JP2017032252A - Hot water supply remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve usability for a user in a hot water supply remote controller for remotely operating a water heater and devices to be controlled other than the water heater.SOLUTION: A hot water supply remote controller 1 remotely operates a water heater 2, a first floor heating machine 4, a second floor heating machine 5, a third floor heating machine 6 and a bathroom heating machine 7, and includes: a display part 20; an operation reception part 11 for receiving an operation by a user; a display control part 12 for controlling display content of the display part 20; and an initial screen setting part 13 in which, according to the operation of the user with respect to the operation reception part 11, the display control part 12 sets one of a screen 50 for water heater, a screen 51 for first floor heating machine, a screen 52 for second floor heating machine, a screen 53 for third floor heating machine and a screen 54 for bathroom heating machine as an initial screen displayed on the display part 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a hot water supply remote controller for remotely operating a hot water supply device and an operated device other than the hot water supply device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a remote controller for remotely operating a hot water supply device (hot water remote controller), the screen configuration of the display unit can be switched to one of a plurality of different patterns prepared in advance according to a user's selection operation. It has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  According to the hot water supply remote controller described in Patent Document 1, the user selects an operation screen that displays only desired information from among information such as the hot water temperature, time, bath temperature, bath water amount, and the like on the display unit. Can be displayed.

Japanese Patent No. 3642505

  For example, in a hot water remote controller that remotely controls a complex type hot water supply device having a function of circulating and supplying hot water to a hot water heating terminal (floor heater, hot water bathroom heater, etc.), in addition to the operation related to hot water operation, It may be possible to operate the terminal.

  In addition, in this way, in addition to the operation of the hot water supply device, the hot water supply remote control described in Patent Document 1 is also possible when the operation of another operated device such as a hot water heating terminal is enabled. As described above, it is desirable to improve the usability of the user by displaying an operation screen according to the user's preference.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and an object thereof is to improve usability for a user in a hot water remote controller that remotely operates a hot water supply device and an operated device other than the hot water supply device.

The hot water remote controller of the present invention is
A hot water supply remote controller for remotely operating a hot water supply device and an operated device other than the hot water supply device,
A display unit;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation by a user;
A display control unit for controlling display contents of the display unit;
The display control unit displays a screen for a hot water supply device for remotely operating the hot water supply device or a screen for an operated device for remotely operating the operated device in accordance with a user operation on the operation receiving unit. And an initial screen setting unit that is set as an initial screen to be displayed on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, a user of the hot water remote controller has many opportunities to remotely operate the remote operation device by displaying the remote operation screen on the display unit, but the hot water supply device screen is displayed. The display screen displays the remote operation screen on the display unit when there is little opportunity to perform remote operation such as changing the operating conditions (hot water supply temperature, etc.) of the hot water supply device. Can be set as

  Thus, by setting the screen for the remotely operated device as an initial screen displayed on the display unit by the display control unit, when the user starts operation of the hot water remote controller, The remote operation screen is displayed. Therefore, the user performs an operation of switching the display screen of the display unit from the hot water supply device screen to the remotely operated screen, which is necessary when the initial screen is fixed to the hot water supply device screen. However, it is possible to immediately remotely operate the remote operation device, thereby improving the user-friendliness.

  Here, the initial screen of the display unit means a screen that is first displayed on the display unit by the display control unit when the display unit is switched from the non-display state to the display state.

  Further, the display control unit displays a hot water supply temperature from the hot water supply device on a part of the screen for the operated device.

  According to this configuration, even in a state where the screen for the remotely operated device is displayed on the display unit, the user can check the hot water supply temperature from the hot water supply device from the display on the display unit. . Therefore, the user can use hot water without noticing that the hot water supply temperature is set to a high temperature, and can prevent the user from feeling uncomfortable due to the heat of the hot water.

Explanatory drawing of the usage condition of a hot-water supply remote control. The block diagram of a hot-water supply remote control. The flowchart of the switching process of the operation screen. Explanatory drawing which showed the transition of the screen for operation. Explanatory drawing of the screen for operation of a 1st floor heater. Explanatory drawing of the screen for operation at the time of setting an initial screen.

  An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Referring to FIG. 1, a hot water remote controller 1 according to the present embodiment is installed in a kitchen, a living room, or the like and is connected to a hot water supply device 2 via a remote control cable 9 and communicates with the hot water supply device 2. The hot water supply device 2 is remotely operated.

  The hot water supply device 2 is connected to the first floor heater 4, the second floor heater 5, the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 (hot air heater) via communication cables 8a to 8d, respectively. The hot water remote controller 1 communicates with the first floor heater 4, the second floor heater 5, the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 via the hot water supply device 2 and the communication cables 8a to 8d. The first floor heater 4, the second floor heater 5, the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 are remotely operated.

  In this embodiment, in addition to the hot water remote controller 1, a bathroom remote controller 3 installed in the bathroom is connected to the hot water supply device 2 via the remote control cable 9.

  The first floor heater 4, the second floor heater 5, the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 are hot water heating terminals, and hot water is circulated and supplied from the hot water supply device 2 through a hot water circulation path (not shown). Then, heating is performed by heat radiation from the hot water. The 1st floor heater 4, the 2nd floor heater 5, the 3rd floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 are equivalent to the operated device of the present invention. The operated device of the present invention is not limited to a hot water heating terminal, and may be an air conditioner or a heater using electricity as a heat source.

  Next, referring to FIG. 2, the hot water supply remote controller 1 includes a display unit 20 (for example, configured using a liquid crystal display) on which the operation state of the hot water supply device 2 is displayed, An operation switch 31 for receiving an instruction to switch between a hot water supply state) and a standby state (a state in which hot water supply is not possible), an automatic switch 32 for receiving a hot water filling instruction to a bathtub (not shown), A chasing switch 33 for receiving an instruction to heat the hot water and a call switch 34 for enabling an interphone call with the bathroom remote control 3 are provided.

  Further, the hot water remote controller 1 receives a menu switch 35, an upper switch 36, a lower switch 37, a left switch 38, a right switch 39, and a return switch in order to accept instructions such as screen switching and various settings by the user. 40 and a decision switch 41. In addition, the hot water remote controller 1 is provided with a speaker 45 for performing voice notification and the like.

  In FIG. 2, the hot water supply icon 21 for selecting the operation screen for the hot water supply device 2, the first floor heating icon 22 for selecting the operation screen for the first floor heater 4, A second floor heating icon 23 for selecting an operation screen for the second floor heater 5, a third floor heating icon 24 for selecting an operation screen for the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 This shows a state in which a bathroom heating icon 25 for selecting an operation screen for use, a hot water supply temperature 26, and the like are displayed.

  The hot water remote controller 1 is provided with a controller 10 that controls the overall operation of the hot water remote controller 1. In addition to the EEPROM 14, the controller 10 includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, communication circuit, signal input / output circuit, etc. (not shown), and the CPU executes a control program for the hot water remote controller 1 held in the ROM. , Function as an operation reception unit 11, a display control unit 12, and an initial screen setting unit 13.

  The operation reception unit 11 recognizes the output signals of the switches 31 to 41 and receives the operation of each switch by the user. The display control unit 12 controls the display content of the display unit 20 in accordance with the operation of the switches 31 to 43 received by the operation receiving unit 11. The initial screen setting unit 13 displays an initial screen that the display control unit 12 displays on the display unit 20 when the hot water remote controller 1 switches from the standby state to the operation state and the display unit 20 changes from the non-display state to the display state. Set according to the selection operation by the user.

  The display control unit 12 switches the operation screen displayed on the display unit 20 as illustrated in FIG. 4 according to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 3. In the initial setting state (factory shipment state), the display control unit 12 receives an operation of the operation switch 31 by the operation reception unit 11, and when the hot water remote controller 1 is switched from the standby state to the operation state, in STEP1, The hot water supply device screen 50 (the operation screen of the hot water supply device 2) shown in FIG.

  In a state where the hot water supply device screen 50 is displayed on the display unit 20, the user can change the settings of the hot water supply temperature and the like by operating the up / down / left / right switches 36 to 39, the return switch 40, and the determination switch 41. it can.

  In subsequent STEP 2, when the operation accepting unit 11 accepts the operation of the lower switch 37 or the upper switch 36, the process branches to STEP 10, and the display control unit 12 displays the display on the display unit 20 as the transition destination shown in FIG. Switch to the screen. That is, according to the operation of the lower switch 37, the display control unit 12 displays the operation screen displayed on the display unit 20 as the hot water supply device screen 50 → the first floor heater screen 51 → the second floor heater screen. 52 → Screen for third floor heater 53 → Screen for bathroom heater 54 →.

  Moreover, the display control part 12 displays the operation screen displayed on the display part 20 according to operation of the upper switch 36, the screen 50 for hot water supply apparatuses-> the screen 54 for bathroom heaters-> the screen 53 for 3rd floor heaters-> The screen is switched in the order of the second floor heater screen 52 → first floor heater screen 51 →.

  The first floor heater screen 51, the second floor heater screen 52, the third floor heater screen 53, and the bathroom heater screen 54 correspond to the operated device screen of the present invention.

  In STEP 3, the display control unit 12 determines whether or not one minute has passed without any operation of the switches 35 to 41. When one minute has passed without any operation of the switches 35 to 41, the process proceeds to STEP 4, and the display control unit 12 displays an initial screen (a hot water supply device screen 50 or an initial screen setting unit 13 described later) on the display unit 20. Any one of the operation screens 51 to 54 set by the above is displayed, and the process returns to STEP2. On the other hand, if it is determined in STEP 3 that one minute has not elapsed with no operation of the switches 35 to 41, the process returns to STEP 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the hot water supply apparatus screen 50, the hot water supply icon 21 is in a selected state (a state in which an up / down arrow and a right arrow are displayed), and in the first floor heater screen 51, The first floor heating icon 22 is in a selected state. Similarly, the second floor heating icon 23 is in the selected state on the second floor heater screen 52, and the third floor heating icon 24 is in the selected state on the third floor heater screen 53. In the bathroom heater screen 54, the bathroom heating icon 25 is selected.

  In addition, the display control unit 12 supplies hot water to the lower part 55 of the first floor heater screen 51, the second floor heater screen 52, the third floor heater screen 53, and the bathroom heater screen 54. The temperature is displayed. As described above, even when the hot water supply apparatus screen 50 is not displayed on the display unit 20, the current hot water supply temperature setting state can be recognized by the user by always displaying the hot water supply temperature. Therefore, when the hot water supply temperature is set to a high temperature, it is possible to prevent a user who does not recognize this setting from using hot water and having a discomfort due to heat.

  Here, when the user operates the right switch 39 in a state where the first floor heater screen 51 is displayed on the display unit 20, the display control unit 12 first displays as shown in FIG. 5A. A screen 60 including an operation on / off setting unit 65 of the floor heater 4 is displayed. In this state, the user can switch between operation and stop of the first floor heater 4 by operating the upper switch 36 or the lower switch 37.

  5A, when the user operates the right switch 39, the display control unit 12 displays a screen 61 including the heating level setting unit 66 of the first floor heater 4, as shown in FIG. 5B. indicate. In this state, the user can set the heating level to nine levels (level 1 to level 9) by operating the upper switch 36 or the lower switch 37.

  Similarly, the user displays any one of the hot water heater screen 50, the second floor heater screen 52, the third floor heater screen 53, and the bathroom heater screen 54 on the display unit 20. In such a state, the operating conditions of the corresponding hot water supply device 2, the second floor heater 5, the third floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 can be set.

  The controller 10 holds data such as the operating conditions of the hot water supply device 2, the first floor heater 4, the floor heater 5, the floor heater 6, and the bathroom heater 7 set in this manner in the EEPROM 14.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the user can change the initial screen displayed on the display unit 20 by the display control unit 12. Here, the initial screen is a screen that is first displayed on the display unit 20 by the display control unit 12 when the display unit 20 is switched from the non-display state to the display state.

  In the present embodiment, when the hot water remote controller 1 is in a standby state, the display control unit 12 sets the display unit 20 to a non-display state (a state where the backlight is turned off when the display unit 20 is a liquid crystal display), When the hot water supply remote controller 1 is switched from the standby state to the operating state, an initial screen is displayed on the display unit 20.

  When the state where the hot water remote controller 1 is not operated continues for a predetermined time or longer, the display control unit 12 puts the display unit 20 in a non-display state, and when the hot water remote controller 1 is operated in this non-display state, the display control unit When 12 is a specification for resuming the display of the display unit 20 (energy saving specification), the display control unit 12 displays an initial screen when the display of the display unit 20 is resumed.

  When the operation of the menu switch 35 (see FIG. 2) by the user is accepted by the operation accepting unit 11, the display control unit 12 displays the menu screen 70 shown in FIG. The menu screen 70 displays an item selection unit 80 for selecting a setting item, and a submenu 81 for the item selected by the item selection unit 80.

  When the user operates the right switch 39 to select “remote control setting”, operates the upper switch 36 or the lower switch 37, and selects “02 display / screen” from the submenu 81, the display control unit 12 The display of the display unit 20 is switched to the screen 71 displaying the “display / screen” submenu 82. When the user operates the right switch 39 to select “01 initial screen”, the display control unit 12 changes the display of the display unit 20 to the screen 72 on which the submenu 83 of “initial screen switching” is displayed. Switch.

  In the submenu 83 of “initial screen switching”, the user can select any one of hot water supply, floor heating 1, floor heating 2, floor heating 3, and bathroom heating. Then, the initial screen setting unit 13 displays the operation screens 50 to 54 (see FIG. 4) corresponding to the selected target (any one of hot water supply, floor heating 1, floor heating 2, floor heating 3, and bathroom heating). Set as the initial screen of the display unit 20.

  For example, when hot water supply is selected, the initial screen setting unit 13 sets the hot water supply device screen 50 as the initial screen. The initial screen setting unit 13 sets the first floor heater screen 51 as the initial screen when the floor heating 1 is selected, and the second floor heater screen 52 when the floor heating 2 is selected. Is set as the initial screen, when the floor heating 3 is selected, the third floor heater screen 53 is set as the initial screen, and when the bathroom heating is selected, the bathroom heater screen 54 is set as the initial screen. To do.

  The initial screen setting unit 13 includes a hot water heater screen 50, a first floor heater screen 51, a second floor heater screen 52, a third floor heater screen 53, and a bathroom heater screen 54. Initial screen setting data indicating which screen is set as the initial screen is held in the EEPROM 14.

  Then, when the display control unit 12 switches the display 20 from the non-display state to the display state, the display control unit 12 refers to the initial screen setting data held in the EEPROM 14 and operates the operation screen (hot water supply device screen) set as the initial screen. 50, any one of the first floor heater screen 51, the second floor heater screen 52, the third floor heater screen 53, and the bathroom heater screen 54) is displayed on the display unit 20. .

  Thus, the usability of the hot water remote controller 1 can be improved by making it possible to change the operation screen displayed as the initial screen of the display unit 20 according to the user's selection operation.

  For example, when the usage frequency of the first floor heater 4 is high in winter, the display unit 20 is turned off by setting the first floor heater screen 51 as an initial screen (the hot water remote controller 1 is in a standby state, When the user operates the hot water remote controller 1 in the power saving state), the first floor heater screen 51 is displayed on the display unit 20 as an initial screen. Therefore, the user can immediately perform operations such as starting operation of the first floor heater 4 without performing an operation for switching to the first floor heater screen 51.

  Further, when the first floor heater 4, the second floor heater 5, and the third floor heater 6 are not used as in summer, the hot water supply apparatus screen 50 is set as the initial screen. Thus, the user can immediately change the hot water supply temperature.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the display control unit 12 includes a first floor heater screen 51, a second floor heater screen 52, a third floor heater screen 53, and Although the hot water supply temperature is displayed on a part 55 of the bathroom heater screen 54, the effect of the present invention can be obtained even when such hot water supply temperature is not displayed.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as a to-be-operated device other than the hot water supply device of the present invention, there are four units to be operated: a first floor heater 4, a second floor heater 5, a third floor heater 6, and a bathroom heater 7. Although the example of remotely operating the control device has been shown, the present invention is applied to obtain the effect of the present invention as long as it is a hot water remote controller that remotely operates a hot water supply device and at least one operated device other than the hot water supply device. Can do.

  In the present embodiment, the EEPROM 14 provided in the hot water supply remote controller 1 holds the initial screen setting data indicating the operation screen set as the initial screen, but is provided in the controller (not shown) of the hot water supply apparatus 2. The initial screen setting data may be held in a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM, and the initial screen setting unit 13 may acquire the initial screen setting data through communication between the hot water supply device 2 and the hot water remote controller 1. Further, a volatile memory such as a RAM may be employed instead of a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hot water remote control, 2 ... Hot water supply apparatus, 4 ... 1st floor heater (operated apparatus), 5 ... 2nd floor heater (operated apparatus), 6 ... 3rd floor heater (operated apparatus), 7 ... bathroom heater (operated device), 10 ... controller, 11 ... operation receiving unit, 12 ... display control unit, 13 ... initial screen setting unit, 20 ... display unit, 50 ... screen for hot water supply device, 51 ... first floor Screen for heater (screen for operated device), 52 ... Screen for second floor heater (screen for operated device), 53 ... Screen for third floor heater (screen for operated device), 54 ... Bathroom heating Machine screen (screen for operated device), 55 ... Hot water supply temperature display.

Claims (2)

A hot water supply remote controller for remotely operating a hot water supply device and an operated device other than the hot water supply device,
A display unit;
An operation accepting unit for accepting an operation by a user;
A display control unit for controlling display contents of the display unit;
The display control unit displays a screen for a hot water supply device for remotely operating the hot water supply device or a screen for an operated device for remotely operating the operated device in accordance with a user operation on the operation receiving unit. A hot water supply remote control comprising: an initial screen setting unit set as an initial screen to be displayed on the display unit. In the hot water remote controller according to claim 1,
The hot water remote controller characterized in that the display control unit displays a hot water supply temperature from the hot water supply device on a part of the screen for the operated device.