JP2007043266A - Remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller capable of providing easily understandable billboard information to a user. <P>SOLUTION: The remote controller is provided with: a display section 4 for displaying operating states and setting conditions of a plurality of apparatuses; a selection switch 30 for selecting an apparatus among the apparatuses as to whether or not whose operating state and setting condition are to be displayed; and an operation section 5 provided with switches for providing various operation instructions. At least one of the various operation instructions includes a billboard function employing a network, and a display method of the display section 4 is differentiated according to the importance of the billboard information at the arrival of the billboard information provided by a server 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal for displaying information, and more particularly to a remote control device for controlling a water heater.

Conventionally, in this type of remote control device, in addition to the operation and display of the water heater, the bathroom heater, which is another device, is also controlled, so that the user does not bother to go to the bathroom and operate it. In order to improve, when the water heater is in use, even when other devices are being displayed, a message indicating that is displayed. (For example, see Patent Document 1)
JP 2003-163980 A

  By the way, in this conventional device, since one remote controller is used jointly by a plurality of devices, the operating state of the water heater such as circulation information and hot water temperature is displayed at a position where the main display is not hindered at a specific portion of the screen. However, because it is displayed in sub-characters only, it is not possible to determine the state intuitively even if you look at the remote control device, and the circulation that is displayed if you do not go near the remote control device There was a problem that the information and operation details could not be confirmed, and it was extremely unusable.

  This invention pays attention to this point, and in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, in particular, the configuration is displayed with a display unit for displaying operation states and setting conditions of a plurality of devices, and an operation state and setting conditions of which devices among the plurality of devices are displayed. A remote control device equipped with a selection switch for selecting whether or not, and an operation unit equipped with switches for performing various driving instructions. At least one of the various driving instructions has a network circulation board function provided by the server. When the received circulation information is received, the display method of the display unit is changed according to the importance of the circulation information.

  Further, in the case of circulation information with a high degree of importance, the circulation information is displayed on the entire display part, and in the case of circulation information with a low degree of importance, the circulation information is displayed on a part of the display part.

  Further, in the case of circulation information with high importance and the case of circulation information with low importance, the color of characters displayed on the display unit is changed and displayed.

  In addition, in the case of circulation information with high importance and the case of circulation information with low importance, the size of characters displayed on the display unit is changed and displayed.

  It also has a display unit that displays the operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices, a selection switch that selects which operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices are displayed, and various switches that perform various operating instructions. A remote control device equipped with an operation unit and a voice notification function, and at least one of various driving instructions has a network circulation board function, and when the circulation information provided by the server is received, the importance of this circulation information Accordingly, the sound and pronunciation by the notification function are made different.

  It also has a display unit that displays the operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices, a selection switch that selects which operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices are displayed, and various switches that perform various operating instructions. A remote control device equipped with an operation unit and a voice notification function, which has a function to display the operating state and setting conditions of a water heater in at least one of various operation instructions, and a circulation board function by a network, provided by a server In addition, after receiving the circulation information, a voice or sound is generated by a notification function when the water heater is activated when hot water is used.

According to the present invention, since the display method on the display unit is changed according to the importance of the circulation information, it becomes possible to display in an easy-to-understand manner according to the importance of the circulation information.
In addition, in the case of important circulation information, the circulation information is displayed on the entire display unit, so the contents can be confirmed at a glance, can be known from a remote location, and can always be used with confidence, The circulation information with low importance is displayed together with the operation states and setting conditions of a plurality of devices, thereby improving the usability of the remote control device.
Further, the importance of the circulation information can be immediately determined by changing the color of the displayed character according to the importance of the circulation information.
In addition, the importance of the circulation information can be determined by changing the size of characters to be displayed according to the importance of the circulation information.

In addition, when the circulation information provided by the server is received, the importance of the circulation information can be judged not only visually but also auditorily by changing the voice and pronunciation of the notification function according to the importance of the circulation information. This improves the usability of the remote control device.
In addition, after receiving the circulation information provided by the server, the user can know the circulation information at the timing when the user uses the water heater by performing sound and sound by the notification function when the water heater is operating when using the hot water supply. This improves the usability of the remote control device.

Next, a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 is a re-common device for controlling a heat pump type hot water heater 2 and a room heating device 3, a touch panel type display unit 4 made of a liquid crystal display, an operation unit 5 for changing display contents of the display unit 4, and various operations. It is composed of a display lamp group 6 for displaying a state and a speaker 7 as a notification function for emitting sound and the like.

  On the display unit 4, a hot water supply screen 14 such as a remaining hot water amount display 9, a hot water supply temperature display 10, an up / down switch 11, 12, a bath automatic switch 13, etc. is set by pressing the hot water supply switch 8 of the operation unit 5. Is displayed, the hot water temperature is changed by operating the up and down switches 11 and 12, and the water heater is automatically operated when the automatic bath switch 13 is pressed.

  In addition, when the heating switch 15 of the operation unit 5 is pressed, the display unit 4 switches to the heating screen 16 and displays the status of the three rooms that can be heated. The initial display of the heating room display 17 is “heating A”, “heating B”. ”And“ Heating C ”are displayed, the current status display 18 is displayed as“ ON ”and“ OFF ”at the bottom of this display, and the respective on / off switches 19 are displayed at the bottom. The all-off switch 20 which turns off the heating of all the rooms at the same time is displayed, and the screen background 21 is white.

  Furthermore, when the life information switch 22 of the operation unit 5 is pressed, the display unit 4 is switched to the information screen 23, and a screen on which various information can be taken out from the server 25 determined via the network 24 is displayed. A notice switch 26 for taking out and confirming circulation information, a news switch 27 for taking out the latest news, a weather switch 28 for taking out the weather for today or one week, and a recipe switch 29 for taking out recipes for various dishes are displayed. The hot water switch 8, the heating switch 15 and the life information switch 22 constitute a selection switch 30.

  31 is a call switch for intercom communication with a bathroom remote controller (not shown) by pressing, 32 is a message switch for storing, reproducing and deleting messages, and 33 is extinguishing the display unit 4 for power saving. An indicator-off switch for setting a state, 34 is a boiling-up lamp for increasing the operation on the hot water supply side, 35 is a notification lamp for indicating that there is a notice to the user, and the display unit 4 is not the heating screen 16 In each case, a heating room A lamp 36, a heating room B lamp 37, and a heating room C lamp 38 are provided so that the heating state can be confirmed.

Next, the display method of the remote control device 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
The method of changing the display size according to the importance of the circulation information is to display the circulation information automatically on the entire display unit 4 after the arrival of the circulation information in the case of circulation information with high importance. When it is necessary to set or check the operating conditions, the user switches the screen with the selection switch 30 and performs a necessary operation.

  Further, in the case of circulation information of low importance, it is automatically displayed as a telop-like character screen at the upper corner of the display unit 4 after the arrival of the circulation information. Alternatively, a switch (not shown) may be provided, or after opening the life information screen 23, the notification switch 26 is opened and the circulation screen is opened to erase the character screen.

  Next, the method of changing the color of the character according to the importance of the circulation information is to automatically display the character as a telop-like character screen on the entire display unit 4 or the upper corner of the display unit 4 after the arrival of the circulation information. The importance of circulation information is determined by hue. For example, when importance is high, it is displayed in red letters, when it is in the middle of importance, it is displayed in yellow, and when importance is low, it is displayed in black letters. Thus, the user can determine whether the information is important just by looking at the color of the characters.

  Next, the method of changing the size of the character according to the importance of the circulation information is to automatically display the character as a telop-like character screen on the entire display unit 4 or the upper corner of the display unit 4 after receiving the circulation information. For example, when the importance level is high, display large letters that can be confirmed from a position far from the remote control, and when the importance level is low, normal text is displayed. By displaying in size, the user can determine whether the information is important just by looking at the size of the characters.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5. In ST1, the arrival of the circulation information is confirmed. If the circulation information is "Yes", the process proceeds to ST2, the notification lamp 35 is turned on, and the circulation information "None" In step ST3, the notification lamp 35 is turned off and the process returns to ST1.
After the notification lamp 35 is lit in ST2, the process proceeds to ST4. In ST4, the importance of the circulation information is determined. If the importance is high, it is determined whether the user has used hot water in ST5. In ST6, “There is a hot spring” is notified by voice that “Notification has arrived.” In ST7, the contents of the circulation are displayed on the entire display unit 4.

If the importance of the circulation information is low in ST4, the circulation information is flown in the form of a telop in the upper part of the display unit 4 in ST8, and the circulation is confirmed when noticed by the notification lamp 35 or the like. There is enough information.
Even when there is no hot water operation in ST5, the circulation information is sent to the upper part of the display unit 4 in the form of a telop in ST8, and in this state, the user waits for use of the hot water supply.

As described above, since the display method on the display unit is changed according to the importance of the circulation information, it is possible to display in an easy-to-understand manner according to the importance of the circulation information.
In addition, in the case of important circulation information, the circulation information is displayed on the entire display unit, so the contents can be confirmed at a glance, can be known from a remote location, and can always be used with confidence, The circulation information with low importance is displayed together with the operation states and setting conditions of a plurality of devices, thereby improving the usability of the remote control device.
Further, the importance of the circulation information can be immediately determined by changing the color of the displayed character according to the importance of the circulation information.
In addition, the importance of the circulation information can be determined by changing the size of characters to be displayed according to the importance of the circulation information.

Further, when the circulation information provided by the server 25 is received, the importance of the circulation information can be judged not only visually but also auditorily by changing the voice and pronunciation of the notification function according to the importance of the circulation information. This improves the usability of the remote control device.
In addition, after receiving the circulation information provided by the server 25, the user can know the circulation information at the timing when the user uses the water heater by performing a voice or pronunciation by the notification function when the water heater is activated when the hot water is used. Thus, the usability of the remote control device is improved.

1 is a system diagram showing a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Schematic explanatory drawing of the remote controller. Screen explanatory drawing of the hot water supply and heating screen and information screen. Explanatory drawing of the screen display in the hot water supply screen. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote control device 4 Display part 5 Operation part 26 Information switch 30 Selection switch

Claims (6)

  Operation with a display unit that displays the operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices, a selection switch that selects which of the multiple devices to display the operating status and setting conditions, and various switches that perform various operating instructions A remote control device provided with a circulation board function by a network in at least one of various operation instructions, and when the circulation information provided by the server is received, the display unit is configured according to the importance of the circulation information. A remote control device characterized by different display methods.   The circulation information is displayed on the entire display unit in the case of circulation information with high importance, and the circulation information is displayed on a part of the display unit in the case of circulation information with low importance. Item 12. The remote control device according to Item 1.   2. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein in the case of circulation information having a high degree of importance and in the case of circulation information having a low degree of importance, the characters displayed on the display unit are displayed in different colors.   2. The remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the size of characters displayed on the display unit is changed in the case of circulation information with high importance and the case of circulation information with low importance.   Operation with a display unit that displays the operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices, a selection switch that selects which of the multiple devices to display the operating status and setting conditions, and various switches that perform various operating instructions Remote control device with voice notification function, and at least one of the various driving instructions has a network circulation board function, depending on the importance of this circulation information when the circulation information provided by the server is received A remote control device characterized in that sound and pronunciation by the notification function are made different.   Operation with a display unit that displays the operating status and setting conditions of multiple devices, a selection switch that selects which of the multiple devices to display the operating status and setting conditions, and various switches that perform various operating instructions A remote control device provided with a voice notification function, and a function that displays the operating state and setting conditions of the water heater in at least one of various operation instructions, and a circulation board function provided by the server. A remote control device characterized in that after receiving the information, a voice or sound is generated by a notification function when the water heater is activated when hot water is used.

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