JPH07122104A - Luminaire - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a luminaire which is mounted with a cover to cover a receiving unit to effectively reduce the frequency of transmitting operations with a remote control transmitter. CONSTITUTION:A luminaire 11 is mounted with a remote control receiving unit 23 to receive signals transmitted by a remote control transmitter 30 and control lamps 15, 16, depending on received information, and mounted with a diffuse-transmissive cover 13 to cover the receiving unit 23 and the lamps 15, 16. A transmitting target 13a is also mounted at a position corresponding to the receiving unit 23 covered by the cover 13 so as to be visibly distinguished from its surroundings. In this way, the transmitter 30 can be easily aimed at the receiving unit 23 with the transmitting target 13a used as a criterion.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control type luminaire in which control of lighting, dimming, and extinguishing of a lamp is performed by remote control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a mode of use of a conventional remote control type lighting fixture, wherein 1 is a lighting fixture and 2 is a remote control transmitter. In the lighting fixture 1, a cover 4 made of a diffusion permeable material is detachably attached to a lower surface of a chassis 3 directly attached to a ceiling.
In addition to a lamp (not shown), various electric devices for lighting the lamp are attached to the lower surface of the chassis 3, and a remote control receiving unit and the like are attached, and these are covered with the cover 4. It is not visible.

The receiving unit has a light receiving portion for receiving a signal (infrared ray) transmitted from the transmitter 2, determines the contents received by the light receiving portion, and controls the lamps and the like according to the received contents. It has a microcomputer that does.

Such a remote control type lighting fixture 1 is provided with a cover based on that the light receiving section of the receiving unit receives a signal transmitted from the transmitter 2 to the fixture 1 as shown in FIG. The lamps covered by 4 are turned on, turned off, and turned off.

[0005]

By the way, in the conventional luminaire 1 having the cover 4 for covering the lamp, the receiving unit and the like, the cover 4 obstructs the visual recognition of the receiving unit, and the position of this unit is fixed. The user cannot know.

Therefore, when a signal is transmitted to the luminaire 1, the aim of the transmission is often uncertain, and the signal is often deviated from the receiving unit, so that the signal can be reliably transmitted to the receiving unit. However, there is a problem that it is often necessary to repeat the transmission operation twice or three times.

An object of the present invention is to provide a luminaire having a cover for covering the receiving unit, which is effective for reducing the number of transmission operations in the remote control transmitter.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a lighting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention receives a signal transmitted by a remote control transmitter and operates a lamp according to the received content. In a luminaire including a remote control receiving unit for controlling, and a cover made of a diffusion permeable material and covering the receiving unit and the lamp, a portion of the cover facing the receiving unit is separated from its surroundings. A transmission target portion that is visually recognized separately is provided.

In order to achieve the same object, a lighting device according to a second aspect of the present invention receives a signal transmitted by a remote control transmitter and controls a lamp and a night light according to the received content. In a luminaire having a remote control receiving unit that comprises, and a cover made of a diffuse transmissive material for covering the receiving unit, the lamp, and the nightlight, the nightlight is arranged in the vicinity of the receiving unit. is there.

[0010]

In the structure of claim 1, the transmission target portion provided on the cover can be visually recognized by being discriminated from the other cover portions, so that the transmitter for the remote control receiving unit covered by the cover can be used. When sending,
It serves as a guide for determining the aim of the transmission direction. Therefore, by transmitting toward the transmission target portion, the transmitted signal can be effectively applied to this receiving unit without being largely deviated from the receiving unit covered by the cover.

Further, in the structure of claim 2, when the night light arranged near the remote control receiving unit is turned on, the light can be visually recognized through the cover, so that the remote control receiving unit covered by the cover is You can tell the approximate position by turning on the night light. Therefore, when transmitting by the transmitter to the receiving unit when the nightlight is turned off or the lamp is turned on, the nightlight serves as a guide for determining the aim of the transmitting direction of the transmitter. Therefore, by transmitting the signal to the nightlight with the transmitter, the transmitted signal can be effectively applied to the receiving unit without largely deviating from the receiving unit covered with the cover.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the entire configuration of the lighting fixture 11 according to the first embodiment of the present invention together with the transmitter 30. As shown in this drawing, the lighting fixture 11 is directly attached to the ceiling, for example, a circular shape. On the lower surface of the chassis 12, a cover 13 made of, for example, a milky-white diffuse-transmissive synthetic resin material is detachably provided.

The cover 13 has a glove structure in which only the upper end thereof is opened, and is provided so as to cover all the electric devices and the like, which will be described later, attached to the lower surface of the chassis 12. It should be noted that reference numeral 14 in FIG. 2 denotes a cover attachment, which is attached to the lower surface of the chassis 12 in plurality. On the lower surface of the cover 13, a transmission target portion 13 that faces directly below a receiving unit described later is provided.
a is integrally provided. The target portion 13a is formed of, for example, a convex portion that projects downward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on the lower surface of the chassis 12, various electric devices, that is, large and small ring-shaped fluorescent lamps 15 and 16, and respective lamps 15 and 16 are provided.
C & C (coil and core) type ballasts 17 and 1
8, electronic starters 19, 20 for each lamp 15, 16;
A night light socket 22 to which a night light 21 is attached and a remote control receiving unit 23 are attached to each.

The large-diameter fluorescent lamp 15 is for 40 W, and has a plurality of lamp holders 24 fixed to the chassis 12.
Is detachably supported by the first mounting portion. The small-diameter fluorescent lamp 16 is for 30 W, is detachably supported by the second mounting portions of the plurality of lamp holders 24, and is concentrically arranged inside the fluorescent lamp 15. The ballasts 17 and 18, the electronic starters 19 and 20, and the night light 21 are arranged facing the annular gap formed between the two fluorescent lamps 14 and 15, respectively, as shown in FIG.

The receiving unit 23 includes a light receiving section 25 for receiving a signal (infrared ray) transmitted from the remote control transmitter 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the received contents of the light receiving section 25 are A microcomputer (not shown) for controlling (turning on, dimming, extinguishing, etc.) the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16 and the night light 21 according to the received contents is provided. This microcomputer has a full-light mode in which all the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16 are turned on when the power is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 2, the receiving unit 23 is attached to the chassis 12 with the light receiving portion 25 facing the gap between the fluorescent lamps 14 and 15. The light receiving portion 25 and the transmission target portion 13a of the cover 13 face each other.

It should be noted that the transmitter 30 includes a push-operation unit 30a as shown in FIG.
One lighting display, that is, all fluorescent lamps 15, 1
6 is turned on, an all-light indicator 30b, a reduced-light indicator 30c that indicates that only the fluorescent lamp 15 is turned on, a night-light indicator 30d that indicates that only the night-light 21 is turned on, and a light-off indicator. It has a light-off display portion 30e for displaying. Each time the pressing operation unit 30a is pressed, the respective display units 30b to 30e are switched in the described order and lit, and a signal corresponding to the display is transmitted by the transmitter 30.
It is supposed to be sent from.

In the luminaire having the above-mentioned structure, when the receiving unit 23 is supplied with power and is in an operable state, the user operates the remote control transmitter 30 to transmit to the luminaire 11, The transmitted signal is the light receiving section 25 of the remote control receiving unit 23.
When the signal is received by, the received signal is sent to the microcomputer of the receiving unit 23 and converted into an electric signal, and the received content is judged by this computer.

Therefore, according to the processing in the microcomputer based on the received contents, the control according to the received contents, that is, the lighting of the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16, the dimming, the extinction, etc., and the lighting of the night light 21 are turned on and off. Be implemented.

In this control, when operating from the time of turning off the light, first, the full-light mode of the microcomputer is first executed to turn on the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16, and thereafter, the transmitter 30 is pressed. Operation part 3
According to the pressing of 0a, the dimming of the fluorescent lamp 16 is turned off, the fluorescent lamp 15 is turned off, the night lamp 21 is turned on, and the night lamp 21 is turned off. After the control based on this one-time transmission operation is completed, when the reception unit 23 receives the transmitted signal, the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16 are turned on again in the all-light mode.

Lighting equipment 1 using the transmitter 30 as described above
In the transmission of the signal to 1, the signal can be effectively applied to the reception unit 23 covered by the cover 13 to be received.

More specifically, since the cover 13 is provided with the transmission target portion 13a consisting of a protruding portion on the lower surface thereof, no matter where the user is with respect to the luminaire 11, the transmission target portion 13a is provided. Can be easily distinguished and visually recognized from the surrounding cover part. Then, this transmission target unit 13a
Are provided so as to face each other substantially directly below the light receiving portion 25 of the receiving unit 23.

Therefore, when transmitting to the receiving unit 23 covered by the cover 13, the transmission target portion 13a is
Since it serves as a guide for determining the aim of the transmission direction, by transmitting toward the transmission target portion 13a, the transmitted signal is received by the receiving unit 23 covered by the cover 13.
The signal can be effectively applied to the receiving unit 23 as well as the large deviation from.

Since the signal is reliably transmitted to the receiving unit 23 in this manner, it is not necessary to repeat the transmission operation twice or three times, and the lighting device 11 can be easily remote-controlled with a small number of transmission operations. it can.

FIG. 5 shows the construction of the essential parts of the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the transmission target portion 13a of the cover 13 is formed as a recess that is recessed on the inner surface side of the cover 13. Since the configuration other than this point is the same as that of the first embodiment including the not-shown portions, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. .

The transmission target portion 13a having such a recess
Also in the second embodiment in which is provided on the lower surface of the cover 13,
With the same operation as that of the first embodiment, the initial object of the present invention can be achieved.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of the main part of the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the transmission target portion 13a of the cover 13 has a structure having a light transmittance different from that of the surrounding cover portion. Therefore, in FIG. 6, the transmission target portion 13a is formed to be thicker than its peripheral portion and its light transmittance is made lower than that of the peripheral cover portion. Instead of increasing the thickness, the outer surface or inner surface of the transmission target portion 13a is provided with unevenness such as a prism cut, or the cover 13 is formed by a two-color molding method to form the transmission target portion 13a.
Only one may be formed transparent. Since the configuration other than this point is the same as that of the first embodiment including the not-shown portions, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. .

As described above, also in the third embodiment in which the transmission target portion 13a having a light transmittance different from that of the other portion of the cover 13 is provided on the lower surface portion of the cover 13, the same operation as that of the first embodiment is performed. The initial objectives of the invention can be achieved.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, instead of providing the transmission target portion on the cover 13, the night light 21 mounted on the chassis 12 via the night light socket 22 is transmitted. It is used as a goal section. Therefore, the night light 21 and the night light socket 22 supporting the night light 21 are arranged near the receiving unit 23 as shown in FIG. Since the configuration other than this point is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same components as those of the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the construction of the fourth embodiment, the night light 2
When 1 is turned on, the light can be visually recognized through the cover 13, and the night light 21 is arranged in the vicinity of the remote control reception unit 23,
The general position of the reception unit 23 covered by the cover 13 can be indicated by lighting the night light 21.

Therefore, when the instrument 11 is turned off from the lighting state of the night light 21, the night light 21 is used as a guide for determining the aim of the transmitter 30 in the transmission direction when transmitting to the receiving unit 23 by the transmitter 30. Available.
Therefore, by transmitting a signal from the transmitter 30 to the night light 21 in a lighting state, the transmitted signal can be effectively applied without largely deviating from the receiving unit 23 covered by the cover 13.

As described above, also in the fourth embodiment, when the instrument 11 is turned off from the lighting state of the night light 21, the signal is reliably transmitted to the receiving unit 23, so that the transmission operation is performed twice and three times. It is not necessary to repeat the procedure, and the lighting device 11 can be easily turned off with a small number of transmission operations.

Even in a lighting device that can turn on at least one of the fluorescent lamps 15 and 16 instead of turning off the night lamp 21 from the turned-on state, the lighting device 11 can be easily installed with a small number of transmission operations as described above. Can be lit.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, an incandescent lamp other than a fluorescent lamp can be used as the lamp, and at least one lamp can be used. The present invention can also be applied to other lighting fixtures such as a hanging type, a ceiling-embedded type, and a bracket type.

[0036]

Since the present invention is configured as described above in detail, it has the following effects.

In the luminaire according to the first aspect, the transmission target portion provided on the cover can be used as a guide, and it is easy to aim the transmission direction of the transmitter to the remote control receiving unit covered by the cover. The transmitted signal can be effectively applied to the receiving unit, and therefore, it is effective in reducing the number of transmission operations in the remote control transmitter.

In the luminaire according to the second aspect, when the night light disposed near the remote control receiving unit is turned on to turn off the light or turn on the lamp from this lighting state, the night light is used as a guide for transmission. it can.
Therefore, it is easy to aim the transmission direction of the transmitter to the reception unit covered by the cover, and the transmitted signal can be effectively applied to the reception unit. It is effective in reducing the amount.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a structure of a lighting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a partial cross section showing a transmitter for remote control.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view showing the configuration of the lighting fixture according to the first embodiment with its cover removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a lighting fixture according to the first embodiment together with a remote control transmitter.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing the configuration of the transmitter shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of a lighting fixture according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of a lighting fixture according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the structure of a lighting fixture according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention in a partial cross section and showing the transmitter for remote control.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view showing the configuration of the lighting fixture according to the fourth embodiment with its cover removed.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a lighting fixture according to a conventional example together with a remote control transmitter.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Lighting equipment, 13 ... Cover, 1
3a ... Transmission target part, 15, 16 ... Ring fluorescent lamp, 21 ... Night light, 23
... reception unit, 25 ... light receiving part,
30 ... Transmitter.

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location H05B 37/02 C 6929-3K G 6929-3K (72) Inventor Yoshimasa 6 No. 78 Minamimachi, Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture No. Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Mishima Factory

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A remote control receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted by a remote control transmitter and controlling a lamp in accordance with the content of the received signal, and comprising the diffused transparent material for the receiving unit and the lamp. A luminaire including a cover for covering the luminaire, wherein a transmission target portion that is visually recognized separately from its surroundings is provided at a position of the cover facing the receiving unit. 2. A remote control receiving unit for receiving a signal transmitted by a remote control transmitter and controlling a lamp and a night light in accordance with the received content, the receiving unit being made of a diffusion permeable material and the receiving unit. A lighting fixture comprising a cover for covering a lamp and the night light, wherein the night light is arranged in the vicinity of the receiving unit.