KR20100010445U - Remote controllor with a solar cell - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a remote control for remote control of various electronic devices, body portion having a plurality of control buttons; An infrared emitting unit for transmitting a control signal corresponding to the control button when the control button is input; A solar panel installed at one side of the body and generating voltage by being irradiated with sunlight; A battery unit which supplies power and is charged with a voltage generated by sunlight irradiated to the solar panel; And a transformer circuit unit configured to maintain a constant voltage generated by the solar panel to charge the battery unit, wherein the solar panel is installed on an outer surface of the body unit, and the battery unit is installed inside the body unit. The panel and the battery unit are characterized in that they are installed in close proximity.

As a result, the battery of the remote controller can be charged by the irradiated sunlight, and the solar panel and the battery unit can be installed in close proximity to minimize leakage current with respect to the voltage generated from the solar panel. Forming, and can be charged to the battery of the remote control as a standard mobile phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector, by providing a self-powered gripping portion on one side of the remote control body portion, the reciprocating motion of the self-powered gripping portion by the user's grip The battery of the remote controller can be charged.

 Remote control, solar cell, self power generation, charging

Description

REMOTE CONTROLLOR WITH A SOLAR CELL

The present invention relates to a remote control having a solar cell, and more particularly, converts sunlight incident on a solar panel into electrical energy to charge a battery, and can be charged with a 24-pin charger for charging a mobile phone. It relates to a remote control having a solar cell that can be charged by self-power generated by the grip force.

In general, a remote controller is widely used to remotely control electronic devices. When a user presses a key of a desired function through the keypad of the remote controller, the microcomputer transmits an oscillation signal corresponding to a function input from the keypad to the light emitting diode. will be.

1 is a perspective view of a remote control according to the related art.

Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional remote controller includes an infrared ray transmitting unit 102 for transmitting infrared rays at one end, a keypad 101 for operating by pressing by hand, and a power unit 103 for accommodating batteries. .

However, the conventional remote control has an inconvenience of having to replace a battery that has run out of power each time, and there is a problem that a replacement cost of the battery is required.

In addition, since there is a problem of environmental pollution due to the use of batteries, the use of batteries should be reduced as much as possible. Therefore, there is a need for a remote controller that can be used semi-permanently without replacing batteries.

On the other hand, as the technology for manufacturing a battery using solar energy has been developed, solar cells are being used in various fields, including automobiles equipped with solar cells.

The present invention was created to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to generate a voltage by the irradiated sunlight, the remote control having a solar cell capable of charging the battery of the remote control at this voltage To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote control having a solar cell that can minimize the leakage current to the voltage generated in the solar panel by installing the solar panel and the battery unit in close proximity.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a remote controller having a solar cell that forms a 24-pin connector on one side of a remote controller body part and charges a battery of the remote controller as a standard mobile phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector. .

Another object of the present invention, by providing a self-powered gripping portion on one side of the remote control body portion, a remote control having a solar cell capable of charging the battery of the remote control by the reciprocating motion of the self-powered gripping portion by the user's grip To provide.

The object is, according to the present invention, a remote control for remote control of various electronic devices, body portion having a plurality of control buttons; An infrared emitting unit for transmitting a control signal corresponding to the control button when the control button is input; A solar panel installed at one side of the body and generating voltage by being irradiated with sunlight; A battery unit which supplies power and is charged with a voltage generated by sunlight irradiated to the solar panel; And a transformer circuit unit configured to maintain a constant voltage generated by the solar panel to charge the battery unit, wherein the solar panel is installed on an outer surface of the body unit, and the battery unit is installed inside the body unit. The panel and the battery unit may be achieved by a remote control having a solar cell installed in close proximity.

Here, one side of the body portion may be formed with a 24-pin connector that can be inserted into a standard mobile phone charger.

The battery unit may be configured to be charged by a standard mobile phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector, and the voltage input from the standard mobile phone charger may be transferred to the battery unit via the transformer circuit and charged.

On the other hand, the body portion may further include a self-generation unit for converting the energy by the reciprocating motion into electrical energy.

Here, the self-power generation unit, the self-power generation holding unit is provided with an elastic member and disposed on the left and right sides of the body portion to be reciprocated by the user's grip; A gear unit including a linear gear protruding from the inside of the self-generated gripping portion and a plurality of gears rotating in association with the linear gear; A permanent magnet rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the gear unit; It may include; a coil disposed around the permanent magnet.

In addition, the self-generation unit is provided with an elastic member and is disposed on the left and right sides of the body portion is a self-powered gripping portion provided to enable reciprocating movement by the user's grip; A protrusion protruding from the inside of the self-powered gripping part; A cylindrical permanent magnet coupled to the protrusion; And a coil disposed at a portion at which the permanent magnet is reciprocated.

According to the present invention, it is possible to charge the battery of the remote control by the irradiated sunlight.

In addition, the charging efficiency can be increased in charging the battery unit which can minimize the leakage current with respect to the voltage generated in the solar panel by installing the solar panel and the battery unit in close proximity.

In addition, a 24-pin connector is formed on one side of the remote controller body, and the battery of the remote controller can be charged by a standard cellular phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector.

In addition, by providing a self-powered gripping portion on one side of the remote control body portion, it is possible to charge the battery of the remote control by the reciprocating motion of the self-powered gripping portion by the user's grip.

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

Prior to this, the terms used in this specification and claims should not be construed in a dictionary sense, but on the basis of the principle that the inventor can properly define the concept of terms in order to best explain his invention. In other words, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept consistent with the technical spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the configuration shown in the embodiments and drawings described herein is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not represent all of the technical ideas of the present invention, it is possible to replace them at the time of the present application It should be understood that various equivalents and variations may exist.

2 is a perspective view of a remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention.

2, the remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention, the body portion having a plurality of control buttons (5); An infrared ray transmitting unit 20 for transmitting a control signal corresponding to the control button 5 when the control button 5 is input; A solar panel 30 installed at one side of the body part 10 to generate voltage by being irradiated with sunlight; A battery unit 40 which supplies power and is charged with a voltage generated by sunlight irradiated to the solar panel 30; A transformer circuit part 50 which maintains a constant voltage generated in the solar cell panel 30 and charges the battery part 40. The solar cell panel 30 is formed on an outer surface of the body part 10. Is installed, the battery unit 40 is installed inside the body portion 10, the solar panel 30 and the battery unit 40 is installed in close proximity.

Here, the body portion 10 is provided with components such as the infrared ray transmitting portion 20, the solar panel 30, the battery portion 40, the transformer circuit portion 50, and forms the appearance of the remote control of the present invention Component.

On the upper surface of the body portion 10, as shown in Figure 2, the control button (5) for controlling various electronic devices are formed protruding, the front portion of the body portion 10, the infrared emitting portion 20 Is placed.

Herein, when the control button 5 is input, the infrared ray transmitting unit 20 is provided to transmit a control signal of an electronic device corresponding to the selected control button 5.

On the other hand, the solar panel 30 is disposed on one side of the body portion 10, as a component for generating a voltage by irradiating sunlight, it can be installed as shown in Figure 2, the solar panel 30 The installation position of the is not limited to this.

In addition, the solar panel 30 may generate a voltage by sunlight irradiated, and may also generate a voltage by electrical lighting by indoor lighting.

The voltage generated by the solar panel 30 is transferred to the battery unit 40 for supplying power to the remote controller, the battery unit 40 may be charged.

Here, the solar panel 30 and the battery unit 40 is installed in close proximity, as shown in Figures 2 to 4, thereby the length of the conductor to electrically connect the solar panel 30 and the battery unit 40 Can be reduced to minimize leakage current.

That is, the resistance between the solar panel 30 and the battery unit 40 is reduced, so that the current lost in transferring the voltage generated from the solar panel 30 to the battery unit 40 is minimized, thereby. The charging efficiency of the battery unit 40 is increased.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 5, the transformer circuit unit 50 maintains the voltage transmitted from the solar panel 30 and the 24-pin connector 12 and the self-generating unit 60 to be described later. It serves to charge the battery unit 40.

Here, the transformer circuit part 50 controls the overvoltage that can be applied to the battery part 40 and cuts off the power that can be flowed back into the solar panel 30 to prevent the inflow of overvoltage or voltage. Damage to the battery unit 40 and the solar panel 30 which may be generated may be prevented.

On the other hand, one side of the body portion 10 may be formed with a 24-pin connector 12 into which the standard mobile phone charger (C) can be inserted.

Here, the battery unit 40 is configured to be chargeable by the standard mobile phone charger (C) inserted into the 24-pin connector 12, the voltage input from the standard mobile phone charger (C) is the transformer circuit unit 50 It may be transferred to the battery unit 40 via the charge.

In addition, the 24-pin connector 12 may be formed on the rear side of the remote controller, as shown in FIG. It may be formed at various positions of (10).

On the other hand, the body portion 10 may further include a self-generation unit 60 for converting the energy by the reciprocating motion into electrical energy.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the self-generating unit 60 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a self-power generation unit 60 according to the present invention.

Here, the self-power generation unit 60 is provided with an elastic member 61 and is disposed on the left and right sides of the body portion 10 is a self-powered gripping portion 62 is provided to enable reciprocating movement by the user's grip force )Wow; A gear part 65 including a linear gear 63 protruding from the inside of the self-powered gripping part 62 and a plurality of gears 64a, 64b and 64c rotating in association with the linear gear 63; A permanent magnet 66 which rotates in association with the rotation of the gear unit 65; And a coil 67a disposed around the permanent magnet 66.

The self-power generation unit 60 is a component for generating a voltage by the user's grip force, employing the principle of electromagnetic induction phenomenon in which current is induced by the permanent magnet 66 that rotates around the coil (67a) will be.

Here, the self-powered gripping portion 62 may include a separation preventing catching portion 62a for preventing the body portion 10 from being separated by the elastic member 61.

Here, the reciprocating motion is performed by grasping and unfolding the self-powered gripping portion 62, and the linear gear 63 interlocked with the reciprocating motion rotates the plurality of gears 64a, 64b and 64. The permanent magnet 66 rotates by the rotation of the gear.

In addition, as the permanent magnet 66 is rotated, a current is induced in the coil 67a disposed around the permanent magnet 66, and a voltage generated according to the induced current may charge the battery unit 40. have.

On the other hand, the self-power generation unit 60 according to the present invention may be provided in various forms capable of generating power by the electromagnetic induction phenomenon in addition to the above-described configuration.

4 is a plan view showing another embodiment of a self-power generation unit 60 according to the present invention.

Here, the self-power generation unit 60 is provided with an elastic member 61 and is disposed on the left and right sides of the body portion 10 is a self-powered gripping portion 62 is provided to enable reciprocating movement by the user's grip force )Wow; A protrusion 68 protruding from the inside of the self-powered gripping portion 62; A cylindrical permanent magnet 69 coupled to the protrusion 68; And a coil 67b disposed at a portion at which the permanent magnet 69 is reciprocated.

The self-power generation unit 60 is a component for generating a voltage by the user's grip force, and employs the principle of electromagnetic induction phenomenon in which current is induced by the permanent magnet 69 reciprocating between the coils (67b). It is.

Here, the self-powered gripping portion 62 may include a separation preventing catching portion 62a for preventing the body portion 10 from being separated by the elastic member 61.

Here, the reciprocating motion is performed by grasping and unfolding the self-powered gripping portion 62, and the permanent magnet 69 coupled to the protrusion 68 and the protrusion 68 interlocked with the reciprocating motion is The coil 67b is reciprocated in the formed space.

In addition, as the permanent magnet 69 reciprocates between the coils 67b, current is induced in the coils 67b, and a voltage generated according to the induced currents may charge the battery unit 40. have.

Here, the self-developing unit 60 according to the present invention, using the electromagnetic induction phenomenon, but described as a permanent magnet 66 rotation method (Fig. 3) and a permanent magnet 69 reciprocating method (Fig. 4), such a Configuration method is not limited to the present invention, of course, can be configured by the power generation by the various movement method of the coil and the permanent magnet.

Hereinafter, the charging method of the remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention will be described in detail.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a charging method of a remote controller having a solar cell according to the present invention.

Here, the charging method of the remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention can be largely divided into three types.

First, a method of charging the remote controller as sunlight irradiated to the solar panel 30.

Here, when the solar panel 30 is irradiated with light by sunlight or illumination, different voltages are generated according to the intensity of light, and the generated voltage is passed through the transformer circuit unit 50 to the battery unit 40. Charge it.

Here, the transformer circuit unit 50 is configured to apply a stable voltage to the battery unit 40 by boosting and lowering the different voltages to a predetermined value, and further voltage is applied when the battery unit 40 is fully charged. It may be configured not to.

Second, the standard mobile phone charger (C) is inserted into the 24-pin connector 12 formed on one side of the body portion 10 to charge the remote controller.

When the charger C is inserted into the 24-pin connector 12, the supplied voltage is transferred to the battery unit 40 through the transformer circuit unit 50 to charge the battery unit 40.

Here, the transformer circuit part 50 is configured to apply a stable voltage to the battery part 40 by raising and lowering the supplied voltage to a predetermined value, and when the battery part 40 is fully charged, no more voltage is applied. It may be configured not to be authorized.

Third, a method of charging the remote controller by converting the reciprocating kinetic energy into electrical energy through the reciprocating motion of the self-generating unit 60.

In this case, the user repeatedly grasps and unfolds the self-generating unit 60, and the current induced by the coil and the permanent magnet is transferred to the battery unit 40 through the transformer circuit unit 50. The battery unit 40 is charged.

Here, the induced current may appear as an irregular voltage according to the speed, the number of movements, etc. according to the user's grip movement.

Here, the transformer circuit unit 50 is configured to apply a stable voltage to the battery unit 40 by boosting and lowering the irregularly generated voltage to a predetermined value, and when the battery unit 40 is fully charged, It can be configured so that no voltage is applied.

As described above, the remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention, it is possible to charge the battery of the remote control by the sunlight irradiated, the leakage current to the voltage generated from the solar panel by installing the solar panel and the battery unit in close proximity By minimizing, forming a 24-pin connector on one side of the remote control body portion, the standard mobile phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector can charge the battery of the remote control, by providing a self-powered gripping portion on one side of the remote control body portion The battery of the remote controller may be charged by the reciprocating motion of the self-generated gripping portion caused by the user's grip.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto, and by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, Various modifications and variations will be possible within the equivalent scope of the utility model registration claims to be described below.

The accompanying drawings are for understanding the technical idea of the present invention together with the specific contents for the implementation of the above-described design, the present invention is not limited to the matters shown in the following drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a remote control according to the prior art,

2 is a perspective view of a remote control having a solar cell according to the present invention,

3 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a self-developing unit according to the present invention,

4 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the self-developing unit according to the present invention,

5 is a block diagram illustrating a charging method of a remote controller having a solar cell according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: body portion 20: infrared ray emitting portion

30: solar panel 40: battery unit

50: transformer circuit 60: self-generation unit

61: elastic member 62: self-generated gripping portion

65: gear 66: permanent magnet

68: protrusion

Claims (6)

As a remote control for remote control of various electronic devices, A body part having a plurality of control buttons; An infrared emitting unit for transmitting a control signal corresponding to the control button when the control button is input; A solar panel installed at one side of the body and generating voltage by being irradiated with sunlight; A battery unit which supplies power and is charged with a voltage generated by sunlight irradiated to the solar panel; And a transformer circuit part which maintains a constant voltage generated in the solar panel to charge the battery part. The solar panel is installed on the outer surface of the body portion, the battery unit is installed inside the body portion, the remote control having a solar cell, characterized in that the solar panel and the battery unit is installed in close proximity. The method of claim 1, One side of the body portion is a remote control having a solar cell, characterized in that the 24-pin connector is formed that can be inserted into the standard mobile phone charger. The method of claim 2, The battery unit is configured to be chargeable by a standard mobile phone charger inserted into the 24-pin connector, and the voltage input from the standard mobile phone charger is transferred to the battery unit via the transformer circuit unit is charged with a solar cell, characterized in that Remote control. The method of claim 1, The body unit is a remote control having a solar cell, characterized in that further comprises a self-generation unit for converting the energy by the reciprocating motion into electrical energy. The method of claim 4, wherein The self-generation unit, A self-powered gripping portion provided with an elastic member and disposed on left and right sides of the body portion to reciprocate by a user's grip force; A gear unit including a linear gear protruding from the inside of the self-generated gripping portion and a plurality of gears rotating in association with the linear gear; A permanent magnet rotating in conjunction with the rotation of the gear unit; And a coil disposed around the permanent magnet. The method of claim 4, wherein The self-generation unit, A self-powered gripping portion provided with an elastic member and disposed on left and right sides of the body portion to reciprocate by a user's grip force; A protrusion protruding from the inside of the self-powered gripping part; A cylindrical permanent magnet coupled to the protrusion; And a coil disposed at a portion of the permanent magnet reciprocated.

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