JPH0298313A - Night table - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable control objective machineries and control contents thereof to be easily perceived even if the lighting inside a room is dark, and to enable the movement of a table or the like to be freely carried out by displaying the control objective machineries and the control contents on a display unit when the existence of a human body is detected, and also remotely controlling the above by means of a radio. CONSTITUTION:When an operator stands in front of a night table, the existence of a human body is detected by an infrared ray sensor 22, and a CRT 32 is lit, and then a picture 60 is displayed. In this picture 60, a menu representing a date, time and control objective machineries is displayed. When a control objective machinery is selected by the operator by touching either of these marks with his finger via a touch panel, data are input into a control circuit, and the picture is changed over to the picture in which the menu of the control objective machinery is displayed. Thus, since the CRT is used, even if the lighting inside a room is dark, the operating picture is light and is easily discriminated, and also since the device is contrived so as to have multifunction, many operations can be carried cut on one picture surface, and further since the operation is carried out by a radio without using wiring, the movement of the night table or the like can be freely carried out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a nightstand, and particularly to a nightstand provided in a bedroom of a city hotel, resort hotel, luxury condominium, etc., which has advanced functions.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional nightstand consists of a table body and a desk lamp fixed to the table body.
An operation panel is provided on the front of the table body to operate radios, televisions, lighting equipment, etc. using various push buttons, switches, knobs, etc. The functions of various push buttons and the like are often displayed in small letters above or below the push buttons, switches, etc. Further, a control circuit is housed within the nightstand, and this control circuit is connected by wiring to devices to be controlled such as a radio, television, lighting equipment, and fan coil unit.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the night table mentioned above, the functions of push buttons etc. are displayed in small letters, so
When actually operating the device, there are problems in that it may be difficult to locate the operation buttons, the function display may be difficult to see, and the operation may be difficult if the lighting in the room is dark.

Furthermore, since the nightstand and the device to be controlled are connected by wiring, there is a problem in that the wiring may become an obstacle when moving the nightstand or the device to be controlled.

The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily check the function display even when the indoor lighting is dark, and it is also possible to freely move the night table and the equipment to be controlled. The purpose is to provide a nightstand that can be used.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a display device equipped with a touch panel for manually inputting data;
A sensor for detecting the presence of a human body, and when the presence of a human body is detected, the device to be controlled and the control contents are displayed on the display device, and the device to be controlled selected by the touch panel is transmitted wirelessly according to the control contents selected. The night table is configured by a control circuit for remote control.

[Effect]

The display device of the present invention can use a CRT or the like, and is equipped with a touch panel for inputting data. Further, a sensor for detecting the presence of a human body is provided, and when the presence of a human body is detected by this sensor, the control target device and the control contents are displayed on the display device by the control circuit. The operator selects the controlled device and control content displayed on the display device by touching the touch panel and inputting data. and,
The control circuit wirelessly remotely controls the selected device to be controlled according to the selected control details. In this way, since the device to be controlled and the control contents are displayed on the display device, the contents can be easily confirmed and selected even when the indoor lighting is dark. Also,
Since it is remotely controlled wirelessly, there is no need for wires and the nightstand etc. can be moved freely.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, since the device to be controlled and the control contents are displayed on the display device and selected using the touch panel, operability is improved.
Furthermore, since the nightstand is remotely controlled by wireless, it is possible to move the nightstand freely. It is also possible to display the information in a foreign language, and if the language used by the operator is input in advance, all information will be displayed in that language.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The night table of this embodiment has four parts, as shown in Fig. 1.
book legs 10, side plates 12 provided between these legs 10,
It has a box-like configuration with a top plate 14 provided on the upper end side of the legs 10 and an inclined plate 16 provided so that the side plate 12 on the front side and the top plate 14 are continuous. On the top plate 14,
An antenna 18 for radiating radio waves is installed upright.

A desk lamp 20 is attached to this antenna 18 to support the desk lamp 20. A cassette insertion slot 28 for inserting a cassette tape and a CD insertion slot 30 for inserting a CD (compact disc) are formed in the side plate 12 on the front side. Further, a CRT 32 is provided approximately at the center of the inclined plate 16. A touch panel is mounted on the display screen of the CRT 32, which is provided with a transparent conductive film and is used to input data by touching the transparent conductive film.

Speakers 24 are attached to both sides of the CRT 32, and emergency call buttons 26 are attached below each speaker 24. Further, an infrared sensor 22 is attached near the upper side of the CRT 32 to emit infrared rays and detect the presence of a human body by blocking the emitted infrared rays. These antenna 18, infrared sensor 22, speaker 24, emergency call button 26, cassette insertion slot 28, CD insertion slot 30, CRT 32, and touch panel are connected to a control circuit housed in the nightstand.

The operation of the above embodiment will be explained below. When the operator stands in front of the nightstand or puts his hand out, the presence of a human body is detected by the infrared sensor 22, the CRT 32 is turned on, and a screen 60 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. This screen 60 displays a menu of month, day, time, and controlled equipment. This menu includes air conditioning, lighting, curtains,
There are bath hot water supply, radio/BGM, television, alarm clock, cassette, etc., and mark A is displayed at the top of the display section. When the operator selects the device to be controlled by touching one of these marks with his or her finger via the touch panel, the data is input from the touch panel to the control circuit, and the screen displaying the menu of the device to be controlled displays the control details. The screen changes.

The control contents for air conditioning are the room temperature, timer, etc. as shown on screen 61, the control contents for lighting are the positions of lighting equipment represented by black dots as shown on screen 62, and the control contents for curtains are as shown in screen 62. As shown in screen 63, these are the opening/closing of curtains and the opening/closing of lace.In the case of bath hot water supply, the control contents are water supply/drainage and water temperature as shown in screen 64.In the case of radio, control contents are shown in screen 65. As shown in the screen 66, it is the channel of the radio channel Nope BGM, and in the case of the TV, the control contents are the TV channel, as shown in the screen 66.
This is a video channel, and the control contents for an alarm clock are marks for setting the time as shown on screen 67, and the control contents for a cassette are marks for operating the cassette as shown on screen 68. This is a mark for operating a CD.

When the control target device and control content displayed on the CRT 32 are selected by touching the touch panel as described above, T waves are emitted from the antenna 18 to control the selected control target device with the selected control content. The device to be controlled is controlled remotely via wireless. on the other hand,
In an emergency, emergency contact information is displayed on the CRT 32 by interruption. Moreover, by pressing the emergency report button 26, an emergency report is notified to the management room. Note that the CRT 32 can display content in Japanese, English, graphics, etc. that is suitable for the user. Since the CRT is used in this way, the operation screen is bright and large, making it easy to understand even when the indoor lighting is dark.The multi-function design allows many operations to be performed on one screen, and wireless operation eliminates the need for wires. Therefore, the nightstand etc. can be moved freely, and functions can be changed flexibly by recombining the software.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the nightstand has a head portion 34 and a leg portion 3.
6, and the head 34 is rotatably attached to the legs 36. CRT3 provided in the head 34
Handles 38 are attached to both sides of 2. Therefore, by grasping and operating this handle 38, the head 34 can be rotated and the CRT 32 can be directed in a direction that is easy to operate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a CRT. 18... Antenna, 22... Infrared sensor, 32 ・ ・ ・CRTo

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A display device equipped with a touch panel for inputting data, a sensor for detecting the presence of a human body, and a device to be controlled and displaying control details on the display device when the presence of a human body is detected. and a control circuit that wirelessly remotely controls a device to be controlled selected by the touch panel according to the selected control content;
A nightstand with a