JPH05174904A - Remote control plug socket device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a plug socket device which can freely control the on-off of the power source of electric apparatus wherein no wireless remote control function is contained. CONSTITUTION:A remote control plug socket device is made up of a plug socket body 1 equipped with a receiving device 7 and switching devices 8a, 8b, 8c and a wireless remote controller 2 equipped with an outgoing trunk equipment 12. According to this plug socket device, a control signal sent from the outgoing trunk equipment 12 through a wireless remote controller 2 by use of infrared rays, etc., is received by a plug socket body 1 through a receiving device 7, and this plug socket body 1 can switch the off-state of the power source of an electrical machinery and apparatus to an on-state and the on-state thereof to an off-state by turning on or off the connection of the electrical machinery and apparatus with the power source by turning on or off the switching devices 8a, 8b, 8c.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outlet for connecting a power plug of an electric device to a power source, and more particularly to an outlet device configured to turn on / off the connection between the power plug and the power source by wireless remote control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, household electric appliances such as televisions, video recorders, and audio equipment are increasingly equipped with a remote control function using infrared rays or ultrasonic waves. Various operations such as power on / off can be performed at a distance from the device by a wireless remote controller.

However, there are many electric devices that do not have a remote control function built-in. In order to turn on / off the power of these devices, conventionally, the power switch is operated by going to the device or the power plug of the device is used. It was attached to and detached from the outlet.

[0004]

As described above, the prior art is as follows.
If the electric device does not have a remote control function built-in, it was not possible to freely control the power on / off of the electric device wirelessly. In order to add a remote control function to an electric device that does not have such a remote control function, the electric device itself must be modified.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides a remote control outlet device capable of wirelessly freely controlling the on / off of the power supply of an electric device having no remote control function. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

A remote control outlet device according to the present invention connects an electric device and a power source to each other, and connects the electric device and the power source to each other.
It is composed of an outlet main body which is turned on and off by receiving a control signal, and a wireless remote controller which transmits a control signal to the outlet main body.

[0007]

According to the remote control outlet device having the above structure, the outlet main body which receives the control signal from the wireless remote controller turns on / off the connection between the electric device and the power source to turn off the electric device in the off state. It is possible to switch the power supply of the electric device in the on state to the off state.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a remote control outlet device according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this remote control outlet device comprises an outlet main body 1 and a wireless remote controller 2.

The outlet main body 1 connects an electric device (not shown) and a power source to each other, and turns on and off the connection between the electric device and the power source by receiving a control signal. In the housing 3 made of an insulating material, the outlet body 1
Is directly connected to a power outlet of 100 V AC, and a plurality of terminals 5a of a power plug 5 for AC 100 V of electric equipment are inserted. In this embodiment, A,
Three B and C sockets 6a, 6b and 6c, and a receiver 7 for receiving control signals from the wireless remote controller 2 are assembled. In this embodiment, an infrared sensor is used for the receiving device 7 by utilizing infrared rays for transmitting a control signal.

Inside the housing 3 of the outlet main body 1, a plurality of sockets 6a, 6b, 6c are separately connected to the power supply connection terminal 4, that is, a power supply, in this embodiment, A, B, C switch devices 8a, 8b, 8c consisting of three relays, A, B, C three switch drive devices 9a, 9b, 9c for individually switching the respective switch devices 8a, 8b, 8c, and the receiving device. 7
Selection device 1 for selectively activating the three switch driving devices 9a, 9b, 9c according to the type of control signal received from the wireless remote controller 2
0 and are incorporated.

The receiving device 7, the switch driving device 9a,
As a power source for the devices 9b, 9c and the selecting device 10, a DC low voltage power source (not shown) for lowering the voltage of 100 V AC obtained from the power source connecting terminal 4 and rectifying it is used.

A thyristor or a transistor may be used for the switch devices 8a, 8b and 8c.

On the other hand, the wireless remote controller 2 sends a control signal to the outlet main body 1, and the wireless remote controller 2
In the housing 11 of the above, a transmitter 12 for selectively transmitting a plurality of kinds of control signals corresponding to the switch devices 8a, 8b, 8c of the outlet main body 1, and a transmitter 12 for operating the transmitter 12 to transmit a control signal. A switch button 13 for switching and a changeover switch 14 for switching the type of the control signal transmitted by the transmitting device 12 are assembled. The changeover switch 14 includes three sockets 6a, 6b, 6c of the outlet main body 1.
Corresponding to, three set positions A, B, C are provided.

An infrared light emitter is used as the transmitter 12 in this embodiment. The plurality of types of control signals emitted from the infrared light emitter in the form of infrared rays are generated by a signal generation circuit (not shown) built in the transmitter 12. A battery (not shown) that serves as a power source of the transmitter 12 is incorporated in the housing 11.

Next, the operation of the remote control outlet device having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In using this remote control outlet device, the power supply connection terminal 4 of the outlet body 1 is inserted into a 100 V AC power outlet and the A, B and C sockets 6 of the outlet body 1 are connected.
a, 6b, 6c, or all of them, the terminal 5a of the power plug 5 of the electric device whose power is to be turned on and off
Plug in. Also, the power switch of the electric device itself to be connected is set to the ON state. Here, it is assumed that three electrical devices are connected to all the sockets 6a, 6b, 6c.

In this state, the user turns on / off the power of the electric device connected to the socket 6a of A among the electric devices connected to the sockets 6a, 6b, 6c of the outlet main body 1, for example. Correspondingly, the changeover switch 14 of the wireless remote controller 2 is set to the position A, and when the switch button 13 is pressed, the transmitter 12 of the wireless remote controller 2 responds to the set position of the changeover switch 14 (A in this case). A type of control signal is transmitted (step S-1). When the receiving device 7 of the outlet main body 1 determines that the control signal from the wireless remote controller 2 is received (S-2), the selecting device 10 performs the selecting process,
Depending on the type of the control signal received by the receiving device 7, one of the switch driving devices 9a, 9b, 9c, here the switch driving device 9a of A is operated (S-3).

Next, the A switch driving device 9a selected by the selecting device 10 judges the current switch state of the corresponding A switching device 8a (S-4). Switch off (S-
5) If it is off, it is switched on (S-6) and each state is held. That is, when the power of the electric device connected to the socket 6a of A is switched to the off state, it is switched to the on state, and when the power is on, switched to the off state.

In this way, by operating the wireless remote controller 2, the three switch devices 8a, 8b, 8c of A, B, C are turned on and off, and A, B, C
The power of the electric devices connected to the three C sockets 6a, 6b, 6c can be wirelessly turned on and off individually and freely.

The wireless remote controller 2
It is also possible to provide a switch button corresponding to each of A, B, and C, and for example, when turning on / off the power supply of the electric device connected to the socket 6a, pressing the corresponding switch button.

In the above embodiment, the power supply of three electric devices is controlled, but of course, the power supply of four or more electric devices is controlled, or the power supply of only one electric device is controlled. Can also be configured to control. In the case of only one, the selection device 10 of the outlet main body 1 and the changeover switch 14 of the wireless remote controller 2 are omitted.

[0024]

As described above, according to the remote control outlet device of the present invention, it is possible to freely turn on / off the power supply of an electric device which does not have a built-in remote control function at a position remote from the electric device. It becomes possible to control. Moreover, it is not necessary to modify the electric device itself, and the electric device to be controlled can be freely replaced as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a remote control outlet device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the remote control outlet device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Outlet Main Body 2 Wireless Remote Controller 4 Power Supply Connection Terminal 5 Power Supply Plug 5a Terminals 6a, 6b, 6c Socket 7 Receiving Device 8a, 8b, 8c Switch Device 9a, 9b, 9c Switch Drive Device 10 Selector Device 12 Transmitter Device 13 Switch Button 14 Changeover switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An outlet main body for connecting an electric device and a power supply to each other and turning on and off the connection between the electric device and the power supply by receiving a control signal, and a wireless remote for transmitting a control signal to the outlet main body. A remote control outlet device composed of a controller. 2. An outlet main body which connects an electric device and a power supply to each other and turns on and off the connection between the electric device and the power supply by receiving a control signal, and a wireless remote which transmits a control signal to the outlet main body. A remote control outlet device comprising a controller, wherein the outlet main body has a power connection terminal, a plurality of sockets into which terminals of a power plug of an electric device are inserted, and each of the sockets individually turned on and off to the power connection terminal. A plurality of switch devices that can be connected to each other, a plurality of switch drive devices that individually switch the respective switch devices, a receiving device that receives a control signal from the wireless remote controller, and a type of control signal that the receiving device receives. Depending on the above The wireless remote controller includes a transmitter for selectively transmitting a plurality of types of control signals corresponding to the switch devices of the outlet body, and a transmitter for selectively operating the switch drive device. A remote control outlet device comprising: a switch button that is activated to transmit a control signal; and a changeover switch that switches the type of the control signal transmitted by the transmission device.