JP2002124151A - Operation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote control device which enables a visually and aurally handicapped user to easily confirm the acceptance of button operation. SOLUTION: For an electric device main body and a remote control device remote controlling the electric device main body, a vibration part, which makes the operator feel the acceptance of button operation by vibration, is installed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device for an electric appliance having an operation button, and more particularly to an operating device for an electric appliance having a button for remote control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a domestic water heater, an operation device which can confirm that a button operation has been received by pressing an operation button of a remote control (remote operation device) with a reception sound and lighting of a lamp.

[0003]

However, the above-described method of confirming a remote control device has a problem that a person having visual and hearing impairments cannot confirm that a button operation has been accepted. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an operating device that can confirm that a button operation has been accepted even by a person with visual and hearing impairment by vibrating the button. Is to provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide an operation apparatus for an electric appliance having an operation button, wherein when the button operation is received, the button vibrates. Since the vibrating part was provided,
You can feel the vibration with your finger. Therefore, even a person with visual and hearing impairments can easily confirm that the button operation has been accepted.

In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention is to provide a device for operating an electric appliance having an operation button, wherein a vibration portion is provided which vibrates differently for each button when a button operation is received. You can check with your finger which button was operated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operating device for an electric appliance having an operating button, wherein a vibrating portion which performs different vibrations when turned on and when turned off when a button operation is received is provided. Therefore, it is possible to reliably grasp the state of the electric appliance body with the finger.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The operation device includes an electric appliance body 10 and a remote controller 1 (remote operation device) as a remote operation unit for remotely operating the electric appliance body 10. The electric appliance body 10 and the remote controller 1 (remote operation device) are provided. And constitute one operation device.

[0008] The electric appliance body 10 is provided with a main body control section 11 as first control means, and the remote control 1 (remote operation device) is provided with a remote control side control section 6 as second control means. It is installed and a transmission and reception cable 2
At 0, necessary control information is exchanged. The remote controller 1 (remote control device) includes a button group 4 for inputting a control signal to the remote controller 6, a display unit 2 for displaying a state of the electric appliance body 10, and a lamp for receiving a button operation. Light emitting section 5 as light emitting means that can be confirmed by
The speaker 3 is provided as a sound generating means that can confirm that a button operation has been received with a reception sound, and the motor 7 can confirm that the button operation has been received by vibrating the button. Since the motor 7 as the vibration generating means is installed in the button group 4, when the button operation is received, the motor 7 rotates and vibrates, so that the vibration can be felt by the finger.

FIG. 2 is an internal sectional view of a remote controller 1 (remote control device) showing an embodiment of the present invention. The motor 7 is installed in the button group 4, and the motor 7 and the remote controller 6 are linked by a signal line 21. When any button operation is input to the button group 4, the internal switch 8 moves in the direction of the arrow. It is pushed out and a command is input to the remote controller side control unit 6. After that, an electric signal is output from the remote controller 6 to the motor 7 via the signal line 21, and the button vibrates as the motor 7 rotates and vibrates, thereby confirming that the button operation has been accepted.

When a button operation is received when the button group 4 is operated, a different frequency for each button is output from the remote controller 6 via the signal line 21 to perform different vibrations for each button. Further, when a button operation is received when the button group 4 is operated, a different frequency is output from the remote control side control unit 6 via the signal line 21 when the button is ON and OFF, and the different frequency is output when the button is ON and OFF. Perform vibration.

Further, a light emitting section 5 such as an LED is connected to the remote control side control section 6. The light emitting section 5 transmits light from the outside of the remote control 1 (remote control device) because the light emitting section 5 transmits through the button group 4. It is possible to determine whether or not the button operation has been performed, and it is also possible to confirm that the button operation has been received by turning on the lamp. In addition, an audio signal is output from the remote controller 6 to the speaker 3 via the signal line 22 to emit a reception sound, and it can be confirmed by voice that the button operation has been received.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing an embodiment of the present invention. When the button operation is received, the vibration frequency shown in FIG. 3 is output to the motor 7 via the signal line 21, and the button vibrates.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing an embodiment of the present invention. button,,
Different frequencies are output to the motor 7 via the signal line 21, and the buttons perform different vibrations.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing an embodiment of the present invention. As is apparent from FIG. 5, different frequencies are output to the motor 7 via the signal line 21 when the switch is on and when the switch is off.
Sometimes different vibrations occur.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart of the vibration frequency showing another embodiment of the different vibration generating means. In this example, even if the vibration frequency is the same, the vibration is intermittently performed by changing the cycle of oscillating or stopping to generate different vibrations.

In this embodiment, the remote control of the water heater has been described. However, the operating device built in the device of the oil fan heater, the operating device of the built-in device of the telephone, the operating device of the built-in device of the television, and the device of the rice cooker The present invention is also applicable to a built-in operation device or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an electric appliance main body showing an embodiment of the present invention;
Block diagram of remote control (remote control device)

FIG. 2 is an internal cross-sectional view of a remote controller (remote operation device) showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency illustrating an embodiment of an operation device in which a button vibrates to receive a button operation.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing an embodiment of an operating device that performs different vibrations for each button when a button operation is received.

FIG. 5 is OFF when the reception of the button operation is ON.
FIG. 4 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing an embodiment of an operating device that performs different vibrations at different times.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart of a vibration frequency showing one embodiment of different vibration generating means of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Remote control (remote operation means) 2 ... Display part (display means) 3 ... Speaker (sound generating means) 4 ... Button group 5 ... Light emission part (light emission means) 6 ... Control part (remote control side) 7 ... Vibration part (motor) 8) Internal switch 10 ... Electric appliance body 11 ... Control unit (electric appliance body side) 20 ... Transmission / reception cable 21 ... Signal line (vibration output) 22 ... Signal line (voice output)

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page F term (reference) 3J070 AA07 BA11 CC71 DA51 5G006 AA01 CB01 CD01 DD05 HB09 JA01 JB08 JC01 JD01 JE00 5G052 AA24 BB01 JA02 JA08 JB20 JC12

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An operating device for an electric appliance provided with an operation button, wherein a vibrating portion for vibrating the button when a button operation is received is provided. 2. An operating device for an electric appliance having an operating button, wherein a vibrating portion is provided which vibrates differently for each button when a button operation is received. 3. An operation device for an electric appliance provided with an operation button, wherein when the button operation is received, it is turned off when it is turned on.
A device for operating an electric appliance, characterized in that vibrating parts that sometimes vibrate differently are provided.