JPH10281539A - Remote controller for air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable both a reservation time and a residual time to be sensitive in a direct sensitive manner in the case that an ON-reservation is carried out by a method wherein one displaying segment of an ON-reservation displaying part and an OFF-reservation displaying part is displayed in an analog form. SOLUTION: A remote controller 1 is provided with a liquid crystal displaying segment 2 and the liquid crystal displaying segment 2 is provided with a set temperature displaying segment 4. A user turns on each of a set temperature increasing switch 9, a set temperature descending switch 10 so as to display an increasing and a descending set temperature in a digital form for a setting of indoor temperature. In turn, the liquid crystal displaying segment 2 is provided with an ON-reservation displaying segment 6 and when a time plus (+) switch 19 is depressed after an ON-timer switch 17 is depressed, a reservation time in which a main body of an air conditioner is extended for every 5 minutes and in turn when a time minus (-) switch 20 is depressed, the reservation time is advanced for every 5 minutes and then the reservation time set in this way is displayed in analog form.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a remote controller for an air conditioner. More specifically, the present invention relates to a remote controller having a timer reservation function for turning on or off an air conditioner main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional remote controller of an air conditioner, there is known a remote controller having a segment type liquid crystal display for displaying the contents of a timer setting. In the case of ON reservation, a reservation time to turn on the air conditioner main body is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit in accordance with the timer setting by the user. On the other hand, in the case of an off reservation, the liquid crystal display section digitally displays the time difference from the present time until the air conditioner body is turned off (this is referred to as “remaining time”). The reason for switching the timer setting method between the ON reservation and the OFF reservation in this way is that, in the case of actually using the air conditioner, there are many usages of turning on at a certain time at the time of ON reservation, This is because there are many ways to turn off a reservation after a certain number of hours from the present.

[0003]

However, in the conventional remote controller, the reservation time is digitally displayed when the ON reservation is made, so that there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to intuitively understand the remaining time.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote controller for an air conditioner that can intuitively know both the reservation time and the remaining time when making an ON reservation.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote controller for an air conditioner having a timer reservation function for turning on or off an air conditioner body. A controller for displaying an on-reservation display section for displaying timer setting content when on-reservation; and an off-reservation display section for displaying timer setting content for when off-reservation. At least one of the display units performs analog display.

In the air conditioner remote controller according to the first aspect, at least one of the on-reservation display unit and the off-reservation display unit performs analog display. In addition, the user can intuitively and intuitively grasp both the reservation time at which the air conditioner main unit is to be turned on and the remaining time from the present time until the air conditioner main unit is turned off. When only one of the two display units performs analog display, the remaining display units perform digital display.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the air conditioner remote controller according to the first aspect, wherein the on-reservation display unit displays a reservation time at which the air conditioner main body is to be turned on. An analog display is provided, and the off-reservation display unit digitally displays the remaining time from the present time until the air conditioner body is turned off.

When an air conditioner is actually used, it is often used to turn on at a certain time when making an ON reservation, and to turn it OFF after a certain time from the present time when making an OFF reservation. Therefore, in the remote controller according to the second aspect, the on-reservation display unit displays the reserved time in an analog manner. Thereby, in the case of the ON reservation, the user can intuitively grasp the reservation time and the remaining time. On the other hand, in the case of the off reservation, the off reservation display section digitally displays the remaining time. This allows the user to intuitively grasp the remaining time in the case of an off reservation. Further, the timer can be set with one touch, and the timer can be easily set.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of a remote controller for an air conditioner according to the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows an appearance of a remote controller 1 according to one embodiment. The remote controller 1 includes a liquid crystal display unit 2, which includes an operation mode display unit 3, a set temperature display unit 4, an air volume display unit 5, an ON reservation display unit 6, and an OFF reservation display unit 7. ing.

The power switch 8 is a switch for the user to turn on ("on") or off ("off") the power of the air conditioner body (not shown).

The set temperature increase switch 9 and the set temperature decrease switch 10 allow the user to increase the indoor temperature setting,
This is a switch for lowering. The set temperature is digitally displayed on the set temperature display section 4.

The operation changeover switch 12 is a switch for the user to change the operation mode of the air conditioner body. When the operation changeover switch 12 is pressed, the operation mode is sequentially switched among “cooling”, “dry”, “heating”, “automatic”, and “blowing”. The set operation mode is displayed on the operation mode display section 3 with the characters “cooling”, “dry”, “heating”, “automatic”, or “blowing”.

A wind direction left / right switch 14 and a wind improvement lower switch 15 are switches for allowing the user to swing the wind direction up and down and left and right, respectively. A wind speed switch 13 allows the user to set the wind speed to "fine" or "weak". This is a switch for setting “strong” or “automatic”. The set wind direction is displayed on the air volume display section 5 in the characters “up and down” or “left and right”. The set wind speed is displayed as a zone on an intensity display section 5a in which liquid crystal segments are arranged in a line.

The timer setting section 16 has an on-timer switch 1
7, an off timer switch 18, a time plus (+) switch 19, a time minus (-) switch 20, and a cancel switch 21.

The ON timer switch 17 is a switch for making an ON reservation. When the time plus (+) switch 19 is pressed after the ON timer switch 17 is pressed, the reservation time for turning on the air conditioner body is extended every 5 minutes. Conversely, when the time minus (-) switch 20 is pressed, the reservation time is moved forward by 5 minutes. The set reservation time is analog-displayed on the on-reservation display section 6 representing an analog clock. Also, in addition to the display of the analog clock, the character "enter" is displayed. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, if the reservation time is exactly at 5:00, the on-reservation display section 6
In addition, the display of the analog clock indicating 5 o'clock and the character "enter" are displayed together. Also, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), if the reserved time is 5:05, the display of the analog clock indicating 5: 5 and the word "enter" are displayed together. Thereby, in the case of the ON reservation, the user can intuitively grasp the reservation time and the remaining time.

On the other hand, the off timer switch 18 shown in FIG.
Is a switch for making an off reservation. When the time plus (+) switch 19 is pressed after pressing the off timer switch 18, the remaining time from the present time until the air conditioner body is turned off increases. Conversely, pressing the time minus (-) switch 20 decreases the remaining time. The set remaining time is digitally displayed in hourly intervals on an off-reservation display section 7 representing a digital clock. Also, in addition to this digital display, the character "runs out after time" is displayed. For example, if the set remaining time is 5 hours, “off in 5 hours” is displayed on the off reservation display section 7. This allows the user to intuitively grasp the remaining time in the case of an off reservation. Further, the timer can be set with one touch, and the timer can be easily set.

The cancel switch 21 is a switch for canceling timer reservation (ON reservation and OFF reservation). When the cancel switch 21 is pressed, the ON reservation and the OFF reservation are canceled.

The clock switch 22 is a switch for setting the internal clock of the remote controller.
At the beginning of use of the air conditioner, the clock switch 22, the time plus (+) switch 19, and the time minus (-)
The switch 20 keeps the internal clock at the correct time. The advance of the internal clock indicates that the reservation time has come in the case of the above-described ON reservation, and the air conditioner main body can be turned ON. Further, in the case of the off-reservation, a display for reducing the remaining time of the off-reservation display section 7 with the progress of the internal clock is performed, and when the remaining time becomes zero, the air conditioner main body can be turned off.

The reset switch 23 is a switch for resetting the internal clock. When the reset switch 23 is pressed, the internal clock is initialized.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, in the air conditioner remote controller according to the first aspect, at least one of the on-reservation display unit and the off-reservation display unit performs analog display. The display unit that performs the analog display allows the user to intuitively and intuitively grasp both the reservation time at which the air conditioner main unit is to be turned on and the remaining time from the present time until the air conditioner main unit is turned off. it can.

In the air conditioner remote controller according to the second aspect, the on-reservation display unit displays the reserved time in an analog manner, so that in the case of the on-reservation, the user can intuitively grasp the reserved time and the remaining time. . On the other hand, in the case of an off-reservation, the off-reservation display unit digitally displays the remaining time, so that the user can intuitively grasp the remaining time in the off-reservation. Further, the timer can be set with one touch, and the timer can be easily set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a remote controller of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a reservation time in the case of ON reservation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 LCD display section 6 Display section for ON reservation 7 Display section for OFF reservation 16 Timer setting section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An air conditioner remote controller (1) having a timer reservation function for turning on or off an air conditioner main body, comprising: an on-reservation display unit (10) for displaying timer setting contents at the time of on-reservation. 6), and an off-reservation display section (7) for displaying timer setting contents at the time of off-reservation. At least one of the two display sections (6, 7) displays an analog display. A remote controller for an air conditioner characterized by performing: 2. The remote controller (1) for an air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the on-reservation display unit (6) displays a reservation time for turning on the air-conditioner main body in an analog manner, and the off-time is displayed. The remote controller of the air conditioner, wherein the reservation display unit (7) digitally displays the remaining time from the present time until the air conditioner body is turned off.