JP2007313182A - Home electric appliance storage - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute an overcurrent protection while retaining the original function of a home electric appliance in a home electric appliance storage constituted to use the home electric appliance stored therein. <P>SOLUTION: This home electric appliance storage detects a current flowing a first power feed means 3 and a second power feed means 4 provided in a cabinet and turns on/off the power feed means by a first power supply control means 10 and a second power supply control means 11 according to the detected current. A control means 15 controlling the cabinet allows a first pulse conversion means 12 and a second pulse conversion means 13 to convert the detected current into pulses, allows a pulse recognition means 14 to recognize the converted pulses, recognizes the conducting pattern of the current from the home electric appliance with a unique conducting pattern by the converted pulses to determine what is the home electric appliance connected to the power feed means and, when a current passing to the power feed means exceeds a predetermined value, allows the power supply control means to stop the feed to the power feed means according to the priority of the home electric appliance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a home appliance storage that can be used in a state in which the home appliance is stored.

Conventionally, this type of household electrical appliance storage has two outlets for supplying electric power to the household electrical appliance to be stored in the household electrical appliance storage, and one outlet is disconnected when a predetermined current value is exceeded. It was configured (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Publication No. 11-253251

  In such a conventional configuration, when a connection different from the intended connection is made, if the home appliance connected to the disconnected outlet stops its function during operation, for example, in a rice cooker, the rice being cooked is reused There was a problem that an impossible case occurred.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, recognizes home electric appliances stored in a home electric appliance storage, provides a priority for stopping the function halfway, and has a low priority during overcurrent protection. It is intended to provide overcurrent protection while maintaining the original function of the home appliance by cutting off the power supply means for supplying power to the power source.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a household electrical appliance storage section for storing household electrical appliances in a cabinet, and a plurality of power supply means for feeding household electrical products to the household electrical appliance storage section. The control means is configured to detect the current flowing through each power supply means with the current detection means, and to enable the power supply means to be turned on and off according to the detected current. Is converted into a pulse by the pulse conversion means, the converted pulse is recognized by the pulse recognition means, and the energization pattern of the current from the household electrical appliance having a unique energization pattern is recognized by the converted pulse to the power supply means. Home electricity connected to the power supply means when the connected home electric appliance is identified and the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value The power control unit according to the priority degree of the goods is obtained by adapted to stop power supply to the power supply means.

  As a result, when the electric power used for the household electrical appliance stored in the cabinet exceeds a predetermined value, power supply to the household electrical appliance with a lower priority can be selectively stopped. It is possible to prevent the damage caused by the suspension from spreading.

  The household electrical appliance storage of the present invention can selectively stop power feeding to a household electrical appliance with a low priority when the power used for the household electrical appliance stored in the cabinet exceeds a predetermined value. It is possible to prevent the damage caused by the stoppage of the function of the home appliance.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cabinet, a household electrical appliance storage section provided in the cabinet for storing household electrical appliances, a plurality of power supply means provided in the household electrical appliance storage section for supplying power to the household electrical products, and the cabinet A control means for controlling, a current detection means for detecting a current flowing through each of the power supply means, and a power supply control means for enabling the power supply means to be turned on and off according to the detected current. It has pulse conversion means for converting current into pulses and pulse recognition means for recognizing the converted pulses, and recognizes the current conduction pattern from the household electrical appliance having a unique current conduction pattern by the converted pulse. To determine what the household electrical appliance connected to the power supply means is, and when the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value, it is connected to the power supply means. The power supply control means stops the power supply to the power supply means according to the priority level of the home electrical product, recognizes the home electrical product stored in the home electrical product storage unit, and stops the function halfway By blocking the power supply means that supplies power to household appliances with low priority during overcurrent protection, overcurrent protection can be performed while maintaining the original functions of household appliances. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the damage caused by the stoppage of the function of the home electric product from spreading.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying information owned by the home electric product in the first invention, wherein the display means displays the recognized home electric product and informs the user. By displaying the recognized household electrical appliance on the display means, the user can confirm the household electrical appliance, and the malfunction due to the recognition error can be reduced.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the information processing device further includes a notification unit that reports information owned by the household electrical appliance, and the reporting unit reports the recognized household electrical appliance and informs the user. By notifying the household electrical appliance recognized by the reporting means, it is possible for a user who is away from the household electrical appliance or a user who is not viewing the display to check for malfunction due to a recognition error. This can be further reduced.

  In a fourth aspect based on the second or third aspect, the display means displays, when the recognized home appliance is a home appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the home appliance storage section. It is intended to inform the user, and misuse of the home appliance storage can be prevented.

  In a fifth aspect based on the third aspect, the notification means notifies the user if the recognized household electrical appliance is a household electrical appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the household electrical appliance storage section. Since it is possible to notify a user at a remote location or a user who is not viewing the display, it is possible to further prevent misuse of the home appliance storage.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, in place of the pulse conversion means for converting the detected current into a pulse and the pulse recognition means for recognizing the converted pulse, a household electrical product connected by the user to the power supply means The device setting means for setting the power supply means is displayed on the display means, and when the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value, the user sets the power supply means set by the input of the device setting means. The power supply control means stops the power supply to the power supply means according to the priority level of the connected home electric product, and a user-friendly home appliance storage can be provided.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the set household electrical appliance is notified by the notification means, and the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value, the power supply means according to the input of the device setting means The power supply control means stops the power supply to the power supply means according to the priority level of the home electrical product connected to the home appliance, and a more convenient home appliance storage can be provided.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, when the power feeding means is in use, the display means displays that the power feeding means is in use, and the household electrical appliance housed in the cabinet Even if it is difficult to see, it is possible for the user to easily recognize what household electrical appliance is in use, and to provide a convenient household electrical appliance storage.

  In a ninth aspect based on the third aspect, the notifying means notifies that the power feeding means is in use when it is in use, and is a more convenient home appliance storage case. Can be provided.

  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 household electrical appliance storage in Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the household electrical appliance storage.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cabinet 1 has a home appliance storage unit 2 having an open front surface, and a home appliance (not shown) is placed and stored in the home appliance storage unit 2. It is composed. The first power supply means (power supply means) 3 and the second power supply means (power supply means) 4 are constituted by outlets, and are connected to the home electric product to supply power, and are provided in the home electric product storage section 2. The cabinet 1 is provided with control means 15 for controlling the home appliance storage. The display means 5 displays information owned by the home electric product, and the notification means 6 notifies information held by the home electric product.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the first power supply means 3 is connected to a distribution board 7 that supplies commercial power via a first current detection means 8 and a first power supply control means (power supply control means) 10. The second power supply means 4 is connected to the distribution board 7 via the second current detection means 9 and the second power supply control means (power supply control means) 11.

  The control means 15 includes a first pulse conversion means (pulse conversion means) 12 and a second pulse conversion means (pulse conversion means) for converting the detected currents from the first power supply means 8 and the second power supply means 9 into pulses, respectively. ) 13 and pulse recognizing means 14 for recognizing the converted pulse, and the first power supply means by recognizing the energization pattern of the current from the home electric product having the unique energization pattern by the converted pulse. When the household electric appliance connected to the third and second power supply means 4 is determined and the current flowing through the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 exceeds a predetermined value, the first The first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 controls the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 11 according to the priority of the household electrical appliance connected to the power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4. Salary It is configured to stop power supply to means 4.

  The operation and action of the above configuration will be described. First, the pulse conversion means will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3C, the pulse conversion means has a comparator C connected to a current transformer CT that constitutes the first current detection means 8 and the second current detection means 9, and the first power supply means 3 When the home appliance connected to the second power supply means 4 operates and a current flows, the comparator C compares the current waveform detected by the current transformer CT with the threshold A as shown in FIG. Then, a rectangular wave as shown in FIG.

  First electric power supply means by converting the detection current detected by the electric current detection means into a rectangular wave as described above and recognizing the pulse pattern by energizing the home electric product in a predetermined pattern according to the device. 3 and what is the home electrical appliance connected to the second power supply means 4. For example, when the household electrical appliance connected to the first power supply means 3 is a rice cooker and has a current-carrying pattern of “HLHLLLLL” as shown in FIG. It can be recognized as '10100000' in decimal. At this time, if the first '1010' is an identification signal for recognizing a pulse, the unique signal of the rice cooker can be determined as '0000'. In addition, when the household electrical appliance connected to the second power supply means 4 has an energization pattern of “HLHLLLLH” as shown in FIG. 4B as a unique energization pattern in the jar pot, this pulse is a binary number. Can be recognized as “10100001”. At this time, if the first '1010' is an identification signal for recognizing a pulse, the inherent signal of the jarpot can be determined as '0001'.

  Thus, when the household electrical appliance which has the intrinsic | native signal of a household electrical appliance and energizes with a unique energization pattern is accommodated in the household electrical appliance storage part 2, for example, if it is a rice cooker, at the time of the start of rice cooking In the case of a jar pot, it is possible to recognize a home electric appliance connected to the first power supply means 3 and a home electric product connected to the second power supply means 4 at the start of boiling.

  At this time, if the total current of the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4 is up to 15A, the first power supply means when the cooking of the rice cooker of 10A and the boiling of the jar pot of 10A are performed simultaneously. 3 and the total current rating of the second power supply means 4 will be exceeded. Therefore, the control means 15 controls the first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 and stops the energization of one, whereby the total current of the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4 is obtained. Control so that the rating is not exceeded.

  However, when the rice cooker forcibly stops cooking in the middle of cooking, the rice cooker cannot not only cook rice but also cannot continue cooking from the middle. Therefore, rice cookers are higher in the priority order of rice cookers and jar pots. Therefore, when the total current rating of the first feeding unit 3 and the second feeding unit 4 is exceeded, the feeding of the second feeding unit 4 that feeds the jarpot is stopped, thereby Rice cooking can be completed without exceeding the total current rating of the power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4, and when the power supply of the second power supply means 4 is resumed, boiling can be performed as it is.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the user recognizes the home electric appliance recognized on the display means 5 such as an LCD, and the user recognizes the home electric appliance recognized by the notifying means 6 such as voice. Household electrical appliances can be confirmed.

  Further, household electrical products that are prohibited from being stored and used in the household electrical appliance storage unit 2, for example, household electrical products such as oven toasters that become hot, are supplied by the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply. When the control means 15 recognizes that it is connected to the means 4, the display means 5 such as an LCD displays that the recognized home appliance is prohibited from being used in the home appliance storage unit 2, and The notification means 6 such as voice notifies the user that the recognized household electrical appliance is prohibited from being used in the household electrical appliance storage unit 2, thereby allowing the user to notice misuse.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the control unit 15 includes the first pulse conversion unit and the second pulse that respectively convert the detected currents from the first power supply unit 8 and the second power supply unit 9 into pulses. 1st electric power feeding means by having the conversion means and the pulse recognition means 14 which recognizes the converted pulse, and recognizing the electricity supply pattern of the electric current from the household electrical appliance which has a specific electricity supply pattern with the converted pulse. When the household electric appliance connected to the third and second power supply means 4 is determined and the current flowing through the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 exceeds a predetermined value, the first The first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 controls the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 11 according to the priority of the household electrical appliance connected to the power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4. Power supply means Since the power supply to the power supply is stopped, the home electric product stored in the home electric product storage unit 2 can be recognized, and a priority order can be set for the halfway of the function, and the priority order during overcurrent protection is low. By shutting off the outlet of the household electric appliance, it is possible to perform overcurrent protection while maintaining the original function of the household electric appliance, and it is possible to prevent the damage caused by the stoppage of the function of the household electric appliance.

  Further, since the home electric appliance recognized by the display means 5 for displaying the information owned by the home electric appliance is displayed and notified to the user, the home electric appliance recognized by the display means 5 is displayed. The product can be confirmed by the user, and malfunctions due to recognition errors can be reduced.

  Further, since the home electric appliance recognized by the notifying means 6 for notifying information owned by the home electric product is notified to the user, the home electric product recognized by the notifying means 6 is notified, so that A user who is away from the product or a user who is not looking at the display can confirm it, and malfunctions due to recognition errors can be further reduced.

  Further, when the recognized home electric appliance is a home electric appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the home electric appliance storage unit 2, the display means 5 displays the information and informs the user. Misuse can be prevented.

  Further, when the recognized home electric appliance is a home electric appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the home electric appliance storage unit 2, the notification means 6 notifies the user and informs the user thereof, so that the remote location Therefore, the cabinet 1 can be prevented from being misused.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the household electrical appliance storage in Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows a front view of the control means of the cabinet.

  As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the first device setting means 16 is for the user to set the home appliance connected to the first power supply means 3, and the second device setting means 17 is the first device setting means 17. A user sets a household electrical appliance connected to the second power supply means 4. The household electrical appliance set by the first device setting means 16 or the second device setting means 17 is displayed on the display means 5, and the current flowing through the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 has a predetermined value. If it exceeds the priority, the priority of the household electrical appliance connected to the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 set by the user through the input of the first device setting means 16 or the second device setting means 17 Accordingly, the power supply to the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 is stopped by the first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted.

  The operation in the above configuration will be described. When the user stores the household electrical appliance in the household electrical appliance storage unit 2, the user checks the setting information displayed on the display unit 5 while checking the household electrical appliance connected to the first power feeding unit 3. Setting is made by the device setting means 16. Similarly, the home appliance connected to the second power supply unit 4 is set by the second device setting unit 17. As a result, it is possible to recognize a household electrical product connected to the first power feeding means 3 and a household electrical product connected to the second power feeding means 4. Here, it is better to notify the setting by the first device setting unit 16 and the setting by the second device setting unit 17 by the notification unit 6 together with the display unit 5 by voice.

  At this time, if the total current of the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4 is up to 15A, the first power supply means when the cooking of the rice cooker of 10A and the boiling of the jar pot of 10A are performed simultaneously. 3 and the total current rating of the second power supply means 4 will be exceeded. Therefore, the control means 15 controls the first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 and stops the energization of one, whereby the total current of the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4 is obtained. Control so that the rating is not exceeded.

  However, when the rice cooker forcibly stops cooking in the middle of cooking, not only can rice not be cooked, but it cannot continue cooking from the middle. Therefore, rice cookers are higher in the priority order of rice cookers and jar pots. Therefore, when the total current rating of the first feeding unit 3 and the second feeding unit 4 is exceeded, the feeding of the second feeding unit 4 that feeds the jarpot is stopped, thereby Rice cooking can be completed without exceeding the total current rating of the power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4, and when the power supply of the second power supply means 4 is resumed, it is possible to perform boiling water as it is. The home electrical product stored in the home electrical product storage unit 2 may be a home electrical product that does not energize a predetermined pattern specific to the device, and can be a convenient home electrical product storage.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the home appliance set by the first device setting unit 16 or the second device setting unit 17 is displayed on the display unit 5, and the first power supply unit 3 or the second power supply unit 2 is displayed. When the current flowing through the power supply means 4 exceeds a predetermined value, the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply set by the user through the input of the first device setting means 16 or the second device setting means 17 The power supply to the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 is stopped by the first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 according to the priority level of the household electrical appliance connected to the means 4 Therefore, it is possible to provide a home appliance storage that is easy for the user to use.

  Further, the home electric appliance set by the first device setting unit 16 or the second device setting unit 17 is notified to the notification unit 6, and the current flowing through the first power supply unit 3 or the second power supply unit 4 is predetermined. When the value is exceeded, the home appliance connected to the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 set by the user through the input of the first device setting means 16 or the second device setting means 17 The power supply to the first power supply means 3 or the second power supply means 4 is stopped by the first power supply control means 10 or the second power supply control means 11 according to the priority degree. An easy-to-use home appliance storage can be provided.

  When the first power supply means or the second power supply means is in use, it is displayed on the display means 5, or by notifying the user by voice through the notification means 6, thereby prompting the user to pay attention. It is even better if enlightenment is made so that the total current rating of the first power supply means 3 and the second power supply means 4 is not exceeded.

  As described above, the household electrical appliance storage according to the present invention selects power supply to a household electrical appliance with a low priority when the power used for the household electrical appliance stored in the cabinet exceeds a predetermined value. This can be used as a household electrical appliance storage container that can be used in a state in which the household electrical appliance is stored. .

The block diagram of the household electrical appliance storage in Embodiment 1 of this invention Perspective view of the household electrical appliance storage (A) Current waveform diagram of current detection means of the household electrical appliance storage (b) Output pulse waveform diagram of pulse conversion means of the household electrical appliance storage (c) Circuit of pulse conversion means of the household electrical appliance storage Figure (A) Waveform diagram of an example of a specific energization pattern of a household electrical product in the household electrical appliance storage case (b) Waveform diagram of another example of a unique energization pattern of a household electrical product in the household electrical product storage case Front view of control means of the household electrical appliance storage The block diagram of the household appliance storage in Embodiment 2 of this invention Front view of control means of the household electrical appliance storage

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cabinet 2 Household appliance storage part 3 1st electric power feeding means (power feeding means)
4 Second power supply means (power supply means)
8 First current detection means (current detection means)
9 Second current detection means (current detection means)
10 1st power supply control means (power supply control means)
11 Second power control means (power control means)
12 First pulse conversion means (pulse conversion means)
13 Second pulse conversion means (pulse conversion means)
14 Pulse recognition means 15 Control means

Claims (9)

A cabinet, a household electrical appliance storage section provided in the cabinet for storing household electrical appliances, a plurality of power feeding means provided in the household electrical appliance storage section for supplying power to the household electrical products, and a control means for controlling the cabinet; A current detection unit that detects a current flowing through each power supply unit; and a power source control unit that enables the power supply unit to be turned on and off according to the detected current. The control unit converts the detected current into a pulse. It has pulse conversion means and pulse recognition means for recognizing the converted pulse, and is connected to the power supply means by recognizing the current energization pattern from the household electrical appliance having a unique energization pattern by the converted pulse. Household appliances that are connected to the power supply means when the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value. Household appliances repository that is configured to stop power supply to said power supply means by said power supply control means in accordance with the priority level. 2. The home appliance storage case according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying information owned by the home appliance, wherein the display means displays the recognized home appliance and informs the user. The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a notification means for notifying information owned by the household electrical appliance, wherein the notification means notifies the user of the recognized household electrical appliance. 4. The household electric appliance according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the display means displays and informs the user when the recognized household electric appliance is a household electric appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the household electric appliance storage section. Product storage. 4. The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 3, wherein when the recognized household electrical appliance is a household electrical appliance that is prohibited from being stored in the household electrical appliance storage section, the notification means notifies the user of the notification. Warehouse. Instead of the pulse conversion means for converting the detected current into a pulse and the pulse recognition means for recognizing the converted pulse, the apparatus includes a device setting means for setting a home electric product to be connected to the power supply means. When the product is displayed on the display means, and the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value, the power supply is selected according to the priority of the household electrical appliance connected to the power supply means set by the user through the input of the device setting means. The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 1, wherein the control means stops power feeding to the power feeding means. Informing the set home electric appliance by the informing means, and when the current flowing through the power supply means exceeds a predetermined value, according to the priority of the home electric product connected to the power supply means according to the input of the device setting means The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 6, wherein power supply to the power supply means is stopped by the power supply control means. The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 2, wherein the display means displays that the power feeding means is in use when the power feeding means is in use. The household electrical appliance storage according to claim 3, wherein the notification means notifies that the power supply means is in use when the power supply means is in use.

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