JP2022135375A - Heating apparatus operation system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a heating apparatus operation system that can be remotely controlled by using an external communication terminal and can successfully perform a heating operation without heating an object placed in the vicinity of a hot air blowout port.SOLUTION: A heating apparatus operation system includes: a hot air blowout part 17B for blowing out air heated by heating means toward a heating target; apparatus side communication means capable of communicating various types of information with an external communication terminal; and operation control means controlling an operation of the heating means. The hot air blowout part 17B includes wind direction change means 14 capable of vertically changing an angle of a blowout direction of hot air. When receiving operation start information instructing operation start of a heating apparatus from the external communication terminal, the operation control means starts the heating operation and controls an operation of the wind direction change means 14 so that the blowout direction of the hot air becomes an upward direction of the horizontal direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Description

The present invention relates to a heating device operating system provided with a heating device and an external communication terminal capable of remotely controlling the heating device.

For example, the heating device operation system is configured to allow remote operation of a heating device such as a gas fan heater using an external communication terminal such as a smartphone. It can be remotely operated from a place away from the device.

In such a system, conventionally, when operation start information for instructing operation start is communicated from an external communication terminal to a heating device, a heating device such as a gas burner for heating is used regardless of the difference in the state of the heating device. It is configured to perform heating operation by starting the heating operation by means (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2019-44997 A

In a room to be heated, clothes, books, or spray cans containing gas in sealed cans should not be heated in front of the hot air outlet of the heating system. There may be objects that should be avoided.

In the above-described conventional configuration, when an operation start command is issued from an external communication terminal, the user of the external communication terminal may not know the status of the room in the house to be heated. In some cases, an object such as the one described above exists in the vicinity of the hot air outlet of the heating device. In such a situation, hot air continues to hit the object, causing the object to be excessively heated to a high temperature. For example, the object may be burned or damaged.

In order to solve such a problem, an object detection sensor is provided to detect whether or not an object exists in front of the hot air blowing part of the heating system, and the heating operation is not executed when the existence of the object is detected. Alternatively, a configuration is conceivable in which image pickup means capable of photographing the situation in front of the heating device is provided and image information is analyzed to determine the presence or absence of an object as described above. With such a configuration, it is difficult to make an accurate determination. For example, even if there is an object that poses no problem even if the hot air hits it, there is a disadvantage that the convenience is reduced, such as the heating operation cannot be performed.

The present invention enables remote control from a location away from the heating device using an external communication terminal, while heating operation can be performed without excessively heating objects placed near the hot air outlet. An object of the present invention is to provide a heating device operation system that can be performed well.

The characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows:
A heating device and an external communication terminal capable of remotely controlling the heating device are provided,
The heating device includes heating means for heating an object to be heated, air blowing means for causing air to flow toward the heating means, and a warm air blowing portion for blowing the air heated by the heating means toward the object to be heated. , a device-side communication means capable of communicating various information with the external communication terminal; and an operation control means for controlling the operation of the heating means.
The hot air blowing unit is provided with wind direction changing means capable of changing the angle of the blowing direction of the hot air blown toward the object to be heated,
The operation control means is
When operation start information instructing the operation start of the heating device is received from the external communication terminal, the operation of the heating means and the air blowing means is controlled so as to start the heating operation, and the blowing direction of the warm air. The point is that the operation of the wind direction changing means is controlled so that the airflow direction is directed upward from the horizontal direction.

According to this configuration, when the external communication terminal issues a command to start the operation of the heating device, the heating device starts the heating operation. At that time, the wind direction changing means blows the hot air toward the object to be heated in a state in which the blowing direction of the warm air is upward with respect to the horizontal direction.

As a result, for example, even if an object that should not be heated is placed in front of the hot air outlet, the hot air that is blown out from the hot air outlet is directed more upward than the horizontal direction. , the hot air does not blow directly onto the object as described above, and the object can be prevented from being excessively heated.

On the other hand, warm air is blown upward to the indoor space to be heated, so that the heating operation can be appropriately performed.

Therefore, it is possible to perform remote operation using an external communication terminal from a location away from the heating device, and the heating operation can be performed satisfactorily without excessively heating objects placed near the hot air outlet. It has come to be possible to provide a heating device operating system capable of performing

Yet another characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention is:
The operation control means controls the heating amount by the heating means to be less than the maximum heating amount when starting the heating operation based on the operation start information.

According to this configuration, when the external communication terminal issues a command to start the operation of the heating device and the heating operation is started, the temperature of the hot air becomes lower than that in the case of heating with the maximum heating amount. The risk of overheating such objects can be further reduced.

Another characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention is
A temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the object to be heated is provided,
The operation control means performs temperature adjustment control to adjust the amount of heating by the heating means so that the temperature of the object to be heated detected by the temperature detection means reaches a target temperature in the heating operation based on the operation start information. and when the temperature adjustment control is being performed, if the heating amount by the heating means is the maximum heating amount, the blowing direction of the hot air is the maximum upward position in the vertical adjustment range If the heating amount is smaller than the maximum heating amount, the operation of the wind direction changing means is controlled so that the blowing direction of the hot air is below the maximum upward position. .

According to this configuration, if the heating amount by the heating means is the maximum heating amount, the hot air blown out from the hot air blowing portion is at a high temperature. Since the air blowing direction is the maximum upward position, even if an object that should be avoided to be heated is placed in front of the hot air outlet, the hot air will not blow onto the object. Since it is possible to avoid being ripped off, problems due to heating are less likely to occur. By blowing out such high-temperature hot air, the object to be heated can be heated satisfactorily.

In the case of heating, in order to efficiently heat the indoor space to be heated, it is easier to heat the entire space by blowing warm air toward a lower position. Therefore, for example, when the heating amount is adjusted to be smaller than the maximum heating amount after the temperature of the object to be heated rises due to the hot air heated with the maximum heating amount, excessive heating to the object as described above Since there is little possibility of overheating, the decrease in heating efficiency can be avoided by changing the blowing direction of the warm air downward.

Yet another characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention is:
The operation control means is configured to stop the heating operation after a set time has elapsed since the heating operation was started based on the operation start information.

According to this configuration, when the start of the heating operation is commanded by remote control from the external communication terminal, the user may not return to the indoor space to be heated after the heating operation is started. In this case, the heating operation is wasted. Therefore, by stopping the heating operation after the set time has elapsed since the heating operation was started, it is possible to prevent the unnecessary continuation of the heating operation for a long time. It should be noted that if the user is in the space to be heated, there is no problem since the operation start can be instructed again.

Yet another characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention is:
When the operation control means receives operation stop information instructing operation stop of the heating device from the external communication terminal while performing the heating operation based on the operation start information, the operation control means performs the heating operation based on the operation start information. and stop receiving information other than the operation stop information from the external communication terminal.

According to this configuration, when the external communication terminal instructs to start the heating operation by remote control, the external communication terminal can thereafter issue a command to stop the operation of the heating device. is not accepted. As a result, when an object that should be avoided from being heated is placed in front of the hot air blowing port, it is possible to avoid the possibility of an erroneous command to change the hot air blowing direction.

Yet another characteristic configuration of the heating device operating system according to the present invention is:
The heating device is provided with an operation operation unit that can be directly operated by a user,
The operation control means stops the heating operation based on the operation start information when a user performs a predetermined operation on the operation operation unit while the heating operation is being performed based on the operation start information, and In addition, the heating operation is switched to the heating operation based on the operation of the operation operation unit.

According to this configuration, even when the heating operation is being performed by a command from the external communication terminal, if a predetermined operation is performed on the operation operation unit, the content of the command is prioritized and the operation is performed. A heating operation is executed based on the operation of the operation unit. As a result, the user near the heating device can execute the desired driving operation, which is convenient.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a heating device operating system; FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of a heating device operating system. It is a front view of a gas fan heater. It is a vertical right side view of a gas fan heater. It is a top view which shows the operation control part of a gas fan heater. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the control operation of a gas fan heater. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the control operation of a gas fan heater. It is a longitudinal right side view of the gas fan heater in a remote operation state. It is a vertical right side view of the gas fan heater in a normal operation state.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the heating device operating system exemplified in the present embodiment includes a gas fan heater (an example of a heating device) 1 and a smartphone (an example of an external communication terminal) capable of remotely operating the gas fan heater 1. ) 2 and .

[About the gas fan heater]
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the gas fan heater 1 includes an operation operation unit 11 that enables direct operation by the user, and a fuel (natural gas) that burns to heat the flowing air to be heated. A gas burner (an example of a heating means) 12, a blower fan 13 as a blowing means for blowing air toward the gas burner 12, and a blowing direction changer capable of vertically changing the blowing direction of hot air blown from the warm air blowing part 17B. Auto louver 14 as means, device side communication means 15 that enables wireless communication with the smartphone 2, device side control means 16 as operation control means for controlling the operation of the gas burner 12, the blower fan 13, etc. ing.

The driving operation unit 11 is arranged on the upper part of the housing 17 . As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the operation operation unit 11 includes, as switches operated by the user, an operation switch 11A that enables an operation to start and stop operation of the gas fan heater 1, and a good morning timer function. good morning timer switch 11B that enables selection of the good morning timer switch 11C that enables selection of the good night timer function; eco-driving switch 11D that enables the user to select the eco-driving function; A connection setting switch 11E that enables communication connection settings, a setting switch 11F that enables the user to change the set temperature and set time, a louver switch 11G that changes and sets the air blowing direction of the auto louver 14, A cancellation switch 11H is provided for canceling the heating operation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as remote operation) based on the command.

The operation operation unit 11 includes, as alarms for notifying the state of the gas fan heater 1, an operation lamp 11a that lights up when the gas fan heater 1 starts operating, a good morning timer lamp 11b that lights up when the good morning timer function is selected, A sleep timer lamp 11c that lights up when the sleep timer function is selected, an eco-driving lamp 11d that lights up when the eco-driving function is selected, a communication lamp 11e that lights up when a communication connection with the smartphone 2 is established, and a set temperature. It has a display section 11f that displays the current room temperature, timer set time, etc. in characters or symbols, and a remote operation display lamp 11g that indicates that remote operation is being executed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the gas burner 12 has a combustor 12A that burns a mixture of the fuel gas and the combustion air, and injects the fuel gas toward the combustor 12A to generate the fuel gas and the combustion air. Injection nozzle 12B for mixing, gas pipe 12C for guiding fuel gas to injection nozzle 12B, first solenoid valve 12D and second solenoid valve 12E for opening and closing gas pipe 12C, and fuel gas flow rate adjustment. It has a proportional valve 12F. The combustor 12A includes an igniter 12b that ignites the fuel guided to the combustion chamber 12a, and a flame sensor 12c that detects the flame caused by the ignition and detects the extinction of the flame.

As shown in FIG. 4, the housing 17 of the gas fan heater 1 has a suction port 17A formed on the rear surface thereof, and a warm air blowing section 17B formed on the front surface thereof. At the back of the housing 17, there is an air filter 18 for removing dust from the air sucked from the suction port 17A, and a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the air sucked from the suction port 17A as the current room temperature. A sensor 19 is provided.

The blower fan 13 draws outside air from the suction port 17A of the housing 17 by rotating the cross-flow fan 13A due to the operation of the fan motor 13B. Part of the sucked air is mixed with fuel gas as combustion air and supplied to the combustion chamber 12a. The remaining air bypasses the combustor 12A, is mixed with the combustion exhaust gas from the combustion chamber 12a and is heated, and then is blown out from the hot air blowing part 17B. By blowing out the heated flowing air from the warm air blowing part 17B, the room to be heated is warmed.

The auto louver 14 includes a plurality of louver plates 14A provided at intervals in the vertical direction at a portion through which the warm air passes in the hot air blowing part 17B, and the widthwise central portion of each louver 14A can be rotated on both left and right sides of each louver 14A. a fulcrum member 14B that supports the louvers 14A; a drive motor (hereinafter referred to as a louver motor) 14C that can be operated to change the attitude of the plurality of blades 14A; I have.

Of the louver switches 11G provided in the operation control unit 11, the automatic louver 14 changes the hot air blowing direction upward when the upward switch is operated, and the hot air blowing direction is changed when the downward switch is operated. The louver motor 14C operates so that the is changed downward.

The plurality of louvers 14A are formed in a strip shape extending in the lateral direction, and each louver 14A is rotatably supported at the center in the width direction by fulcrum members 14B on both left and right sides. An operation member 14D is pivotally connected to the device inner side end of each blade 14A. By operating the louver motor 14C, the direction of the plurality of blades 14A can be changed integrally, and the hot air blowing direction can be changed up and down. For example, the blowing direction can be changed within a range from a state in which the blowing direction is horizontal to a state in which the blowing direction is about 50 degrees upward with respect to the horizontal.

The device-side communication means 15 includes a Bluetooth module (hereinafter referred to as a BT module) 15A that enables wireless communication by Bluetooth (registered trademark).

The device-side control means 16 is composed of a microcomputer or the like having an arithmetic processing function, an information storage function, and the like. The device-side control means 16 is configured to control operations of the gas burner 12 , the blower fan 13 , and the device-side communication means 15 based on the operation of the operation operation section 11 .

The device-side control means 16 operates the gas fan heater 1 when a command to start operation is issued by operating the operation switch 11A or by operating the smartphone 2 as described later while the operation of the gas fan heater 1 is stopped. Execute the operation start processing to start the In this operation start process, the device-side control means 16 causes the gas burner 12 to burn to start heating the flowing air.

After executing the operation start process, the device-side control means 16 executes temperature adjustment control for adjusting the heating amount by the gas burner 12 so that the temperature of the object to be heated detected by the temperature sensor 19 reaches the target temperature. and when the temperature adjustment control is executed, if the heating amount by the gas burner 12 is the maximum heating amount, the hot air blowing direction is the maximum upward position in the vertical adjustment range, and the heating amount is the maximum heating If the heating amount is smaller than the heating amount, the operation of the auto louver 14 is controlled so that the hot air blowing direction is below the maximum upward position.

The device-side control means 16 executes stop processing for stopping the operation of the gas fan heater 1 when the operation stop operation is performed with the operation switch 11A while the gas fan heater 1 is in operation. In this stop process, the device-side control means 16 closes the first solenoid valve 12D and the second solenoid valve 12E to stop the combustion operation of the gas burner 12, turns off the operation lamp 11a, and blows air. The fan 13 is operated for a set time to cool the gas burner 12. - 特許庁

When the good morning timer switch 11B is operated, the device-side control means 16 executes the operation start processing at the preset operation start scheduled time by the good morning timer function. Further, when the sleep timer switch 11C is operated, the device-side control means 16 executes the stop processing after the set time has passed by the sleep timer function. In the eco-drive function, the gas burner 12 is operated in the eco-drive mode in which the control target temperature is 1° C. lower than the set temperature in the normal drive mode.

[About smartphones]
As shown in FIG. 2 , the smartphone 2 includes an input unit 21 that allows the user to perform input operations, an audio output unit 22 that outputs audio, a display unit 23 that displays various images and information, and other communication devices. It includes a call function unit 24 that enables a call with a mobile phone, a terminal-side communication means 25 that enables wireless communication, a terminal-side control means 26 that controls the operation of the smartphone 2, and the like. The input unit 21 and call function unit 24 have functions as a normal telephone.

The terminal-side communication means 25 includes a mobile communication module 25A that enables data communication with an external network and communication with a telephone via a public wireless network, and a Bluetooth module that enables wireless communication using Bluetooth. (hereinafter referred to as BT module) 25B. The terminal-side control means 26 is composed of a microprocessor or the like having an arithmetic processing function and an information storage function.

Since the gas fan heater 1 and the smartphone 2 are provided with BT modules 15A and 25B, respectively, the user downloads a dedicated remote control application that enables wireless remote control of the gas fan heater 1 with the smartphone 2 using Bluetooth. to install. By performing pairing (connection setting) between the gas fan heater 1 and the smartphone 2, wireless remote control of the gas fan heater 1 by the smartphone 2 using Bluetooth can be enabled.

Note that the procedure (pairing) for setting the gas fan heater 1 and the smartphone 2 to a state in which communication is possible using Bluetooth (pairing) is a well-known technique, so the description is omitted here.

After pairing is completed, when the remote control application of the smartphone 2 is started while the device-side control means 16 of the gas fan heater 1 is energized, the BT module 15A of the gas fan heater 1 and the BT module of the smartphone 2 are connected. 25B are automatically communicatively connected via Bluetooth.

The smartphone 2 is configured to be able to download an application program (hereinafter referred to as a remote control application) for wireless remote control of the gas fan heater 1 from an external server 27 via the Internet line. Incidentally, this remote control application is provided by the manufacturer of the gas fan heater 1 or the like. The external server 27 is managed by the manufacturer of the gas fan heater 1 or the like.

[Remote control operation]
The control operation of the device-side control means 16 when the gas fan heater 1 is remotely controlled by the smart phone 2 will be described.

The terminal-side control means 26 in the smartphone 2 causes the terminal-side communication means 25 to transmit an operation start signal as operation start information for starting the operation of the gas fan heater 1 to the device-side communication means 15 of the gas fan heater 1. is configured as

When remote-controlling the gas fan heater 1 with the smart phone 2, it is necessary to activate a pre-installed remote-control application. Although not shown, when the user issues a command to start the heating operation while the remote control application is running, the terminal-side control means 26 of the smartphone 2 receives the command from the terminal-side communication means 25 via Bluetooth. An operation start signal (operation start information) is transmitted to the device side communication means 15 of the gas fan heater 1 .

Next, the control operation of the device-side control means 16 will be described based on the flow charts shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. First, a series of processes in heating operation based on operation start information from the smartphone 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 .

When a driving start signal transmitted from the terminal-side communication means 25 of the smartphone 2 is received (step #2) in a state in which a driving start command is not performed by the driving switch 11A, that is, a driving start operation is not performed (step #1), The remote operation display lamp 11g is turned on to indicate that the following remote operation is being performed (step #3). Then, the operation of the auto louver 14 is controlled so that the hot air blows out in an upward direction rather than in the horizontal direction. Specifically, the operation of the louver motor 14C is controlled so that the blowing direction of the hot air becomes the uppermost angle of the vertical adjustment range (step #4). By directing the wind upward in this way, for example, as shown in FIG. Even if an object that should be avoided is placed, it is possible to prevent the object from being heated by blowing hot air.

When the operation start signal is received, an operation start process is executed in addition to the process of step #4 (step #5). That is, the gas burner 12 and the blower fan 13 are started to start heating the flowing air by the gas burner 12, and the operation lamp 11a is turned on. When the operation start process is executed, the gas burner 12 opens the first electromagnetic valve 12D and the second electromagnetic valve 12E, ignites the igniter 12b, and starts the combustion operation.

After the operation start process is executed, the set temperature set by the user is set as the control target temperature, and the gas burner 12 is operated so as to maintain the current room temperature detected by the temperature sensor 19 at the control target temperature. is executed (step #6). In this combustion control, the combustion amount as the heating amount of the gas burner 12 is changed and adjusted by adjusting the flow rate of the fuel gas to the gas burner 12 by the proportional valve 12F. The adjustment is made according to the deviation between the current room temperature and the control target temperature.

For example, at the start of heating operation, if the temperature difference between the current room temperature and the control target temperature is large, the fuel amount is adjusted to the maximum fuel amount or a large combustion amount close to it so that the temperature rises quickly. On the other hand, when heating is performed and the temperature difference becomes small, the amount of combustion is adjusted to the minimum amount of combustion or a small amount of combustion close thereto. During the temperature rise from the large temperature difference to the small temperature difference, the intermediate combustion amount is adjusted to be smaller than the large combustion amount and larger than the small combustion amount.

If the amount of combustion is large, the operation of the louver motor 14C is controlled so that the blowing direction of the warm air reaches the uppermost angle of the vertical adjustment range (steps #7 and #8). If the amount of combustion is medium, the operation of the louver motor 14C is controlled so that the blowing direction of the warm air is at the middle position of the vertical adjustment range (step #9). If the amount of combustion is small, the operation of the louver motor 14C is controlled so that the blowing direction of the warm air is the lowest angle of the vertical adjustment range (step #10). However, in the heating operation based on the operation start information from the smartphone 2, the lowest downward angle is not horizontal, but slightly above the horizontal. The vertical adjustment range of the blowing direction of the hot air is a range from the lowest angle as described above to an angle upward of approximately 50 degrees from the horizontal.

In a state in which the set time or more has not passed since the heating operation was started based on the operation start command from the smartphone 2 (step #11), the operation stop signal is not transmitted from the terminal-side communication means 25 of the smartphone 2 (step #12) and if the release switch 11H is not operated (step #13), the processing from step #6 to step #13 is repeated.

When the release switch 11H is operated, the remote operation display lamp 11g is extinguished (step #14), the remote operation is stopped, and the heating operation (normal operation) based on the operation of the operation operation unit 11 is performed. Corresponding normal control is executed (step #16).

When a set time or more has passed since the heating operation was started based on the operation start command from the smartphone 2, and when the operation stop signal is transmitted from the terminal-side communication means 25 of the smartphone 2, the heating operation is stopped. (step #15). That is, the fuel supply to the gas burner 12 is stopped to stop the combustion operation, and the blowing of air by the blower fan 13 is stopped. When the heating operation is performed based on the operation start command from the smartphone 2, information other than the operation stop signal is not received from the smartphone 2.

Next, a series of processes in normal operation performed by operating the operation operation unit 11 will be described with reference to FIG. 7 .

In normal control, after executing an operation start process similar to the operation start process described above (step #17), the louver motor 14C is adjusted so that the hot air blowing direction is the lowest angle (horizontal direction) of the vertical adjustment range. is controlled (step #18), and the same control as the above combustion control is executed (step #19). The blowing direction of hot air is not always set to the lowest angle (horizontal direction), but is controlled to the set blowing direction when changed by operating the louver switch 11G. can be

When the user performs a direct manual operation on the operation operation unit 11 during execution of this combustion control (step #20), the corresponding setting operation is executed (step #21). For example, when the eco-driving switch 11D is operated, the mode is switched to the eco-driving mode, and when the louver switch 11G is operated, the hot air blowing direction is changed to the commanded direction. Also, when the setting switch 11F is used to change the set temperature and the timer set time, they are changed and set.

When the operation switch 11A is turned off (step #22), the heating operation is stopped (step #23). That is, the fuel supply to the gas burner 12 is stopped to stop the combustion operation, and the blowing of air by the blower fan 13 is stopped.

[Another embodiment]
(1) In the above embodiment, in the heating operation based on the operation start information from the smartphone 2, if the combustion amount (heating amount) of the gas burner 12 is large, the uppermost angle is used, and if the combustion amount is medium combustion amount, If the combustion amount is small, the operation of the louver motor 14C is controlled so that the louver motor 14C is at the lowest angle.
For example, the louver motor 14C is operated such that if the combustion amount is greater than the median value of the change adjustment range, the uppermost angle is obtained, and if the combustion amount is less than the median value of the change adjustment range, the lowest angle is obtained. In other words, if the amount of combustion is large, the uppermost angle is used, and if the amount of combustion is smaller than the large amount of combustion, the angle is adjusted downward from the uppermost angle. Further, the operation of the louver motor 14C may be controlled not by the amount of combustion of the gas burner 12 but by the elapsed time from the start of operation. For example, when driving is started, the angle is adjusted to the highest angle, and after a short period of time (for example, 2 minutes) from the start of operation, the intermediate position is reached, and after a longer period of time (for example, 5 minutes), the lowest angle You may make it control the operation|movement of the louver motor 14C so that it may become an angle.

(2) In the above embodiment, when starting the heating operation based on the operation start information from the smartphone 2 (when the object to be heated is at a low temperature), the heating amount by the gas burner 12 (heating means) is the maximum heating amount, and the temperature is The blowing direction of the air is set to the maximum upward position in the vertical adjustment range. A configuration may be adopted in which the amount of heating is controlled to be smaller than the amount of heating. At this time, the blowing amount may be maintained without being lowered from the blowing amount corresponding to the maximum heating amount, or the blowing amount may be lowered in accordance with the heating amount.

(3) In the above embodiment, a certain time is set as the set time from when the heating operation is started based on the operation start information from the smartphone 2 to when the operation is stopped. , the set time may be appropriately changed according to the difference in the combustion amount of the gas burner 12 . For example, if the combustion amount of the gas burner 12 is the maximum combustion amount, it is set to a short time (for example, 30 minutes), if the combustion amount is a medium combustion amount, it is set to an intermediate time (for example, 60 minutes), If the amount of combustion is small, it may be set to a longer time (for example, 120 minutes). Furthermore, a configuration may be adopted in which the heating operation is not stopped without providing such a set time. In this case, the heating operation time may be displayed on the smartphone 2, and a warning may be displayed on the smartphone 2 after the set time has elapsed.

(4) In the above embodiment, when the smart phone 2 instructs to start operation and the heating operation is performed, if the release switch 11H is operated, the operation is switched to the heating operation based on the operation of the operation operation unit 11. Instead of this configuration, for example, when an operation switch different from the release switch 11H, such as the setting switch 11F, the eco-operation switch 11D, the louver switch 11G, is operated, the heating operation is switched to based on the operation of the operation operation unit 11. can be

(5) In the above embodiment, the terminal-side communication means 25 and the device-side communication means 15 are configured to communicate by wireless communication using Bluetooth. It may be configured such that it is connected to the Internet line, and the smart phone 2 issues an operation start command via the Internet line.

(6) In the above embodiment, the gas fan heater 1 was used as an example of the heating device, but other heating devices such as an oil fan heater may be used.

(7) In the above embodiment, the smartphone 2 is used as an external communication terminal, but instead of this, a conventional mobile phone, tablet terminal, or the like, or a stationary personal computer, or the like may be used. Alternatively, a dedicated remote control device using infrared rays may be used.

The configurations disclosed in the above embodiments (including other embodiments, the same shall apply hereinafter) can be applied in combination with configurations disclosed in other embodiments unless there is a contradiction. The embodiments disclosed in this specification are examples, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto, and can be modified as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a heating device operating system in which a heating device such as a gas fan heater and an external communication terminal such as a smart phone are connected and set to be wirelessly communicable.

1 gas fan heater (heating device)
2 Smartphone (external communication terminal)
11 operation control unit 12 gas burner (heating means)
13 Blower fan (blowing means)
14 Auto louver (wind direction changing means)
15 device-side communication means 16 operation control means 17B hot air blower 19 temperature sensor (temperature detection means)

Claims (6)

A heating device and an external communication terminal capable of remotely controlling the heating device are provided,
The heating device includes heating means for heating an object to be heated, air blowing means for causing air to flow toward the heating means, and a warm air blowing portion for blowing the air heated by the heating means toward the object to be heated. , a device-side communication means capable of communicating various information with the external communication terminal; and an operation control means for controlling the operation of the heating means.
The hot air blowing unit is provided with wind direction changing means capable of changing the angle of the blowing direction of the hot air blown toward the object to be heated,
The operation control means is
When operation start information instructing the operation start of the heating device is received from the external communication terminal, the operation of the heating means and the air blowing means is controlled so as to start the heating operation, and the blowing direction of the warm air. A heating device operation system that controls the operation of the airflow direction changing means so that the airflow direction is directed upward from the horizontal direction. The operation control means is
2. The heating device operating system according to claim 1, wherein when starting the heating operation based on the operation start information, the amount of heating by the heating means is controlled to be smaller than the maximum amount of heating. A temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the object to be heated is provided,
The operation control means is
In the heating operation based on the operation start information, temperature adjustment control is performed to adjust the amount of heating by the heating means so that the temperature of the object to be heated detected by the temperature detecting means reaches a target temperature. and
When the temperature adjustment control is executed, if the amount of heating by the heating means is the maximum amount of heating, the blowing direction of the hot air becomes the maximum upward position in the vertical adjustment range,
3. If the amount of heating is less than the maximum amount of heating, the operation of the wind direction changing means is controlled so that the blowing direction of the hot air is below the maximum upward position. A heating system operating system as described in . The operation control means is
4. The heating device operating system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the heating operation is stopped after a set time has elapsed since the heating operation was started based on the operation start information. The operation control means is
When operation stop information instructing to stop operation of the heating device is received from the external communication terminal while the heating operation is being performed based on the operation start information, the heating operation based on the operation start information is stopped. 5 . The heating device is provided with an operation operation unit that can be directly operated by a user,
The operation control means is
When the user performs a predetermined operation on the operation operation unit while the heating operation is being performed based on the operation start information, the heating operation based on the operation start information is stopped, and the operation operation unit 6. The heating device operating system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the heating operation is switched to the heating operation based on the operation of .

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