CN100594696C - Functional unit of dual wiring system - Google Patents
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Abstract
A dual wiring system with easy exchangeability of a function unit is provided. A gate device is mounted in a wall surface of a structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line previously installed in the structure. The function unit has at least one of functions for supplying electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the informationline and inputting information into the information line when connected with the gate device. The function unit has a module connector comprised of an electric power connector and an information signal connector, which is detachably connected to a module port of the gate device comprised of an electric power port and an information signal port. To further improve function expandability, an additional function unit can be detachably connected to the function unit.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of dual wiring system, this dual wiring system can be used for supplying electric power and input and output information by power line that is installed in structure and holding wire.
Background technology
Because popularizing of internet, requiring to guarantee can be such as the many positions visit information network in the building structure of general dwelling house and office building.For example, Japanese kokai publication hei 11-187154 discloses a kind of multimedia wiring system, and this multimedia wiring system comprises: distribution panelboard is used for controlling power line and the various holding wire that is installed in structure in central controlled mode; And the multimedia socket, be installed in the indoor wall surface, and be connected to distribution panelboard by power line and holding wire.For example, the multimedia socket comprises the supply socket that is used for commercial power is supplied to electrical equipment, be used to receive socket such as the broadcast program of terrestrial broadcasting, satellite broadcasting and cable TV, and the modular jack that is used for analog-and digital-line, described analog-and digital-line is used for internet and telephone communication.By using this multimedia wiring system, strengthened the convenience of media product, thereby in information-intensive society, obtained comfortable live and work environment.
Yet above-mentioned multimedia socket is installed in the wall surface usually, and is connected to power line and holding wire under the architectural engineering of building structure.The function that this means the multimedia socket is determined when building engineering construction.Therefore, after building engineering construction finished, the partial function that is difficult to add new function to the multimedia socket or will has the multimedia socket now changed other functions into.In addition, in the time will having the multimedia socket now and change other multimedia boards into, need carry out maintenance work.Yet, carry out such maintenance work concerning domestic consumer and be not easy, and the cost of maintenance work becomes user's burden.
Therefore, from the viewpoint of easy interchangeability and function expansibility, traditional multimedia socket is the tool space that has greatly improved still.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, overriding concern of the present invention provides the function expansibility with improvement and the easy functional unit of interchangeability in a kind of dual wiring system.
That is, the functional unit that is used for dual wiring system of the present invention is connected to door gear removably, and described door gear is installed on the wall surface of structure, and is connected to power line and the information wire that is installed in the described structure.Described functional unit is used for when being connected with described door gear, provide the function of supply from the electric power of described power line, output from the information of described information wire function and function that information is input to described information wire one of at least.Described functional unit is characterised in that one that has in modular connector and the module port, in described modular connector and the module port one be used for when be connected to that form at described door gear place, described modular connector and module port another the time, realize simultaneously described electric power is fed to described functional unit and carries out the signal transmission between described door gear and described functional unit from described door gear.
According to the present invention, owing to can obtain the supply of electric power from the door gear to the functional unit and the two-way communication of the information signal between door gear and the functional unit simultaneously by the connection between modular connector and the module port, so domestic consumer can easily change the functional unit that is connected to door gear into other functional unit, and the maintenance work that need not to require great effort.In addition, when a plurality of door gears were installed in the wall surface of the many positions in the structure, each door gear can be shared between a plurality of functional units that have such as the various functions of socket, switch, transducer, controller, monitor and loud speaker.Therefore, the degree of freedom of the increase of the layout of functional unit provides comfortable and live and work environment easily, to satisfy user's demand.
In the present invention, preferably, described functional unit has power supply unit and Transmit-Receive Unit one of at least, described power supply unit is used to utilize electromagnetic coupled, will be by the described supply of electric power that connection provided between described modular connector and the described module port to electrical equipment, described Transmit-Receive Unit is used for and will be converted to light signal by the information signal that connection provided between described modular connector and the described module port, and export described light signal, and the light signal that is used for providing from the outside is converted to information signal, and by described door gear described information signal is sent to described information wire.In this case, owing to utilize electromagnetism and optical coupling to carry out electric power transmission and/or signal transmission in non-contacting mode, thus can minimize the transmission loss of the electric power and/or the signal of telecommunication, and functional unit is moved reliably.
In addition, preferably, described functional unit has in electricity port and the electric connector and information signal port and the information signal connector, in described electricity port and the electric connector one is connected to removably and forms at the additional function place, in described electricity port and the electric connector another, so that described electric power is fed to described additional function from described functional unit, in described information signal port and the information signal connector one is connected to removably and forms at described additional function place, in described information signal port and the information signal connector another transmits to carry out signal between described functional unit and described additional function.Especially preferably, described electricity port and described electric connector are used to utilize electromagnetic coupled that described electric power is fed to described additional function from described functional unit, and described information signal port and described information signal connector are used to utilize the incompatible signal that carries out between described functional unit and described additional function of optocoupler to transmit.The availability of additional function further strengthens the function expansibility in the dual wiring system.
In addition, preferably, described functional unit has the jockey that is used for mechanically described additional function being connected to described functional unit.For example, described jockey is formed and has: the bonding part such as elongated protrusion and groove that forms on described functional unit; And the connector that slidably contacts described bonding part.The part of described connector can join the described bonding part of described functional unit to, the remainder of described connector joins the bonding part that forms on described additional function, thereby realizes the mechanical connection between described functional unit and the described additional function.In this case, can improve the reliability of the two-way communication of the information signal between supply of electric power and functional unit and the additional function, and prevent that additional function from dropping from the functional unit accident.
With reference to the accompanying drawings, by following preferred embodiment, the advantage of these and other features of the present invention and generation thereof will become more apparent.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of dual wiring system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is used for the door gear of dual wiring system and the schematic circuit diagram of functional unit;
Fig. 3 A is the exploded perspective view of functional unit, and Fig. 3 B is the plane graph of the module port of door gear;
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of (observed from behind) functional unit;
Fig. 5 is the schematic circuit diagram of another kind of functional unit;
Fig. 6 is the schematic circuit diagram that the internal structure of the additional function that is used for dual wiring system is shown;
Fig. 7 A and 7B are the front and back stereograms that is connected to the additional function of functional unit;
Fig. 8 is the stereogram that is connected to the additional function of functional unit;
Fig. 9 is the plane graph that is used for door gear is fixed to the attachment plate of switch enclosure;
Figure 10 A illustrates the exploded perspective view that how additional function is connected to functional unit, and Figure 10 B is the stereogram of connector;
Figure 11 A and 11B are front and the side views according to the additional function of first variation of embodiment, and Figure 11 C illustrates the stereogram that how to use connector;
Figure 12 A and 12B are the front elevations of other additional functions;
Figure 13 A and 13B illustrate the stereogram that how to carry out according to the connection between the additional function of second variation of embodiment; And
Figure 14 A is front and a side view according to the additional function of the 3rd variation of embodiment to 14C.
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Describe the functional unit that is used for dual wiring system of the present invention in detail according to following preferred embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1, the dual wiring system of present embodiment comprises: supply lines L1 and information wire L2 are installed in the building structure, and are connected to source power supply AC and internet network NT by distribution panelboard 1; Switch enclosure 2 is embedded in the wall surface of the many positions in the building structure; Door gear 3 is installed in the switch enclosure, and is connected to supply lines L1 and information wire L2; And a plurality of functional units 4, when with door gear 3 in one when being connected, the supply of providing all is provided is input to function ability one of at least among the information wire L2 from the function of the information of information wire L2 and with information from the function of the electric power of supply lines L1, output.In this manual, wall is not limited in the side wall that forms between adjacent rooms.That is, wall comprises the exterior wall and the interior wall of building structure, and interior wall comprises side wall, ceiling and floor.In Fig. 1, " MB " expression trunk circuit breaker, " BB " represents branch circuit breaker, " GW " represents gateway (for example, router or built-in hub).
As shown in Figure 2, each door gear 3 has terminal (30a, 32a) and the route bus terminal (30b, 32b) that is connected to supply lines L1 and information wire L2 at its place, rear surface, and the front surface place at it has module port 34, and described module port 34 comprises and is used to the information signal port 34b that supplies the electricity port 34a of electric power and be used for the visit information line.For example, shown in Fig. 3 B, each among electricity port 34a and the information signal port 34b all constitutes with the shape that is roughly rectangle, makes their layouts parallel to each other.As described later, module port 34 is connected to the modular connector 42 of functional unit 4 removably.Module port 34 can form at the place, side of door gear 3, makes functional unit 4 be connected to door gear 3 removably on the direction of wall surface (substantially parallel with wall surface).
About door gear 3, the terminal of each among the distance between electricity port 34a and the information signal port 34b, electricity port 34a and the information signal port 34b is arranged and the shape of module port 34 is standardized (normalized), so that each door gear 3 can be shared between functional unit 4.In other words, because that the module port 34 of door gear 3 is formed is mutually the same, can be common to all door gears 3 in the dual wiring system so have the functional unit 4 of the modular connector 42 that can be connected with module port 34.Therefore, the functional unit 4 that is connected to a door gear 3 can exchange with another functional unit 4, and need not to carry out maintenance work by simple connection and the opening operation between module port 34 and the modular connector 42.Therefore, dual wiring system of the present invention is superior on the easy interchangeability of functional unit 4.
The functional unit 4 of present embodiment has circuit block as shown in Figure 2, and as shown in Figure 3A, has modular connector 42 in its rear surface.Modular connector 42 comprises electric connector 42a and information signal connector 42b.For example, as shown in Figure 4, each among electric connector 42a and the information signal connector 42b all constitutes with the shape that is roughly rectangle, makes their layouts parallel to each other.Be connected to the module port 34 of door gear 3 by modular connector 42, electric connector 42a and information signal connector 42b can be connected to electricity port 34a and information signal port 34b simultaneously functional unit 4.
In the present embodiment, module port 34 also has such as the annular wall that centers on electricity port 34a and information signal port 34b extension or the leader 35 of endless groove.This leader 35 is formed the bonding part 45 that can join to such as the annular wall of the modular connector 42 that forms on the rear surface of functional unit 4.Because by joining bonding part 45 to leader simply, electric connector 42a and information signal connector 42b are connected to electricity port 34a and information signal port 34b simultaneously, so can improve the convertibility of functional unit 4.Module port 34 and modular connector 42 can be formed by female and public connector.
According to the kind of functional unit 4, offer the electric power of functional unit 4 and the two-way communication of the information signal between functional unit 4 and the information wire L2 is used for various objectives by door gear 3.For example, when functional unit 4 is connected to the door gear 3 that is installed in the wall surface of locating near the higher position of ceiling, it preferably has the function of socket of the buckle plug of admitting lighting apparatus, such as the safety function of motion sensor, temperature sensor and surveillance camera, perhaps such as the audio function of loud speaker.In addition, be installed in the user easily during the door gear 3 in the wall surface at the intermediate altitude place of operating function unit 4 when functional unit 4 is connected to, it preferably have the On/Off lighting apparatus switching function, be used for such as the controlled function of the electrical equipment of air-conditioning equipment or such as the Presentation Function of LCD.In addition, when functional unit 4 is connected to when being installed near the door gear 3 in the wall surface at the lower position place on floor, it preferably have admittance such as electric vacuum cleaner electrical equipment plug function of socket, such as the audio function or the footlights function of loud speaker.
The internal structure of the functional unit 4 of present embodiment then, is described.As shown in Figure 2, functional unit 4 is provided with AC/AC transducer 60, DC power supply unit 61, receiving and transmitting part 62, E/O transducer 63, O/E transducer 65 and function portion 67.The lower AC voltage that AC/AC transducer 60 becomes frequency to increase the commercial AC voltage transitions, and the AC voltage that this is lower is applied to the coil 72 that twines around core 70.DC power supply unit 61 generates the operating voltage of internal circuit components from the stable dc voltage by this lower AC voltage being carried out rectification and smoothly obtaining.Receiving and transmitting part 62 signal that sends and receives information is so that can carry out two-way communication by information wire L2.E/O transducer 63 will convert light signal to from the information signal that information wire L2 receives, and export this light signal by luminescent device (LED) 64.On the other hand, O/E transducer 65 receives from the outside by light receiving element (PD) 66, for example, and the light signal that described subsequently additional function 5 provides, and convert received light signal to information signal, it is sent to receiving and transmitting part 62.Function portion 67 provides the above-mentioned functions of functional unit 4.Under the situation of Fig. 2, function portion 67 is formed by supply socket.
Under functional unit 4 has situation such as other function portions 67 of transducer or controller, as shown in Figure 5, between receiving and transmitting part 62 and function portion 67, form handling part 68 and I/O interface 69.Handling part 68 has following function: the information signal that is received by receiving and transmitting part 62 is carried out signal processing, be sent to function portion 67 with the signal after will handling by I/O interface 69; And the data-signal that provides from function portion 67 is provided, to export as information signal.Drive the required electric power of receiving and transmitting parts 62, handling part 68 and function portion 67 from DC power supply unit 61 supply.When use is used for becoming the AC/DC transducer of required dc voltage to replace AC/AC transducer 60 the commercial AC voltage transitions, can omit DC power supply unit 61.
When function portion 67 is formed by switch, will be sent to handling part 68 by I/O interface 69 by the operating data that console switch obtains.Then, the data after handling are sent to for example Infrared remote controller (not shown) by receiving and transmitting part 62, thereby by receiving from the remote signal of Infrared remote controller emission, the electrical equipment that comes On/Off to control.In addition, when function portion 67 is formed by transducer, will by sensor to data be sent to information wire L2 as information signal, then, inform the user by required communicator.When function portion 67 is formed by loud speaker, from loud speaker output by information wire L2 as voice data that information signal provided.When function portion 67 is formed by surveillance camera,, then, export as information signal to carrying out compressed encoding by the surveillance camera shot image data.In addition, when function portion 67 is formed by monitor, the view data that provides by information wire L2 is decoded, then, on monitor, show.When function portion 67 is formed by supply socket simply, as mentioned above, can omit handling part 68 and I/O interface 69.Therefore, can in dual wiring system, use removably owing to have the functional unit 4 of various function portion 67, so can significantly improve the degree of freedom of the layout of functional unit 4.
In addition, the luminescent device (LED) 64 of the E/O transducer 63 of functional unit 4 is used in non-contacting mode light signal being sent to additional function 5 as information signal.In this case, as shown in Figure 6, light receiving element (PD) 86 is set in additional function 5, makes when additional function 5 is connected to functional unit 4, the luminescent device 64 of functional unit 4 is in aspectant relation with the light receiving element 86 of additional function 5.Similarly, for light signal is sent to functional unit 4 as information signal from additional function 5, additional function 5 has luminescent device (LED) 84, described luminescent device 84 is configured to when additional function 5 is connected to functional unit 4, is in aspectant relation with the light receiving element (PD) 66 of functional unit 4.Therefore, each in functional unit 4 and the additional function 5 all has a pair of E/O transducer (63,83) and the O/E transducer (65,85) as the optical coupling part, so that can carry out the two-way communication of information signal between them.
Shown in Fig. 3 A and 4, the optical coupling part Y that preferably will be used for the electromagnetic coupled part X of supply of electric power and be used for the two-way communication of information signal is arranged on the side surface place of functional unit 4 in the mode of the required separation distance that is spaced apart from each other.In addition, as shown in Figure 6, the every side place in the both sides of additional function 5 forms a pair of electromagnetic coupled part X and optical coupling part Y.Promptly, in a side of additional function 5 (for example, the left side) the optical coupling part Y1 that locates to form comprises light receiving element 86 that is positioned at upside and the luminescent device 84 that is positioned at downside, and comprise luminescent device 94 that is positioned at upside and the light receiving element 96 that is positioned at downside at the optical coupling part Y2 that the opposite side (for example, right side) of additional function 5 is located to form.In this case, even when a plurality of additional functions 5 are connected in series functional unit 4, also can guarantee between the additional function 5 and the two-way communication of the information signal between functional unit 4 and the additional function 5.Also preferably euphotic cover is attached to each optical coupling part (Y, Y1, Y2), with the protection optics.As shown in Figure 6, additional function 5 also have be used to realize to power and adjacent additional function units 5 between the circuit block of two-way communication of information signal.But, since they with functional unit 4 in employed circuit block basic identical, so the omission same circuit components repeat specification.
As shown in Figure 3A, when (promptly at the front surface of functional unit 4, apparent surface with rear surface of modular connector 42) (for example locates to form function portion 67, supply socket), and when forming a pair of electromagnetic coupled part X and optical coupling part Y at the side surface place of functional unit 4, additional function 5 can be connected to functional unit 4 along wall surface (that is, parallel with wall surface).Therefore, can improve the function expansibility in the dual wiring system, and can not destroy the attractive in appearance of inner space.In addition, door gear 3 can be fixed to switch enclosure 2, makes that the part of door gear 3 is outstanding from wall surface.In this case, preferably form module port 34, make functional unit 4 and additional function 5 to arrange along wall surface at the place, side of the ledge of door gear 3.
Below introduce the example of the additional function that is connected to functional unit.In Fig. 7 A and 7B, functional unit 4 has the special receptacle as the buckle plug that is used for lighting apparatus of function portion 67.The additional function that is connected to functional unit has the function of emission infrared remote signal.In this case, the operating data that will obtain when user operation has other functional units as the controller of function portion is sent to the additional function 5 of Fig. 7 A by information wire L2, thereby to the infrared signal receiving unit emission infrared remote signal such as the electrical equipment of air-conditioning equipment.In Fig. 7 A, Reference numeral 58 expressions are attached to the side of additional function 5 removably, with the over cap of protection electromagnetic coupled part X and optical coupling part Y when not using.In addition, when functional unit 4 has supply socket, relay or semiconductor switch can be connected to the circuit of supply socket, make when according to control signal operational relay that transmits from other functional units or semiconductor switch, can cancel the function of supply socket.
In Fig. 8, first to the 3rd additional function (5A, 5B, 5C) is connected to functional unit 4.In this case, functional unit 4 has the universal power supply socket as function portion 67.The first additional function 5A that is connected to functional unit 4 removably has the switch that is used for the On/Off air-conditioning equipment as function portion.The second additional function 5B that is connected to the first additional function 5A removably has the controller as the air-conditioning equipment of function portion.In addition, the 3rd additional function 5C that is connected to the second additional function 5B removably has the formant as the intercom system of function portion.
The first extra cell 5A is provided with: operation button B1; Stop button B2; And CPU portion, be used for making data, and the data of made are sent to handling part by the I/O interface according to the operation of these buttons.This additional function is preferably used for operating lighting apparatus.The second additional function 5B is provided with: the temperature that is used for air-conditioning equipment is provided with dial 51; LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor 52 is used for showing temperature is set; Timer switch 53 is used to make the air-conditioning equipment operation expectation time period; And CPU portion, be used for the operation of dial 51 being set and operating data is made in the operation of timer switch 53 according to temperature, operating data is sent to handling part by the I/O interface, and make will be on LCD monitor 52 data presented.
The 3rd additional function 5C is provided with: volume control button B3; Loud speaker 54; Mode switch 55 is used for switching between the transmitter function of loud speaker 54 and receiver function; Lcd screen 56 is used to show the image of being taken by the TV video camera that is placed on the porch; Disengage button B4 is used to remove door lock; And CPU portion, has the acoustic processing function that is used for loud speaker 54, the image processing function that is used for lcd screen 56, and make operating data according to the operation of disengage button B4 and mode switch 55, and the operating data of made is sent to the function of handling part by the I/O interface.The function portion of additional function 5 is not limited in above example.For example, can be formed for the battery charger of electric shaver, electric toothbrush, mobile phone and portable audio player, as function portion.In addition, the additional function 5 with electrophone function of intercom system can be connected to the functional unit 4 in the exterior wall surface that is installed in the porch.
In the above description, door gear 3 is directly to be fixed to switch enclosure 2.If desired, then for example as shown in Figure 9, can door gear 3 be fixed to switch enclosure 2 by attachment plate 75.In this case, the hook-like part that forms at the place, both sides of attachment plate 75 is fixed to switch enclosure 2 by the attachment plate 75 of using mounting screw will have door gear 3 after joining door gear 3 to.Alternatively, can door gear 3 directly be fixed in the wall surface by using exclusive clamps, and need not to use switch enclosure 2.On the other hand, can be by modular connector 42 being connected to the module port 34 of the door gear 3 in the switch enclosure 2, then, by using mounting screw that the housing 10 of functional unit 4 is fixed to switch enclosure 2, at last, socket cover 11 and trim 12 are installed to the front surface of housing 10, functional unit 4 is attached to wall surface.Therefore, domestic consumer can easily finish the exchange operation of functional unit 4, and need not to carry out maintenance work.
Shown in Figure 10 A, additional function 5 can be attached to functional unit 4.That is, at first take off trim 12 from functional unit 4.In the present embodiment,, socket cover 11 forms separately, so during the connection and opening operation of additional function 5, socket cover 11 can be protected the function portion 67 such as supply socket, to avoid unexpected damaged because being relative trims 12.Additional function 5 is being arranged on the side surface of functional unit 4, make the electromagnetic coupled part X of additional function 5 and the electromagnetic coupled part X and the optical coupling part Y of optical coupling part Y and functional unit 4 be in after the aspectant relation, additional function 5 mechanically is coupled to functional unit 4 by using connector 90.The housing of each in functional unit 4 and the additional function 5 (10,20) has horizontal guide rail (14,24) in its upper and lower end parts.Reference numeral 15 is illustrated in the stop of the position of the approximate centre longitudinally formation of guide rail 14.On the other hand, shown in Figure 10 B, connector 90 has groove 92, and guide rail (14,24) can be engaged in the described groove 92.
Shown in Figure 10 A, under guide rail 14 was engaged in situation in the groove 92, connector 90 slided, until connector 90 contact stops 15.As a result, connector 90 joins functional unit 4 to half length of pact of connector.On the other hand, connector 90 also with above similar mode, join additional function 5 to the residue length of connector.Therefore, all finish between connector 90 and the functional unit 4 at upper and lower end parts two places and after the joint between connector 90 and the additional function 5, trim (12,22) is attached to the front surface of functional unit and additional function.Because connector 90 remains between the trim (12,22) and housing (10,20) of functional unit 4 and additional function 5, so can prevent the accident of connector 90 drops, and the stabilizing mechanical that obtains between them connects, and can not destroy the attractive in appearance of them.
Below be to be used to obtain between functional unit 4 and the additional function 5 or the variation of the device that the stabilizing mechanical between the additional function 5 connects.
To shown in the 11C, in its both sides have a pair of public affairs and female connectors (25,27) according to the additional function 5 of first variation of present embodiment as Figure 11 A, each in described public affairs and the female connectors all comprises electromagnetic coupled part X and optical coupling part Y.For example, public connector 25 is connected to the female connectors that forms at functional unit 4 places removably, and female connectors 27 is connected to the public connector that forms removably on another additional function 5.In addition, this additional function 5 has level trough 26, and cross section and groove 26 similar connector 90A can be engaged in the described level trough 26.As the situation of the connector 90 of Figure 10 B, the end of connector 90A is inserted in the groove 26 of additional function 5 with half length of pact of connector, and it is same, the other end of connector 90A is inserted in the groove of contiguous functional unit 4 or the formation of another additional function 5 places with half length of residue of connector, connects so that the stabilizing mechanical between them to be provided.
In this variation, because groove 26 has and is roughly trapezoidal cross section, this cross section is constituted as and makes that the opening that forms at the place, rear surface of additional function 5 is corresponding with the narrow limit of trapezoid cross section, drops from groove 26 so can prevent connector 90A, and need not to use trim.In addition, the user can pass through the opening contact connector 90A of the rear surface of additional function 5, can easily carry out the slip of connector 90A in groove 26.The shape of groove is not limited in the trapezoid cross section, as long as the opening that can not form from the rear surface at additional function 5 takes off connector 90A.
Shown in Figure 12 A, only electromagnetic coupled part X is formed by female and public connector.In order to ensure the function expansibility of additional function 5, when the side at additional function is provided with public connector, female connectors is set at the opposite side of this additional function.Alternatively, shown in Figure 12 B, each among electromagnetic coupled part X and the optical coupling part Y all formed by the mother and the public connector that constitute with arch recess and projection.Therefore, when the use of mother and public connector provides accurate arrangement between the adjacent additional function units, correspondingly, improved the reliability of the input and output of supply of electric power and information signal.
Second variation as present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13A, preferably, every place in the upper and lower end parts of additional function 5 all has the tapering point 21 that has engaging groove 23, and connector 90B is constituted as and slidably contacts tapering point 21, and having hook-like part 93 at its end, described hook-like part 93 can be engaged in the engaging groove 23.In this case, after the tapering point 21 at every place of the upper and lower side that connector 90B is coupled to additional function, shown in the arrow among Figure 13 A, connector 90B is slided to adjacent additional function units.As a result, shown in Figure 13 B, can be by using this connector 90B, the stabilizing mechanical that obtains between the adjacent additional function units 5 connects.
The 3rd variation as present embodiment, as Figure 14 A to shown in the 14C, preferably, every place in the upper and lower end parts of additional function 5 all has the recess 28 that is used to hold connector 90C, and sentences the covering members that mode supported 16 of pivot to an end of the housing 20 of additional function 5 at it.Connector 90C has groove 92C, and the guide rail 24C that forms in recess 28 can slidably be engaged among the described groove 92C.In this case, opening covering members 16, after contact connector 90C, as the situation of Figure 10 A, connector is being slided along guide rail 24C.At last, close this lid, connect with the stabilizing mechanical that obtains between the adjacent additional function units 5.In addition, owing to connector 90C is contained in the recess 28 always, so need not to worry losing of connector.
As spendable information signal transfer approach in dual wiring system of the present invention, can use base band to transmit and the broadband transmission in a kind of.In addition, agreement is not limited only to certain concrete agreement.For example, can wrap according to JT-H232 and send and receive sound and visual information signals, between the electrophone of elementary cell and intercom system, to carry out two-way communication.In control system, also preferably using can be according to operating data with 1: 1 or 1: the multicast that the control ratio of N is controlled or the Routing Protocol of clean culture.Alternatively, preferably, employed agreement is different with employed agreement in the functional unit that is connected to door gear between the door gear, and carries out protocol conversion at the door gear place.
As shown in Figure 1, has the shared module connector 42 that can be connected to each door gear 3 removably owing to have the functional unit 4 of various functions, and can obtain from door gear 3 to functional unit 4 the power supply and the two-way communication of the information signal door gear 3 and the functional unit 4 simultaneously by the connection between module port 34 and the modular connector 42, so domestic consumer can easily exchange the functional unit 4 that is connected to a door gear 3 with another functional unit, and the maintenance work that need not to require great effort.In addition, when when wall surface is connected to functional unit 4 with at least one additional function 5, can further improves function expansibility, and can not destroy the attractive in appearance of inner space.Therefore, the functional unit that is used for dual wiring system of the present invention can provide comfortable and live and work environment easily, to satisfy the demand of user in the information-intensive society.
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1. functional unit that is used for dual wiring system, described functional unit is connected to door gear removably, and described door gear is installed on the wall surface of structure, and is connected to power line and the information wire that is installed in the described structure,
Wherein, described functional unit is used for when being connected with described door gear, provide the function of supply from the electric power of described power line, output from the information of described information wire function and function that information is input to described information wire one of at least, and
Described functional unit has in modular connector and the module port, in described modular connector and the module port one be used for when be connected to that form at described door gear place, described modular connector and module port another the time, realize simultaneously described electric power is fed to described functional unit and carries out the signal transmission between described door gear and described functional unit from described door gear.
2. functional unit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise in electricity port and the electric connector and information signal port and the information signal connector, in described electricity port and the electric connector one is connected to removably and forms at the additional function place, in described electricity port and the electric connector another, so that described electric power is fed to described additional function from described functional unit, in described information signal port and the information signal connector one is connected to removably and forms at described additional function place, in described information signal port and the information signal connector another transmits to carry out signal between described functional unit and described additional function.
3. functional unit according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, described electricity port and described electric connector are used to utilize electromagnetic coupled that described electric power is fed to described additional function from described functional unit, and described information signal port and described information signal connector are used to utilize the incompatible signal that carries out between described functional unit and described additional function of optocoupler to transmit.
4. functional unit according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise Transmit-Receive Unit, be used for and be converted to light signal by the information signal that connection provided between described modular connector and the described module port, and described light signal is sent to electrical equipment, and the light signal that is used for providing from the outside is converted to information signal, and by described door gear described information signal is sent to described information wire.
5. functional unit according to claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises power supply unit, is used to utilize electromagnetic coupled, will be by the described supply of electric power that connection provided between described modular connector and the described module port to electrical equipment.
6. functional unit according to claim 2 is characterized in that, also comprises jockey, is used for mechanically described additional function being connected to described functional unit.
7. functional unit according to claim 6 is characterized in that, described jockey comprises: the bonding part that forms on described functional unit; And connector, described connector slidably contacts described bonding part, and join the described bonding part of described functional unit in the part of described connector, when the remainder of described connector joins the bonding part that forms on described additional function, carry out the mechanical connection between described functional unit and the described additional function.
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