JP2007006002A - Remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller for dispensing with the preparation of a tool in the remote controller having a button requiring the tool. <P>SOLUTION: A remote controller body 1 has the button 9 that can be operated by the tool 16, and a storage 4 for storing a battery from an opening 13. A cover 14 has the tool 16, and closes the opening 13 detachably. More specifically, the remote controller body 1 has a hole 9a for preventing a finger from being inserted, the button 9 is provided inside the hole 9a, and the tool 16 is a projection that can be inserted into the hole 9a. The cover 14 is made of resin, the tool 16 is provided at a periphery section, and the remote control body 1 has a recess for fitting the tool 16 when the opening 13 is closed by the cover 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote controller for remotely operating lighting equipment and other electrical equipment.

  A conventional remote controller for remotely operating lighting equipment or the like is equipped with buttons for operation and stores a battery or the like as a storage component (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In addition, some buttons equipped on the remote control cannot be operated with a finger but can be operated with a jig (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-46268 A JP 2002-345903

  In the conventional example, if you need a jig to operate the button, you need to prepare a separate jig, but it was not easy to find a suitable jig, and even if you prepared it, it was lost There was a risk of it.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a remote controller that has a button that requires a jig and that does not require a jig.

  The remote controller according to the present invention has a button that can be operated by a jig on the remote control main body and a storage portion that stores a storage component from the opening. The cover has the jig and closes the opening removably.

  In the above configuration, the remote control body has a hole through which a finger cannot be inserted, the button is provided by being submerged in the hole, and the jig is a protrusion that can be inserted into the hole.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said cover is resin, the said protrusion is provided in a peripheral part, and the said remote control main body has a recessed part which fits the said protrusion when the said opening is closed with the said cover.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said remote control main body has a light source which illuminates the said button.

  According to the remote control of the present invention, since the jig is provided on the removable cover, the button can be operated with the jig by removing the cover from the remote control main body, so it is necessary to prepare a special jig separately. There is no risk of loss.

  When the cover is a resin-molded product, even if warpage peculiar to the resin-molded product occurs in the peripheral part, the protrusion on the peripheral part of the cover is fitted in the concave part of the remote control body to correct the warp of the peripheral part of the cover The fitting portion between the peripheral edge of the cover and the remote control body, i.e., the fitting line is arranged and a step can be prevented, so that the design quality is not impaired.

  When a light source for illuminating the button is provided, it is possible to grasp which button is operated even in a dim environment due to light from the light source.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the remote controller performs various controls such as on / off of lighting equipment composed of a plurality of lighting fixtures, dimming, storage of lighting conditions (scenes), and resetting by remote operation.

  The remote control main body 1 has an elongated plate shape, and is provided with a display unit 2, an operation unit 3 and a storage unit 4 in order from the upper end side to the lower end unit.

  The display unit 2 is configured by a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays the contents of the operation of the operation unit 3 and the like.

  The operation unit 3 has a door 5, and with the door 5 opened, a plurality of buttons 7 project from the operation surface 6 in a substantially horizontal row at the upper end of the operation surface 6, and below the button 7 on the right side. A plurality of buttons 8 whose upper surface is substantially flush with the operation surface 6 are provided in a vertical row on the side. Further, a plurality of buttons 9 are provided below the buttons 8 on the left side of the operation surface 6 so that the upper surface is depressed from the operation surface 6 and can be operated with a special jig. The hole 9a on the operation surface 6 of these buttons 9 has a hole diameter into which a finger cannot be inserted, and therefore the button 9 cannot be operated with the finger. Further, two buttons 9 are arranged side by side at a position on the left side of the operation surface 6. However, they may be arranged on the right side as indicated by an imaginary line in FIG. These buttons 7 to 9 assign various kinds of control of the lighting equipment. For example, with respect to the button 9, the contents of the memory of the lighting equipment are reset with one button 9, and the microcomputer of the lighting equipment is reset by simultaneously or continuously pressing the other button 9 or both buttons 9. .

  Further, a light source 10 such as an LED is arranged in the vicinity of the buttons 8 and 9 so that the position of the button to be operated can be grasped even in the dark. It is possible to make the button surface bright by configuring the button itself as a light source.

  The door 5 is provided so as to be freely opened and closed via a hinge 11 provided on the left side of the remote control body 1. The door 5 is formed with a button hole 12 corresponding to the button 7 protruding from the operation surface 6 and penetrating them. Accordingly, the button 7 can be operated without opening the door 5, and the other buttons 8 and 9 can be operated by opening the door 5.

  The storage unit 4 stores and protects a battery (not shown) as a storage component, and an opening 13 for inserting and removing the battery is formed on the back side of the remote control body 1. The cover 14 that closes the opening 13 projects a locking hook 15 at the center on the operation unit 3 side of the peripheral part, and, for example, a protrusion is integrally formed as a special jig 16 for operating the button 9 at both ends thereof. . That is, the cover 14 can be removed from the storage portion 4, the jig 16 can be inserted into the hole on the operation surface 6, and the button 9 can be pushed.

  On the other hand, the remote control main body 1 is formed with a latch receiving portion 17 corresponding to the latch hook 15 and a hole-like recess 18 into which the jig 16 is fitted. Therefore, when the cover 14 is positioned in the opening 13 and the locking hook 15 is locked to the locking receiving portion 17, the jig 16 is fitted into the recess 18. When the cover 14 is opened, the locking hook 15 is locked to the locking receiving portion 17 by pressing the pressing portion 14a in the vicinity of the locking hook 15 serving as a central portion on the operation portion 3 side of the cover 14 using resin elasticity. You can leave. By providing the jig 16 on both sides of the cover 14, even if the outward warpage peculiar to the resin occurs on both sides of the cover 14, the jig 16 can be prevented from warping by fitting into the recess 18. The fitting line 14b between the cover 14 and the edge of the opening 13 is aligned to prevent a step.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the first embodiment, two jigs 16 for jigs are provided on one side of the cover 14, and the mutual distance H 1 is equal to the distance H 2 between the two buttons 9. Thereby, the two buttons 9 can be operated simultaneously. When operating only one button 9, it can be operated with one jig 16 on the other side of the cover 14.

  In the present invention, the buttons that can be operated with the jig 16 are not limited to the push buttons sunk from the operation surface 6, and the buttons may be rotary. For example, a jig 16 such as a plus screw driver or a minus screw driver is engaged with the groove of the button to rotate the button. By adopting a configuration in which the button is difficult to rotate by a finger operation, it is not necessary to sink from the operation surface 6.

(A) is the perspective view of the state which opened the door of 1st Embodiment of this invention, (b) is the elements on larger scale. (A) is the perspective view of the state which closed the door, (b) is the perspective view seen from the back surface. It is a perspective view of the state which removed the cover. (A) is a side view of a cover, (b) is a front view, (c) is a perspective view. (A) is the front view of the state which opened the door, (b) is sectional drawing with the elements on larger scale of the position of the button. (A) is a side view of the cover of 2nd Embodiment, (b) is sectional drawing of an operation part.

Explanation of symbols

1 Remote control body 4 Storage section 6 Operation surface
9 Button 9a Hole 10 Light source 13 Opening 14 Cover 16 Jig 18 Recess

Claims (4)

  A remote controller comprising a remote control body having a button that can be operated by a jig and having a storage portion for storing a storage component from an opening, and a cover having the jig and detachably closing the opening.   The remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the remote control body has a hole into which a finger cannot be inserted, the button is provided by being submerged in the hole, and the jig is a protrusion that can be inserted into the hole.   The remote control according to claim 2, wherein the cover is made of resin, the protrusion is provided at a peripheral edge, and the remote control body has a recess for fitting the protrusion when the opening is closed by the cover.   The remote controller according to claim 2, wherein the remote controller body has a light source that illuminates the button.

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