JP2005117311A - Remote control signal receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption further by making the number of steps to be carried out by judging prevention of malfunction caused by noise in a standby mode by using a signal reception state and an interrupt signal and by making it possible to receive remote control transmission data at a high speed even though an operation clock of an ultra low frequency is activated. <P>SOLUTION: This remote control signal receiver is provided with: a receiving part 1 for receiving a remote control signal; a decoding part 2 for decoding the remote control signal received by the receiving part 1; a main body control part 3 for performing control by using the signal decoded by the decoding part 2; and a data sampling part 4 for sampling the received remote control signal at fixed intervals. When the data sampling part 4 continuously detects signals twice or more in succession, a power saving setting part 7 makes a return from a power saving mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control signal receiving apparatus having multiple functions for reducing power consumption during standby.

  This type of remote control signal receiver switches the operating clock of the microcomputer during normal use and in standby state. In standby state, the operating clock is changed to a low frequency to reduce the power consumption of the microcomputer during standby. Yes. Conventionally, the remote control reception interrupt signal was used to return from the standby state. However, if the remote control receiver receives external noise, there is a problem that the standby mode is erroneously restored. A filter circuit is added to the power saving setting unit to be set, and the filter circuit is operated during standby to prevent malfunction due to external noise (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Also, there is a case where remote control received data is decoded in a standby state operating with a low-frequency operation clock, and the standby return is performed based on the decoding result (for example, see Patent Document 2).

  FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional remote control signal receiver described in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, it is comprised from the receiving part 1, the decoding part 2, the main body control part 3, the power saving setting part 7, and the filter circuit 8 which operate | moves during standby.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional remote control signal receiver described in Patent Document 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, it comprises a receiving unit 1, a decoding unit 2, a main body control unit 3, a power saving setting unit 7, and a standby decoding unit 9 that decodes a remote control code during standby.
JP 2001-268788 A JP 2002-207529 A

  However, the above-described conventional configuration has a problem of increasing costs because it is necessary to add hardware such as the filter circuit 8. In addition, since it is necessary to decode remote control received data that is transmitted at high speed in a standby state operating with a low-frequency operation clock, the operation clock cannot be switched to an ultra-low frequency to further reduce power consumption. It had the problem that.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and prevents the cost increase by using software to prevent malfunction due to external noise, while switching to an ultra-low frequency operation clock to further reduce power consumption. An object of the present invention is to provide a remote control signal receiving apparatus capable of reliably receiving remote control reception data.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a remote control signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a remote control signal, a decoding unit that decodes the remote control signal, and a main body control unit that performs control based on the decoded signal. A power saving setting unit for setting the power saving mode and a data sampling unit for sampling the remote control reception signal at a constant interval are provided. When a signal is continuously detected twice or more by the data sampling unit, the power saving setting unit returns from the power saving mode. As a result, it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise.

Further, the remote control signal receiving apparatus of the present invention is provided with an edge detection unit that outputs a remote control reception interrupt signal by a remote control reception input signal. By checking the remote control reception interrupt signal by the edge detection unit, it can be confirmed that the signal is continuously received during the data sampling, and it is possible to prevent the malfunction of returning from the power saving mode more reliably due to external noise.

  Further, the remote control signal receiving apparatus of the present invention is provided with a sampling cycle changing unit that changes the sampling cycle of the data sampling unit. By changing the data sampling cycle, it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise generated at a constant cycle such as a fluorescent lamp.

  The remote control signal receiving device of the present invention can prevent the malfunction due to external noise by software and prevent the cost increase, and can reduce the number of software execution steps to switch to an ultra-low frequency operation clock. In addition, remote control reception data can be reliably received while further reducing power consumption.

  The first invention is a receiving means for receiving a remote control signal, a decoding means for decoding the remote control signal, a main body control section for controlling by the decoded signal, a power saving means for setting the power saving mode, and a remote control received signal Data sampling means for sampling at regular intervals, and when the signal is continuously detected twice or more by the data sampling means, by returning from the power saving mode by the power saving means, data reception at regular intervals can be confirmed, It is possible to distinguish between the remote control received signal and the external noise, and it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to the external noise.

  The second invention comprises edge detecting means for outputting a remote control reception interrupt signal in response to a remote control reception input signal in the first invention, and if the remote control reception interrupt signal is output by the edge detection means, the power saving means switches from the power saving mode. By not returning, it can be confirmed that the signal is continuously received during the data sampling, and it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise more reliably.

  According to a third aspect of the invention, the remote control reception interrupt signal is checked by the edge detection means when the signal is detected by the data sampling means. If the remote detection reception interrupt signal is not output by the edge detection means, the power is saved. By returning from the power saving mode by means, the number of software execution steps can be reduced.

  In particular, the fourth invention includes a sampling period changing means for changing the sampling period of the data sampling means of any one of the first to third inventions, and a fluorescent lamp or the like by changing the sampling period of the remote control received data Thus, it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise generated at a certain period.

  In the fifth aspect of the invention, in particular, by changing the sampling period of remote control received data at random by the sampling period changing means of the fourth aspect of the invention, it is possible to save more reliably by external noise generated at a constant period such as a fluorescent lamp. It is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power mode.

  The sixth aspect of the invention makes it possible to detect the start of remote control reception by reducing the sampling cycle when the signal is not detected by the data sampling means of the fourth aspect of the invention, and making it possible to detect the remote control reception reliably. Received data can be received.

  In the seventh aspect of the invention, in particular, by always performing data sampling when no signal is detected by the data sampling means of the sixth aspect of the invention, it becomes possible to detect at the start of remote control reception more reliably, and remote control reception data can be received reliably. .

  In the eighth invention, in particular, the power saving mode of any one of the first to seventh inventions is a state in which the operation clock of the microcomputer is switched from a high frequency to a low frequency, and the operation clock is set to a low frequency. Therefore, the power consumption of the microcomputer during standby can be reduced.

  In the ninth aspect, the power consumption of the microcomputer during standby can be further reduced by stopping the operation clock of the microcomputer when the power saving mode of the eighth aspect continues for a certain period of time.

  In the tenth invention, in particular, after returning from the power saving mode by the power saving means of any one of the first to ninth inventions, if the signal is not decoded by the decoding means even after a predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined as noise. By setting the power saving mode again by the power saving means, an unnecessary increase in power consumption is prevented.

  In the eleventh aspect of the invention, in particular, the remote control signal receiving device according to any one of the first to tenth aspects of the invention is used for an indoor unit of an air conditioner.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a remote control signal receiving apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a receiving unit 1 that receives a remote control signal, a decoding unit 2 that decodes a remote control signal received by the receiving unit 1, a main body control unit 3 that controls the signal decoded by the decoding unit 2, and a remote controller A data sampling unit 4 that samples a reception signal at a constant interval, a sampling period changing unit 5 that changes the sampling period of the data sampling unit 4 according to the reception state of the reception unit 1, and a remote control reception interrupt signal that is output by a remote control reception input signal An edge detection unit 6 and a power saving setting unit 7 that sets the main body control unit 3 to a power saving mode according to output states of the data sampling unit 4 and the edge detection unit 6 are configured.

  When the signal is continuously detected twice or more by the data sampling unit 4, the power saving setting unit 7 returns from the power saving mode. As a result, it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise.

  By checking the remote control reception interrupt signal by the edge detection unit 6, it can be confirmed that the signal is continuously received during the data sampling, and the malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise can be prevented more reliably. If the remote control reception interrupt signal is output by the edge detection unit 6, the power saving setting unit 7 does not return from the power saving mode. The remote control reception interrupt signal is checked by the edge detection unit 6 when the signal is detected by the data sampling unit 4, and if the remote control reception interrupt signal is not output by the edge detection unit 6, the power saving setting unit 7 switches from the power saving mode. Return.

The sampling period changing unit 5 can change the sampling period of remote control received data at random, and can change the sampling period when a signal is detected by the data sampling unit 4 and when no signal is detected. When no signal is detected by the data sampling unit 4, data sampling is always performed. By changing the data sampling period by the sampling period changing unit 5, it is possible to prevent a malfunction of returning from the power saving mode due to external noise generated at a constant period such as a fluorescent lamp.

  The power saving mode is a state in which the operation clock of the microcomputer is switched from a high frequency to a low frequency. When the power saving mode continues for a certain time, the microcomputer operating clock is stopped. After returning from the power saving mode by the power saving setting unit 7, when the signal is not decoded by the decoding unit 2 even after a predetermined time has elapsed, it is determined as noise, and the power saving setting unit 7 sets the power saving mode again.

  The operation of the remote control signal receiving apparatus configured as described above will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 2, when the power is turned on, the operation clock operates in the high frequency mode (S1). The operation clock operates in the high frequency mode until the standby mode determination condition is satisfied (S2). When the standby mode determination condition is satisfied, the operation clock is switched from the high frequency to the low frequency (S3). Operates in low frequency mode. When the operation clock is in the low frequency mode, first, the remote control reception interrupt signal is cleared (S4). Then, after the wait time T has elapsed (S5), an infinite loop is made until a remote control signal is input to the receiver 1 (S6). When any signal is input to the receiver 1, the remote control interrupt signal is confirmed. If there is a remote control interrupt signal, it is determined as noise and the process returns to S4 (S7). If there is no remote control interrupt signal, it is determined as a remote control reception signal, and the operation clock is switched from a low frequency to a high frequency (S8). When the mode is switched to the high frequency mode, the remote control signal is decoded, and when the remote control signal reception is completed, the process proceeds to the normal operation S1 (S9). When the remote control signal reception is not completed, the remote control signal decoding process is performed until a predetermined time t has elapsed. If the remote control signal reception is not completed even after the elapse of the predetermined time t, it is determined as noise and the process proceeds to the low frequency mode S3 (S10).

  FIG. 3 is a timing chart showing the state of the output signal and operation clock of the receiving unit 1 in the low frequency mode according to the first embodiment of the present invention and which step is executed in the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 3A, the condition for the standby mode is established, and the mode is switched to the low frequency mode and the remote control interrupt signal is cleared. Thereafter, the process waits for time T and starts checking the remote control reception signal from B. Although a signal is received at C due to noise, an interrupt signal is generated, so the interrupt signal is cleared again and waits for time T. In D, since the received signal cannot be confirmed, the remote control received signal check is started again. At E, the remote control signal is received, the interrupt signal is cleared again, and the process waits for time T. Since the remote control signal is received at F and no interrupt signal is generated, the mode shifts to the high frequency mode.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, remote control received data can be reliably received, and malfunction prevention due to external noise can be handled by software, thereby preventing an increase in cost. Further, by determining the signal reception state and the interrupt signal, the number of execution steps in the low frequency mode can be reduced (four steps of S4 to S7 in this embodiment). High-speed remote control transmission data can be received, and power consumption can be further reduced.

As described above, the remote control signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention prevents an increase in cost by using software to prevent malfunction due to external noise, and reduces the number of software execution steps to reduce the number of software execution steps. The remote control received data can be reliably received while further reducing the power consumption. Therefore, it can be remotely controlled by remote controls such as AV equipment such as TV and video, and home appliances such as air conditioners. It can also be applied to the use of electronic devices that perform operations.

Block diagram of a remote control signal receiving apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the remote control signal receiver in Embodiment 1 of this invention. Timing chart in low frequency mode in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Block diagram showing a conventional remote control signal receiver Block diagram showing a conventional remote control signal receiver

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reception part 2 Decoding part 3 Main body control part 4 Data sampling part 5 Sampling period change part 6 Edge detection part 7 Power saving setting part

Claims (11)

Receiving means for receiving the remote control signal, decoding means for decoding the remote control signal, main body control unit for controlling by the decoded signal, power saving means for setting the power saving mode, and sampling the remote control received signal at regular intervals A remote control signal receiving apparatus comprising: a data sampling unit configured to recover from a power saving mode by the power saving unit when a signal is continuously detected twice or more by the data sampling unit. 2. An edge detection means for outputting a remote control reception interrupt signal in response to a remote control reception input signal, wherein when the remote control reception interrupt signal is output by the edge detection means, the power saving means does not return from the power saving mode. The remote control signal receiving device according to 1. The remote control reception interrupt signal is checked by the edge detection means when the signal is detected by the data sampling means, and if the remote control reception interrupt signal is not output by the edge detection means, the power saving means returns from the power saving mode. The remote control signal receiver according to claim 2. 4. The remote control signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising sampling period changing means for changing a sampling period of the data sampling means, wherein the sampling period of the remote control received data is variable. 5. The remote control signal receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sampling period of the remote control received data is randomly changed by the sampling period changing means. 5. The remote control signal receiving apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the sampling period is changed between when the signal is detected by the data sampling means and when no signal is detected. 7. The remote control signal receiving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein data sampling is always performed when no signal is detected by the data sampling means. 8. The remote control signal receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power saving mode is a state in which the operation clock of the microcomputer is switched from a high frequency to a low frequency. 9. The remote control signal receiver according to claim 8, wherein the operation clock of the microcomputer is stopped when the power saving mode continues for a predetermined time. After returning from the power saving mode by the power saving means, if the signal is not decoded by the decoding means even after a predetermined time has passed, it is determined as noise, and the power saving mode is set again by the power saving means. Item 10. The remote control signal receiver according to any one of Items 1 to 9. The remote control signal receiver according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the remote control signal receiver is used for an indoor unit of an air conditioner.

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