JP2003243183A - Lighting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting device which hardly causes risk to a user when switching off light by malfunction. <P>SOLUTION: With the lighting device provided with a lighting fixture body with a main electric lamp and a remote-control transmitter with voice recognition function equipped with an audio input machine and a voice recognition machine, either (1) the main electric lamp is put off through a stepped light- dimming state, when light is put off because of recognition of lights-out direction by the voice recognition machine, or (2) a night light is automatically lit as the main electric lamp is put off, when light is put off because of recognition of lights-out direction by the voice recognition machine, or (3) the device is not equipped with a lights-out function for the main electric lamp by a lights-out direction by voice. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting device having a lighting fixture body and a remote control transmitter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a lighting device is operated by directly turning on / off a switch provided on a main body of a lighting fixture or turning on / off a wall switch, a person is required to reach a place where the switch is provided. It is troublesome to move. In order to solve this problem, a remote control transmitter using infrared rays is attached to the lighting device, and a button provided on the remote control transmitter is operated to send a predetermined signal from the remote control transmitter to the main body of the lighting fixture. A lighting device in which an electric light is turned on / off in response to this signal has been developed. However, even in this lighting device, there still remains a problem that the user has to manually operate the button, and if the transmitter is not within the reach, a human has to pick it up or search for it. ing.

Similar problems occur not only in lighting devices, but in order to solve these problems, in remote control transmitters used for television receivers and audio equipment, in addition to manual operation input means such as buttons, voice input devices and A remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function to which a voice recognizer is added is known (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-268676). Conventionally,
Although humans can operate without moving within the range that can be reached from the transmitter, the remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function allows operation anywhere in the room.

[0004]

The use of a remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function in a lighting device is not practical.
No. 0796. When a remote control transmitter with voice recognition function is used for a lighting device, when it goes off due to an unintended operation, the user is not only blinded but also does not know whether it is a power failure or a malfunction.
There is a risk of panic and accidental falls, which is extremely dangerous.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is an illumination device used with a remote control transmitter having a voice recognition function, which is less likely to cause a danger to a user when the light is turned off by a malfunction. An object is to provide a lighting device.

[0006]

The respective inventions of the present invention have been made in view of the above problems, and a remote controller with a voice recognition function having a main body of a lighting fixture and a voice input device and a voice recognition device. And a lighting device including a transmitter. In the inventions according to claims 1, 2, and 5, when (1) the light is turned off by recognizing the turn-off command by the voice recognition device, the main light is turned off through the step-dimming state (claim 1). ), (2) When the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command to turn off the light, the night light is turned on along with the main light being turned off (Claim 2), (3) The voice-based turn-off command It is characterized in that it does not have a function of turning off the main light (Claim 5).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the illumination device according to the second aspect, when the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command to turn off the light, the main lamp is turned off after a step dimming state. The night light will be turned on in accordance with.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the illumination apparatus according to the first or third aspect, when the voice recognition device recognizes the turn-off instruction to turn off the light, the voice recognition is performed again in the step-dimming state. The main light is turned off only when the machine recognizes the turn-off command.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the illumination device according to the fifth aspect, the function performed by recognizing the voice by the voice recognizer is limited to turning on the main lamp.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 shows a flow until a remote control signal is transmitted by a remote control transmitter used in the illumination device of each embodiment. This remote control transmitter uses human voice commands (for example, "lights", "lights off")
A voice input device 1 for inputting, a voice recognizer 2 for recognizing the type of the command, and a manual input device 3 for manually operating buttons and the like.
And a controller 4 for generating a signal for transmitting a necessary remote control signal according to the type of voice recognized by the voice recognizer 2 or the type of button operated by the manual input device 3,
It is provided with a transmitter 5 which receives a signal from the controller 4 and transmits a remote control signal such as infrared rays. Here, the speech recognizer is an ordinary one (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-2686).
No. 76), a band-pass filter unit for converting a voice signal into a frequency spectrum, an extraction unit for extracting a characteristic pattern from the frequency-converted data, a memory unit in which standard patterns are stored in advance, a pattern matching unit, and the characteristic pattern. A determination unit or the like for collating with the standard pattern is provided. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 2 shows an operation flow in an example of a lighting device of the present invention. This lighting device is claim 1 or 3.
When the voice recognizer recognizes a turn-off command while the main power supply is ON, it changes to the step-dimming mode and the main light goes off and the night light lights up after a certain period of time. Or it goes off. When a cancellation command is issued by voice or manual operation while the night light is on or off, the main power returns to the on state.

By configuring the lighting device in this way, the user can know that the night light is turned on or off when the mode is changed to the step-dimming mode, and if it is likely to be turned off due to malfunction or the like, this It is possible to discontinue and prepare for the mind. (Embodiment 2) FIG. 3 shows an operation flow in another example of the illumination device of the present invention. This illuminating device corresponds to the invention according to claim 2, and when the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command in the state where the main power source is ON, the main light is turned off and the night light is always turned on. Is configured. The main power supply can be turned off by voice or manual operation from the state where the night light is on (this point can be similarly configured in the lighting device according to the first embodiment).

By constructing the lighting device in this way, even if there is a malfunction, it does not turn black and it is possible to prevent the user from feeling a danger. (Embodiment 3) FIG. 4 shows an operation flow in another example of the illumination device of the present invention. This illuminating device corresponds to the invention according to claim 4, and when the voice recognizer recognizes a turn-off command while the main power source is ON, or a turn-off operation is manually performed, a step-dimming mode is set. When the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command again in the step-dimming mode, or the turn-off operation is manually performed (however, when the main power is ON, the turn-off operation is manually performed and the step-dimming is performed. If the mode is changed, after the step light control mode, it is limited to a voice-based turn-off command.), And the night light is turned on or turned off. The main light source is turned off when a voice command is issued while the night light is on or off, or when the light is manually turned off.

By constructing the lighting device in this way, when it is about to be turned off due to a malfunction, this can be stopped and the safety of the user can be secured. (Embodiment 4) FIG. 5 shows an operation flow in another example of the illumination device of the present invention. This illuminating device corresponds to the invention according to claim 4, and when the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command while the main power supply is ON, it changes to the step-dimming mode, and within the constant time in the step-dimming mode. When the voice recognizer recognizes the turn-off command again, the night light is turned on or turned off. The main light source is turned off when a voice command is issued while the night light is on or off, or when the light is manually turned off. When the voice recognizer does not recognize the turn-off command within the fixed time in the stepped dimming mode, the stepped dimming mode is released and the main power is turned on.
Return to.

By constructing the lighting device in this way, when it is about to be turned off due to a malfunction, this can be stopped and the safety of the user can be secured. (Embodiment 5) FIG. 6 shows an operation flow in another example of the illumination device of the present invention. This lighting device corresponds to the invention according to claims 5 and 6, wherein the main power source is OF
In the state of F, the voice recognizer can turn on the main power source by recognizing the lighting command, but on the contrary, the voice command cannot turn the main power source off from the main power source on. is there. By configuring the lighting device in this way, there is no possibility that the voice recognition device is turned off due to a malfunction or the like. In addition, if the remote control transmitter with voice recognition function is used only for lighting, and a remote control transmitter that can only be operated manually is used for dimming and extinguishing lights The remote control transmitter with the recognition function can be used so as not to consume standby power.
In addition, since the influence of infrared rays from the main power source does not affect the remote control signal sent from the remote control transmitter when the light is off, a remote control transmitter using infrared rays needs only a small power.

As shown in the operation flow, the first embodiment described above is used.
Similarly to the fifth embodiment, in the cases 2 and 2, the turning off of the main power source from the main power source is limited to the manual turning-off operation. On the other hand, in Embodiments 1 and 2, the main power supply can be turned on from the main power supply off by either a voice command or a manual lighting operation.

[0017]

According to the inventions according to each of the claims of the present application, it is possible to reduce the danger of causing a danger to a user due to a lighting failure caused by a malfunction in a lighting device used together with a remote control transmitter having a voice recognition function. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a flow until a remote control signal is transmitted by a remote control transmitter used in the lighting device of each embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation flow in an example of a lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation flow in another example of the lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation flow in another example of the lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation flow in another example of the lighting device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation flow in another example of the lighting device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Voice input device 2: Speech recognizer 3: Manual input device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A lighting device including a main body of a lighting fixture equipped with a main light and a remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function equipped with a voice input device and a voice recognition device, wherein a turn-off command is recognized by the voice recognition device. The lighting device is characterized in that when it is turned off, the main lamp is turned off after a step-dimming state. 2. A lighting device including a main body of a lighting fixture including a main light and a night light, and a remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function including a voice input device and a voice recognition device, in which a turn-off command is issued by the voice recognition device. When the light is turned off by recognizing the above, the lighting device is characterized in that the night light is turned on when the main light is turned off. 3. The illuminating device according to claim 2, wherein when the voice recognition device recognizes a light-off command to turn off the light, the main light is turned off after a step-dimming state. 4. The main light is turned off only when the turn off command is recognized by the voice recognizer and the turn off command is recognized again by the voice recognizer in the step-dimming state. The illumination device according to 1 or 3. 5. A lighting device including a main body of a lighting fixture equipped with a main light and a remote control transmitter with a voice recognition function equipped with a voice input device and a voice recognition device, wherein the main light is turned off by a turn-off command by voice. A lighting device having no function. 6. The lighting device according to claim 5, wherein the function performed by recognizing the voice by the voice recognizer is limited to turning on the main lamp.