KR200307292Y1 - Infrared Adaptor System With General Remote Controller - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to an infrared adapter system and a control method using a remote control commonly used in homes, in particular an infrared signal receiver for demodulating and decoding an infrared signal received, and the power applied through the outlet At least one infrared adapter and a general infrared remote control including a power switch for supplying or cutting off to the device and a first control unit for controlling the operation of the power switch on and off according to the signal demodulated and decoded by the infrared signal receiving unit Accordingly, the user can more conveniently control the power supplied to various electric devices, prevent unnecessary power consumption, and perform efficient power management.

Description

Infrared Adapter System With General Remote Controller

The present invention relates to an infrared adapter system and a control method thereof, and more particularly to an infrared adapter system and a control method using a general home remote control configured to remotely control the power supplied from the outlet to the electrical equipment.

In general, electrical equipment used in homes, offices, and workplaces are supplied with necessary electricity through a power supply called an outlet. That is, when the plug of the electrical device is inserted into the outlet, the power is supplied to the corresponding electrical device through the outlet, thereby operating the electrical device.

In order to produce electricity, which is a power source for operating electrical equipment, each country operates various power plants at enormous costs, and supplies electricity generated from the power plant to each home or necessary place and charges a fee in return. Therefore, in order to reduce power consumption, consumers refer to power consumption as well as the performance of the electric device when purchasing the electric device.

However, in order to reduce power consumption, not only the purchase of low electric power consumption devices, but also the efficient use of such electric devices is required. In other words, when a plug is inserted into an outlet, a small amount of current is continuously supplied to the electric device even when the electric device is turned off, thereby causing power consumption.

In order to prevent such unnecessary power consumption, the country and public organizations are enlightening to disconnect the plug of the electrical equipment that has not been used for a long time from the outlet, but the effect is very weak due to inconvenience in use.

In other words, to prevent unnecessary power consumption when the user goes out or other equivalent situation, the user should check the usage status of the electric equipment manually and unplug the unused electric equipment from the outlet. This brings considerable inconvenience in the reality of using a large number of electrical devices.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, to provide an infrared adapter system and a control method using a general remote control configured to enable the user to remotely control the power supplied to various electrical devices more conveniently. For the purpose of

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an infrared adapter system for supplying or interrupting power applied through an ordinary outlet to an electric device: an infrared signal receiver for demodulating and decoding an infrared signal received; At least one including a power on / off switch for supplying or cutting off power applied through an outlet to an electrical device, and a first control unit controlling an operation of the power on / off switch according to a signal demodulated and decoded by the infrared signal receiving unit. An infrared adapter is provided.

1 is a block diagram of an infrared adapter according to the present invention

2 is an exemplary view using the infrared adapter shown in FIG.

3 is an infrared recognition circuit diagram of an infrared adapter

4 is a block diagram of an infrared adapter system according to the present invention

5 is a system configuration showing another embodiment according to the present invention

-Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings-

Q3: infrared sensor 2: power plug

3: adapter 4: second power outlet

5: infrared sensor unit 6: LED

10a: power outlet 20a: infrared adapter

21: power switch 21a: power switch box

30: remote control 40a: television

40n: Electronics

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4 is an overall configuration diagram of an infrared adapter system using a general remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals 10a to 10n indicate an outlet installed to supply power to an electric device, and generally supply power of AC 110V or 220V. The outlet is formed with a round or rectangular groove, and when a plug is inserted into the groove, power is supplied to the electric device.

Reference numerals 20a to 20n denote infrared adapters proposed according to the present invention. On one side of the infrared adapter, a plug is inserted into the outlets 10a to 10n for supplying power, and on the opposite side, a second outlet into which the plug of the electric device is inserted is formed. The infrared adapter is used as an AC / AC infrared adapter and controls the application state of the power supplied to the electric device according to the reception result of the infrared signal.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a power switch used to turn on / off the power of a lamp, and has a power switch box 21a therein. Infrared adapter according to the present invention is built in the power switch box and is installed to control the power supply state.

Reference numeral 30 is a general remote control widely used to control electronic products, and controls the operation of the infrared adapter in infrared. The general remote control is designed to be portable and mobile. In the present invention, when any button of the general remote control is pressed for 2 seconds or more, the infrared adapter recognizes this and outputs a signal for controlling a power supply state of a corresponding electric device. Features.

In other words, if you are watching channel 7 by pressing 7 with a regular TV remote control, if you press 7 again for 2 seconds or more, the channel of the television is fixed and only the power device connected to the infrared adapter can be controlled. In this case, if 9 of the remote controller is pressed for 2 seconds or more, the channel of the television is converted to 9 and the electronic device connected to the infrared adapter is also controlled.

Reference numerals 40a to 40n indicate TVs and refrigerators that are commonly used in homes, and they are provided with a power plug capable of receiving power from an infrared adapter according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an internal configuration diagram of the infrared adapter shown in FIG. 1, and the control unit 211 controlling the overall operation of the infrared adapter controls power applied to an electric device from an outlet according to a user's switching operation.

The power opening / closing switch 214 is installed between a plug formed on one side of the infrared adapter and an outlet formed on the opposite side, and the electric power applied through the plug according to the on / off switching control of the controller 211 through the outlet Supply to the device or cut off.

On the other hand, the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219 is used to set the operation mode of the power on / off switch 214. That is, when the user places the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 216 in the ON or OFF, the power opening and closing switch 213 is switched to supply or cut off power to the electric device. In addition, the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219 transmits a reception command to the control unit 211 to receive the infrared signal when the position of AUTO.

The LED driver 218 displays the operating state of the infrared adapter according to the present invention through the LED. For example, when power is supplied to an electric device through an infrared adapter, the LED can be turned on, and when the power is cut off, the LED can be turned off to indicate the power supply and interruption status, and vice versa. It is possible to follow.

The power supply unit 215 supplies operating power of the infrared adapter and supplies driving voltages of the respective components. The power supply unit 215 may use the AC power applied from the outside as it is, or may use the power of the battery according to the intention of the operator.

On the other hand, the infrared signal receiving unit 213 receives a signal transmitted from the general remote control according to the present invention in order to control the power supplied to the electric device to perform a demodulation and decoding operation and transmits the result to the control unit 211. The infrared signal receiver 213 receives and processes digitally modulated and encoded signals, but may also receive and process infrared signals processed by analog modulation or a corresponding method.

The timer 212, the time setting unit 216 and the LED driver 218 are preferably provided to selectively apply the infrared adapter system according to the present invention more widely.

4 and 5 of FIG. 5 are internal configuration diagrams of a general remote controller 30 which transmits an infrared signal and controls the operation of the infrared adapter 20a.

The control unit for controlling the general operation of the general remote controller generates an infrared signal including a command for controlling the power supplied to the electric device through the outlet according to the switching operation of the user.

A rechargeable battery or a general battery is used as a battery that generates and supplies operating power of a general remote controller and driving power of each component.

Next, an operation method of the infrared adapter system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

6 is a view showing the control flow of the infrared adapter according to the present invention, when the infrared adapter is inserted into the outlet and the operating power is supplied, the control unit 211 of the infrared adapter first switches the operation of the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219 Determine whether or not. If there is a switching operation of the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219, the control unit 211 also determines whether there has been a switching operation to the AUTO mode.

If it is not the switching operation in the AUTO mode, the control unit 211 determines whether there is a switching operation in the ON or OFF mode.When the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219 is switched to the ON mode, the control unit 211 switches the power on / off switch. 214 is driven to supply power to the home appliance, and the LED driver 218 is controlled to turn on the LED.

On the other hand, when the ON / OFF / AUTO switch 219 is switched to the OFF mode, the control unit 211 drives the power on / off switch 214 to cut off the power supplied to the home appliance, the LED driving unit 218 to control the LED Turn off

On the other hand, if there was a switching operation in the AUTO mode, the control unit 211 enters the standby mode that can receive the infrared signal from the general remote control according to the present invention. When the transmission signal of the general remote controller is received through the infrared signal receiving unit 213 in the standby mode, the control unit 211 performs demodulation and decoding of the received infrared signal, which is a power switching switch included in the received infrared signal ( It is an operation for detecting the switching command of 214.

When the infrared signal is detected, the control unit 211 drives the power opening / closing switch 214 according to the corresponding operation command. In other words, the control unit 211 switches the power on / off switch 214 to the ON state when the power on / off switch 214 is in the OFF state of shutting off the power. Switch to.

In addition, when the switching operation of the power on / off switch 214 is performed, the control unit 211 turns on the LED through the control of the LED driver 218 so that the user can recognize the switching state of the power on / off switch 214. At this time, the flashing operation of the LED is performed in synchronization with the switching operation of the power on / off switch 214.

As described above, the infrared adapter according to the present invention supplies or cuts power to home appliances according to a user's direct manipulation or a received infrared signal. In addition, by using the timer 212 and the time setting unit 216 described above, it is possible to supply or cut off power to the home appliance according to a set time elapsed, which can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art. The detailed description thereof will be omitted as it is possible.

On the other hand, the general remote control according to the present invention for generating the infrared signal for controlling the infrared adapter is present in the standby state only when there is no user's operation or any request in the power-on state as shown in FIG.

In addition, the infrared adapter system is not integrally formed with the power plug, the infrared sensing unit, the power control unit, and the second outlet. The one side is formed of the power plug and the connecting cable, and the second outlet and the infrared sensing unit are opposite to the connecting cable. It is preferable that the power supply control unit is formed of a separate type.

As described above, the present invention can perform efficient power management by controlling the power supplied to various electric devices in the infrared from a remote place. That is, it is possible to cut off the power supplied to the electric device more easily and conveniently when going out, and also to prevent unnecessary power consumption.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

Claims (5)

In the power supply to supply or cut off the electric power by the normal power supply, At least one power opening and closing portion consisting of a power on / off switch for supplying or cutting off the electric power to the electric device by receiving the normal power and the LED for indicating the power on and off with a light; An infrared signal receiver for receiving an infrared signal emitted from a general general remote controller, A control unit controlling an operation of the power opening / closing switch according to the signal received from the infrared signal receiving unit; Infrared adapter system using a general remote control, characterized in that it comprises at least one power supply passing through the power switch. The method according to claim 1, wherein the infrared adapter system, Including the ON / OFF / AUTO switch for setting the operation mode of the infrared adapter to turn on / off the power switch according to the user's operation or to receive the output signal of the general remote control, The control unit is an infrared adapter system using a general remote control, characterized in that for controlling the power by setting the operation mode of the infrared adapter according to the operation of the ON / OFF / AUTO switch. The infrared adapter system according to claim 1 or 2, An infrared signal receiver for performing a standby mode for receiving an infrared signal transmitted from the general remote controller; And a control unit which selects only an infrared signal received for a continuous moment in the receiving unit, and gives a command to supply or cut off power to the electric device by the selected signal. delete The method of claim 3, wherein the infrared adapter system, The power input unit, the infrared receiver unit, the control unit, and the power output unit are formed in one unit; Infrared adapter system using a general remote control, characterized in that the power input unit, the infrared receiver, the control unit, the power output unit is selectively combined with each other consisting of at least two.