JPH071950B2 - How to handle the confirmation sound of the remote control - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of handling an operation confirmation sound produced during operation of a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller) so that the use of the function can be stopped or restored as necessary. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an operation switch confirmation sound (reception sound)
As a remote controller having a voicing function, there has been also provided a remote control that can prevent the use of the confirmation sound voicing function at the request of the customer.

[0003]

However, in the case of a remote controller capable of changing the use or non-use of the above-mentioned conventional confirmation sound utterance function, the change is performed by removing the case of the remote controller or performing processing on the substrate. Therefore, there is a problem in that a dedicated switch for this purpose is separately provided, and it is easy to handle, or the cost is increased by providing the dedicated switch and the like.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and allows the user to easily change the use or non-use of the confirmation sound utterance function, if necessary, and at a low cost. The purpose is to provide a method for handling remote control operation confirmation sounds.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the method of the present invention is a method of handling an operation confirmation sound in a remote controller which issues a remote operation signal to a controller of the apparatus body. It is characterized in that whether or not the operation confirmation sound vocalization function is used is reversed by continuously pressing a certain on / off operation switch for a certain time or longer.

[0006]

[Operation] By continuously pressing a certain on / off operation switch, for example, the operation switch for a certain period of time or more, an inversion command for discontinuing use of the operation confirmation sound voicing function is configured in addition to the original operation function of the switch. If it is already in the stopped state, an inversion command for starting the use is constructed. Then, the inversion command turns on or off the operation confirmation sound vocalization function in the remote controller. When turned off,
After that, the confirmation sound is not emitted even if the operation button is pressed. However, by again pressing the certain ON / OFF operation switch continuously for a certain time or longer, the function of producing the operation confirmation sound can be easily restored.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a water heater with a bath reheating function having a remote controller implementing the method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a bath remote controller implementing the method of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a bath remote controller. FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of FIG. 4, and FIG. 4 is a control flowchart for inverting the presence or absence of the operation confirmation sound vocalization function in the bath remote controller.

The main unit 10 of the water heater with a bath heating function is provided with a combustion burner, a heat exchanger, etc., which are not shown, and a hot water supply pipe and a bath heating circulation path are provided. A controller 11 for controlling each unit is provided. A main remote controller 20 and a bath remote controller 30 are connected to the controller 11. Bath remote control 30
Is a bath operation switch 31 which is an on / off operation switch.
And its operation confirmation lamp 31a, the automatic operation switch 32 and the operation confirmation lamp 32a that automatically heat up from the filling of the bathtub to keeping it warm, and the bath temperature is about 2 ° C
There is a warm switch 33 and its confirmation lamp 33a which are turned on when the user wants to make it "warm", a call switch 34 and its confirmation lamp 34a which can turn on the buzzer of the main remote controller 20 for 3 seconds by turning on the switch. . The operation confirmation lamp 31a and the automatic operation switch confirmation lamp 32a have a green LED, the switch confirmation lamp 33a has a red LED, and the call switch confirmation lamp 34a has an orange LED. Has been adopted.

Furthermore, the bath remote controller 30 has a bath hot water temperature adjustment UP-DOWN switch 35 for determining the boiling temperature of the bath, and a water level setting UP-DOWN switch for setting the bath water level while observing the display on the liquid crystal display screen 42. 36 、 Hot water temperature adjustment UP
-DOWN switch 37, plenty of switch to use when you want to immerse in about 20 liters more hot water than the set amount of hot water
38, a lukewarm switch 39 that adds about 10 liters of water to the bathtub by turning it on when you want to make it a little "slimmer" than the set hot water, 40 automatic bath reservation operation switch 40 used when boiling the bath by reservation A hot water supply / hot water temperature priority switch 41 used when adjusting the hot water supply temperature in preference to the bath side temperature adjustment is provided. Each switch 31
The command by the operation of ~ 41 is inputted to the microcomputer 50 (see FIG. 3), and after the necessary calculation and judgment are made, the corresponding control command is outputted to the drive circuit 60 or the controller 11 of the main body 10. It The drive circuit 60 turns on the confirmation lamps 31a, 32a, 33a, 34a composed of the LEDs, and the liquid crystal display screen 42 displays the time, set hot water temperature, set hot water level and other set values, presence / absence of reserved operation, hot water supply priority. Is displayed, and the operation confirmation sound of each switch 31 to 41
To drive. The liquid crystal display screen 42 has a backlight function. In addition, the remote controllers 20 and 30 issue a re-ignition operation within 3 seconds to continue combustion if an instantaneous power failure occurs during combustion of the water heater. In addition, data on water level setting, hot water temperature, and time are 30
I am able to remember the minutes.

The operation confirmation sound of each of the switches 31 to 41 is input to the microcomputer 50 by the operation signal from each of the switches 31 to 41. Normally, the operation confirmation sound generation signal from the microcomputer 50 is
The signal is output to the drive circuit 60 in association with or independently of other signals, and the operation confirmation sound generator 43 is sounded. However, on the other hand, the software in the microcomputer 50 prevents the confirmation sound from being generated from the operation confirmation sound generation signal from the microcomputer 50 even if the switches 31 to 41 are operated according to the user's preference or need. It is designed to be able to. That is, the operation confirmation sound generating function can be freely switched and reversed. A specific example of this inversion method will be described with reference to FIG.

Now, when the bath operation switch 31 of the remote controller 30 is also used for switching the operation confirmation sound generating function, when the operation switch 31 is pressed in FIG. To (S1), the microcomputer 50 that has received the signal first determines whether the confirmation sound presence flag is 1 (S2). If the flag is 1,
An operation confirmation sound generation signal is output to the drive circuit 60, and the operation confirmation sound generator 43 is activated for a short fixed time (S3). Further, the microcomputer 50 determines whether the time during which the bath operation switch 31 is continuously pressed is a fixed time, for example, 5 seconds or more (S
4) In the above case, the state of the flag is reversed. That is, if the current value is 1, the value is 0 (S5, S6), and if the value is 0, the value is 1 (S5, S7).

As described above, the user continues to press the operation switch 31 for a fixed time (5 seconds) longer than the normal operation, thereby stopping the use of the operation confirmation sound voicing function of the switches 31 to 41, or returning it. Can be done easily. The switch used to switch the operation confirmation sound generation function also serves as the bath operation switch 31 in this embodiment, but another on / off operation switch may be used instead. Although the bath remote controller 30 has been described in the embodiment, it is needless to say that the operation confirmation sound generating function can be similarly switched in the case of the main remote controller 20 and other general remote controllers.

[0013]

According to the method of handling the operation confirmation sound of the remote controller according to the present invention, the present invention has the above-described structure and operation, and continuously presses a certain ON / OFF operation switch of the remote controller for a certain period of time or more. Since the presence / absence of the operation confirmation sound voicing function is reversed, it is convenient because the user can easily change the presence / absence of the confirmation sound utterance function as needed. Moreover, there is no need for processing on the substrate, a dedicated changeover switch, or the like, and the cost is not high and the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a water heater with a bath heating function having a remote controller that implements the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a bath remote control in which the method of the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of a bath remote controller.

FIG. 4 is a control flowchart for reversing the presence or absence of the operation confirmation sound vocalization function in the bath remote controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Device main body 11 Controller 20 Main remote control 30 Bath remote control 31 Bath operation switch 32-41 Switch 31a-34a Confirmation lamp 42 LCD display screen 43 Operation confirmation sound speaker 50 Microcomputer 60 Drive circuit

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Minoru Shimizu 32 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo In stock company Noritsu (72) Inventor Toru Michigami 32 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo In stock company Noritsu

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A method of handling an operation confirmation sound in a remote controller that outputs a remote operation signal to a controller of a main body of an apparatus, which comprises continuously pressing a certain on / off operation switch of the remote controller for a certain period of time or more, Operation confirmation sound A method for handling the operation confirmation sound of the remote controller, which is characterized in that whether or not the vocalization function is used is reversed.