CN215571307U - Voice controller and gas water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a voice controller and a gas water heater. The utility model aims to solve the problem that the existing voice controller is arranged on the outer side of the shell of the gas water heater, so that the installation space is large. The voice controller comprises a shell, a loudspeaker and a control main board, wherein the shell comprises a first mounting part and a second mounting part, the loudspeaker is mounted in the first mounting part, and the first mounting part is provided with a sound outlet hole opposite to the opening, so that a voice signal can be conveniently played outside; the control mainboard part is located the second installation department, and the integration has wireless communication module and microphone on this part, and the second installation department is provided with and picks up the sound hole, conveniently picks up sound, can also avoid the influence of panel beating casing to wireless communication module signal transmission. Therefore, the internal space of the shell can be fully utilized, and the volume of the voice controller outside the shell can be reduced, so that the installation occupation space of the gas water heater is reduced.

Description

Voice controller and gas water heater

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a voice controller and a gas water heater.

Background

The gas water heater adopts gas as a main energy material, and high-temperature heat generated by gas combustion is transferred to cold water flowing through a heat exchanger so as to achieve the purpose of preparing hot water. With the development of the voice control technology, the voice control function is integrated on the gas water heater, so that a user can control the water heater through voice, and the convenience of the user in operating the gas water heater is improved.

In the related art, in order to receive and send out sound signals conveniently, the voice controller is installed on the outer side of the shell of the gas water heater, so that the volume of the gas water heater is increased, and the installation space of the gas water heater is increased; and the voice controller has larger volume and is positioned at the outer side of the shell of the gas water heater, thus influencing the installation of the water inlet and outlet pipeline and the gas pipeline.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new voice controller and gas water heater that addresses the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, namely to solve the technical problem that the installation space is large due to the fact that the existing voice controller is installed on the outer side of a shell of a gas water heater, the utility model provides a voice controller and a gas water heater.

The voice controller includes: the loudspeaker comprises a shell, a loudspeaker and a control main board; the shell comprises a first installation part and a second installation part, the first installation part is positioned in the shell of the gas water heater, the first installation part is provided with a first installation space, a sound outlet hole is formed in part of the bottom wall of the first installation space, and the sound outlet hole is opposite to an opening formed in the shell; the loudspeaker is installed in the first installation space; the second mounting part is positioned outside the shell, the second mounting part is provided with a second mounting space communicated with the first mounting space, and the second mounting part is provided with a sound pickup hole; the control mainboard with the horn electricity is connected, the control mainboard holds first installation space with in the second installation space, just part in the second installation space integrated with wireless communication module and microphone on the control mainboard.

In the optional technical scheme of above-mentioned voice controller, the casing includes upper half shell and lower half shell, upper half shell with lower half shell fixed connection forms first installation department, the bottom of lower half shell deviates from upper half shell protrusion forms the second installation department.

In an optional technical solution of the above voice controller, the lower half shell includes a first rectangular shell and a second rectangular shell, the first rectangular shell and the upper half shell are fixedly connected to form the first mounting portion, and the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell is provided with the sound outlet hole and an opening of the second rectangular shell; the second rectangular case is located below the first rectangular case, and the second rectangular case forms the second mounting portion.

In an alternative embodiment of the above voice controller, the sound pickup hole is disposed on a front wall of the second rectangular housing.

In an optional technical solution of the above voice controller, the outer surface of the front wall of the second rectangular shell is provided with a plurality of grooves extending along the horizontal direction, and the plurality of grooves are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction; the inner surface of the second rectangular shell front wall is provided with a waterproof sound-permeable breathable film.

In the optional technical scheme of above-mentioned voice controller, the roof of upper housing half deviates from lower housing half protrusion forms the bulge, two connecting portion are formed respectively to the bulge both ends, the top surface of bulge is higher than the top surface of connecting portion, the bulge with loudspeaker are relative, connecting portion with first rectangle shell fixed connection.

In an optional technical scheme of the voice controller, the connecting portion is provided with a first connecting hole, the horn is provided with a second connecting hole, the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell is provided with a first connecting column, and the first connecting column is provided with a third connecting hole; the voice controller further comprises a first screw, and the first screw is in threaded connection with the first connecting hole, the second connecting hole and the third connecting hole respectively.

In an optional technical scheme of the voice controller, a gasket is arranged between the loudspeaker and the first connecting portion, and a shock absorption pad is arranged between the loudspeaker and the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell.

In an optional technical scheme of the voice controller, the first installation part is provided with an installation opening; the voice controller further comprises a communication terminal electrically connected with the control main board, the communication terminal penetrates out of the mounting port, and the communication terminal is used for being electrically connected with a main control board of the gas water heater.

The gas water heater includes: casing and foretell speech controller, the bottom of casing is provided with mouth and opening, speech controller's second installation department passes through the mouth is worn out extremely the outside of casing, speech controller's first installation department is fixed inside the casing.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, the gas water heater provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises a shell and a voice controller, wherein the bottom wall of the shell is provided with a through opening and an opening; the voice controller comprises a shell, a loudspeaker and a control main board, wherein the shell comprises a first mounting part and a second mounting part, the loudspeaker is mounted in the first mounting part, the first mounting part is provided with a sound outlet hole, and the sound outlet hole is opposite to the opening, so that a sound signal can be conveniently emitted; the control main board part is positioned in the first mounting part and is electrically connected with the loudspeaker; the other part of the control mainboard is positioned in the second installation part, the wireless communication module and the microphone are integrated on the other part, and the second installation part is provided with a sound pickup hole, so that sound is picked up conveniently. The first mounting part is mounted in the shell, so that the loudspeaker with larger volume is positioned in the shell, and the volume of the voice controller outside the shell is reduced; when the casing is the panel beating casing, the second installation department is installed in the casing outside, can also avoid the panel beating casing to wireless communication module signal transmission's influence.

So, voice controller's first installation department and inside loudspeaker and partial control mainboard are located the casing inboard, and voice controller's second installation department and inside other partial control mainboard, microphone and wireless communication module are located the casing outside, both can make full use of casing inner space, can also reduce voice controller in the volume in the casing outside to reduce gas heater's installation occupation space.

Moreover, the microphone is located in the second installation part, the second installation part is located on the outer side of the shell, noise sources such as a fan, a motor and a combustor of the gas water heater are far away, the noise sources are influenced by noise when sound signals are collected and identified, the influence of noise generated in the operation process of the gas water heater on voice identification is favorably reduced, and the accuracy of the voice identification is improved.

In addition, the wireless communication module that the speech controller of this embodiment set up is located the outside of casing, can solve because adopt the panel beating casing to improve casing intensity and influence wireless signal transmission's problem.

Drawings

An alternative embodiment of the voice controller of the present invention is described below in conjunction with a gas water heater with reference to the drawings. The attached drawings are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a gas water heater with a front panel removed, as provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of a gas water heater provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a speech controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a voice controller provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a lower half-shell of a voice controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of a lower housing half of a voice controller provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of an upper housing half of a voice controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of the upper half shell of the voice controller in another direction according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings: 100: a housing; 101: a first mounting portion; 102: a second mounting portion; 103: a sound outlet hole; 104: a sound pickup hole; 110: an upper half shell; 111: a projection; 112: a connecting portion; 1121: a first connection hole; 113: an upper half port; 114: a second limit buckle; 120: a lower half shell; 121: a first rectangular shell; 122: a second rectangular shell; 123: a groove; 124: a first connecting column; 1241: a third connection hole; 125: a second connecting column; 1251: a fourth connection hole; 126: a lower half port; 127: a first limit buckle; 200: a horn; 210: a second connection hole; 300: a control main board; 310: a microphone; 320: a wireless communication module; 330: a communication terminal; 410: a waterproof sound-permeable breathable film; 420: a gasket; 430: a shock pad; 510: a first screw; 520: a second screw; 600: a housing; 610: passing through the opening; 620: an opening; 630: installing a limiting part; 640: a heat exchanger; 650: a fan.

Detailed Description

First, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining technical principles of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present invention. And can be adjusted as needed by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications. For example, although the voice controller of the embodiment of the present invention is described in conjunction with a gas water heater, this is not limiting, and other devices requiring voice control, such as a wall-mounted air conditioner, a wall-mounted stove, etc., may be configured with the voice controller of the embodiment of the present invention.

Next, it should be noted that, in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "inside", "outside", and the like are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or member must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; the two components can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and the two components can be communicated with each other. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the related art, for reasons of beauty, strength and the like, the front surface of the outer shell of the gas water heater is made of toughened glass, and other surfaces of the outer shell are made of sheet metal parts. Install voice controller inside the casing, will probably trompil on toughened glass or sheet metal component, not only influence intensity still influences pleasing to the eye degree, and the sheet metal component still influences communication signal's transmission. The voice controller is arranged on the outer side of the shell of the gas water heater, so that the volume of the gas water heater is increased, and the installation space of the gas water heater is increased; and the voice controller has larger volume and is positioned at the outer side of the shell of the gas water heater, thus influencing the installation of the water inlet and outlet pipeline and the gas pipeline.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present invention provides a voice controller and a gas water heater, where the gas water heater includes a casing and a voice controller, a part of a casing of the voice controller is located inside the casing, another part of the casing of the voice controller is located outside the casing, the casing located outside the casing is provided with a communication module and a microphone module, so as to conveniently receive communication signals and voice signals, and a sound pickup hole of a microphone is arranged on a front side surface of the casing located outside the casing; the bottom surface of the inner side shell is provided with a sound outlet hole of the horn, and the shell of the gas water heater is provided with an opening opposite to the sound outlet hole, so that the sound of the horn can be conveniently discharged. By the arrangement, the volume of the voice controller outside the shell can be reduced, and the installation volume of the gas water heater is reduced; the housing can also be prevented from affecting the transmission of the communication signals and the sound signals. Moreover, the sound pickup hole of the microphone and the sound outlet hole of the loudspeaker are arranged in different directions, so that mutual influence of sound reception and sound outlet is avoided.

The following describes in detail the voice controller and the optional technical solutions of the gas water heater according to the embodiments of the present invention.

First, in the embodiment of the present invention, the X-axis direction is a horizontal direction, the Y-axis direction is a front-back direction, and the Z-axis direction is a vertical direction.

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a gas water heater with a front panel removed, as provided by an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a bottom view of a gas water heater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a gas water heater including a cabinet 600 and a voice controller. Optionally, the chassis 600 includes a sheet metal shell and a front panel fixed in front of the sheet metal shell, where the front panel may be a plastic panel or a glass plate. The voice controller can receive voice signals sent by a user, so that the user can control the working state of the gas water heater, and the voice controller can also send sound signals, such as alarm prompt tones, working state prompt tones, music and the like.

The gas water heater of the embodiment further includes a burner, a heat exchanger 640, a fan 650, etc., wherein the burner, the heat exchanger 640 and the fan 650 are installed inside the cabinet 600; the burner is burned to generate heat, heat exchange between hot and cold water is performed in the heat exchanger 640, and the fan 650 is used for sucking air to supply oxygen for combustion of the gas in the burner. A water inlet pipe joint and a water outlet pipe joint are arranged at the bottom end of the casing 600, the water inlet pipe joint is used for introducing cold water into the heat exchanger 640, and the water outlet pipe joint is used for discharging hot water in the heat exchanger 640.

In the embodiment, part of the voice controller is installed inside the cabinet 600, so that the space occupied outside the cabinet 600 is reduced; the other part of the voice controller is installed outside the casing 600, and a sound pickup hole is formed in the part located outside the casing 600, so that a microphone can pick up a sound signal conveniently.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a speech controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a voice controller provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the voice controller includes a housing 100, a speaker 200, and a control board 300. The control motherboard 300 is electrically connected to the speaker 200, and a microphone 310 and a communication module are integrated on the control motherboard 300. The casing 100 includes a first mounting portion 101 and a second mounting portion 102, the first mounting portion 101 is located inside the cabinet 600 of the gas water heater, and the second mounting portion 102 is located outside the cabinet 600. In order to allow the second mounting portion 102 to penetrate to the outside of the interface, the bottom wall of the casing 600 is provided with an opening 610, the opening 610 matches with the shape of the second mounting portion 102, illustratively, the second mounting portion 102 is a rectangular housing, and the opening 610 is a rectangular opening.

The first mounting portion 101 has a first mounting space, a sound outlet 103 is provided in a part of the bottom wall of the first mounting space, and the horn 200 is mounted in the first mounting space. Optionally, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a lower half shell of the voice controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 5, a plurality of sound holes 103 are uniformly distributed on the bottom wall of the portion of the first installation space, so that a sound area can be increased, a sound transmission effect can be improved, and a situation that a foreign object enters the inside of the casing 600 due to the arrangement of a large sound hole 103 can be avoided. The sound emitting hole 103 may be a circular hole, an elliptical hole, or the like, which is not limited herein. Optionally, the sound outlet 103 is opposite to the diaphragm of the speaker 200, which is beneficial to improving the sound outlet effect of the speaker 200.

The arrangement shape of the sound emitting holes 103 is not limited in the embodiment of the utility model, and a person skilled in the art can set the sound emitting holes according to actual conditions, for example, the sound emitting holes 103 can be arranged in a petal shape, a circular shape and the like, so that the appearance attractiveness of the gas water heater is improved. When the number of the sound outlet holes 103 is small, a plurality of blind holes can be formed in the bottom wall of the first installation space, the blind holes and the sound outlet holes 103 are arranged together to form regular and attractive patterns, and the size, shape, number and the like of the blind holes can be set according to the requirements of the patterns.

In order to further improve the sound emitting effect of the speaker 200, an opening 620 is provided on the casing 600, and the opening 620 is opposite to all the sound emitting holes 103. The shape of the opening 620 matches the pattern formed by the arrangement of the sound outlet holes 103. Illustratively, the plurality of sound outlet holes 103 are arranged on the bottom wall of the first mounting portion 101 to form an oval pattern, and the opening 620 is an oval opening.

The second mounting portion 102 has a second mounting space communicated with the first mounting space, facilitating the mounting of the control main board 300. Moreover, the second mounting portion 102 is provided with a sound pickup hole 104, and the sound pickup hole 104 is opposite to the microphone 310, so that the microphone 310 can conveniently collect sound signals, and the sound pickup effect of the microphone 310 can be improved. The sound pickup hole 104 may be disposed on a front side wall of the second mounting portion 102, the sound pickup hole 104 may also be disposed on left and right side walls of the second mounting portion 102, and the sound pickup hole 104 may also be disposed on a bottom side wall of the second mounting portion 102. Optionally, the sound pickup hole 104 is disposed on a front side wall of the second mounting portion 102, so as to further improve convenience and stability of sound signal collection, and the sound pickup hole 104 and the sound outlet hole 103 are disposed in different directions to avoid mutual influence.

Optionally, the number of the sound pickup holes 104 corresponds to the sound pickup elements of the microphone 310 one to one, which not only ensures that each sound pickup element picks up a sound signal, but also avoids setting too many sound pickup holes 104 to cause a foreign object to enter the voice controller. Exemplarily, fig. 6 is a front view of a lower half shell of a voice controller according to an embodiment of the present invention, and in conjunction with fig. 6, a microphone 310 includes two sound pickup elements, and the two sound pickup elements are disposed at a front side of a control main board 300 at an interval in a left-right direction; correspondingly, two sound pickup holes 104 are provided on the second mounting portion 102. Of course, the sound pickup holes 104 may be provided in plural, and the number of the sound pickup holes 104 is larger than the number of the sound pickup elements, and the plural sound pickup holes 104 are arranged in a pattern on the front wall of the second mounting portion 102.

In the present embodiment, the control main board 300 is accommodated in the first installation space and the second installation space, that is, the upper portion of the control main board 300 is located in the first installation space, facilitating electrical connection with the speaker 200 and the communication terminal 330 to be described later; the lower part of the control main board 300 is located in the second installation space, and a communication module and a microphone 310 are integrated on part of the control main board 300 in the second installation space, that is, the communication module and the microphone 310 are located in the second installation space, which is convenient for signal transmission of the communication module, and avoids the influence of the sheet metal shell of the case 600 on the signal transmission of the communication module; it may also be convenient for microphone 310 to pick up sound signals.

Wherein the wireless communication module 320 may be a WiFi module, a bluetooth module, etc. The wireless communication module 320 is used for communicating with a smart device of a user, the smart device including but not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart remote controller, and the like. The wireless communication module 320 is located outside the sheet metal shell, and the sheet metal shell does not affect wireless communication between the wireless communication module 320 and the user intelligent device.

The wireless communication module 320 of the embodiment of the present invention is connected to a WiFi network in a user's home, which is beneficial to expanding the functions of the voice controller, such as chatting or weather forecast.

In a further scheme, a memory may be integrated on the control motherboard 300, a voice database is disposed in the memory, and control information in a common language form, such as "turn on the water heater", "turn off the water heater", "increase the temperature once" or "decrease the temperature once", is stored in the voice database, so that after the microphone 310 of the voice controller receives the voice signal, the control motherboard 300 compares the received voice signal with the voice information in the voice database.

With continued reference to fig. 3 and 4, the voice controller further includes a communication terminal 330 electrically connected to the control motherboard 300, where the communication terminal 330 is configured to be electrically connected to the main control board of the gas water heater, and specifically, one end of the communication terminal 330 is integrated on the control motherboard 300, and the other end of the communication terminal 330 is electrically connected to the main control board through a communication line, so as to implement signal transmission between the voice controller and the main control board.

So set up, realize the human-computer interaction function through wireless communication module 320 between user's the smart machine and gas heater's the main control board, avoid the panel beating casing to gas heater wireless communication's influence, not only can solve because adopt the panel beating casing to improve the intensity of casing 600 and influence wireless signal transmission's problem, furthermore, communication terminal 330 and communication line have higher stability at transmission signal, voice controller's control mainboard 300 carries out signal transmission through communication terminal 330 and communication line and main control board, be favorable to improving gas heater voice control's functionality.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the control main board 300 is vertically installed in the first installation space and the second installation space. Optionally, referring to fig. 5, two first limit buckles 127 are arranged on the bottom wall of the second rectangular shell 122 at intervals along the horizontal direction, and the first limit buckles 127 are provided with first limit openings; referring to fig. 8, two second limit fasteners 114 are arranged at intervals along the horizontal direction at the bottom side of the protruding part 111, and the second limit fasteners 114 are provided with second limit openings. The control main plate 300 is restricted in the first and second limit openings. Of course, the control main board 300 may be fixed to the upper case half 110 or the lower case half 120 by screws.

There are various ways of forming the first and second mounting portions 101 and 102 of the casing 100 of the present embodiment, for example, the casing 100 includes left and right casing halves fixedly connected, an upper portion of the left casing half and an upper portion of the right casing half form the first mounting portion 101, and a lower portion of the left casing half and a lower portion of the right casing half form the second mounting portion 102. For another example, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the housing 100 includes an upper housing half 110 and a lower housing half 120, the upper housing half 110 is a housing 100 structure with an open bottom end, and the lower housing half 120 is a housing 100 structure with an open top end; the upper half shell 110 and the lower half shell 120 are fixedly connected to form a first mounting portion 101, and the bottom of the lower half shell 120 protrudes away from the upper half shell 110 to form a second mounting portion 102. That is to say, the upper portions of the upper half-shell 110 and the lower half-shell 120 form the first mounting portion 101, and the lower portion of the lower half-shell 120 forms the second mounting portion 102, so that the connection gap between the upper half-shell 110 and the lower half-shell 120 is located inside the casing 600, which can prevent external foreign objects from entering the casing 100 through the connection gap, and can reduce the sealing requirement between the upper half-shell 110 and the lower half-shell 120, thereby simplifying the structure.

The upper half shell 110 and the lower half shell 120 can be fixedly connected by the first screw 510, and of course, the upper half shell 110 and the lower half shell 120 can also be clamped and adhered together, which is not limited herein.

In a possible embodiment, with reference to fig. 5 and 6, the lower half-shell 120 includes a first rectangular shell 121 and a second rectangular shell 122, the first rectangular shell 121 and the upper half-shell 110 are fixedly connected to form the first mounting portion 101, a bottom wall of the first rectangular shell 121 is provided with openings of the sound outlet hole 103 and the second rectangular shell 122, and a top wall of the first rectangular shell 121 forms an opening of the lower half-shell 120; the second rectangular case 122 is located below the first rectangular case 121, and the second rectangular case 122 forms the second mounting portion 102.

Optionally, the upper half shell 110 is a rectangular shell, and correspondingly, the first rectangular shell 121 is a rectangular shell with an open top end, so that the first rectangular shell is conveniently and fixedly connected with the upper half shell 110 to form the first mounting portion 101; the second rectangular case 122 is a rectangular case whose top end is open, and the opening of the second rectangular case 122 is provided on the bottom wall of the first rectangular case 121. Specifically, the second rectangular shell 122 is located at the front side of the first rectangular shell 121, so that the opening of the second rectangular shell 122 is located at the front side of the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell 121, and the back side of the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell 121 is provided with the sound outlet hole 103, so that the distance between the sound outlet hole 104 and the sound outlet hole 104 provided by the second rectangular shell 122 is as far as possible, and mutual influence is avoided. Optionally, the second rectangular shell 122 is perpendicular to the first rectangular shell 121, which facilitates both processing and installation.

Alternatively, the sound pickup hole 104 is provided on the front wall of the second rectangular case 122, and the sound outlet hole 103 is provided on the bottom wall of the first rectangular case 121, and the bottom wall of the first rectangular case 121 and the front wall of the second rectangular case 122 are perpendicular. Therefore, the microphone 310 picks up the sound signals and the loudspeaker 200 externally-played sound signals in different directions, the influence of the loudspeaker 200 externally-played sound signals on the microphone 310 for picking up the sound signals is reduced, the probability of interrupting and identifying the voice information of the user is reduced, and the performance of the voice control gas water heater is improved.

And, sound pick-up hole 104 sets up on the antetheca of second rectangle shell 122, makes sound pick-up hole 104 towards the user, and the sound pick-up effect is better, and then improves speech recognition effect. The sound outlet hole 103 is formed in the bottom wall of the first rectangular casing 121, because the space below the gas water heater is generally wide, the sound emitted from the speaker 200 is not blocked, and the user can obtain the operation state of the gas water heater from the voice controller more clearly.

In some possible implementations, referring to fig. 6, the outer surface of the front wall of the second rectangular shell 122 is provided with a plurality of grooves 123 extending along the horizontal direction, and the plurality of grooves 123 are spaced along the vertical direction, which is beneficial to improving the aesthetic property of the gas water heater. The sound pickup hole 104 is disposed between two adjacent grooves 123, which can prevent the sound pickup hole 104 from being directly exposed to the outside, so that foreign matters can easily enter, and does not affect the microphone 310 to pick up sound signals through the sound pickup hole 104. Optionally, the sound pickup hole 104 is an elliptical hole extending along the length direction of the groove 123.

Of course, in order to improve the aesthetic appearance of the second rectangular case 122, in the case where the number of sound pickup holes 104 is small, for example, two sound pickup holes 104 shown in fig. 6. The outside of second rectangular shell 122 can also set up a plurality of blind holes, and a plurality of blind holes and two sound collecting hole 104 arrange and form regular pattern to improve gas heater's aesthetic property.

In some possible implementations, the inner surface of the front wall of the first rectangular shell 121 is provided with a waterproof sound-permeable membrane 410. Waterproof sound ventilation membrane 410 neither can block the propagation of sound signal, still can play the sealed effect of certain degree, prevents that impurity such as saliva or other steam dust that produce when the user's pronunciation from entering into second rectangle shell 122 through sound pickup hole 104 in, influences voice controller's normal work.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, fig. 7 is a structural diagram of an upper half shell of a voice controller according to an embodiment of the present invention; fig. 8 is a structural schematic diagram of the upper half shell of the voice controller in another direction according to the embodiment of the present invention. The upper housing half 110 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a protrusion 111 and two connection portions 112 located at two ends of the protrusion 111, the protrusion 111 is higher than the connection portions 112, the protrusion 111 is opposite to the speaker 200, and the connection portions 112 are fixedly connected to the first rectangular housing 121.

Specifically, the upper half shell 110 includes a rectangular top plate and a side wall plate disposed on the peripheral side of the rectangular top plate, the middle of the rectangular top plate protrudes upwards to form a protruding portion 111, two ends of the protruding portion 111 form a connecting portion 112, the connecting portion 112 is conveniently fixedly connected to the first rectangular shell 121, and the protruding portion 111 is opposite to the speaker 200 to accommodate the speaker 200. When the connecting portion 112 and the first rectangular shell 121 are connected by screws, the connecting portion 112 is lower than the protruding portion 111, and the first mounting portion 101 can be prevented from occupying too much space inside the casing 600 due to the protruding screws.

The connection portion 112 and the first rectangular case 121 may be screwed, snapped, bonded, etc. Illustratively, the voice controller further includes a first screw 510, and the connection portion 112 and the first rectangular case 121 are connected by the first screw 510. Specifically, the connecting portion 112 is provided with a first connecting hole 1121, the horn 200 is provided with a second connecting hole 210, the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell 121 is provided with a first connecting column 124, and the first connecting column 124 is provided with a third connecting hole 1241; the first screw 510 is respectively in threaded connection with the first connection hole 1121, the second connection hole 210, and the third connection hole 1241, so that the connection part 112 and the first rectangular case 121 are fixedly connected, and the speaker 200 is limited between the first rectangular case 121 and the protrusion 111, without additionally providing a fixing structure of the speaker 200, which is beneficial to simplifying the structure of the voice controller. Optionally, a first connecting column 124 is respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the first rectangular shell 121, so as to improve the connection stability of the first rectangular shell 121, the connecting portion 112 and the speaker 200.

Optionally, a second connecting post 125 is further disposed on the first rectangular shell 121, a fourth connecting hole 1251 is disposed on the second connecting post 125, a fifth connecting hole 660 is disposed on the bottom wall of the casing 600, and a second screw 520 penetrates through the fifth connecting hole 660 to be in threaded connection with the fourth connecting hole 1251, so that the voice controller is fixed on the casing 600. In order to facilitate the installation of the voice controller, referring to fig. 2, an installation limiting portion 630 protruding outward is disposed on the bottom wall of the casing 600, and the opening 620 is located in the installation limiting portion 630, so that the installation and the positioning of the voice controller are facilitated, and the installation convenience is improved.

With continued reference to fig. 4, a gasket 420 is disposed between the horn 200 and the first connection portion 112, and the gasket 420 may be a rubber gasket 420, a silicone gasket 420, or the like; a shock absorbing pad 430 is arranged between the bottom wall of the loudspeaker 200 and the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell 121, the shock absorbing pad 430 is annular, a vibrating diaphragm of the loudspeaker 200 is avoided, and the shock absorbing pad 430 can be a silica gel pad, a rubber pad and the like.

This embodiment sets up packing ring 420 and shock pad 430 respectively in loudspeaker 200's upper and lower both sides for loudspeaker 200 is elastic mounting in first installation department 101, reduces vibrations and to loudspeaker 200's the influence of sound effect, and other devices that can also the vibration of loudspeaker 200 vibrating diaphragm should the speech controller, and then improve the effect of playing outside of speech controller sound.

In order to avoid the direct collision of the microphone 310 with the front side of the second rectangular shell 122 due to vibration, a sealing rubber sleeve is arranged between the microphone 310 and the front wall of the second rectangular shell 122, so that the buffering effect can be achieved, and the sealing performance of the voice controller can be improved.

The first mounting portion 101 is provided with a mounting opening, and referring to fig. 5 in particular, the first rectangular shell 121 is provided with a lower half opening 126, the connecting portion 112 of the upper half shell 110 is provided with an upper half opening 113 opposite to the lower half opening 126, and the first rectangular shell 121 and the connecting portion 112 are fixedly connected such that the upper half opening 113 and the lower half opening 126 form the mounting opening. The mounting opening enables the communication terminal 330 to penetrate out of the first mounting portion 101, so that the communication line can be conveniently connected to achieve electrical connection with the main control board.

In summary, the gas water heater provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 600 and a voice controller, wherein the bottom wall of the casing 600 is provided with an opening 610 and an opening 620; the voice controller comprises a shell 100, a loudspeaker 200 and a control main board 300, wherein the shell 100 comprises a first mounting part 101 and a second mounting part 102, the loudspeaker 200 is mounted in the first mounting part 101, the first mounting part 101 is provided with a sound outlet 103, and the sound outlet 103 is opposite to an opening, so that a voice signal can be conveniently sent out; the part of the control main board 300 is located in the first installation part 101 and is electrically connected with the loudspeaker 200, the other part of the control main board 300 is located in the second installation part 102, the wireless communication module 320 and the microphone 310 are integrated on the part, the second installation part 102 is provided with the sound pickup hole 104, sound is conveniently picked up, and the influence of a metal plate shell on signal transmission of the wireless communication module 320 can be avoided. Like this, voice controller's partial structure is located casing 600 inboardly, and partial structure is located the casing 600 outside, both can make full use of casing 600 inner space, can also reduce the volume of voice controller in the casing 600 outside to reduce gas heater's installation occupation space.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the utility model, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A voice controller, comprising: the loudspeaker comprises a shell, a loudspeaker and a control main board;

the shell comprises a first installation part and a second installation part, the first installation part is positioned in the shell of the gas water heater, the first installation part is provided with a first installation space, a sound outlet hole is formed in part of the bottom wall of the first installation space, and the sound outlet hole is opposite to an opening formed in the shell; the loudspeaker is installed in the first installation space;

the second mounting part is positioned outside the shell, the second mounting part is provided with a second mounting space communicated with the first mounting space, and the second mounting part is provided with a sound pickup hole;

the control mainboard with the horn electricity is connected, the control mainboard holds first installation space with in the second installation space, just part in the second installation space integrated with wireless communication module and microphone on the control mainboard.

2. The voice controller of claim 1, wherein the housing includes an upper housing half and a lower housing half, the upper housing half and the lower housing half being fixedly connected to form the first mounting portion, the bottom of the lower housing half facing away from the upper housing half to form the second mounting portion.

3. The voice controller according to claim 2, wherein the lower half shell comprises a first rectangular shell and a second rectangular shell, the first rectangular shell and the upper half shell are fixedly connected to form the first mounting portion, and a bottom wall of the first rectangular shell is provided with the sound outlet hole and an opening of the second rectangular shell;

the second rectangular case is located below the first rectangular case, and the second rectangular case forms the second mounting portion.

4. The voice controller of claim 3, wherein the pick-up hole is disposed on a front wall of the second rectangular housing.

5. The voice controller according to claim 4, wherein the outer surface of the front wall of the second rectangular housing is provided with a plurality of grooves extending in a horizontal direction, and the plurality of grooves are arranged at intervals in a vertical direction; the inner surface of the front wall of the second rectangular shell is provided with a waterproof sound-permeable breathable film.

6. The voice controller according to claim 3, wherein the top wall of the upper half shell protrudes away from the lower half shell to form a protruding portion, two ends of the protruding portion respectively form two connecting portions, a top surface of the protruding portion is higher than top surfaces of the connecting portions, the protruding portion is opposite to the speaker, and the connecting portions are fixedly connected with the first rectangular shell.

7. The voice controller according to claim 6, wherein the connecting portion is provided with a first connecting hole, the horn is provided with a second connecting hole, the bottom wall of the first rectangular shell is provided with a first connecting post, and the first connecting post is provided with a third connecting hole; the voice controller further comprises a first screw, and the first screw is in threaded connection with the first connecting hole, the second connecting hole and the third connecting hole respectively.

8. The voice controller according to claim 7, wherein a gasket is disposed between the speaker and the first connecting portion, and a shock absorbing pad is disposed between the speaker and the bottom wall of the first rectangular housing.

9. The voice controller according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the first mounting portion is provided with a mounting opening;

the voice controller further comprises a communication terminal electrically connected with the control main board, the communication terminal penetrates out of the mounting port, and the communication terminal is used for being electrically connected with a main control board of the gas water heater.

10. A gas heater, characterized in that, includes casing and the speech controller of any one of claims 1-9, the bottom of casing is provided with mouth and opening, speech controller's second installation department passes through the mouth wear out extremely the outside of casing, speech controller's first installation department is fixed inside the casing.

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