KR20160121754A

KR20160121754A - A temperature controller changing display color in accordance with controlled temperature

Info

Publication number: KR20160121754A
Application number: KR1020150051185A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박진윤; 곽문성
Original assignee: 주식회사 경동원
Priority date: 2015-04-10
Filing date: 2015-04-10
Publication date: 2016-10-20

Abstract

Since the temperature or temperature of the user is changed according to the user's heating or hot water temperature, the LED or the LCD alarm unit can increase the intuitiveness of the temperature setting of the user. A temperature controller for controlling the heating intensity and displaying a set temperature which can be easily used even at a set temperature at night in color or brightness.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a temperature controller that displays a set temperature in color or brightness. [0002]

The present invention relates to a temperature controller for heating control of a boiler, and more particularly, it relates to a temperature controller for a boiler, which comprises an LCD alarm unit or an LED alarm unit for displaying a color corresponding to a temperature set by a user, The present invention relates to a temperature regulator for displaying a set temperature, which helps to control a heating set temperature, in hue or brightness.

Boilers used in general homes and public buildings are used for heating or hot water. These boilers are divided into oil boilers and gas boilers depending on the type of fuel provided. Therefore, the gas boiler is used in the area where the city gas is supplied, and the oil boiler is used in the other area where the city gas is not supplied.

Comparing the oil and gas boilers with the same capacity, the oil boiler is cheaper than the gas boiler at the purchase price, but the gas boiler has the advantage that it consumes less fuel than the oil boiler. However, in the long run, the costs that consumers have to pay can be almost the same for both oil and gas boilers.

On the other hand, water vapor generated in the process of burning gas generates heat energy in the process of changing into water (H ₂ O) when it comes into contact with a low temperature object or air. In this case, the condensing gas boiler is designed to increase the heat efficiency by reabsorbing the heat generated by the gas boiler.

These condensing gas boilers have a higher thermal efficiency than that of general gas boilers, and the use of condensing gas boilers in recent years is increasing because the fuel cost is remarkably reduced.

In the following description, the term boiler refers to a term including both an oil boiler, a gas boiler and condensing boilers, and a water heater.

As shown in Fig. 1, the temperature controller 10 for controlling the boiler 4 is mounted on the wall 1 or the wall 3 of the living room, so that the user can easily operate the boiler.

2, the conventional thermostat 10 has an operating portion 20 and a display portion 30 provided on the front surface thereof. Although not shown in the drawings, a PCB board having various circuits and a microcomputer (MICOM) is installed in the temperature controller 10.

The operating unit 20 is mainly provided with an adjustment button 21 printed with a +, - sign for changing the setting value of the heating or hot water temperature of the boiler and a function button 22 for selecting a function. The status is read to the input of the microcomputer, so that the function is immediately selected according to the input value or the set value is changed to start or stop the boiler.

The display unit 30 displays an input state of the operation unit 20, a current temperature, a heating or hot water setting, a current time, and the like.

However, the display unit 30 provided in the conventional temperature controller displays the present temperature / set temperature numerically, intuitively recognizes to what extent the preset temperature relative to the current temperature requires the heating, There is a sense of slowness.

Further, if the display unit of the conventional temperature controller does not include a back light, the heating setting operation in a state where the light is off may not be easy, and even if a backlight is provided on the display unit, There is a problem in that setting of heating and hot water is not easy because the small font and numeric display displayed on the display unit 30 are not visible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an LED alarm device capable of increasing the intuitiveness of temperature setting of a user by displaying color or brightness of the temperature controller, The present invention provides a temperature controller that displays a set temperature that can be easily adjusted even when the set temperature is adjusted at night by color or brightness, by simply adjusting the heating intensity by increasing the intuitiveness of the user. have.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a temperature controller for displaying a set temperature in color or brightness, the apparatus comprising: a control button for adjusting a set temperature value of heating or hot water; a function button for selecting heating, An operation unit provided with: A display unit for displaying an input state of the operation unit, a desired temperature, a current temperature, and a function selection; An LED alarm unit for changing color or brightness corresponding to the set temperature at the operation unit and increasing the intuitiveness of the temperature setting of the user; Or an LCD alarm unit provided on the background of the display unit and capable of changing the color or brightness corresponding to the set temperature set by the user on the operation unit to increase the intuitiveness of the temperature setting of the user; And a control unit.

The LED alarm unit or the LCD alarm unit may be displayed in a predetermined color or brightness corresponding to a set temperature set by a user on the operation unit.

According to the temperature controller for displaying the set temperature of the present invention in hue or brightness, the LCD controller or the LED alarm unit is provided in the heating temperature controller to display the color corresponding to the temperature set by the user, There is an effect that the intensity can be adjusted.

In addition, the heating temperature controller in which the backlight is not used has an LED alarm unit on one side to display a color corresponding to the set temperature, so that it can be easily used in adjusting the set temperature at night.

Further, since the LED alarm unit is provided on one side of the temperature controller and the LCD alarm unit is provided on the display unit, the LCD alarm unit can be used by replacing the case or the display unit of the conventional temperature controller and can be easily recycled, Effect.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a boiler with a temperature controller disposed therein;
2 is a front view showing a conventional thermostat.
3 is a front view showing a temperature controller according to the present invention.

For a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

For convenience of explanation, the configuration names and symbols in Fig. 2 will be used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the temperature controller according to the present invention includes a control button 21, which is provided on the front surface and has a +, - sign printed therein for changing a set value of the heating or hot water temperature, A display unit 30 for displaying an input state of the operation unit 20 and a desired temperature, a current temperature, a function selection item, a current time, and the like are displayed. In this case, the LED alarm unit 100 is provided on one side of the temperature controller, and the LCD alarm unit 200 is provided in the background of the display unit 30.

The LED alarm unit 100 and the LCD alarm unit 200 may display the temperature or the color of the user by expressing different brightness or color, Thereby enhancing intuitiveness.

Specifically, in the LED alarm unit 100, when the user sets the set temperature at the operation unit 20 to a high temperature, the LED alarm unit 100 changes from blue or white indicating a cold color to red indicating a hot color, It can be set to reach red when it reaches, or to change the setting to suit the user's taste with any other color.

Similarly, the LCD alarm unit 200 provided in the background of the display unit 30 is also changed from blue or white to red when the user sets the set temperature at the operation unit 20, It is changed and displayed in parallel with the number of segments indicated by temperature.

In this case, the LED alarm unit 100 or the LCD alarm unit 200 may be displayed by changing the color or brightness corresponding to the set temperature set by the user on the operation unit 20, It is possible to intuitively judge the state of the set temperature by only detecting the color.

That is, the user can display the color at a low temperature through the setting of the color contrast temperature, and the color can be flexibly changed from green to yellow and red as the set temperature is increased.

The LED alarm unit 100 is provided on one side of the temperature controller and the LCD alarm unit 200 is provided on the display unit 30 so that the LED alarm unit 100 can be used by replacing the case of the conventional temperature controller or the display unit 30 And can be recycled, or can have a reduction in production cost and design cost.

The embodiment of the temperature controller which displays the set temperature of the present invention described above in terms of hue or brightness is merely an example and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Therefore, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims. It is also to be understood that the invention includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

20: Control panel 21: Control button
22: Function button 30:
100: LED alarm unit 200: LCD alarm unit

Claims

An operation unit 20 having an adjustment button 21 for adjusting a set temperature value of heating or hot water, and a function button 22 for selecting a function for heating, going out, and hot water only;
A display unit 30 for displaying an input state of the operation unit 20, a desired temperature, a current temperature, and a function selection;
And an LED alarm unit (100) capable of increasing the intuitiveness of the temperature setting of the user by changing the color or brightness corresponding to the set temperature set by the user on the operation unit (20) Or brightness.

The method according to claim 1,
The LED alarm unit (100)
Wherein the display unit displays the set temperature in hue or brightness according to a preset temperature set by a user in the operation unit (20).

An operation unit 20 having an adjustment button 21 for adjusting a set temperature value of heating or hot water, and a function button 22 for selecting a function for heating, going out, and hot water only;
A display unit 30 for displaying an input state of the operation unit 20, a desired temperature, a current temperature, and a function selection;
And an LCD alarm unit 200 provided in the background of the display unit 30 and capable of increasing the intuitiveness of the temperature setting of the user by changing the color or brightness corresponding to the set temperature set by the user on the operation unit 20 The temperature controller displays the set temperature in hue or brightness.

The method of claim 2,
The LCD alarm unit 200,
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the set temperature in hue or brightness.