KR20050116033A - Light having moving sensor and controller for intensity of illumination time - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an inner casing of a heat dissipation structure, a bottom casing and an outer casing of a closed structure, and provides a sleep time illuminance control sensor having a time adjustment switch and an illumination control switch.

The sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention emits light from the light emitting means 20 by using the AC power source 100 when the object detecting sensor 50 detects a user, and the light emitting means 20 is fixed. An outer casing (70) having an inner diaphragm (71) to which the translucent cover means (30) is coupled to one side, and a portion opened by the bottom casing (80); A time adjusting switch 40 and an illuminance adjusting switch 60 which are disposed so that the switch handles 41 and 61 protrude outward from other portions of the outer casing 70; The input signal is input through an input / output interface to which the time adjustment switch 40 and the illuminance control switch 60 are connected, and selectively adjusts the brightness of the light emitting means 20 at an illuminance ratio corresponding to a preset time period. It is configured to include a controller circuit 90 is configured to adjust the circuit, and when using the late-night toilet can be exposed to a strong light to prevent obstruction to re-sleeping to minimize eye irritation to facilitate re-sleeping. .

Description

LIGHT HAVING MOVING SENSOR AND CONTROLLER FOR INTENSITY OF ILLUMINATION TIME}

The present invention relates to a sensor and the like, and more particularly, to implement the functions of user detection, operation at a set time, brightness adjustment corresponding to a set illuminance, fan operation control in a single body, such as toilet, bedroom, etc. It is installed in the installation space of the mood (light-light) relates to a sleep time dimming control sensor used to induce re-sleep by minimizing irritation to the user's eyes at night.

In general, lighting used for stairs, aisles, and toilets in apartments or buildings eliminates the inconvenience of turning on / off the switch, maximizing user convenience, and saving power by operating only during the necessary hours of use. It has a power on / off interlocking sensor unit to enable the power to be turned on for a predetermined time only while the person is passing or around the lamp.

These sensors can save electricity by not turning on at all times for 24 hours, but when the user goes to bed late at night and uses a place such as a toilet, a bedroom, or a part of the living room for a while, the sensor lights the user with a bright light as usual. It has the disadvantage of irritating the eyes.

In particular, the toilet is a place frequently used by the sleeping user in the middle of the night, a bright light is required in the morning and day time, and a space requiring delicate consideration to avoid the above-mentioned user's eye irritation during the evening or bedtime to be.

The apparatus for controlling the bathroom environment according to the prior art, as shown in Figure 1, the sensing unit for detecting the presence of the user (1); An input unit 2 for generating a switching signal for generating an acoustic signal and a switching signal for adjusting illuminance of an illuminator according to a user's manual operation; Generates a driving signal for removing odor based on the detection signal from the detection unit 1, turns on the illuminator and then adjusts the illuminance of the illuminator based on a switching signal for adjusting the illuminance from the input unit 2 A microcomputer (3) generating an acoustic driving signal for generating an acoustic signal based on an illumination driving signal for adjustment and a switching signal for generating an acoustic signal from the input unit (2); An acoustic signal generator (4) for generating an acoustic signal for compensating for the waste sound based on the acoustic driving signal from the microcomputer (3); An illumination unit for turning on the illuminator based on the illumination driving signal from the microcomputer 3 and comparing the illuminance provided from the optical sensor 6 with a predetermined predetermined illuminance to maintain the illuminance of the illuminator as a corresponding illuminance; (5); An optical sensor 6 for sensing illuminance of an illuminator and providing the illuminator 5 to the illuminator 5; It consists of a deodorizing part 7 for removing the odor of waste products based on the drive signal for removing the odor from the microcomputer 3.

However, the apparatus for controlling the bathroom environment according to the prior art is not integrated with the illuminator, and there is a disadvantage in that maintenance is inconvenient with the difficulty of installing and wiring a separate speaker and the illuminator.

In addition, the apparatus for controlling the bathroom environment according to the prior art may generate an acoustic signal, which may cause a disturbance when the user re-sleeps, and does not provide any solution to the problems that may occur when installed in the bathroom.

For example, the apparatus for controlling the bathroom environment according to the prior art does not have specific reference to the presence or absence of an operating power source, an installation method, a combined configuration of the device, and the like, or an electrical or electronic circuit configuration due to failure factors such as heat, moisture, and water vapor. This can cause breakage, disconnection, short circuit, and breakdown, which is actually applied to a bathroom environment to provide a hermetic sealing performance, and a circuit durability that can be generated by heat generated when the lighting bulb is integrally included with a compact layout. Related problems remain unresolved.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems as described above, to provide a heat dissipation inner casing, a bottom casing and an outer casing of the sealed structure to protect the controller circuit from heat, moisture, water vapor, and the like. Sleep time dimming can be controlled by on / off operation by the object sensor, lighting with preset brightness at preset time by time control switch and illuminance control switch and operating the fan for a predetermined time To provide a sensor, etc.

An object of the present invention described above is in a sensor or the like that emits light from the light emitting means by using an alternating current power when the object detection sensor to the outside to detect the user. An outer casing having an inner diaphragm to which the light emitting means is fixed, a translucent cover means coupled to one side, and a portion opened by the bottom casing; A time adjusting switch and an illuminance adjusting switch disposed to protrude outward from the other side of the outer casing; A controller circuit configured to receive a corresponding input signal through an input / output interface to which the time adjustment switch and the illuminance control switch are connected, and selectively adjust brightness of the light emitting means at an illuminance ratio corresponding to a preset time period; 90) is achieved by a sleep time illumination control sensor, characterized in that it comprises a.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying Figures 2 to 6 will be described in detail with respect to the sleep time illumination control sensor according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings, FIG. 2 is a plan view for explaining the configuration of a sleep time illumination control sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a partially enlarged plan view of the sensor lamp shown in FIG. In addition, FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram for explaining the configuration of a controller circuit provided in the sensor lamp shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is an exploded cross-sectional view for explaining a coupling relationship of the sensor lamp shown in FIG. Is a cross-sectional view for explaining the installation relationship of the sensor and the like shown in FIG.

First, as shown in Figure 2, the sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention is provided with a light emitting means 20, such as an incandescent bulb, a three-wavelength bulb, a fluorescent bulb, etc. in the body 10, such a body 10 It has a semi-transparent cover means 30, which serves to protect the light emitting means 20 at a predetermined coupling position.

In the main body 10, a controller circuit 90 securely embedded in a heat dissipation structure and a sealed structure is disposed between the inner partition 71 and the bottom casing 80 of the outer casing 70. Here, the bottom casing 80 is not shown on FIG. 2, but is shown in detail in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 below.

The controller circuit 90 inside the main body 10 is electrically connected to a normal 220V AC power supply 100 so as to receive power, and the controller circuit 90 receives the AC power supply 100. ) Is configured to control the operation of the light emitting means 20 in an electrical or electronic circuit.

One side of the main body 10 is provided with a cover means 30 to protect the light emitting means 20 from moisture, water vapor, external forces, etc., the other side of the time control switch 40 and the object detection sensor 50 and The illuminance control switch 60 is arranged.

The user can open the cover means 30 to replace the light bulb, etc. that is the light emitting means 20, and also can easily switch operation of the time adjustment switch 40 and the illumination control switch 60 from the outside.

Here, the object detection sensor 50 is a power on / off interlocking sensor for energizing the power supply by sensing a person passing or around the lamp. Since the object detecting sensor 50 is configured to generate an on / off operation signal when detecting an object, in the present invention, any kind of power on / off interlocking sensor may be used as the object detecting sensor 50, and thus its detailed configuration. Do not specifically limit.

The outer casing 70 and the bottom casing 80 in the main body 10 are coupled in a detachable and fastening manner such as a fixing jaw and a fixing groove fastening method or a screw fixing method for fixing overlapping portions with screws.

The cover means 30 is coupled to one side of the outer casing 70 in such a way that the cover means 30 can be opened and closed in the same manner as the screw coupling.

On the other side of the outer casing 70, the object detecting sensor 50 is fixed to protrude from the casing surface.

As shown in FIG. 3, the time control switch 40 and the illumination control switch 60 are coupled to both sides of the object detection sensor 50.

At this time, the switch knobs 41 and 61 of each of the time control switch 40 and the illumination control switch 60 protrude out of the surface of the outer casing 70, and are rotated at a finite angular interval by a user's finger. And being stopped, and combined to maintain watertightness by watertight packing or the like.

The time control switch 40 is a toggle type rotary switch type that can rotate between the 'A', 'B', and 'C' positions arranged to maintain a predetermined angular interval among the angles 0 ° to 359 °, or is simple. And a switch type having a rotary contact.

For example, the position 'A' around the time control switch 40 is PM 11:00-AM 05:00, the position 'B' is AM 12:00-AM 05:00, and the position 'C' is AM 01: It corresponds to 00 to AM 05:00, which means a time zone during which illumination is controlled.

The time zone during which the illuminance is adjusted is activated when the illuminance control switch 60 is in the on position and is deactivated when the illuminance control switch 60 is in the off position.

The illuminance control switch 60 is capable of rotating between the off position (angle 0 ㅀ) and the on position (any angle between 1 ㅀ and 180 ㅀ), and is similar or identical to the time control switch 60 above. It can be a switch type of.

For example, the illuminance control switch 60 is configured to maintain the illuminance of the illumination brightness of the light emitting means 20 at 100% in the off position, and maintain the illuminance of the light emitting means 20 at 15% to 20% in the on position. Can be.

Here, when the light emitting means 20 uses an AC power source 220V 60 Watt to 100 Watt light bulb, through a number of empirical experiments, when the illuminance of the light emitting means 20 is 15% to 20%, the user wakes up and enters the bathroom. It was confirmed that the surrounding objects can be identified without irritating the user's eyes, and then the user can easily sleep again.

The illuminance control switch 60 is either an analog or digital switch, and the input signal for illuminance control on / off, that is, the on / off current signal or the signal value 0 corresponding to the on / off according to the change of the electrical resistance. It can be configured to provide any one of the controller unit of the controller circuit 90.

As shown in FIG. 4, the controller circuit 90 includes a power converter 101 electronically on a circuit board; Power input terminal 91, object detection sensor input terminal 92, time control switch input terminal 93, illuminance control switch input terminal 94, fan output terminal 95, bulb output terminal 96 and spare An input / output interface consisting of input / output terminals (not shown); And a controller section 97 having a memory for storing and storing control algorithms to be described below.

The power conversion unit 101 is connected to the power input terminal 91 of the input / output interface to receive the home AC power supply 100.

Each object detecting sensor input terminal 92, time control switch input terminal 93, illuminance control switch input terminal 94, ventilator output terminal 95, and bulb output terminal 96 at the input / output interface respectively Object detection sensor, time control switch, illumination control switch, ventilator installed in the bathroom, lighting means are electrically coupled.

The power conversion unit 101 converts and supplies the supplied home AC power 100 into an output power that is 220V AC power required for the operation of the bulb and the fan, and an internal circuit power required for the operation of the controller circuit 90, respectively. In charge of.

The power conversion unit 101 is connected to supply the internal circuit power to the controller unit 97.

The controller 97 is operated by the supplied internal circuit power, and receives the corresponding input signal from the object detecting sensor input terminal 92, the time adjustment switch input terminal 93, and the illumination control switch input terminal 94. It operates according to the control algorithm stored and set in memory as follows.

The controller unit 97 matches the internal time of the timer unit 98 operated by the supplied internal circuit power to a time zone corresponding to any one of the aforementioned positions 'A', 'B', and 'C'. Access to the illuminance control unit 99 only to reduce the intensity of the output power to 80% to 85%, resulting in a low power output power that is reduced in size to maintain the illuminance at 15% to 20%. If it is supplied to the terminal 96, or does not match the time zone corresponding to any one of the 'A' position, 'B' position, 'C' position, the original output power is not reduced, the bulb output terminal as it is A circuit is configured to be supplied to 96.

In addition, the controller unit 97 is configured so that the output power is supplied to the fan output terminal 95 at the same time when the output power or the reduced output power is supplied to the bulb output terminal 96.

The controller 97 is configured to circuit the power supply time of the timer 98 to cut off the power supplied to the fan output terminal 95 at the stop point after the fan is operated.

As shown in Figure 5 or 6, the semi-transparent cover means 30 of the main body 10 of the present invention is a semi-spherical, one side closed semi-circular cover shape, the male thread 31 is formed on the open side. .

Around the male thread 31, an annular rubber packing 32 for watertightness is fitted.

The stainless ring 33 is inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the engaging portion associated with the female thread 72 of the outer casing 70 to which the male thread 31 of the translucent cover means 30 is to be screwed.

The light emitting means 20 includes, for example, a 220 V 60 watt incandescent bulb 21 and a socket 22 thereof and a bracket 23 coupled to support such a socket, wherein the socket 22 is inside the bracket 23. It is preferred that an internal passage is formed for the wire 24 to extend through and to be electrically connected to the bulb 21.

A flat rubber packing 25 is attached to the surface to which the fixing bolt of the bracket 23 is coupled, and the rubber packing 25 is preferably formed with a through hole for the wire 24 to penetrate.

The bracket 23 is fixed to the inner partition 71 of the outer casing 70 by a fixing bolt, wherein the bulb 21 is preferably disposed in contact with the inner partition 71.

An inner diaphragm 71 of the outer casing 70 is provided with a coupling hole for the mounting bolt 26 and an insertion hole for wire passing through the thickness in the thickness direction.

In addition, a device such as a time adjustment switch 40, an object detecting sensor 50, and an illumination control switch is coupled to the outer surface of the outer casing 70 so that the handle protrudes outward, and the wires extending from the respective devices are It is connected to the object detection sensor input terminal, time control switch input terminal, and illumination control switch input terminal of the input / output interface described above, respectively.

The bottom casing 80 is coupled to the opened portion of the outer casing 70 to seal the inside together with the inner diaphragm 71.

At this time, the controller circuit 90 is fixed to the bottom casing 80 once, and the inner casing 110 is coupled to the bottom casing 80 so as to be disassembled and coupled to surround the controller circuit 90.

The main body 10 of the present invention coupled as described above is protected by the controller circuit 90 inside the bottom casing 80 and the inner casing 110, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins or heat dissipation protrusions on the surface of the inner casing 110. 111 has a heat dissipation structure for effectively dissipating heat transferred from the light bulb 21 to the controller circuit 90, and has a closed structure to block moisture, water vapor, and the like that can penetrate from the outside.

In particular, among the wires drawn from the controller circuit 90 to the outside of the main body 10, each of the power input terminal side wires and the fan output terminal side wires is mounted in a watertight rubber packing 81 mounted in a perforated hole of the bottom casing 80. Pass through the installation wall 140 in a state inserted in the).

The power input terminal side wire is connected to any power supply line 130 that can receive power from the 220V home AC power around the installation wall, and the fan output terminal side wire is connected to the power input line 131 of the fan.

Thereafter, the plurality of mounting bolts 26 penetrates through the thicknesses of the inner diaphragm 71 and the bottom casing 80 to be fixed to the mounting wall surface 140 to fix the main body 10 to the mounting wall surface 140. At this time, an installation rubber packing 82 is interposed between the installation wall surface 140 and the main body 10, and the edge of the outer casing 70 and the bottom casing 80 are installed by the installation rubber packing 82. The tip rim remains confidential.

Hereinafter, the operating method of the present invention will be described.

1) When the illuminance control switch is OFF

When the illuminance control switch is OFF (OFF), even if the time adjustment switch 40 is set at any position, the illuminance adjustment for each setting time is not performed.

However, when the user enters the toilet in the middle of the night and the object detection sensor 50 detects the user, the lamp is turned on at about 100% brightness, and the controller circuit 90 outputs power for operating the fan through the fan output terminal. The fan is operated by supplying (AC 220V) to the fan.

Then, when the user comes out from the toilet, the object detection sensor 50 is not in the state of detecting the user, in conjunction with the object detection sensor controller circuit 90 cuts the output power supplied to the bulb 21 The bulb 21 is turned off.

According to the control of the ventilator of the controller circuit 90 as described above, the ventilator is turned off 5 minutes after the lamp is turned off regardless of the illumination control switch.

2) In case of illuminance control switch ON

When the illuminance control switch is ON and the user sets the time control switch 40 to the 'A' position, the light bulb 21 is about 15 when the user enters the toilet at PM 11:00 to AM 05:00. The lamp is turned on with a brightness of about 20% to 20% and the fan is activated. Outside the hours from 11:00 AM to 05:00 PM, the lamp lights at 100% brightness and the fan is activated.

In addition, when the user sets the time control switch 40 to the 'B' position, and enters the toilet at AM 12:00 to AM 05:00, the light bulb 21 is turned on at about 15% to 20% brightness. The ventilator is activated. At times other than AM 12:00 to AM 05:00, the light bulb 21 is turned on at a brightness of 100%.

In addition, when the user sets the time adjustment switch 40 to the 'C' position, when entering the toilet at AM 01:00 ~ AM 05:00, the light bulb 21 is turned on with a brightness of about 15% to 20% The ventilator is activated. Outside the hours of AM 01:00 to AM 05:00, the lamp lights at 100% brightness.

In addition, when the user comes out of the toilet bulb 21 is turned off, the fan is turned off after 5 minutes after the light is turned off regardless of the illumination control switch.

In addition, when the illumination control switch is ON (ON), the light generated from the light bulb 21 whenever the user is detected in the time zone corresponding to the 'A' position, 'B' position 'C' position of the time adjustment switch 40 The brightness of is maintained at about 15% to 20%, and is maintained at 100% outside the normal time zone is repeated every day.

As described in detail above, the sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention has an advantage of minimizing eye irritation by preventing eyes from being disturbed by re-sleeping due to exposure to a strong light when using a late-night toilet. have.

That is, according to the sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention, the light is automatically adjusted to the brightness reduced by a predetermined ratio only at a preset sleep time, so that the interior of the bathroom at a normal light bulb brightness during the day not preset, and preset In the middle of the night, the interior of the bathroom is illuminated with brightness reduced by a predetermined ratio.

In addition, the sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention has a plurality of advantages such as the durability of the controller circuit by protecting the controller circuit by the bottom casing and the inner casing of the heat dissipation structure having a heat dissipation projection of a material having excellent heat transfer performance.

In addition, the sleep time illuminance control sensor of the present invention can block the external moisture and water vapor by the outer casing and various packing members of the closed structure, there is an effect of being free from electrical leakage, interruption and the like.

In addition, the sleep time illumination control sensor of the present invention is a type that has a built-in object detection sensor, there is an advantage that it is easy to use by detecting the user using the toilet to perform the on / off operation of the light.

In addition, the sleep time illumination control sensor and the like of the present invention, since the time adjustment switch and the illumination control switch are integrally arranged on one side of the outer casing, there is an advantage that the time setting and the illumination setting are easy.

In addition, the sleep-time illuminance control sensor of the present invention has a compact layout similar to that of a normal toilet, there is an advantage that can be easily installed in the existing lamp power supply line.

1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the automatic toilet environment control apparatus according to the prior art,

2 is a plan view for explaining the configuration of the sleep time illumination control sensor, etc. according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is a partially enlarged plan view of the sensor lamp shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram for describing a configuration of a controller circuit provided in a sensor lamp of FIG. 2.

5 is an exploded cross-sectional view illustrating a coupling relationship between a sensor and the like shown in FIG. 2;

6 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the installation relationship of the sensor and the like shown in FIG.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: main body 20: light emitting means

21 light bulb 30 cover means

40: time control switch 41, 61: switch knob

50: object detection sensor 60: illumination control switch

70: outer casing 71: inner diaphragm

80: bottom casing 90: controller circuit

100: AC power supply 110: inner casing

Claims (5)

In the sensor for emitting the light from the light emitting means 20 by using the AC power supply 100 when the object detection sensor 50 to the outside to detect the user. An outer casing (70) having an inner diaphragm (71) to which the light emitting means (20) is fixed, a semi-transparent cover means (30) coupled to one side, and a portion opened by the bottom casing (80); A time adjusting switch 40 and an illuminance adjusting switch 60 which are disposed so that the switch handles 41 and 61 protrude outward from other portions of the outer casing 70; The input signal is input through an input / output interface to which the time adjustment switch 40 and the illuminance control switch 60 are connected, and selectively adjusts the brightness of the light emitting means 20 at an illuminance ratio corresponding to a preset time period. Sleep time illumination control sensor, characterized in that it comprises a controller circuitry circuitry 90 configured to adjust. The method of claim 1, Sleeping time illumination control sensor, characterized in that the bottom casing (80) to protect the controller circuit (90) is provided with an inner casing (110) having a plurality of radiating projections (111). The method of claim 1, The controller circuit 90 converts and supplies the AC power supply 100 into output power required for the operation of the light emitting means 20 and the fan and internal circuit power required for the operation of the controller circuit 90, respectively. Sleeping time illumination control sensor, characterized in that provided with a conversion unit (101). The method of claim 3, The controller circuit 90 has an internal time of the timer unit 98 operated by the internal circuit power supply at any one of the 'A' position, the 'B' position, and the 'C' position of the time control switch 40. The low-power output power reduced in size to maintain the illuminance between 15% and 20% only during the corresponding time zone is supplied to the light emitting means 20 through the bulb output terminal 96 of the input / output interface. Sleep time illuminance control sensor, characterized in that it comprises a circuit configured controller section (97). The method of claim 4, wherein The controller circuit 90 records in the memory of the controller section 97 an algorithm for operating the fan together with the light emitting means 20 and stopping the fan 5 minutes after the light emitting means 20 is turned off. Sleep time illumination control sensor characterized in that it stores.