JP2634227B2 - Electric blind operating device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an electric blind operating device.

[Related Art] Conventionally, an electric blind is provided with a control unit including height adjusting means for adjusting the height of the blind and angle adjusting means for adjusting a slat angle of the blind. Then, the height of the blind and the angle of the slat are set to desired positions while viewing the blind by operating the height adjusting means and the angle adjusting means provided in the control unit.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when adjusting the height of the blinds and the angle of the slats with the control unit, the user must operate while looking at the blinds connected to the control unit. If it is installed in a place where it is located, there is a problem that it is difficult to set the height and slat angle of the blind to desired positions.

An object of the present invention is to provide an operating device for an electric blind capable of surely setting a height and a slat angle of a blind at a desired position without looking at the blind.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a height adjusting means for presetting a height of a blind, an angle adjusting means for presetting a slat angle of a blind, Height display means for displaying the height of the blind based on the operation of the height adjustment means, angle display means for displaying the slat angle of the blind based on the operation of the angle adjustment means, the height adjustment means and the angle adjustment After setting the height and the slat angle of the blind by means, the transmission means transmits these command signals.

[Operation] Accordingly, when it is desired to set the height of the blind and the angle of the slat, the height and the slat angle of the blind are desired by the height adjusting means and the angle adjusting means while visually recognizing the height displaying means and the angle displaying means. Is set in advance to the position. Then, the command signal is transmitted by the transmitting means.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, a pair of lifting units 8 and 10 are installed in the head box 3 of the blind B, and a plurality of slats 18 are provided from the lifting units 8 and 10 by a lifting code 17 and a ladder code 20. Hanging supported. Double lifting unit
An elevating shaft 7, which is driven to rotate by a drive motor 5, is connected to 8, 10 so that the elevating units 8, 10 raise the blind B with an elevating cord 17 according to the forward / reverse rotation of the drive motor 5, The slat angle is changed by the ladder code 20. A linear potentiometer 11 for detecting the height of the blind B and a rotary potentiometer 12 for detecting a slat angle of the blind B are connected to the elevating shaft 7. The linear potentiometer 11 converts the rotational movement of the elevating shaft 7 into a linear movement to detect the height of the blind B, and the rotary potentiometer 12 converts the rotational movement of the elevating shaft 7 into a rotation angle to change the angle of the slat 18. It is to detect.

In addition, the rotary potentiometer 12 and the lifting unit
An upper limit switch 13 is provided between
The actuator 13a of the upper limit switch 13 protrudes from the lower surface of the head box 3 so that the uppermost slat 18 comes into contact when all the slats 18 are wound up.

Further, the drive motor 5 is connected to the control unit 4 via a connection line (not shown). The connection part 4 is connected to the linear potentiometer 11 and the rotary potentiometer 12
The rotation of the drive motor 5 is controlled based on the detection signal of the upper limit switch 13.

The linear potentiometer 11, the rotary potentiometer 12, and the upper limit switch 13 are connected to the control unit 4 via a connection line 14.

Also, when the upper limit switch 13 winds the slat 18,
The slat 18 presses the actuator 13a and the driving motor 5
Is stopped and the upper limit position is detected.

Next, the electrical configuration of the control unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The control unit 4 includes a microcomputer 4b (MPU), a power supply circuit 4a, and a motor drive circuit 4c. The microcomputer 4b calculates the height of the blind B and the angle of the slat 18 based on the detection signals of the linear potentiometer 11, the rotary potentiometer 12 and the upper limit switch 13, and detects that the blind B has risen to the set position. I do. The microcomputer 4b is provided with a motor drive circuit 4c.
The rotation of the drive motor 5 is controlled via the.

Next, the configuration of the controller 2 as an operation device connected to the control unit 4 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, an up button 23a and a down button 23b for adjusting the height of the blind B are provided substantially vertically above and below the center of the operation panel 21. The operation panel 21
An open button 24a and a close button 24b for adjusting the slat angle are provided substantially in the left and right directions at the center width. The buttons 23a, 23b, 24a, 24b are push-button switches.

On the lower right side of the operation panel 21, a + step button 15 as height adjustment and angle adjustment means for setting the height and slat angle of the blind B and a-step button 16 as height and angle adjustment means are provided. It is provided.

A start button 27 and a set button 28 as transmission means are provided at a lower left portion of the operation panel 21. The set button 28 is used to store the height data and slat angle data of the blind B set by operating the + and -step buttons 15 and 16 in a random access memory 31 described later.
(Hereinafter, referred to as RAM). Further, the start button 27 is used for the blind B stored in the RAM 31.
Is transmitted to the control unit 4 in the head box 3.

A light receiving section 33 of an infrared remote controller is provided at the lower center of the controller 2 so that the above-mentioned operation can be commanded by a remote controller (not shown).

A display panel 22 is provided above the operation panel 21 of the controller 2. In the upper part of the display panel 22, a height display section 25 is provided as height display means for displaying the height of the blind B. The lower part of the display panel 22 has a slat
Angle display section 26 as angle display means for displaying 18 angles
Is provided. Each of these display sections 25 and 26 is composed of a plurality of display sections t (11 in this embodiment) arranged horizontally as shown in FIG.

The display unit t of each of the display units 25 and 26 is always lit.
When the + and-step buttons 15 and 16 are operated, one of the lit and displayed height display sections 25 is displayed in a blinking manner, and the blinking display section t moves left and right. Has become. Similarly, in the angle display section 26 which is lit and displayed, the + and-step buttons 15 and 16
When the operation is performed, the angle display section that is lit and displayed
One of 26 is blinkingly displayed, and the blinking display section t moves left and right. With this operation, the height and the slat angle of the blind B can be adjusted to desired positions.

In this embodiment, the display panel 22 is of a liquid crystal display type.

Next, the electrical configuration of the controller will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The display panel 22 is connected to a central processing unit 29 (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) in the controller 2 via a display circuit 30, Up button 23a, down button 23b
Open button 24a, close button 24b and set button 28,
The start button 27 is connected.

Also, the CPU 29 has a RAM 31 for temporarily storing the calculation result,
A read-only memory 32 (hereinafter, referred to as ROM) storing a control program for controlling and driving the CPU 29 is connected.

Then, based on the operation of the +, -step buttons 15, 16 and the set button 28, the desired height data and slat angle data of the blind B are stored in the RAM 31 so that they can be transmitted to the microcomputer 4b of the control unit 4. It has become so. Further, height data and angle data stored in the RAM 31 are transmitted to the microcomputer 4b based on the operation of the start button 27.

A case in which the controller 2 configured as described above moves the blind B up and down will be described.

First, when the set button 28 is operated, one of the height display portions 25 is displayed.
Display units t blink. Then, each time the + step button 15 is pressed once, the display portion t blinking is moved by one to the left. Further, each time the -step button 16 is pressed once, the display portion t blinking is moved by one to the right. By performing this operation, a desired height is set while viewing the blinking display portion t of the height display portion 25, that is, the height position of the designated blind B. Thereafter, when the set button 28 is operated, this height data is stored in the RAM 31 and one display section t of the angle display section 26 is blinked. Then, each time the + step button 15 is pressed once, the display portion t blinking is moved by one to the left. Further, each time the -step button 16 is pressed once, the display portion t blinking is moved by one to the right. This operation is performed and the desired position is set while watching the blinking display portion t of the angle display portion 26, that is, the slat angle position of the designated blind B. afterwards,
By operating the set button 28, this slat angle data
It is stored in the RAM 31. By this operation, blind B
Height data and slat angle data are stored in the RAM 31.

Then, based on the operation of the start button 27, the CPU 29
The height data and the angle data stored in the AM 31 are transmitted to the microcomputer 4b of the control unit 4.

Then, the microcomputer 4b of the blind B controls the rotation of the drive motor 5 via the drive circuit 4c based on the height data and the angle data transmitted from the controller 2, and the height data and the angle data and the blind B
Is stopped, the drive motor 5 is stopped.

As described above in detail, in the present invention, the height of the blind B and the slat 18 are checked while viewing the height display section 25 of the display panel 22 and the display section t of the angle display section 26 of the controller 2.
After that, the microcomputer 4b controls the drive of the drive motor 5 by the set button 28 and the start button 27 to control the blind B to a desired set position.

As a result, even when the controller 2 is installed at a position distant from the blind B, the drive of the blind B can be reliably controlled to a desired setting position. Furthermore, blind B
Can be surely driven and controlled to a desired set position even if the blind B is arranged at a position where it cannot be seen at all. At this time, the corresponding height and angle are instructed on the blinking display unit t, so that the setting can be made easy to confirm.

In the present embodiment, one controller 2 is provided for one blind B, but it is also possible to connect a plurality of blinds B and control a plurality of blinds B at the same time.

Further, it is also possible to provide a lighting function on the display panel 22 so that the display panel 22 can be viewed even in the dark, so that the display panel 22 can be operated in the dark.

As a result, even if the blind B is not visible at all, the height and the slat angle of the blind B can be reliably set at a desired setting position. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be arbitrarily changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above in detail, in the present invention, the height of the blind and the angle of the slat are set in advance while viewing the height display means and the angle display means by the height adjustment means and the angle adjustment means. Then, since these setting positions can be transmitted by the transmission means, the blinds can be reliably set to the desired setting positions.

As a result, there is an effect that the operation device can be reliably set at a desired setting position even if the operation device is installed at a position distant from the blind or the blind cannot be visually recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a controller is connected to a blind, FIG. 2 is a structural view showing a structure in a head box of the blind, FIG. 3 is a front view showing the entire controller, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a partially enlarged front view showing a display panel, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a blind and a controller. 2. Controller as operating device, 15+ step button as height adjusting means and angle adjusting means, 16- step button as height adjusting means and angle adjusting means, 27 ... Start button as transmitting means, 28 ... Set button as transmission means, B ... Blind.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Tani 4-30-7 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Tachikawa Blind Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Koji Takimoto 1-3-15 Futadamachi, Izumiotsu-shi, Osaka (72) Inventor Hironobu Watanabe 5-27-12 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture In-house Nagoya Sales Office (72) Inventor Yoshimoto Toki Naka, Aichi Prefecture 5-27-12, Sakae-ku, Nagoya Sales Office, Nippon Sangyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Hagiwara 5-27-12, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya Sales Office, Nippon Sangyo Co., Ltd. JP-A-59-68493 (JP, A) JP-A-63-167880 (JP, A) JP-A-2-43397 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A height adjusting means for presetting a height of a blind, an angle adjusting means for presetting a slat angle of a blind, and a height for displaying a height of the blind based on an operation of the height adjusting means. After displaying the height and slat angle of the blind with the height adjusting means and the angle adjusting means, the angle displaying means for displaying the slat angle of the blind based on the operation of the angle adjusting means, And a transmitting means for transmitting the command signal of (1).