state.

  With reference to FIG. 3, the light emission color control corresponding to the humidification state (indoor humidity) in this embodiment is demonstrated. When the power supply 9 is turned on by turning on the display body light emission switch 7f which is a light switch (YES in step S1), the humidity display control circuit unit 11 makes the LED display body 8 emit light, and further the humidity detection sensor 10 Humidity detection data is read, and it is determined whether or not the humidity detection data is 30% or less (step S2). If (determined humidity) ≦ 30 (YES in step S2), the light emission of the LED 8a is controlled so that the color of the LED display 8 is red (step S3).

  When (determined humidity) ≦ 30% is not satisfied (NO in step S2), the humidity display control circuit unit 11 determines whether the humidity detection data is between 30% and 55% (step S4). If 30% <(determined indoor humidity) <55% (YES in step S4), the light emission of the LED 8a is controlled so that the color of the LED display 8 becomes orange (step S5).

  Further, if 30% <(determined indoor humidity) <55% is not satisfied (NO in step S4), the humidity display control circuit unit 11 determines whether or not the humidity detection data is 55% or more ( If (determined indoor humidity) ≧ 55% (YES in step S6), the light emission of the LED 8a is controlled so that the color of the LED display 8 becomes green (step S7).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the indoor humidity is detected by the humidity detection sensor 10, and the detected humidity T is a predetermined humidity range (30% or less, 30% <T <55%, 55% in this example). In the above three ranges), the color of the LED display 8 is changed in accordance with the detected humidity (in this example, three colors of red, orange, and green). The indoor humidified state (humidity) can be quickly and easily recognized.

  In addition, in this embodiment, since the LED display 8 is provided around the entire side of the apparatus main body 1, the user can be from a dark room or a distant position regardless of the direction of the installation position of the apparatus main body 1. However, since the indoor humidity can be confirmed, it is possible to easily know the current humidified state in the room and to maintain the indoor environment so that the humidity is always good.

  In the present embodiment, the vibrator driving switch 7a and the display body light emission switch 7f are provided independently of the power source 9, so that the display body is independent of whether or not the vibrator 13 is driven. If the light emission switch 7f is turned on, the indoor humidity state is displayed in color, so that the vibrator drive switch 7a is turned on when the user determines that the light emission color is necessary, and the vibrator 13 is turned on. It can be operated to humidify the room.

  In addition, the shape of the member demonstrated above, an installation site | part, the number of installations, etc. are not limited to what was demonstrated in this embodiment, It is necessary to change according to the aspect to implement suitably, and to match | combine actually. is there.

  The present invention is effective when applied to a small indoor humidifier used to comfortably control indoor environments such as homes and workplaces, particularly indoor humidity.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 7a-7f Switch button 7a Vibrator drive switch 7f Display body light emission switch 8 LED display body 9 Power supply 10 Humidity detection sensor 11 Humidity display control circuit part (light emission control part)
12 vibrator drive circuit section 13 vibrator

Claims (2)

A vibrator for atomizing water stored in the apparatus body to humidify the room;
A humidity detection sensor that detects indoor humidity;
An LED display that is provided around the side of the device body and is capable of emitting a plurality of different colors;
A light emission control unit that changes a light emission color of the LED display according to the indoor humidity detected by the humidity detection sensor;
An indoor humidifier characterized by comprising: A vibrator driving switch for switching the vibrator between a driving state and a stopped state;
A display body light emission switch for switching the LED display body between a light emission state and a light emission stop;
The indoor humidifier according to claim 1, further comprising:

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