KR0159034B1 - Temperature control method of a humidifier - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a temperature recognition control method of a humidifier that combines a heater-type humidification and an ultrasonic-type humidification, which is provided by installing a temperature sensor capable of detecting an indoor temperature in a humidifier main body and inputting an appropriate temperature value in a memory of a microcomputer. When the indoor temperature is lower than the set temperature input in the microcomputer's memory by comparing the air temperature of the room with the set temperature input in the microcomputer's memory, humidification of the heater method is performed and the room temperature is input into the microcomputer's memory. When the temperature value is greater than that, by controlling the heater-type humidification and the ultrasonic-type humidification at the same time, the humidity distribution in the room is always maintained properly and the inconvenience of manual operation to be taken when not using the present invention can be eliminated. It also provides the effect of reducing unnecessary power consumption.

Description

Humidifier temperature recognition control method

1 is an illustration of a circuit configuration applied to the method of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart for explaining the method of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10: on / off switch 11: auto / manual mode switch

20: temperature setting unit 30: temperature detection unit

40: micom 41: timer

42: memory 50: heater driving unit

60: motor drive unit 70: heater

80: vibrator

The present invention relates to a temperature recognition control method for a humidifier that combines a heater-type humidification and an ultrasonic-type humidification, and more particularly, by installing a temperature sensor capable of detecting an indoor temperature in a humidifier main body, When the room temperature is lower than the set temperature compared to the input set temperature, the heater type humidification is performed. When the room temperature is higher than the set temperature, the heater type humidification and the ultrasonic type humidification are controlled in parallel to maintain a comfortable room temperature. And it relates to a temperature recognition control method of the humidifier that can eliminate the inconvenience of operation.

In general, the humidifier functions to meet the humidity conditions of the room by heating the water to vaporize the water vapor.

In such a humidifier, an ultrasonic humidification method using vibration and a heater humidification method using a heater are well known.

That is, the ultrasonic humidifier has a water bottle for storing water in the main body, a water supply pipe for transmitting the water stored in the water bottle to the vibrator, a vibrator for generating water vapor by vibrating the water transmitted by the water supply pipe, and the heat generated by the vibrator. And a discharge pipe for discharging the guided steam.

The ultrasonic humidifier configured as described above supplies water to the vibrator through the water supply pipe, converts the water into water vapor through the heat generated by the vibration of the vibrator, and discharges the water to the discharge port.

In addition, the heater humidifier is a heater including a water reservoir for storing water in the main body, a water supply pipe for transferring the water stored in the water bottle to the heater, a heating plate for heating the water delivered by the water supply pipe to generate water vapor, and by the heater And a guide tube for guiding the generated steam at the top and a discharge port for discharging the guided steam.

The heater-type humidifier configured as described above generates a heat source by driving a heater, heats the heating plate with the heat source, and boils the water guided through the water supply pipe to generate water vapor. It acts to perform humidification by being discharged to the outside through the.

At this time, the control of the heater turns on and off the heater, sets the water temperature, detects the temperature of the humidification tank using a temperature sensor, and when the detected water temperature reaches a temperature for turning on the heater, turns on the heater and turns it off. When it reaches to the heater is to repeatedly perform the process of turning off.

However, such a conventional humidifier commonly measures the temperature of the water heated by the action of a heater or a vibrator inside the humidifier to heat the water when the water temperature is low, and to humidify the water when the water temperature is high. However, this method can not properly adjust the humidity of the room because it determines whether to perform the humidification by measuring only the temperature of the heated water inside the humidifier irrespective of the change in the room temperature.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the problems of the conventional humidifier, the object is to control the temperature of the humidifier to automatically select and control the type of humidification (heater and ultrasonic, or heater) according to the change in the room temperature. The purpose is to maintain a comfortable room temperature at all times and to prevent unnecessary waste of power.

Specific means of the present invention for achieving the above object is to determine the current state of the humidification automatic / manual mode switching switch in the initial stage of the microcomputer control when the humidifier is turned on to power the humidifier, In this determination step, if the manual mode, the normal manual mode humidification, if the automatic mode in the determination step, the appropriate temperature value set in the memory in the microcomputer through the temperature setting unit, and the current room temperature detection value detected through the external temperature detector A first step of reading the text; In the case where the humidification is performed in the automatic mode in the automatic / manual mode determination process through the above-described first process, an appropriate temperature value set in the memory in the microphone through the temperature setting unit and the current room temperature detected by the external temperature detector A second step of comparing and discriminating between temperature differences by reading detection values; The size of the temperature detected value of the external temperature detector read in the second process and the appropriate temperature value set through the temperature setting unit are determined, and if the room temperature value is smaller than the set temperature value input to the memory of the microcomputer in this determination step. A third step of performing a heater type humidification according to a set time; A fourth process of performing the heater-type humidification and the ultrasonic-type humidification according to the time set in the timer when the room temperature value detected by the temperature detector is larger than the proper temperature value input to the microcomputer's memory in the third step of determining the temperature A fifth step of returning to a third step of detecting a room temperature and comparing it with a proper temperature input to the microcomputer after the heater stops at the same time as the timer set time has elapsed; After the time set in the timer has elapsed, the ultrasonic humidification is completed, and the sixth process is performed to detect the room temperature again through a temperature detector and return to the third process of comparing the proper temperature input to the microcomputer.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, FIGS. 1 and 2 as follows.

1 is a view showing an example of a circuit configuration applied to the method of the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the device configuration for carrying out the method of the present invention is to enable the power switch 10 for power control necessary for humidification and to automatically humidify when the humidifier performs humidification, or The microcomputer is set by setting an automatic / manual mode switching switch 11 for deciding whether to humidify manually and an appropriate temperature for determining whether the humidifier is humidified by comparing with the room temperature to be detected by the temperature measuring unit. By detecting the temperature setting unit 20 which allows the memory 42 of the 40 to be stored and the proper temperature set in the memory of the microcomputer, and determining the room temperature for determining whether or not the humidifier is to be humidified, The temperature detector 30 converts and outputs the detected temperature value into an electrical signal, and sets the humidification execution time generated during the control of the humidifier of the microcomputer. To humidify for a specified time, and to stop the humidification when the specified time elapses, and to store all data generated during the humidifier control process of the microcomputer, and to extract and use the necessary data during the humidifier control process. The heater 42 and the oscillator driver 60 are controlled by comparing the memory 42 with the switch operation signal and the temperature detected by the temperature detector to control the heater driver 50 and the vibrator driver 60, and the humidification time during the control process. The internal timer 41 for appropriately controlling the temperature and the microcomputer 40 for overall control of the overall functions of the humidifier, such as driving a memory 42 for storing all data generated during the humidifier control process of the microcomputer and temperature measurement. Heater according to judging whether or not to compare room temperature measured by In accordance with the heater composition unit 50 for switching and controlling the heater 70 during the humidification and the comparison between the room temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit and the appropriate temperature value input to the memory of the microcomputer, the vibrator during the humidification of the ultrasonic method ( Humidification is actually performed according to the switching control of the oscillator driver 60 for switching and controlling the heater driver determined by comparing the room temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit with an appropriate temperature value input to the microcomputer's memory. The oscillator 80 which actually humidifies according to the switching control of the vibrator driver determined by comparing and determining the heater 70 and the room temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit with the appropriate temperature value input to the memory of the microcomputer. It is composed of

2 is a flow chart for explaining the method of the present invention.

That is, in the first process of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, whether the humidification is automatically performed or manually performed in the initial control stage of the microcomputer 40 while the humidifier is turned on. Determining the current state of the automatic / manual mode switch 10 to determine (S1), if the manual step in the determination step (S1) through the automatic / manual mode switching switch, the humidification is performed in the normal manual mode, automatic / If the automatic mode in the determination step (S1) through the manual mode changeover switch is performed to perform the temperature step, such as the input of the set temperature of the second process and the room temperature detection.

In addition, in the second process, when the humidification is performed in the automatic mode, the current indoor temperature detection value S2 is set through an appropriate temperature value S3 set through the temperature setting unit 20 and an external temperature detector 30 in the room. ) Is performed to perform a third process for comparing and determining the difference between the temperatures (S4).

In the third process, the size of the indoor temperature detection value S3 detected by the external temperature detector 30 in the second process and the appropriate temperature value S2 set by the temperature setting unit 20 are determined (S4). If the room temperature value S3 detected by the temperature detector is smaller than the proper temperature value S2 set through the temperature setting unit in this determination step (S4), the heater type humidification starts (S5) and the timer 41 ) Is made to turn on (S6).

In the fourth process, the size of the temperature detection value S3 of the external temperature detector 30 read in the second process and the appropriate temperature value S2 set through the temperature setting unit 20 are determined (S4). If the room temperature value S3 detected by the temperature detector is greater than the appropriate temperature value S2 set through the temperature setting unit in this determination (S4), the heater type humidification S10 and the ultrasonic method humidification are performed in parallel (S11). At the same time, the timer 41 is turned on (S12), and when the time set in the timer 41 elapses (S13), the timer 41 is stopped and the humidification is made.

In addition, in the fifth process, after the time set in the timer 41 has elapsed (S7), the timer is terminated (S8), and after the humidification of the heater method is finished (S9), the temperature detected value of the external temperature detector 30 is again (S3). And the size of the appropriate temperature value S2 set through the temperature setting unit 20 are compared and returned to the third process of comparing (S4).

In addition, in the sixth step, the heater type humidification S10 and the ultrasonic method humidification S11 are stopped, and the temperature detection value S3 and the temperature setting unit 20 of the external temperature detector 30 read in the second process are stopped. It is made to return to the process of determining the size of the appropriate temperature value (S2) set through the comparison (S4).

In the operation of the method of the present invention made as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings, when power is applied to the humidifier, the microcomputer 40 switches the humidification automatic / manual mode switch 11 at an initial control stage. The current state of) is determined (S1) and controlled to perform humidification in the normal manual mode in the manual mode.

At this time, if the automatic mode in the determination step (S1), the microcomputer 40 reads the current room temperature detection value through the external temperature detector 30 and the appropriate temperature value set in the memory 42 through the temperature setting unit 20 (S2) and (S3), the temperature difference between them is compared and discriminated (S4).

If the indoor temperature value is smaller than the set temperature value in the determination step (S4), the heater method humidification is performed according to the set time (S5). If the room temperature value is larger than the set temperature value, the heater method humidification according to the set time (S10). And to perform the ultrasonic method humidification (S11).

Then, the microcomputer 40 starts the timer 41 for each run (S6) and simultaneously determines whether the set time has elapsed (S7) (S13). When the set time of each run elapses, the timer is driven. It is controlled to stop (S9) and (S15) heater type humidification and ultrasonic type humidification simultaneously with stop S8 and S14.

Thereafter, the microcomputer 40 checks the room temperature value of the temperature detector 30 again, reads the temperature value set in the memory 42 and the current room temperature detection value, and returns to step S4 of comparing and determining the temperature difference between them. Control as possible.

In this operation, when the power switch is turned on and the mode setting is in the automatic mode, the humidification operation is repeatedly performed compared with the detection temperature and the setting temperature of the room.

As described above, the present invention, unlike the conventional humidifier detects the change in the internal water temperature to determine the method of humidification to perform the humidification is the most suitable method of humidification according to the change in the room temperature by detecting the change in the room temperature By dehumidifying and performing humidification, it is possible not only to maintain a comfortable indoor humidity at all times, but also to efficiently humidify the room, and to control humidification according to the room temperature, thereby reducing power consumption more than necessary.

Claims (1)

When the power is supplied to the humidifier and the humidifier is ready to humidify, determine the current state of the humidification auto / manual mode switch at the initial stage of the microcomputer control. If the automatic mode in the determination step, the first step of reading the appropriate temperature value set in the memory in the microcomputer through the temperature setting unit 20 and the current room temperature detection value detected by the external temperature detector; (S1-S3); In the automatic / manual mode determination step (S1), when the humidification is performed in the automatic mode, an appropriate temperature value set in the memory 41 in the microcomputer 40 through the temperature setting unit and the external temperature detector 30 are detected. A second step (S4) of reading a current room temperature detection value and comparing and determining a temperature difference therebetween; If the temperature detection value of the external temperature detector 30 in the temperature discriminating step (S4) is less than the set temperature value input to the memory of the microcomputer, a third process of performing a heater-type humidification according to the set time (S5-S7) ; A fourth method of performing a heater-type humidification and an ultrasonic-type humidification according to a time set in a timer when the room temperature value detected by the temperature detector is greater than a proper temperature value input to the memory 42 of the microcomputer in the temperature discriminating step S4. Processes (S10-S13); When the time set in the timer 41 in the set time determination step (S7) has elapsed, the timer stops and at the same time stops the heater-type humidification and detects the room temperature again and compares it with the set temperature stored in the memory 42. A fifth process (S8, S9) of returning to the third process; When the time set in the timer 41 in the set time determination step (S13) has elapsed, the timer stops and the heater temperature humidification and the ultrasonic method humidification are stopped and the room temperature is detected again to store the set temperature stored in the memory 42. And a sixth process (S14, S15) to return to the third process to be compared with the humidifier.