JP2009192133A - Remote controller of water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote controller of a water heater, preventing image persistence even if a fluorescent display tube is adopted in a display part, and also obtaining information satisfying the needs of a user. <P>SOLUTION: This remote controller of the water heater includes a display part 5 (21) displaying the operating condition of the water heater 1 and an operating part for instructing the operation of the water heater 1, wherein when the no-operating state of the operating part continues for predetermined time, the information related to the water heater 1 is displayed in the display part 5 (21) and the information on the water heater 1 is displayed as animation in the display part 5(21), whereby image persistence can be prevented and the information on the water heater 1 can be displayed so that the user can suitably obtain the information on the water heater. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control device for operating a hot water supply device.

Instead of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and liquid crystal displays (LCDs), remote control devices that operate conventional water heaters use fluorescent display tubes in the display section from the standpoint of improving visibility and reducing power consumption. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-20786

  However, when a fluorescent display tube is adopted as in the conventional configuration, a fixed screen display continues on the display unit of the remote control device for a long time when the hot water supply device is heated up or bathed for a long time. As a result, there is a problem that information on the hot water supply device is burned into the display unit.

  However, in order to prevent burn-in, it may be possible to turn off the display unit. However, the user also has a need to check information on the hot water supply apparatus as appropriate.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and even when a fluorescent display tube is adopted for the display unit, the remote control device for a hot water supply device that can prevent burn-in and can obtain information satisfying user needs The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a remote controller for a hot water supply apparatus of the present invention includes a display unit that displays an operation state of the hot water supply device, and an operation unit that instructs the operation of the hot water supply device. When the state of no operation continues for a predetermined time, information related to the hot water supply device is displayed on the display unit, and the information on the hot water supply device is displayed as a moving image on the display unit, whereby the display unit The device information is not fixed and displayed in a fixed place, but is moved and displayed in the display unit, so that seizure can be prevented and information on the water heater can be displayed. You can get information to do.

  The present invention can provide a remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus that can prevent burn-in and obtain information that satisfies user needs even when a fluorescent display tube is employed in the display unit.

  A remote controller for a hot water supply apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying an operation state of the hot water supply device and an operation unit for instructing operation of the hot water supply device, and the operation unit is kept in a non-operation state for a predetermined time. Then, information related to the hot water supply device is displayed on the display unit, and the information on the hot water supply device is displayed as a moving image on the display unit. Since the display is moved and displayed instead of being fixedly displayed, the burn-in can be prevented and the information of the hot water supply device can be displayed, so that the user can also obtain information related to the hot water supply device as appropriate. .

  In addition, since the display is limited to a certain amount of information, the power consumption of the display unit can be reduced.

  The remote control device for the hot water supply apparatus of the second invention is the remote control device for the hot water supply apparatus of the second invention, in particular, in the first invention, the information displayed as a moving image on the display unit is composed of information related to a plurality of hot water supply devices and displayed on the display unit By selecting the information to be selected and providing an upper limit for the number of information that can be selected by the selecting means, information limited to a certain extent is displayed, so that the burn-in prevention can be further reduced.

  In addition, if the contents to be displayed are increased, it is necessary to keep the fluorescent display tube lit because the display contents are large despite the fact that the burn-in is prevented. This can be prevented because it becomes shorter.

  The remote control device for the hot water supply device of the third invention is the user in particular in the second invention, by forcibly displaying preset information on the display unit unless the information to be displayed on the display unit is selected. Even if no information is selected, if the no-operation state continues for a predetermined time, information related to the hot water supply device is forcibly displayed, so that burn-in can be prevented.

  In the remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the invention, in particular, in the first to third aspects of the invention, the display section is a fluorescent display tube.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by this embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a remote control device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a hot water supply device 1 that generates and supplies hot water to a bath or a kitchen is connected via a remote control connection line 2 to a kitchen remote control 3 that is a first remote control and a bath remote control 4 that is a second remote control. Has been.

  The kitchen remote control 3 has a display unit 5 which is a first display unit for displaying a hot water supply temperature, a bath temperature and the like, a menu switch 6 for switching a screen by a menu method for setting a heating setting, a volume setting, and the like. A down switch 7, an up switch 8, and a confirmation switch 9 for confirming a selected menu item are provided.

  Further, a button group 10 for controlling the hot water supply device is disposed at a lower stage where the switch is disposed. Further, a speaker 11 (first auditory informing means) for notifying various sounds is provided.

  On the other hand, the bath remote controller 4 has a menu method for displaying the display unit 21, which is a second display unit for displaying the hot water temperature, the bath temperature, etc. A menu switch 12 for switching, a down switch 13 for selecting a menu item, an up switch 14 and a confirmation switch 15 for confirming a selected menu item are provided.

  Further, a group of buttons 16 for controlling the hot water supply apparatus is arranged at the lower stage of the place where the switch is arranged, as in the case of the kitchen remote controller 3. Further, a speaker 17 (second auditory informing means) for notifying various sounds is provided.

In this embodiment, the menu switch 6 (12), the down switch 7 (13),
Buttons and switches for operating the remote controller, such as the up switch 8 (14) and the confirmation switch 9 (15) button group 10 (16), are collectively used as an operation unit.

  The operation and action of the remote controller for the hot water supply apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  In FIG. 1, when setting a moving image on the display unit 5 of the kitchen remote control 3, the menu switch 6, down switch 7, and up switch 8 provided on the kitchen remote control 3 are operated to display a moving image on the display unit 21 of the bath remote control 4. When setting, the menu switch 12, the down switch 13, and the up switch 14 provided in the bath remote controller 4 are operated. Although the moving image setting of the kitchen remote control 3 will be described in the present embodiment, the moving image setting of the bath remote control 4 can be set by operating in the same manner.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting information to be displayed on the display unit of the remote control device.

  First, in order for the user to select information on the hot water supply apparatus that displays a moving image on the display unit 5, the menu switch 6, the down switch 7, and the up switch 8 are pressed several times, so that the information on the hot water supply apparatus as shown in FIG. Display the screen for selecting.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow for selecting information to be displayed on the display unit of the remote control device.

  First, in STEP 1, as described above, the menu switch 6, the down switch 7, and the up switch 8 are pressed a plurality of times to display the moving image setting screen on the display unit 5.

  Next, STEP2 to STEP4 may be operated in any order, but in this embodiment, they are operated in the order of STEP2, STEP3, and STEP4. In STEP 2, in order to set “whether or not to display hot water temperature information as a moving image”, the item “hot water temperature” is selected on the moving image setting screen, and the confirmation switch 9 is pressed. If “Yes” is selected, moving images are displayed, and if “No” is selected, moving images are not displayed. In this embodiment, “Yes” is selected. When “Yes” is selected in STEP 2, the confirmation switch 9 is pressed to return to the main screen of STEP 5.

  Then, as in STEP 2, the menu switch 6, down switch 7, and up switch 8 are pressed a plurality of times to display the moving image setting screen on the display unit 5. In STEP 3, in the moving image setting screen, “whether the time information is displayed as a moving image? In order to set “No”, “Time display” is selected and the confirmation switch 9 is pressed. If “Yes” is selected, moving images are displayed, and if “No” is selected, moving images are not displayed. In this embodiment, “Yes” is selected. When “Yes” is selected in STEP 3, the confirmation switch 9 is pressed to return to the main screen of STEP 5.

  Further, as in STEP 2 and STEP 3, the menu switch 6, the down switch 7 and the up switch 8 are pressed a plurality of times to display the moving picture setting screen on the display unit 5. In STEP 4, the “setting of remaining hot water amount information” is displayed on the moving picture setting screen. In order to set “whether or not to display a moving image”, “remaining hot water amount display” is selected and the confirmation switch 9 is pressed. If “Yes” is selected, moving images are displayed, and if “No” is selected, moving images are not displayed. In this embodiment, “None” is selected. When “None” is selected in STEP 4, the confirmation switch 9 is pressed to return to the main screen of STEP 5.

  As described above, the moving image setting screen has a configuration in which a plurality of pieces of information related to the hot water supply apparatus desired by the user are prepared in advance and can be freely selected by the user.

  Then, in the state of STEP5, when the non-operation state of the buttons and switches provided in the remote control device has elapsed for a predetermined time (in this embodiment, 30 minutes is set), STEP6-1 → STEP6-2 → As in STEP 6-3 → STEP 6-1, information on “hot water supply temperature” and “current time” is displayed as a moving image so as to move left and right of the display unit 5.

  Then, when the display unit 5 is displaying a moving image, by operating some buttons or switches, the process proceeds to STEP 7, and the main screen is displayed on the display unit 5.

  As described above, when the operation unit is not operated for a predetermined time, information related to the hot water supply device is displayed as a moving image on the display unit of the remote control device, so that the display unit can be prevented from being burned.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of moving image setting. In the present embodiment, the upper limit value of the information of the hot water supply device that displays a moving image is set to two. That is, two pieces of information can be displayed in the moving image display. As shown in FIG. 4, for example, “hot water temperature display” → “present” as shown in FIG. 4 (a) and “time display” → “present” as shown in FIG. 4 (b) are selected. As shown in Fig. 4 (c), when "Remaining hot water amount display" → "Yes" is selected, a pop-up message "Up to two types of video display. Please reselect the display items." Therefore, the “remaining hot water amount display” cannot be set to “Yes”.

  This means that if all the information selected by the user is displayed, it will be displayed in the display unit 5 as a whole, and the amount of information is large despite being displayed to prevent burn-in, There is a possibility that the state of being always lit in a specific part may continue. Therefore, there is a possibility that burn-in may occur, so an upper limit value (two in this embodiment) of the number of pieces of information to be displayed as a moving image is provided.

  In addition, when the user does not select the moving image display setting, information on the hot water supply device selected in advance is forcibly displayed. That is, in the initial setting, the moving image display settings are set as “hot water temperature display” → “present”, “time display” → “present”, “remaining hot water amount display” → “none”, and the no operation state is predetermined. When the time continues, the information of “hot water temperature” and “time” is displayed as a moving image even if the user does not set the moving image display.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to always display a moving image in any case and prevent screen burn-in.

  In addition, the configuration of the present invention exerts an effect of preventing burn-in particularly when a fluorescent display tube is used for the display unit. However, the configuration of the present invention is also adopted in the liquid crystal display and the like from the viewpoint of power consumption reduction. Thus, a highly usable remote control device can be provided.

  As described above, the remote control device of the hot water supply apparatus according to the present invention is applicable not only to a remote control provided in a bath or a kitchen, but also to a remote control apparatus that always needs to provide some information to the user, not just a hot water supply apparatus. can do.

Configuration diagram of remote control device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The figure which showed the screen which selects the information displayed on the display part of the remote control device Flow chart for selecting information to be displayed on the display unit of the remote control device The figure which shows one Example of the moving image setting of the same remote control device

Explanation of symbols

1 Water heater 3 Kitchen remote controller (first remote controller)
4 Bath remote control (second remote control)
5 display section

Claims (4)

A display unit for displaying an operation state of the hot water supply device; and an operation unit for instructing an operation of the hot water supply device. When the operation unit is not operated for a predetermined time, the display unit relates to the hot water supply device. A remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus, wherein information is displayed, and the information of the hot water supply apparatus is displayed as a moving image on the display unit. The information displayed as a moving image on the display unit includes information related to a plurality of hot water supply apparatuses, and includes selection means for selecting information to be displayed on the display unit, and the number of information selectable by the selection unit The remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upper limit value is provided for the hot water supply device. 3. The remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus according to claim 2, wherein if the information to be displayed on the display unit is not selected, the preset information is forcibly displayed on the display unit. The remote control device for a hot water supply apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display unit is a fluorescent display tube.

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