JP3273029B2 - Electric blind control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric blind control device for automatically controlling a slat elevating operation and an angle adjusting operation based on a preset program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 shows a conventional example of an electric blind control device for controlling the operation of a plurality of electric blinds for each group.
2 to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 12, a number of electric blinds 1 are connected by a common signal line 2 and are grouped into, for example, first to fourth areas A to D for each specific area. . A receiver 3 is connected to the signal line 2,
The remote control signal RS output from the remote control transmitter 4 is input to the receiver 3.

[0004] The receiver 3 outputs a blind control signal BS based on the remote control signal RS, and controls the operation of each electric blind 1 for each group simultaneously. FIG. 13 shows a switch panel of the remote control transmitter 4. The switch panel is provided with area selection switches 5a to 5d for selecting the areas A to D and operation switches 6 to 9 for operating each electric blind 1. The operation switches include an up switch 6 for selecting a slat up operation, a down switch 7 for selecting a slat down operation, and angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b for selecting an slat angle adjustment operation. And a stop switch 9 for stopping the lifting and lowering operation and the angle adjusting operation of the slat.

FIG. 1 shows the electrical configuration of the remote control transmitter 4.
4 will be described. An operation signal from the operation of each switch is transmitted to the CPU 1 through the input interface 10a.
1 is input.

The CPU 11 operates based on a program stored in the program memory 12 in advance. Then, a remote control signal is generated and output based on the input operation signal, and the remote control signal is output to the LED via the output interface 13a and the LED driver 14.
(Light emitting diode) 15 remote control signal RS of infrared rays
Is output as

The electrical configuration of the receiver 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The remote control signal RS is transmitted to the infrared receiver 1
6 via the input interface 10b.
Input to PU18.

The CPU 18 operates based on a program stored in a program memory 19 in advance,
The remote control signal RS is stored in the area storage memory 2 if necessary.
0 and temporarily stored in the remote control signal R
A blind control signal BS is generated based on S and the data stored in the area storage memory 20. Then, the blind control signal BS is output to the output interface 13b.
And output to each electric blind 1 via the line driver 17.

In the electric blind control device thus constructed, in order to operate the electric blind in a desired area, first, when one of the area selection switches 5a to 5d of the remote control transmitter 4 is pressed, the operation is started. As shown in FIG. 16, a leader signal S1 having a predetermined pulse width is output from the remote control transmitter 4, and following the leader signal S1,
An area selection signal S2 corresponding to the selected area is output, and then a trailer signal S3 is output.

Then, the receiver 3 temporarily stores the received area selection signal S2 in the area storage memory 20. Next, when one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7 and the angle adjustment switches 8a, 8b is pressed, the reader signal S1 is output again from the remote control transmitter 4, and the reader signal S1 is followed by the switch corresponding to the switch. An operation command signal S4 is output.

Then, in the receiver 3, the area selection signal S2
Control signal B based on and the operation command signal S4
S is generated, and the blind control signal BS is output to each electric blind 1 in the selected area via the signal line 2. As a result, the slat elevating operation or the slat angle adjusting operation of each electric blind 1 in the selected area is performed in synchronization.

When the area selection signal S2 is read from the area storage memory 20, the area storage signal
Data stored in 0 is erased. By such an operation, the operator selects and operates one of the area selection switches 5a to 5d, and then operates one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7 and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b to obtain a desired one. Blinds in the area 1
Slat lifting operation or angle adjustment operation can be performed.

[0013]

However, in the electric blind control apparatus as described above, even when the electric blind 1 in the same area is operated continuously, the area is selected by the area selection switches 5a to 5d each time. It is necessary to select a slat elevating operation or an angle adjusting operation.

For example, when the receiver 3 is provided for each area and the remote control transmitter 4 is provided for each area, each remote control transmitter 4 controls the electric blind 1 of substantially the same area. It is used only when the operation is performed.
An operation to select the area by operating 5d is required.

Therefore, there is a problem that the operation of the remote control transmitter 4 for operating each electric blind 1 becomes complicated. In addition, the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 4 requires an area selection switch for each area. Therefore, as the number of areas increases, the number of area selection switches also increases.

Then, there is a problem that the area of the switch panel increases, the size of the remote control transmitter 4 increases, and the area selection operation becomes complicated. An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for an electric blind which can easily remotely control a plurality of electric blinds for each group.

[0017]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, an electric blind installed in each of a plurality of installation areas, an installation area selection signal for selecting one of the installation areas, Generating an operation command signal for controlling the operation of the electric blind, a transmitter for outputting the installation area selection signal and the operation command signal as a remote operation signal, and receiving a remote operation signal output from the transmitter, And a receiver for controlling the operation of the electric blind in the selected installation area, a control device for the electric blind,
Wherein the transmitter includes a placement area selection switch for generating a placement area selection information, an operation switch for generating the operation command signal, a storage device for storing the installation area selection information, each enter on the basis of the operation of the switch
If the input signal is the installation area selection information , install the same
While storing area selection information in the storage device, the input
If the input signal is an operation command signal, it is stored in the storage device.
Generating the installation area selection signal from the installation region selection information being憶, and a control section for outputting said operation command signal with the installation region selection signal as the remote control signal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the transmitter is provided with a function changeover switch, and the control section is provided with a function changeover switch for operating the operation switch as the installation area selection switch based on an operation of the function changeover switch. With means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the control unit includes a function switching unit that operates the operation switch as the installation area selection switch based on a special operation of one of the switches provided on the transmitter. .

In a preferred embodiment, the storage device is constituted by a nonvolatile memory.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) This embodiment is a modification of the configuration of the remote control transmitter 4 and the receiver 3 of the conventional electric blind control device shown in FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the conventional example.

FIG. 1 shows a remote control transmitter 2 according to the present embodiment.
1b shows the switch panel of FIG. This switch panel
In addition to the switches of the conventional example, an AUTO switch 2
3 and a LOCAL switch 24 are provided.

The AUTO switch 23 previously sets a program for automatically controlling each electric blind 1 in a personal computer system or the like connected to the signal line 2 of the control device shown in FIG. 12, and performs automatic control based on the program. Used when selecting. The LOCAL switch 24 is connected to the remote control transmitter 21 regardless of the automatic control.
Used to select manual control using a.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the remote control transmitter 21a. The remote control transmitter 21a is different from the conventional remote control transmitter 4 in that the switches 23 and 24 are added and an area storage memory 25 composed of a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM is connected to the CPU 11. The other configuration is the same as that of the above-described conventional example except for the program stored in the program memory 12 in advance.

In such a remote control transmitter 21a, when any one of the area selection switches 5a to 5d is pressed,
The CPU 11 stores the area selection information in the area storage memory 25. Next, when one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7 and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b is operated to set the up / down operation or the angle adjustment operation, as shown in FIG. An area selection signal S2 is generated based on the area selection information stored in the area selection signal S25. Then, a leader signal S1 is output, and an area selection signal S2 and a set operation command signal S4 are output following the reader signal S1.

Next, the area selection switches 5a to 5d
When any one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7 and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b is operated without operating the CPU 11, the CPU 11 selects the area based on the area selection information stored in the area storage memory 25. A signal S2 is generated. Then, following the leader signal S1, the area selection signal S2 and the newly set operation command signal S4 are output. Then, each of the signals S
1, S2 and S4 are output interface 13 and LE
It is output from the LED 15 via the D driver 14.

FIG. 3 shows an electrical configuration of the receiver 22 in the present embodiment. The receiver 22 is the same as the conventional example except that the area storage memory 20 is omitted from the receiver 3 of the conventional example, and the other configuration is the same as that of the conventional example except for a program stored in the program memory 19 in advance.

When the receiver 22 receives the leader signal S1, the area selection signal S2 and the operation command signal S4 output from the remote control transmitter 21a, the receiver 22 performs blind control based on the area selection signal S2 and the operation command signal S4. A signal BS is generated, and the blind control signal BS is
It outputs to each electric blind 1 of the selected area via the signal line 2.

Next, the operation of the electric blind control device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. CPU
11 always detects whether or not an input signal accompanying the operation of each switch is input during the operation (steps 1 and 2). When any switch is operated,
The CPU 11 detects whether the input signal is area selection information (step 3).

When detecting the input of the area selection information in step 3, the CPU 11 stores the area selection information in the area storage memory 25 (step 4), and returns to step 1. In step 3, an input signal other than the area selection information is detected, and the input signal is detected by switches 6, 7, 8a, 8b,
9 is the operation command signal S4 based on any one of the operations (step 5), the CPU 11
The area selection signal S2 is generated based on the area selection information stored in the memory (step 6), and is synthesized with the input operation command signal S4 (step 7). As shown in FIG. The area selection signal S2 and the operation command signal S4 are continuously output as remote control signals (step 8).

Then, the switches 6, 7, 8a,
Every time any one of 8b and 9 is operated, the CPU 11 repeats steps 1 to 3 to 5 to 8 and outputs an operation command signal S4 corresponding to the switch following the leader signal S1 and the area selection signal S2.

Also, when the AUTO switch 23 or the LOCAL switch 24 is operated in step 5, the CPU 11 outputs an output signal corresponding to the switch, and returns to step 1.

The remote control signal output from the CPU 11 is transmitted from the LED 15 as an infrared signal. The receiver 22 receives the remote control signal,
It generates and outputs a blind control signal BS. Then
In each electric blind in the selected area, a slat elevating operation or an angle adjusting operation is performed.

With the electric blind control device configured as described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. (1) By operating the remote control transmitter 21a, the slat elevating operation and the angle adjusting operation of the plurality of electric blinds 1 for each area can be performed collectively. (2) The area selection information based on the operation of the area selection switches 5a to 5d is stored in the area storage memory 25 in the remote control transmitter 21a, and thereafter the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b are operated. Each time, the area selection signal S2 generated based on the area selection information and the operation command signal S4 corresponding to the operated switch can be continuously output. Therefore,
When operating the electric blind 1 in the same area, the operation of the area selection switches 5a to 5d can be omitted, so that the raising and lowering operation and the angle adjusting operation of the electric blind 1 for each area can be easily performed. (3) Each time the area selection switches 5a to 5d are operated,
Since the area selection information in the area storage memory 25 is updated, the remote control transmitter 21a can be used for a plurality of areas. (4) The setting of the area storage memory in the receiver 22 can be omitted. (5) Since the area storage memory 25 is constituted by a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM, the stored area selection information is not lost even if the power of the remote control transmitter 4 is cut off. (Second Embodiment) This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the configuration of the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21a is changed and the contents of the program memory 12 are changed accordingly. The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21b of this embodiment is different from the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21a of the first embodiment in that the area selection switches 5a to 5d are omitted. This is a configuration to which a function changeover switch 26 is added.

FIG. 7 shows the electrical configuration of the remote control transmitter 21b. The CPU 11 operates based on a program stored in the program memory 12, and when the function changeover switch 26 is pressed, the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a, 8
b is recognized as an area selection switch.

Therefore, when any one of the switches 6, 7, 8a, 8b is pressed while the function changeover switch 26 is pressed, any one of the four areas A to D corresponds to the switch corresponding to the switch. The area is selected, and the area selection information is stored in the area storage memory 25.

Other configurations of the remote control transmitter 21b are as follows.
This is the same as the first embodiment. The receiver of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment. Next, the operation of the electric blind control device of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

At the time of operation, the CPU 11 constantly detects whether or not an input signal accompanying the operation of each of the switches has been input (steps 11 and 12). When one of the switches is operated, the CPU 11 detects the presence or absence of the operation of the function changeover switch 26 (step 13), and then the function changeover switch 26 and the switches 6, 7, 8a,
It is detected whether or not any one of 8b is pressed at the same time, that is, whether or not an area selecting operation is being performed (step 14).

When detecting the input of the area selection information based on the area selection operation in step 14, the CPU 11 stores the area selection information in the area storage memory 25 (step 15), and returns to step 11.

In step 14, an input signal other than the area selection information is detected, and the input signal is set to switches 6, 7, 8
a, 8b, 9 an operation command signal S based on one of the operations
If it is 4, the CPU 11 generates an area selection signal S2 based on the area selection information stored in the area storage memory 25 (step 16), and combines it with the input operation command signal S4 (step 17). As shown in FIG. 4, a leader signal S1, an area selection signal S2, and an operation command signal S4 are continuously output as remote control signals (step 18).

Then, the switches 6, 7, 8a,
Every time one of 8b and 9 is operated, the CPU 11 repeats steps 11 to 14 and 16 to 18 and outputs an operation command signal S4 corresponding to the switch following the leader signal S1 and the area selection signal S2.

The remote control signal output from the CPU 11 is transmitted from the LED 15 as an infrared signal. The receiver 22 receives the remote control signal,
It generates and outputs a blind control signal BS. Then
In each electric blind 1 in the selected area, a slat elevating operation or an angle adjusting operation is performed.

In the control device for an electric blind configured as described above, (1) obtained in the first embodiment is obtained.
(4) In addition to the functions and effects of (5), the following functions and effects can be obtained. (1) Function changeover switch 26, up switch 6,
Area selection information based on simultaneous operation with one of the down switch 7 and one of the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b is stored in an area storage memory 25 in the remote control transmitter 21b, and thereafter, the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switch Each time 8a, 8b is operated, an area selection signal S2 generated based on the area selection information and an operation command signal S4 corresponding to the operated switch can be continuously output. Therefore, when operating the electric blind 1 in the same area, the area selecting operation by operating the function changeover switch 26 can be omitted,
The lifting and lowering operation and the angle adjusting operation of the electric blind 1 for each area can be easily performed. (2) Function changeover switch 26, switches 6, 7,
Since the area selection information in the area storage memory 25 is updated each time an area selection operation is performed by simultaneous operation with any one of 8a and 8b, the remote control transmitter 21b can be shared by a plurality of areas. (3) By operating the function changeover switch 26, the up switch 6, the down switch 7, the angle adjustment switch 8a,
8b can be operated as an area selection switch. Therefore, since the number of switches can be reduced, the size of the switch panel and the remote control transmitter 21b can be reduced. (Third Embodiment) This embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that the configuration of the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21b is changed and the contents of the program memory 12 are changed accordingly. The other configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 9, the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21c of this embodiment has a configuration in which the function selection switch 26 is omitted from the switch panel of the remote control transmitter 21b of the second embodiment. .

FIG. 10 shows the electrical configuration of the remote control transmitter 21c. The CPU 11 operates based on the program stored in the program memory 12, and recognizes that a special operation has been performed when the up switch 6 is continuously pressed while the stop switch 9 is pressed. A count function is provided for counting the number of times the up switch 6 is continuously pressed. When the up switch 6 is continuously pressed three times, the mode is set to the area selection mode.

When any one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7 and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b is operated in this state, any one of the four areas A to D corresponds to the switch. The selected area selection information is stored in the area storage memory 25.

The other configuration of the remote control transmitter 21c is the same as that of the second embodiment. The receiver according to this embodiment is the same as the first and second embodiments.

Next, the operation of the control device for the electric blind of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. CPU11
Always detects whether or not an input signal accompanying the operation of each switch is input during the operation (step 2).
When no input signal is input, the number of continuous operations of the stop switch 9 is reset to "0" (step 23).

Next, when a special operation in which the up switch 6 is continuously pressed while the stop switch 9 is pressed is detected (step 24), the number of continuous operations of the up switch 6 is counted (step 25).

At this time, if the state in which none of the switches is depressed has passed for a certain period of time in a state where the number of continuous operations of the up switch 6 is less than three times, the process returns to step 21 (step 35).

When the number of consecutive operations of the up switch 6 becomes three (step 26), the CPU 11 waits for the operation of the next operation switch (steps 27 to 3).
0). Next, when one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a, 8b is operated,
Area selection information for selecting any area corresponding to the switch from the four areas is stored in the area storage memory 25 (step 31), and the process returns to step 21.

Next, when one of the switches 6, 7, 8a and 8b is pressed to operate the electric blind 1, the CPU 11 detects an operation command based on the switch operation (steps 21 and 22), and It is detected that the operation is not a special operation (step 24), and an area selection signal S2 is generated based on the area selection information stored in the area storage memory 25 (step 32).

Then, the generated area selection signal S2,
By combining the input operation command signal S4 (step 3
3) As shown in FIG. 4, the reader signal S1, the area selection signal S2, and the operation command signal S4 are continuously output as remote control signals (step 34).

Then, the switches 6, 7, 8a,
Every time one of 8b and 9 is operated, the CPU 11 repeats steps 21 to 24 and 32 to 34, and outputs an operation command signal S4 corresponding to the switch following the leader signal S1 and the area selection signal S2.

The remote control signal output from the CPU 11 in this way is transmitted from the LED 15 as an infrared signal. The receiver 22 receives the remote control signal,
It generates and outputs a blind control signal BS. Then
In each electric blind 1 in the selected area, a slat elevating operation or an angle adjusting operation is performed.

In the control device for an electric blind configured as described above, the following operation and effect can be obtained in addition to the operation and effect obtained in the second embodiment. (1) With the stop switch 9 pressed, the up switch 6
Press the key three times to enter the area selection mode.
In this state, area selection information can be generated based on the operation of any one of the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b. (2) The area selection information is stored in the area storage memory 25 in the remote control transmitter 21c, and thereafter, every time the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a, 8b are operated, based on the area selection information. The area selection signal S2 generated as described above and the operation command signal S4 corresponding to the operated switch can be continuously output.
Therefore, when the electric blinds 1 in the same area are operated, the area selecting operation can be omitted, so that the raising / lowering operation and the angle adjustment operation of the electric blind 1 for each area can be easily performed. (3) Since the area selection information in the area storage memory 25 is updated for each special operation, the remote control transmitter 21c can be used over a plurality of areas. (4) By the special operation, the up switch 6, the down switch 7, and the angle adjustment switches 8a and 8b can be operated as area selection switches. Therefore, since the number of switches can be reduced, the size of the switch panel and the remote control transmitter 21b can be reduced.

The above embodiment may have the following configuration. The area storage memory 25 may be any memory other than the non-volatile memory. -The above-mentioned special operation may be realized by any combination of switches other than the combination of the stop switch 9 and the up switch 6. The remote control transmitter 4 may be provided with a display device for displaying a number indicating the selected area when transmitting the remote control signal. A display device that indicates that the operation switch can be operated as an area selection switch by operating the function changeover switch 26 may be provided. A display device that indicates that the operation switch can be operated as an area selection switch by a special operation may be provided.

[0059]

As described above in detail, the present invention can provide an electric blind control device which can easily remotely control a plurality of electric blinds for each group.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a switch panel according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a remote control transmitter according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a receiver according to each embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing a remote control signal output from a remote control transmitter.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the remote control transmitter according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view illustrating a switch panel according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a remote control transmitter according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the remote control transmitter according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a switch panel according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a remote control transmitter according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the remote control transmitter according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a control device for an electric blind.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a switch panel of a conventional remote control transmitter.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a conventional remote control transmitter.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a conventional receiver.

FIG. 16 is a waveform diagram showing a remote control signal output from a conventional remote control transmitter.

[Description of Signs] 1 Electric blinds 5a to 5d Installation area selection switches (area selection switches) 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 9 Operation switches 11 Control unit (CPU) 12 Control unit (program memory) 21 Transmitter 22 Receiver 25 Storage device (memory for area storage) S2 Installation area selection signal (area selection signal) S4 Operation command signal RS Remote operation signal (remote control signal)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] An electric blind installed in each of a plurality of installation areas, an installation area selection signal for selecting one of the installation areas, and an operation command for controlling an operation of the electric blind in the selected installation area. And a transmitter that generates a signal and outputs the installation area selection signal and the operation command signal as a remote operation signal; and receives a remote operation signal output from the transmitter and outputs the signal in the selected installation area. In a control apparatus for an electric blind including a receiver for controlling operation of a blind, the transmitter includes: an installation area selection switch for generating installation area selection information; and an operation for generating the operation command signal. a switch, a storage device for storing the installation area selection information, wherein when the signal installation area selection information input based on the operation of each switch While storing installation region selection information in the storage device, wherein the input signal is an operation command signal
A control unit that generates the installation area selection signal from the installation area selection information stored in the storage device , and outputs the installation area selection signal and the operation command signal as the remote operation signal. A control device for an electric blind, comprising: 2. The transmitter includes a function changeover switch, and the control unit includes a function changeover unit that operates the operation switch as the installation area selection switch based on an operation of the function changeover switch. The control device for an electric blind according to claim 1, wherein 3. The control unit further includes a function switching unit that operates the operation switch as the installation area selection switch based on a special operation of one of switches provided on the transmitter. The control device for an electric blind according to claim 1, wherein 4. The electric blind control device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device is constituted by a nonvolatile memory.