JP6720713B2 - Display device and remote controller having display device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display device that displays a plurality of setting value stages in a plurality of segments, and a remote controller including the display device.

For example, there is a display device of a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller) that changes a setting value of an air conditioner, which shows the setting value step by step according to the number of lights of a plurality of segments arranged on the display unit. The set value can be grasped more intuitively than that which is displayed by numbers or letters.

As a set value display device using such a plurality of segments, a plurality of rectangular segments indicating the air volume blown out from the air conditioner are arranged, and the height of the rectangular shape is gradually increased in the arranged order. There is a remote controller that increases/decreases the number of segments to be lit one by one according to the increase/decrease of the set value for each step. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2005-61665 (page 6, FIG. 4)

When the remote controller of Patent Document 1 is used as a common remote controller for air conditioner bodies having different airflow stages, when used for an air conditioner body having a smaller number of airflow stages than the number of remote controller segments, In the conventional display method in which the segment to be turned on is increased by one in response to the operation of increasing the air volume by one step, it is not possible to display the step on the remote controller in accordance with the operation of the air conditioner body. In other words, even if it seems that the air volume can still be increased on the remote control display, there is a discrepancy between the operation and the display that the air conditioner body is operating at the maximum air volume, which confuses the user. There is a problem.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and compared with the number of segments indicating the stage of the setting value, even when operating the main body device such as an air conditioner having a small number of setting stages, It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly versatile display device capable of matching the operation of the display and the operation of the number of steps of the main body device, and a remote control equipped with the display device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a display device according to claim 1 of the present invention, wherein the display device displays a plurality of stages in a plurality of segments, and the plurality of first segments are adjacent to each other. Display means having a second segment arranged between the segments, and a control means for turning on or off the first segment and the second segment of the display means, the control means, a plurality of adjacent When the first segment is turned on at the same time to display one of a plurality of stages, the second segment between the plurality of first segments is always extinguished, and the constantly extinguished first segment is displayed . The second segment other than the two segments is constantly turned on .

In a display device for displaying a plurality of stages in a plurality of segments, a plurality of first segments, a display means having a second segment arranged between the adjacent first segments, and the first of the display means. A control means for turning on or off one segment and the second segment is provided, and the control means simultaneously turns on a plurality of adjacent first segments and a second segment between the plurality of first segments. When displaying one of a plurality of stages, the second segment between the plurality of first segments is lit, and the second segment other than the lit second segment is constantly lit. The feature is that

Further, a remote controller according to claim 3 of the present invention, the display device according to claim 1 or 2, operation means for increasing or decreasing the steps displayed by the display device, and a step of displaying with the plurality of segments. And a step number setting means for setting the number of.

By using the above means, even when operating a main body device such as an air conditioner having a smaller number of setting stages than the number of segments indicating the setting value stages, the display of the display device stage and the main device It is possible to provide a highly versatile display device and a remote controller equipped with the display device because the operations of the steps can be matched.

It is a block diagram showing an example of composition of a display and a remote control by the present invention. 1 is a front view showing an example of a remote controller of an air conditioner equipped with a display device according to the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the transition of the step display of the display part by this invention. It is an explanatory view showing an example of a segment display table of Example 1 by the present invention. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of transition of stage display on a display unit according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the segment display table of Example 2 by this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail as examples based on the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of configurations of a display device and a remote controller according to the present invention. The display device 1 includes a display unit 3 that is a display unit that displays a stage using a segment, a storage unit 4, and a control unit 5 that is a control unit that controls these.

The display unit 3 includes a first segment group 10 indicating a setting stage, a second segment group 20 for clarifying the number of setting stages, and a range in which the first segment group 10 is arranged. It has a third segment 31.

The storage unit 4 stores a segment display table 41 in which the lighting patterns of the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 are stored in advance, and a stage storage unit 42 that stores the number of stages displayed on the display unit 3. have.

In addition, the remote controller 2 includes a display device 1, an operation unit 6 that is an operation unit that receives an operation for increasing or decreasing the step by one step, and a main body device such as an air conditioner that is connected by wire or wireless communication as an operation target. The main unit is provided with a step number setting unit 7 which is a step number setting means for receiving the set number of steps that can be set and setting the number of steps to be displayed in the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20. There is. The number of setting steps may be input by the user via the operation unit 6.

In addition to the display unit 3 and the storage unit 4, the control unit 5 which is the control unit of the remote controller 2 controls the operation unit 6 and the stage number setting unit 7.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a remote controller 2 of an air conditioner equipped with the display device 1 according to the present invention. A display unit 3 for displaying the setting state of the air conditioner is arranged above the remote controller 2, and an operation unit 6 for changing the operation and setting of the air conditioner is arranged below the display unit 3.

An air volume display area 30 for displaying the air volume is arranged on the right side of the center of the display unit 3. In the air volume display area 30, as shown in an enlarged view on the right side of the remote controller 2, from the first segment 11 to the first segment 16. A first segment group 10 composed of six rectangular first segments, a second segment group 20 composed of five rod-shaped second segments 21 to 25, and The rod-shaped third segment 31 is provided below and above the segment group 10.

It should be noted that the first segment group 10 is configured by the number of first segments equal to or larger than the maximum number of stages that can be set by the stage number setting unit 7. That is, in the case of displaying settings of 7 levels at the maximum, it is composed of 7 or more first segments.

The first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 are referred to as the second segment 21 between the first segment 11 and the first segment 12, and the second segment 22 between the first segment 12 and the first segment 13. Thus, one second segment is arranged between the adjacent first segments, and the width of each segment in the horizontal direction gradually increases from the first segment 11 upward.

An air volume operation button 61 for changing the air volume setting is arranged on the right side of the operation unit 6, and the air volume setting is increased by one step each time the “▲” mark above the “air volume” character is pressed. Then, every time the "▼" mark below the "air volume" character is pressed, the operation of reducing the air volume setting by one step can be performed. In addition, when the control unit 5 receives an operation of pressing the “▲” mark or the “▼” mark from the operation unit 6, the control unit 5 increases or decreases the segments to be lighted in the air volume display area 30.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the transition of the stage display on the display unit 3 according to the present invention. In FIG. 3, the six first segments 11 to 16 described in FIG. 2 are used, and the first segment group when changing the setting of the main body device that can be set in four stages less than the number of the first segments The lighting patterns of 10 and the second segment group 20 will be described.

As a precondition for starting the description, the stage number setting unit 7 described in FIG. 1 receives a signal indicating that the number of stages in which the air volume can be set is four from the air conditioner main body, and the display unit It is assumed that the number of setting steps displayed in 3 is set to 4 steps. Regarding the increase/decrease of the step, it is assumed that the air volume operation button 61 described in FIG. 2 is operated. Further, it is assumed that the third segment 31 for clarifying the range in which the first segment group 10 described in FIGS. 1 and 2 is arranged is always lit regardless of the operation of the air volume.

In the first stage where the air volume is the smallest, the first segment 11 and the second segments 21, 22, 24 are turned on. At this time, the user can set four levels because four areas are divided by a total of five rod-shaped segments, which are the three lit second segments and the two third segments 31. Can be recognized, and it can be recognized that the current setting is the first stage with the smallest air volume among the maximum four stages by the lit first segment 11.

In the second stage in which the air volume is the second largest after the first stage, the first segment 12 is turned on in addition to the segment turned on in the first stage. Therefore, the user can recognize that the current setting out of the settings of the maximum four stages is the second stage in which the air volume is the second largest after the first stage due to the lit first segments 11 and 12.

In the third stage in which the air volume is the second largest after the second stage, the first segments 13 and 14 between the second segment 22 and the second segment 24 are simultaneously turned on in addition to the segments turned on in the second stage. Therefore, the user recognizes that the two segments of the first segments 13 and 14 indicate the one-stage setting, and the current setting among the maximum four-stage settings is the lit first segment 11 With the first segment 12 and the first segments 13 and 14, it is possible to recognize that the second stage is the third stage in which the air volume is the second largest.

In the fourth stage where the air volume is the largest, in addition to the segments that are illuminated in the third stage, the first segments 15 and 16 between the second segment 24 and the upper third segment 31 are illuminated simultaneously. Therefore, the user recognizes that the first segment 15 and 16 indicates the one-step setting, and the lit first segment 11, the first segment 12, the first segment 13, 14 and the first segment are lit. It is possible to recognize from 15 and 16 that it is the fourth stage in which the air volume is the largest among the settings of all four stages.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the segment display table 41 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This segment display table 41 is referred to in order to realize the transition of the stage display described in FIG. 3 when the control unit 5 receives an operation to increase/decrease the setting value from the operation unit 6 step by step. The lighting or extinguishing pattern of each segment is stored in advance for each stage.

Items of the segment display table 41 will be described from the left side. In the "segment number" item, numbers assigned to the plurality of first segments and the second segments constituting the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 are stored.

The item of “first stage” is referred to when the control unit 5 causes the display unit 3 to display that the setting is the first stage, and the information of “lit” or “extinguished” corresponds to the item of the segment number. Remembered Further, regarding "second stage" to "fourth stage", information of "lighting" or "lighting off" which is referred to when the control unit 5 causes the display unit 3 to display each stage is stored.

For example, when the control unit 5 receives an operation to increase the setting from the operation unit 6, and the number of stages stored in the stage storage unit 42 is “first stage”, the control unit 5 causes the segment display table 41 to be displayed. Refer to the item of "second stage" of, and according to the information stored in the item of "second stage", the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 of the display unit 3 are respectively "lit" or "extinguished". To

Alternatively, the control unit 5 shifts the setting stage displayed on the display unit 3 from the "first stage" to the "second stage" in order to change the "first stage" item and the "second stage" item in the segment display table 41. The same item of “stage” may be compared with each other to specify a segment having a different state, and the state of the segment may be reversed from “lighting” to “lighting off” or “lighting off” to “lighting”. Specifically, comparing the items of the “first stage” and the items of the “second stage”, the “first stage” and the “second stage” are displayed in the first segment 12 as shown by the arrow pointing to the right in FIG. Since it is possible to specify that different information is stored in step 1, the state of the first segment 12 is reversed from being extinguished to being lit.

Further, for example, when the control unit 5 receives an operation of decreasing the setting from the operation unit 6, and the number of stages stored in the stage storage unit 42 is “fourth stage”, the control unit 5 displays the segment display. Referring to the “third stage” item of the table 41, and according to the information stored in the “third stage” item, the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 of the display unit 3 are respectively “lit” or Turn off the light.

Alternatively, the control unit 5 shifts the setting stage displayed on the display unit 3 from the "fourth stage" to the "third stage", and the "fourth stage" item and the "third stage" of the segment display table 41 are changed. The same item of “stage” may be compared with each other to specify a segment having a different state, and the state of the segment may be reversed from “lighting” to “lighting off” or “lighting off” to “lighting”. The segment of the display unit 3 may be turned on or off according to the information stored in the "third stage" of. Specifically, when comparing the items of the “fourth stage” and the items of the “third stage”, the “fourth stage” and the “third stage” are shown in the first segments 15 and 16 as indicated by the arrow pointing left in FIG. Since it is possible to specify that different information is stored in "stage", the state of the first segments 15 and 16 is reversed from lighting to extinguishing.

Note that FIG. 4 is an example of the segment display table 41 of the first embodiment that is referred to when the setting of the number of stages is four from the number of stages setting unit 7, but the segment display table 41 has three stages. A segment display table that is stored in advance corresponding to a plurality of stages (not shown) such as stages and 5 stages, and that corresponds to the number of stages that the control unit 5 has input from the stage number setting unit 7 41 is referred to.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the transition of the stage display on the display unit 3 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the six first segments 11 to 16 described in FIG. 2 are used, and the first segment group when changing the setting of the main body device that can be set in four stages less than the number of the first segments The lighting patterns of 10 and the second segment group 20 will be described. The prerequisites for starting the explanation are the same as in FIG. The first and second steps shown in FIG. 5 are the same as those in FIG.

In the third stage in which the air volume is the second largest after the second stage, in addition to the segments that are turned on in the second stage, the first segment 13, 14 and the second segment 23 between the second segment 22 and the second segment 24 are included. Lights at the same time. Therefore, the user recognizes that the first segment 13, 14 and the second segment 23 show the one-stage setting, and the current setting among the maximum four-stage setting is lit. It is possible to recognize that the first segment 11, the first segment 12, and the first segments 13 and 14 that are present are the third stage in which the air volume is the second largest after the second stage.

In the fourth stage where the air volume is the largest, in addition to the segment turned on in the third stage, the first segment 15, 16 and the second segment 25 between the second segment 24 and the upper third segment 31 are simultaneously operated. Turn on. Therefore, the user recognizes that the first segment 15, 16 and the second segment 25 show the one-stage setting, and the current setting among the maximum four-stage setting is the first segment. Since the group 10 and the second segment group 20 are all lit, it can be recognized that the fourth stage has the largest air volume.

The step display of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5 is, for example, one step with the plurality of simultaneously illuminated first segments of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Rather than showing the setting of, by turning on the second segment among the plurality of first segments to be turned on, the gap between the first segments that are turned on at the same time will be visible to the user, It becomes easy to recognize lighting of a plurality of segments as one stage.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the segment display table 41 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This segment display table 41 is referred to in order to realize the transition of the stage display described in FIG. 5 when the control unit 5 receives an operation to increase/decrease the setting value from the operation unit 6 step by step. The lighting or extinguishing pattern of each segment is stored in advance for each stage. It should be noted that each item of the segment display table 41 is the same as that of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.

For example, when the control unit 5 receives an operation for increasing the setting from the operation unit 6, and the number of stages stored in the stage storage unit 42 is “second stage”, the control unit 5 causes the segment display table 41 to be displayed. Refer to the item of "third stage" of, and according to the information stored in the item of "third stage", the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 of the display unit 3 are respectively "lit" or "extinguished". To

Alternatively, the control unit 5 changes the setting stage displayed on the display unit 3 from the “second stage” to the “third stage”, and the “second stage” item and the “third stage” of the segment display table 41. The same item of “stage” may be compared with each other to specify a segment having a different state, and the state of the segment may be reversed from “lighting” to “lighting off” or “lighting off” to “lighting”. Specifically, comparing the item of "second stage" and the item of "third stage", as shown by the arrow pointing to the right in FIG. Since it is possible to specify that different information is stored between "and" the "third stage", the specified segment is inverted from off to on.

Further, for example, when the control unit 5 receives an operation for reducing the setting from the operation unit 6, and the number of stages stored in the stage storage unit 42 is “fourth stage”, the control unit 5 displays the segment display table. 41, the third stage item is referred to, and the first segment group 10 and the second segment group 20 of the display unit 3 are respectively “lit” or “lighted” according to the information stored in the “third stage” item. Turn off.

Alternatively, the control unit 5 shifts the setting stage displayed on the display unit 3 from the "fourth stage" to the "third stage", and the "fourth stage" item and the "third stage" of the segment display table 41 are changed. The same item of “stage” may be compared with each other to specify a segment having a different state, and the state of the segment may be reversed from “lighting” to “lighting off” or “lighting off” to “lighting”. Specifically, comparing the items of the “fourth stage” and the items of the “third stage”, the “fourth stage” is shown in the first segment 15, 16 and the second segment 25 as shown by the arrow pointing left in FIG. Since it is possible to specify that different information is stored between "and" the "third stage", the specified segment is inverted from lighting to extinguishing.

Note that FIG. 6 is an example of the segment display table 41 of the second embodiment that is referred to when the setting of the number of stages is four from the stage number setting unit 7, but the segment display table 41 has three stages. A segment display table that is stored in advance corresponding to a plurality of stages (not shown) such as stages and 5 stages, and that corresponds to the number of stages that the control unit 5 has input from the stage number setting unit 7 41 is referred to.

The display device according to the present invention and the remote controller equipped with the display device show the set value step by performing the control for turning on or off the first segment and the second segment described in the first or second embodiment. Even when operating the main unit having a smaller number of setting stages than the number of segments, the display of the stages of the display device and the operation of the number of stages of the main unit can be matched. Therefore, a highly versatile display device and a remote controller provided with the display device can be provided.

1 display device 2 remote control 3 display unit (display means)
30 air volume display area 4 storage unit 41 segment display table 42 stage storage unit 5 control unit (control means)
6 Operation part (operation means)
61 Air volume operation button 7 Step number setting section (step number setting means)
10 1st segment group 11-16 1st segment 20 2nd segment group 21-25 2nd segment 31 3rd segment

Claims (3)

In a display device displaying a plurality of stages in a plurality of segments, a display unit having a plurality of first segments and a second segment arranged between the adjacent first segments, and the first of the display units. A segment and control means for turning on or off the second segment, wherein the control means, when simultaneously lighting a plurality of first segments adjacent to each other to display one of a plurality of stages, 2. The display device, wherein the second segment between the first segments is constantly extinguished, and the second segment other than the constantly extinguished second segment is constantly illuminated . In a display device displaying a plurality of stages in a plurality of segments, a display unit having a plurality of first segments and a second segment arranged between the adjacent first segments, and the first of the display units. A control means for turning on or off a segment and the second segment, wherein the control means simultaneously turns on a plurality of adjacent first segments and a plurality of first segments to turn on a plurality of second segments. When displaying one of the stages, the second segment between the plurality of first segments is lit, and the second segment other than the lit second segment is constantly lit. A display device characterized by the above. The display device according to claim 1 or 2, the operation device for increasing or decreasing the number of stages displayed by the display device, and the stage number setting unit for setting the number of stages displayed in the plurality of segments. Characteristic remote controller.

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