JPH0345077Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an operation display device for a wired or wireless remote control with a lid for remotely controlling an air conditioner or the like.

(Prior art) The operation display on a remote control generally uses an instruction mark on the knob to identify the operation details on the nameplate of the remote control, but it is difficult to understand at first glance.
In addition, in order to make driving operations easier for amateurs to understand, there are many cases in which less frequently used knobs are stored in the lid, and only the operation button is exposed on the surface of the remote control body. In this case, it is necessary to open the lid to check the operation contents such as heating, cooling, or dehumidification, which is cumbersome, so conventionally, light emitting diodes corresponding to the operation contents were used so that the operation contents could be checked from the surface. was.

(Problem that the invention aims to solve) However, when using light emitting diodes, etc., an electric circuit such as a power supply circuit is required to drive them, which increases the cost, and the number of operation details that must be displayed increases with just the light emitting display of the light emitting diode. In this case, the number of light emitting diodes increases, making it difficult to understand which driving mode the display corresponds to.

[Summary of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a movable knob that is provided inside the lid of the remote control body with a lid to set the operation details, and a highly bright color such as white on the surface that is linked to the movable knob. The instruction board attached to the lid, and the transparent multiple display on the outer surface of the lid of the remote control with a lid, which corresponds to each of the multiple operation contents that can be set using the movable knob, and the corresponding operation contents are clearly displayed. The display unit and the indicator plate surface are arranged so that the indicator plate surface is located only at the lower part of the display unit corresponding to the operation content set by the moving knob.

(Function) With the above configuration, only the display part corresponding to the operation content set by the moving knob out of the plurality of display parts corresponding to the plurality of operation contents is located at the bottom of the display part. The setting status of the operation contents can be confirmed very easily without opening the lid.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the remote control display device according to the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a wired remote control body, and by pressing an operation button 2 provided on the surface of the remote control body 1, an air conditioner (not shown) is driven via a wire 3.

Further, FIG. 2 shows a wireless remote control main body, and by pressing an operation button 2 provided on the remote control main body 1, the air conditioner is driven by infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, or the like.

1 and 2, the remote control body 1 is provided with a lid 4 that can be opened and closed, and by opening this lid 4 as shown in FIG. 3, the movable knob on the surface 5 of the remote control body 1 inside the lid 4 11 can be operated.

A changeover switch 6 integrated with the moving knob 11 is connected to a display section 8 indicating the heating position on a display board 7 provided on the lower surface of the outside of the lid 4 of the remote control body 1 in conjunction with the movement of the moving knob 11. It is designed to move between a display section 9 indicating the position and a display section 10 indicating the cooling position.

Therefore, by operating the moving knob 11, the user can control the heating, dehumidifying, and cooling functions of the air conditioner.
There are two driving modes to choose from.

Each of the display sections 8, 9, and 10 is provided with a pattern on a transparent plate so that heating, cooling, dehumidification, etc. can be readily confirmed. As explained in FIGS. 4 to 6, the moving knob 11 has a display section 8,
An indicator board 12 that moves on the back side of the indicators 9 and 10 is provided, and the upper surface of the indicator board 12 is painted in a bright color such as white or silver. 12 is located on the bottom surface of any one of the display parts 8, 9, 10, and the indicator board 12 is located on the display parts 8, 9, 10
The system emphasizes the pattern formed on the screen so that the user can easily recognize the set driving details.

The relationship between the changeover switch 6, the indicator board 12, and the display sections 8, 9, and 10 will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

In FIGS. 4 to 6, the changeover switch 6 is a sliding body 14 slidably provided within the support frame 13 of the remote controller body 1, and a switch 6 provided on a printed circuit board 15 for operating heating, dehumidification, cooling operation, etc. Contact 16
It consists of a sliding contact 17 that continues. The sliding body 14 is provided with a movable knob 11 integrally with the sliding body 14, and the movable knob 11 slides in a groove 18 provided in the surface 5 of the remote control main body 1 on the lower surface of the lid 4.

The sliding body 14 is provided with a click device 19 that allows it to stop precisely at the positions of the display sections 8, 9, and 10. This click device 19 has a cylindrical hole 20 formed in the sliding body 14, and a click ball 22 is always pressed against the frame 13 of the remote control main body 1 by a spring 21 in the hole 20. A click hole (not shown) is provided in the surface 23 of the frame body 13 which comes into contact with the display section 8, 9, and 10 so that the click ball 22 can be engaged with and released from the click ball 22. As shown in Figure 6,
An indicator plate 12 is provided on the sliding body 14 via a support rod 24. The surface of the indicator plate 12 is painted with a bright color such as white or silver.

As shown in FIG. 4, the indicator board 12 is configured to be movable on the lower surface of the display sections 8, 9, and 10.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained.

Assume that the lid 4 is opened and the selector switch 6 is set to the position of the display section 8 indicating heating, as shown in FIG. 3, for example. In that state, run button 2
When activated, the air conditioner (not shown) performs heating operation by sending a heating signal electrically through a wire or wirelessly using infrared ultrasonic waves. In this case, lid 4
Since the selector switch 6 is located on the display section 8 in the heating position even when the switch is closed, an instruction plate 12 is located on the bottom surface of the display section 8. The indicator board 12 can be seen through the provided pattern, and the pattern is similar to the indicator board 1.
2 is emphasized. Therefore, the position of the changeover switch 6, that is, the set operation details can be easily confirmed without opening the lid 4.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, cooling was explained using an example in which the most necessary operation contents such as heating and cooling were displayed, but it may be adapted to display the temperature during heating and cooling, and in this case, the display section It is necessary to provide a display that allows you to understand the temperature at a glance according to the temperature setting.

Furthermore, since the surface of the display section and the indicator board can be printed graphically, it is possible to create an attractive design.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is a movable knob provided inside the lid of the remote control body with a lid for setting the operation details, and a highly bright color such as white is applied to the surface in conjunction with this movable knob. It is equipped with an instruction board and a movable knob on the outer surface of the lid of the remote control body with a lid.
It is equipped with a plurality of transparent display sections on which the corresponding operation details are readable, and the display section is arranged so that the surface of the indicator board is located only at the bottom of the display section corresponding to the operation operation set by the moving knob. By arranging the surface of the indicator board, only the display part corresponding to the operation content set by the movement knob out of the plurality of display parts corresponding to the plurality of operation contents will have a brightness such as white located at the bottom. This is emphasized by the combination of the highly colored indicator board surface, which makes it very easy to recognize even from a distance, and allows you to reliably check the operation details without opening the lid.

In addition, since this display of operation details does not use electrical parts such as light emitting diodes, there is no need for electrical circuits or power supply circuits, making it possible to perform it at low cost, especially when low power consumption is required such as wireless remote control.
Very effective.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the remote control operation display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the remote control operation display device according to the present invention.
3 is a partial plan view of the lid shown in FIG. 2 with the lid opened, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts of the remote control operation display device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is the display board of FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the changeover switch section of FIG. 4. 1... Remote control body, 4... Lid, 6... Changeover switch, 7... Display board, 8, 9, 10... Display unit, 11... Moving knob, 12... Instruction board.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A movable knob is provided inside the lid of the remote controller body with a lid, and allows you to set the desired single operation content from multiple operation content by operating position. A colored instruction plate and a display provided on the outer surface of the lid of the remote controller body with a lid, corresponding to each of the plurality of operation contents that can be set by the moving knob, and allowing the corresponding operation contents to be read are provided. and a plurality of transparent display sections, and the display section and the instruction plate surface are installed such that the instruction plate surface is located only at the lower part of the display section corresponding to the operation content set by the moving knob. A remote control operation display device characterized by: