JP2002168073A - Control device for daylighting for shutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for daylighting for a shutter, which allows adjustment of daylighting quantity by using a three-point push button switch which is generally available. SOLUTION: The control device 13 is comprised of a storage section 15 and a control section 14. The storage section 15 stores midway halting location data for halting the shutter 1 midway between a floor surface abutting location at which an undermost portion 8 of a shutter curtain 4 abuts on a floor surface and a totally closed location at which the entire shutter curtain 4 completely interrupts daylighting after further driving of the undermost portion 8 from the floor surface abutting location. The control section 14 compares input data input by push operation of a push button switch 9 as for a closing operation, an opening operation, a halting operation, or a combination of the same, with the midway halting location data from the storage section 15. If the control section 14 determines that the input data coincides with one of the midway halting location data, the control section 14 outputs a drive halting instruction to a driving section 17, whereby the shutter 1 is automatically halted at a location corresponding to the midway halting location data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shutter control device for controlling the opening and closing of architectural shutters, and more particularly, to the technical field of a shutter control with a lighting function for controlling ventilation and lighting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a shutter with a lighting function (hereinafter abbreviated as a shutter as appropriate) has a push button switch for fully opening and closing the shutter, as well as stopping at a lighting position before the fully closed position. Some include an operation switch, and others have a remote control that can set an arbitrary half-open stop position.

[0003]

However, a three-point push button switch for opening, closing and stopping the shutter (hereinafter referred to as an open push button switch, a close push button switch closed button, and a stop push button switch as a stop button). In addition to the above, it is difficult to add a switch for halfway stop due to restrictions on the standard of the switch plate. For this reason, the following problem arises when the shutter with a lighting function is operated by using a commonly used three-point push button switch to adjust the lighting amount.
A typical shutter with a lighting function installed around a window has a fitting structure with play between the upper and lower slats constituting a shutter curtain when the shutter is closing, so the shutter stops halfway (for the meaning of this term, There is no particular problem with the operation before reaching (described later). This is because the shutter at the position before the halfway stop always has a lighting portion of the shutter, and the opening between the lowermost end of the shutter and the floor surface is an opening, so it is not necessary to discuss lighting in the first place. However, in order to adjust the amount of light from when the lower end of the shutter curtain abuts the ground surface such as the floor or drain, until the lighting unit is completely shut off,
The timing of pressing the stop button must be monitored. In particular, the operation when such a shutter with a lighting function is provided is not only troublesome, but also it is difficult to unify the lighting amount. In the case of a shutter with a special lighting function that can change the angle of the slat arbitrarily, changing the lighting angle by fine adjustment requires a short time until the shutter completely shuts off the lighting section. Since the inching operation of the open button or the close button must be performed, familiarity and tips are required.

The present invention has been devised in order to solve such a problem, and has a simple structure, and adjusts the amount of light to be taken when a shutter with a lighting function is stopped halfway and sets the position of the halfway stop in a conventional three-point system. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to use a push button switch as it is.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is an electric shutter having a lighting function for controlling the operation by operating push-button switches for opening, closing, and stopping. In the control device, the shutter is unrolled and driven, and the shutter curtain continues to be driven further from the floor contact position where the lowermost end of the shutter curtain contacts the floor, and the entire shutter curtain completely stops lighting and stops. A storage unit for storing one or more halfway stop position data for halfway stopping the shutter until the fully closed position, and a push operation of a push button switch related to closing, opening or stopping or a combination thereof. And a control unit for comparing and judging the input data inputted by the control unit and the halfway stop position data from the storage unit, and the control unit When it is determined that the force data matches any of the halfway stop position data, the control unit outputs a drive stop command to the drive unit to automatically stop the shutter at the position corresponding to the halfway stop position data. It is characterized by doing so. By doing so, the object can be achieved by using only the open, closed and stop three-point push buttons mounted on the standard switch plate. In addition, by continuously pressing the close button or the like a predetermined number of times at an arbitrary halfway stop position of the shutter, it is possible to adjust the amount of light to be collected, so that the conventional adjusting technique is not required. In addition, when adjustment of the light collection amount is not necessary or when a person who does not know the operation performs the operation, the same operation method as the normal opening / closing operation can be performed assuming that the light collection amount adjustment function is not originally provided, so that the shutter can be easily operated. Can be used. In particular, when it is desired to set a plurality of electric shutters with daylighting functions to a predetermined amount of light, it is only necessary to press each switch and move it.Therefore, there is no need to wait until the shutter is completely closed, which reduces operation time and convenience. Can be enhanced.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Before describing the embodiments of the present invention, terms will be defined. The halfway stop refers to a stop from the floor contact position including the floor contact position to the fully closed position. With a shutter with a lighting function, the slats constituting the shutter curtain are connected by a fitting structure having a play in the vertical direction, and the holes provided in the continuous binding portion of each slat are opened by the separating operation between the slats. In addition to the shutter, the holes are closed from below by the close movement of each slat and the light intensity becomes zero by complete closure, and the slats are horizontal and separated at the stage of raising and lowering the shutter. Although the maximum amount can be obtained, each slat inclines in parallel in the same direction in the process of shifting from the separating operation to the close operation, and when the close operation is completed, each slat forms a plane in the vertical direction A shutter that completely shuts out lighting. 100% of the amount of light collected means the amount of light collected at the position where the shutter abuts on the floor surface.
(Zero) refers to the amount of light collected at the fully closed position. In addition,
The certain amount of collected light is, of course, the amount of light with respect to the halfway stop position of the shutter within the range of 100% to 0% of the amount of collected light. In addition, the fully-closed transition state refers to a shutter position state from the floor contact position to the fully closed position.
In other words, it means the position of the shutter while the light quantity shifts from 100% to 0%. Since the fully closed position is a position where the shutter is completely closed, such a state is appropriately referred to as a fully closed state, and a position where the shutter completely opens the opening is a fully open position (such a state). (A fully open state).

Next, the configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes an electric shutter with a lighting function (hereinafter, abbreviated as a shutter as appropriate), which winds a shutter curtain 4 around a winding shaft 3 laid in a shutter case 2 above an opening, and unwinds the shutter curtain. The opening is opened and closed. As shown in FIG. 1, the slats 5 constituting the shutter curtain 4 are continuously bound by a fitting structure having a play in the vertical direction, and a slit-shaped hole 7 is provided in a continuous binding portion 6 of each slat 5. Are opened by the separating operation between the slats 5 and closed by the close operation between the slats 5. FIG. 1 shows the lowermost end 8 of the shutter 1.
Shows the state at the floor contact position at the time of contact with the floor, and the amount of light collected at this point is 100%.

Reference numeral 8 denotes the lowermost end of the shutter curtain. Reference numeral 9 denotes a three-point push button switch including a close button 10, an open button 12, and a stop button 11 for winding, unwinding, or stopping the shutter 1. The structure, function, and the like of the three-point push-button switch 7 are the same as those conventionally used for a general electric shutter, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a control device of the present invention,
A control unit 14 made of U or the like, a storage unit 15 made of an EEPROM or the like, and an interface 16 for inputting operation signals from the three-point push-button switch 9 to the control unit 14 in the same data format.

Next, a description will be given of the specification of the relationship between the operation signal by the pressing operation of the three-point push button switch 9 relating to the close button 10, the open button 12, the stop button 11, or the combination thereof, and the setting of the light collection amount. In addition,
In the following description, the multiple pressing of a button is basically an intermittent (or intermittent) pressing unless otherwise specified. However, as a special pressing, for example, simultaneous pressing of a close button and a stop button Operation shall be included. First, the operation specification of the push button switch 9 of the shutter 1 when the data relating to the position of the shutter 1 with respect to the predetermined amount of collected light is desired to be stored in the storage unit 15 is as follows.
First, when the close button 10 is pressed once, the shutter 1 descends to the fully closed position without stopping halfway. In other words, this pressing operation means that the amount of collected light is 0 (zero)%. 2 within 2 seconds
Press the close button 10 (however, the time for one press is set to 0.
2 seconds or less. ), And stops at the floor contact position where the amount of collected light is 100%. Press the close button 10 three times within 2 seconds (however, the time for one press should be 0.2 seconds or less)
Then, it stops at the position where the amount of collected light becomes 50%. This position is, of course, one of the stop positions. Press the close button 10 four times within 2 seconds (however, the time
Seconds or less. ), And stops at the position where the amount of collected light becomes 25%. This is also one of the stop positions. Further, in any of these states, the close button 10 is pressed for one second in less than 0.2 seconds.
Press twice to obtain 50% light intensity at the position where the light intensity is 100%.
At the position where the light intensity is 50%, the light intensity is 25%.
%, And when the amount of collected light is 25%, the respective position states advance to the fully closed position. On the other hand, if the open button 12 is pressed instead of the close button 10 in this position, the position advances as follows. That is, when the open button 12 is pressed for 0.2 seconds or less,
When the button is pressed twice, the position becomes 25% of the light intensity from the fully closed position, the position where the light intensity becomes 50% from the position where the light intensity becomes 25%, and the fully open position from the position where the light intensity becomes 50%. Proceed to state. Further, the positions at which the amount of light is obtained are counted by the encoder 16 attached to the drive unit 17 when the fully open position and the fully closed position of the shutter 1 are set, and the control unit 14 counts the number of pulses associated with the position movement. The programming operation is performed and stored in the storage unit 15. Here, the floor contact position is calculated and determined from the fully closed position of the shutter based on the area of the hole 7 between the slats and the like. The above is a method in which the amount of collected light is set in advance to a constant value of 50, 25%, or the like, and the halfway stop position corresponding to each of the amounts of collected light is used as data. In this specification, the multiple pressing is performed within 2 seconds and the single pressing time is set within 0.2 seconds. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For other times (for example, 1 second, 3 seconds). It goes without saying that the pressing time per second, 4 seconds,...) May be changed to 0.1 seconds, 0.3 seconds, or the like.

On the other hand, there may be a case where the user desires to determine the amount of light to be arbitrarily. The operation specification of the push button in that case is as follows. That is, the shutter 1 is stopped at the required positions A, B, C,... (All of which correspond to the desired light intensity), and the close button 10 is pressed twice while holding the stop button 11. This pressing operation is performed by the number of positions to be stored, such as A and B. As a result, the position A is read, and the amount of collected light is reduced to 50.
The position B is read at the position of%, and corresponds to the position at which the amount of collected light is 25%. A,
The positions of B are programmed so as to be sequentially positioned from the floor contact position or a halfway stop position close to the floor contact position.

An operation example for stopping the shutter 1 halfway in this embodiment having the above-described configuration and specifications will be described with reference to FIG.

When the close button 10 is pressed from the initial setting, the control unit 14 of the control device 13 determines whether or not the shutter 1 is in the fully closed state. If it is determined that the state is not the fully closed state, it is determined whether the close button 10 is pressed once. If it is determined that the close button 10 has been pressed once, it is rolled down to the fully closed position and stopped. On the other hand, if the close button 10 is 1
If it is determined that the button is not pressed twice and it is determined that the button is pressed twice within 2 seconds (the time for one press is within 0.2 seconds),
It stops at the floor contact position, which is the position where the amount of collected light is 100%.
If it is determined that the pressing is not performed twice within two seconds but is performed three times (one pressing time is within 0.2 seconds), the operation is stopped at a position where the amount of collected light is 50%. Similarly, when it is determined that the pressing is performed four times or more, the operation is stopped at the position of the light collection amount of 25%.

If it is determined in the above-described fully closed transition state that the vehicle is in the fully closed transition state, it is determined whether or not the pressing time of the close button 10 is 0.2 seconds or more.
If it is determined that the time is longer than the second, the shutter is closed to the fully closed position. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is not longer than 0.2 seconds, it is determined whether or not it is at the floor contact position, and if it is, it is lowered to the position of 50% of the amount of collected light and stopped. If it is determined that it is not at the floor contact position, it is determined whether or not it is at a position of 50% of the amount of collected light. If it is determined that it is, it is lowered to the position of 25% of the amount of collected light and stopped. On the other hand,
If it is determined that it is not at the 0% position, it descends to the fully closed position and stops.

Next, when the button press after the initial setting is not the operation of the close button 10 but the operation of the open button 12,
It is determined whether or not it is in the fully-closed transition state. If it is determined that there is no transition, the shutter 1 is wound up to the fully open position and stopped. If it is in the fully-closed state and the open button 12 is not longer than 2 seconds, it is determined whether or not it is in the fully closed position. If it is determined that it is not at the fully closed position, it is determined whether or not it is at a position where the amount of collected light is 25%.
It winds up to the position and stops. If it is determined that it is not located at the position of 25% of the amount of collected light, it is determined whether or not it is at the position of 50% of the amount of collected light. If it is determined that there is, it is wound up to the floor contact position and stopped. If it is determined that the vehicle is not on the other hand, it is wound up to the fully open position and stopped. In addition,
If it is determined that the above-mentioned open button 12 is not shorter than 0.2 seconds, it is wound up to the fully open position and stopped.

Further, if a position corresponding to the amount of light collected by the user, for example, 75% of the amount of collected light is the A position and 35% of the amount of collected light is the B position, the position of A is set to the position of 50% of the amount of collected light. The data is written to the EEPROM of the storage unit 15 while changing the light quantity to the position where the light quantity is 25%. Therefore, an example of the operation with respect to the light intensity specified by the user can be described according to the above-described operation.

In summary, according to the present invention, in addition to the various effects described above, in addition to the above-described various effects, the shutter 1 can be stopped halfway in the fully-closed transition state at a position corresponding to a predetermined amount of collected light, and can also be used by a user. Since the halfway stop position can be set arbitrarily with respect to the designated light collection amount, the light collection amount setting positioning with a high degree of freedom can be performed. In addition, the most significant feature is that the conventional three-point push button 9 can be used as it is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a shutter with a lighting function (shutter).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a relationship between a configuration of a control device and connected devices.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Shutter with lighting function (shutter) 2 Shutter case 3 Winding shaft 4 Shutter curtain 5 Slat 6 Continuous binding part 7 Hole 8 Lowest end of shutter curtain 9 Three-point push button switch 10 Close button 11 Stop button 12 Open button 13 Control device 14 Control unit 15 Storage unit 16 Interface 17 Drive unit 18 Encoder

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A control device for an electric shutter having a lighting function, the operation of which is controlled by operating a push button switch for opening, closing and stopping, wherein the control device includes a shutter which is driven down and a lowermost end of a shutter curtain. One or two or more intermediate stops for stopping the shutter halfway between the floor contact position where the shutter abuts and the shutter curtain continues to be driven to the fully closed position where the entire shutter curtain completely stops lighting and stops. A storage unit that stores stop position data, and a control unit that compares input data input by pressing a push button switch related to closing, opening or stopping or a combination thereof with the halfway stop position data from the storage unit. When the control unit determines that the input data matches any of the halfway stop position data, Outputs a drive stop command to the drive unit from the control unit, lighting control apparatus of the shutter, characterized in that the shutter so as to automatically stop at a position corresponding to the stop position data in 該途.