JPS62281297A - Card type lighting controller - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides lighting lamps used in facilities such as grounds and gymnasiums using magnetic or IC cards (hereinafter simply referred to as cards).
This invention relates to a card-type lighting control device that performs control based on information stored in a card.

[Conventional technology]

A card used in a card-type lighting control device has a predetermined frequency (the amount of time the lighting lamp can be lit) written on it in advance, and is lent or sold to a user of the lighting lamp.

The user inserts this card into the card type lighting control device to use the lighting. In this case, the time written on the card is subtracted according to the time the lamp is used, and the user can use the lamp until the time written on the card becomes "0". Then, when the card becomes "0", the card is taken into the card-type lighting control device.

By the way, in facilities equipped with conventional card-type lighting control devices, it is necessary to accumulate the rental time of the facility at night, count the cards taken into the device (collection cards), estimate the cumulative lighting time of the lights, and calculate the cumulative lighting time of the lights. Based on this information, facility managers maintain and manage the lighting by deciding when to repair the lighting as its performance deteriorates or when to replace it due to its lifespan.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, even if you total up the rental time of the facility at night, the time of sunset varies depending on the season, and the brightness of the surrounding area varies depending on the weather that day. The time and lighting time of lighting lights are not always consistent, and it is difficult to accurately know the cumulative lighting time of lighting lights. Furthermore, even if the number of collected cards is counted, the cards may be used in different facilities, so it is not possible to accurately know the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lights in each facility.

Therefore, the conventional card-type lighting control device has the disadvantage that it is not possible to accurately determine the timing of maintenance and inspection based on the actual accumulated lighting time of the lighting lamp.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and is a card-type lighting control device that can accurately determine when to maintain and inspect lighting lights by detecting the actual accumulated lighting time of lighting lights for each facility. The purpose is to provide

[Means for solving problems]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a card-type lighting control device that includes a timer for measuring the time that a lighting lamp is turned on, and a ratio between the lighting time measured by the timing unit and the previous time of the lighting lamp. an adding means for adding up the cumulative lighting time; a storage means for storing the cumulative lighting time added by the adding means by replacing it with a cumulative lighting time compared to the previous time; and display means for displaying the information.

[Effect]

The present invention uses the above-mentioned means to measure the time that the illumination lamp is on, adds the measured time to the cumulative lighting time of the illumination lamp compared to the previous time, and stores and displays the addition result externally.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a card-type lighting control device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a microcomputer section that has the function of controlling the entire operation of the card-type lighting control device, 2 is a program setting section that sets the facility opening start time, facility opening end time, facility usage fee, etc.; Card slot, various switches, and LF and D that display various times (not shown)
4 is for reading card information,
Card reading/writing section that writes information on cards,
Reference numeral 2 indicates an external storage unit such as a disk or cassette tape that stores the usage time of the illumination lamp, 6 a display unit that displays the cumulative lighting time of the illumination lamp, and 7 an output control unit that controls the lighting of the illumination lamp. .

When a card is inserted into the card-type lighting control device of this embodiment, the microcomputer section 1 receives information written on the card read by the card reading/writing section 4 and information from the operation section 3. This information is then processed according to a program previously set in the ROM in the microcomputer section 1.

That is, the microcomputer section 1 sends a signal to the output control section 7 in accordance with the received information to turn on the illumination light, measures the lighting time of the illumination light, and stores the cumulative lighting time of the illumination light in the external storage section. 5 and externally displayed on the display section 6.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of this embodiment. In FIG. 2, parts having the same functions as those in FIG. 22 is a determining unit 2 that turns on the lighting lamp 23.
24 is a driving unit that turns on the illuminating lamp 23 in response to the signal 1; 24 is a timing unit that measures the lighting time of the illuminating lamp 23 and transmits the result to the card writing unit 4b and an adding unit 25 to be described later; 25 is an external storage unit 5 is an addition unit that adds the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lamps up to the previous time stored and the lighting time of the lighting lights measured by the clock unit 24; 26 is a signal receiving unit from the addition unit 25; This is a drive unit that displays on the display unit 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained. When the card-type lighting device is powered on, first, the adding unit 25 reads the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lamps up to the previous time stored in the external storage unit 5, and the driving unit 2
Next, when the card is inserted into the card insertion slot in the operation unit 3, the card reading unit 4a
reads the frequency written on the card, and the judgment unit 2
If the frequency is not "0", the 9 judgment unit 21 sends it to
At the same time as the illumination lamp 23 is turned on via the drive section 22, a signal is issued to the timer section 24 to notify that the illumination lamp has been turned on. Upon receiving the signal from the determining section 21, the time measuring section 24 sends the signal to the adding section 25 every time a certain period of time has elapsed. Addition section 2
5 is the illumination light 23 stored in the external storage unit 5 until the previous time.
The cumulative lighting time of 1 and the predetermined time sent from the timer section 24 are added, the result is stored in the external storage section 5, and the addition result is displayed on the display section 6 via the drive section 26. If the following cards are used and the light is lit,
The cumulative lighting time is updated at regular intervals, and the updated result is displayed on the display unit 6 and also recorded in the external storage unit 5.
be done. Further, the timer section 24 sends a signal to the card writing section 4b notifying that the lighting time of the illumination lamp has elapsed for a certain period of time, and the card writing section 4b reduces the power of the card based on the signal. The user of the facility will then be informed that the card's power is "
The illumination lamp can be used until it reaches 0''. still"
The determining unit 21 determines whether the card has a power of 0 and takes it into the device.

The functions of this embodiment have been described above, but the actual operation is performed according to the program stored in the ROM in the microcomputer section. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing contents.

When the power is turned on to the card-type lighting control device, the CPU in the microcomputer section 1 clears the register area (step ■), and then reads the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lamps stored in the external storage section 5 (step ■). ), the time is displayed on the LED, etc. in the display section 6 (step ■).Next, it is determined whether or not a card is inserted into the card insertion slot of the operation section 3.Step ■), the card is inserted. If not, go to step ■; if the card is inserted, read the power written on the card (step ■).

Determine whether the power of the inserted card is "0" or not (step ■). If the power is "0", go to step O; if the power is not "0", turn on the light (step ■). ), and starts the timer in the microcomputer section 1 (step ■). Next, it is determined whether the timer has elapsed for a certain period of time (Step 2), and if a certain period of time has elapsed, the frequency of the card is reduced according to that time (Step 0), and the time counted by the timer is Add up the usage time of the lighting lamps stored in the external storage unit 5 in step ■
), the addition result is displayed on the display unit 6 (step @), and the addition result is replaced with the cumulative lighting time of the illumination lamps so far and recorded in the external storage unit 5 (step 0). After resetting the timer (step ■), the process returns to step ■. Thereafter, by repeating the operations from step (2) to step (2), the cumulative lighting time of the illumination lamp is updated every predetermined period of time and is displayed on the display unit 6 and stored in the external storage unit 5.

If the card is not inserted, check this in step ■ and determine whether the illumination light is on or not (step @). If it is off, return to step ■, and if it is lit, return to step ■. , turn off the illumination light and return to step ■. Also,
When the card's frequency becomes "0", this is determined in step (3), and the card is taken into lKt in step O.

According to the above-mentioned embodiment, even if the power of the device is cut off due to a power outage or the like, the actual cumulative lighting time of the lighting lamps is stored in the external storage unit, so that the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lights is not stored. Information never disappears.

In addition, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, the timer unit that measures the lighting time of the illumination light uses the existing one that measures the lighting time of the illumination light in order to rewrite the frequency of the card, so the circuit is simple. It will be large and cheap.

In the above embodiment, the display section is always displayed, but it may also be displayed only when necessary, for example, by using a changeover switch provided on the operation section. This can save power. be able to.

Further, in the above embodiment, an external storage section is used as the storage means, but this may be a device that retains the stored contents using a backup power source, such as a RAM.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a unique display section was provided as a display section for displaying the cumulative lighting time of the illumination lights, but this is different from the existing display section for displaying the remaining time of the card and the display section for displaying the current time. They may be used together by switching the display section etc. with a switch or the like.

Further, in the above embodiment, a soft timer in the microcomputer section is used as the timer, but this may be an electric or mechanical timer attached outside the micro combinator section.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect the actual cumulative lighting time of lighting lights for each facility, so it is possible to use a card type lighting system that allows you to easily know the exact maintenance and inspection timing of lighting lights. 411 devices may be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a card type lighting control device which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of this embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing contents in the microcomputer section of this embodiment. It is a diagram. 1...Microcomputer section, 3...Operation section, 4
... Card reading/writing section, 5... External storage section, 6.
...Display section, 21... Judgment section, 23.・Lighting light, 2
4... Time measurement section, 25... Addition section. Applicant: I-Writing System Co., Ltd. 1.

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a card-type lighting control device that controls the lighting of a lighting lamp based on information stored in a magnetic or IC card, a clock means for measuring the time that the lighting lamp is turned on;
Adding means for adding the lighting time measured by the timer and the cumulative lighting time of the lighting lamp up to the previous time; and a memory for storing the cumulative lighting time added by the adding means in place of the cumulative lighting time up to the previous time. 1. A card-type lighting control device, comprising: a display means for externally displaying the cumulative lighting time added by the adding means. (2) The card-type lighting control device according to claim 1, wherein the storage means is a nonvolatile memory. (3) When the lighting lamp is on, the timing means:
The card-type lighting control device according to claim 1 or 2, which emits a signal every time a certain period of time has elapsed. (4) Claims 1 to 3, wherein the display means is capable of intermittent display by a switching means.
The card-type lighting control device according to any one of paragraphs.