JPH06129695A - Drive actuator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a drive actuator in which switching of a door can be reduced as much as possible and setting of easy and rapid driving conditions coincident with a using state is performed. CONSTITUTION:An openable door 5 is provided on a front surface of a body 1, key group 2 for setting driving conditions are provided inside the door 5, and a special key 10 is provided outside the door 5. When the key 10 is operated, special driving conditions are set. The special conditions can be selected by a user side, and in order to select it, a selection key 1 of a back surface side of the body 1 is first turned ON. When the selection key is turned ON, a selection preparation is started. When an arbitrary key of the group is operated in this state, driving condition corresponding to the key is selected as special condition. The selected special condition is stored in a nonvolatile memory, and even if a battery power source is interrupted, it is not erased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operating device for an air conditioner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An air conditioner is provided with a remote control type operating device so that a user can easily set operating conditions such as operation start / stop, set temperature, wind direction and timer time. .

A book type is an example of this operating device. This is provided with a door that can be opened and closed on the front of the main body, and keys for setting operating conditions are provided on the inside and outside of the door, and the keys that are frequently used are provided on the outside of the door for easy operation. Infrequently used keys are installed inside the door.

[0004]

The arrangement of the keys in the driver is left to the discretion of the manufacturer. Therefore, the user does not always have the key that is frequently used on the outside of the door, and the door may have to be opened and closed each time the operation is performed.

The present invention takes the above circumstances into consideration,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation manipulator capable of easily and promptly setting an operating condition in conformity with a use situation.

[0006]

A driving controller according to the present invention has a key for setting an operating condition, and a selecting means for selecting an arbitrary operating condition as a specific operating condition, and a specific key. And a setting means for setting the specific operating condition selected by the selecting means when the specific key is operated.

[0007]

[Operation] Any operating condition is selected as the specific operating condition. When the specific key is operated, the selected specific operating condition is set.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is the main body of the driver. On the front surface of the main body 1, a large number of push-button type key groups 2 for operating condition setting (enclosed by a two-dot chain line in the figure) and a liquid crystal display 3 for displaying operating conditions are provided. Examples of operation conditions set by the key group 2 are operation start / stop, roubusing, operation mode, wind direction, air volume,
There are timer on time, timer off time, set temperature, set humidity, etc. On the upper part of the main body 1, a slit 4 for transmitting infrared light and detecting a room temperature is formed. A door 5 is pivotally supported on the front surface of the main body 1 so as to be openable and closable.

When the door 5 is open, all the keys and the liquid crystal display 3 are exposed, and when the door 5 is closed, the keys except the run / stop key and the liquid crystal display 3 are covered. However, the door 5 has a transparent window 6,
A part of the liquid crystal display 3 can be seen through the window 6 even when is closed.

In the liquid crystal display 3, there is a selectable display segment 3a at a position where it can be seen through the window 6 for notifying whether or not a specific operating condition described later can be selected.

The door 5 is provided with push-button type keys 7, 8, 9, 10. These keys are located at positions corresponding to predetermined keys in the key group 2 and are provided so as to penetrate the door 5, and are displaced inward by receiving a pressing operation with the door 5 closed. Then, the corresponding key in the key group 2 is pressed. The key 10 is for setting a specific operating condition and is called a specific key.

A projection 12 for detecting the opening / closing of the door is provided on the lower portion of the inner surface of the door 5, and when the door 5 is closed, the projection 1 is formed.
2 presses the door interlocking switch 13 in the key group 2. The open / closed detection by the door interlocking switch 13 serves to switch the operating conditions of the keys corresponding to the keys 7, 8, 9, 10 in the key group 2 into two types according to the opening / closing of the door 5. It should be noted that the operating conditions that are considered to be frequently set are assigned to the keys 7, 8, 9, and 10 in advance based on the manufacturer's judgment.

As shown in FIG. 3, a battery box 14 is provided at the lower rear portion of the main body 1, and a battery power source 15 is provided therein.
Is housed. The battery power supply 15 is an operation power supply for the main body 1, and is normally prevented from falling off by being covered with a cover (not shown).

A selection switch 16 is provided near the battery box 14. This selection switch 16 includes a key group 2
It is used when an operating condition corresponding to an arbitrary key is selected as a specific operating condition. The control circuit is shown in FIG.

A CPU (central processing unit) 20, which is a main control unit, includes a key group 2, a liquid crystal display 3, a door interlock switch 13, a battery power supply 15, a push button type selection key 16, and a transmission unit 2.
1, the temperature sensor 22, and the memory 23 are connected. The transmitter 21 is provided inside the slit 4 and converts the transfer data to the air conditioner body into infrared light and transmits the infrared light. The temperature sensor 22 is provided inside the slit 4 and detects the indoor temperature. The memory 23 is a non-volatile and rewritable memory that stores a specific operating condition, which will be described later, regardless of whether the power battery 15 is shut off.

The CPU 20 has a built-in ROM in which operating conditions corresponding to each key of the key group 2 are stored.
In addition, in each key of the key group 2, two kinds of operating conditions for opening and closing are assigned to the keys corresponding to the keys 7, 8, 9, 10 outside the door 5. CPU
20 is provided with the following functional means.

[1] When the key of the key group 2 is turned on, a setting means for reading and setting the operating condition corresponding to the turned-on key from the memory of the CPU 20 in consideration of the opening and closing of the door 5. [2] Transmission means for transmitting the data of the set operating conditions to the air conditioner body by the transmission unit 21.

[3] When the selection key 16 is turned on, preparation for selecting specific operating conditions is started (selectable display segment 3
a) is lit), and when the key of the key group 2 is turned on in that state, a selecting means for selecting the operating condition corresponding to the key as the specific operating condition. [4] Means for updating and storing the selected specific operating condition in the memory 23. The memory 23 initially stores specific operating conditions based on the manufacturer's judgment. [5] Setting means for reading and setting the specific operating condition in the memory 23 when the specific key 10 is turned on. [6] Transmission means for transmitting the data of the specific operating condition to be set to the air conditioner main body by the transmission unit 21.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It is assumed that the door 5 is opened and any key of the key group 2 is turned on. In this case, the operating condition for opening the door corresponding to the turned-on key is set.

It is assumed that the door 5 is closed and a key 7 outside the door 5 is pressed. In this case, a predetermined key in the key group 2 inside the door 5 is turned on in response to the displacement of the key 7, and the operating condition for closing the door corresponding to the turned-on key is set.

It is assumed that the door 5 is closed and the specific key 10 is pressed. In this case, the air volume switching key in the key group 2 inside the door 5 is turned on in response to the displacement of the specific key 10, and in response thereto, the specific operating condition in the memory 23 is read,
Is set. The operating conditions set in this way are converted into infrared light and transmitted to the air conditioner body.

By the way, the specific operating condition assigned to the specific key 10 can be arbitrarily selected by the user. When making this selection, the user selects
Turn on.

When the selection key 16 is turned on, preparation for selecting specific operating conditions is started, and the selectable display segment 3a is turned on. The user determines that the specific operating condition can be selected by observing the lighting of the selectable display segment 3a, and turns on any key corresponding to the operating condition desired to be selected from the key group 2.

When any key is turned on, the operating condition corresponding to that key is selected as the specific operating condition, and it is updated and stored in the memory 23. When this update storage is completed, the selection preparation is canceled and the selectable display segment 3a is released.
Turns off. The user determines that the selection of the specific operating condition is completed by looking at the turn-off of the selectable display segment 3a.

Therefore, by assigning a frequently-used operating condition to the specific key 10 as the specific operating condition, opening and closing of the door 5 can be reduced as much as possible, thus improving usability.
It is possible to set operating conditions easily and quickly according to the usage conditions.

Moreover, since the memory 23 for storing the specific operating conditions is non-volatile, even if the battery power source 15 runs out of capacity and the battery power source 15 is replaced, the temporarily stored specific operating conditions disappear. There is no such thing and it is safe.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the selecting means for selecting an arbitrary operating condition as the specific operating condition is provided, and when the specific key is operated, the selecting means selected by the selecting means is selected. Since the configuration is such that the operating conditions are set, it is possible to provide an operating device capable of easily and promptly setting the operating conditions that matches the usage situation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front side configuration diagram showing a state in which a door of the embodiment is opened.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a main part on the back side of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 ... Main body, 2 ... Key group, 3 ... Liquid crystal display, 5 ... Door, 7,
8, 9 ... key, 10 ... specific key, 16 ... selection key, 20
... CPU, 23 ... memory.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A driving device having a key for setting operating conditions, a selecting device for selecting an arbitrary operating condition as a specific operating condition, a specific key, and the selecting device when the specific key is operated. An operating device, comprising: a setting means for setting a selected specific operating condition. 2. A driving operation device having operating condition setting keys inside and outside a door that can be opened and closed, wherein an operating condition corresponding to an arbitrary key of the keys inside the door is selected as a specific operating condition. For driving the vehicle, a specific key provided on the outside of the door, and a setting means for setting the specific operating condition selected by the selecting means when the specific key is operated. Operation device. 3. A driving controller having operating condition setting keys inside and outside a door that can be opened and closed, and the operating condition corresponding to any key of the keys inside the door is selected as the specific operating condition. Selection means, a storage means for storing the selected specific operating condition regardless of power-off, a specific key provided on the outside of the door, and stored in the storage means when the specific key is operated. And a setting means for reading and setting the specified specific operating condition.