TWI730645B - Remote control device combined with WIFI function - Google Patents

Abstract

A remote control device combined with WIFI function includes: a base electrically connected to the external power source; and a remote control, which can be detachably placed on the base, and includes a battery. The base or the remote controller includes a WIFI unit. When the remote controller is not placed on the base, the battery does not supply power to the WIFI unit, so that the WIFI connection control function is not activated and the battery power is saved. When the remote control is placed on the base, the battery stops supplying power to the remote control, and the external power supply supplies power to the remote control and the WIFI unit to activate the WIFI connection control function.

Description

Remote control device combined with WIFI function

The present invention relates to a remote control device, in particular to a remote control device combined with WIFI function.

General infrared remote control appliances (such as air conditioners, etc.), as the name suggests, allow users to perform remote control operations with an infrared remote control. In recent years, with the growing popularity of the Internet of Things, more and more home appliances also have WIFI connection control functions. However, when the home appliance remote control is combined with the WIFI function, since the WIFI unit in the remote control consumes battery power very quickly, it is quite inconvenient for the user to change the battery frequently. Therefore, it is necessary to seek a solution.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a remote control device with WIFI function.

Therefore, the remote control device combined with the WIFI function of the present invention is suitable for remote control of infrared remote control household appliances, and the WIFI connection control function will be activated only when the external power supply is used. The remote control device with WIFI function includes: a base, which is electrically connected to the external power source; and a remote control, which can be detachably placed on the base, and includes a battery. The base or the remote controller includes a WIFI unit. When the remote control is not placed on the base, the battery does not supply power to the WIFI unit, so as not to activate the WIFI connection control function and save the power of the battery, when the remote control is placed on the When on the base, the battery stops supplying power to the remote control, and the external power supply supplies power to the remote control and the WIFI unit to activate the WIFI connection control function.

The effect of the present invention is that when the remote control is not placed on the base, the battery does not supply power to the WIFI unit, so battery power can be saved, and when the remote control is placed on the base, the battery stops acting on the remote control. Power supply, and the external power supply powers the remote control and the WIFI unit to activate the WIFI connection control function, so the latest state of the infrared remote control household appliances (such as on or off, etc.) can be truly presented to the remote user through the WIFI unit, etc. On the remote control application (APP) screen of the mobile device.

1 to 3, the first embodiment of the remote control device with WIFI function of the present invention is suitable for remote control of infrared remote control household appliances 8 (such as air conditioners, etc.). When the remote control device with WIFI function is powered by the external power source 9, the WIFI connection control function will be activated. In the first embodiment, the external power source 9 can supply DC power to the remote control device incorporating the WIFI function, such as 5V DC power.

The remote control device with WIFI function includes a base 1 electrically connected to the external power source 9 and a remote controller 2. The base 1 includes a lower positive and negative contact unit 11 electrically connected to the external power source 9. As shown in FIG. 2, in the first embodiment, the lower positive and negative contact unit 11 has a seat frame 110 mounted with a spring (not shown), and is electrically connected to the external power source 9 and arranged on the spring A positive electrode conductive sheet 111 and a negative electrode conductive sheet 112 on the upper side.

The remote controller 2 can be detachably placed on the base 1, and includes a housing 20, a WIFI unit 3, an upper positive and negative contact unit 21, a processing unit 22, and a WIFI unit 3 arranged on the housing 20. An infrared emitting unit 23 and a battery 24, wherein the battery 24 is a non-rechargeable battery, such as a dry battery.

The upper positive and negative contact unit 21 is disposed at the bottom of the casing 20 and is electrically connected to the WIFI unit 3. In the first embodiment, the upper positive and negative electrode contact unit 21 has a positive electrode conductive sheet 211 and a negative electrode conductive sheet 212 disposed in the groove 201 at the bottom of the casing 20. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, when the remote control 2 has not been placed on the base 1, the battery 24 will not supply power to the WIFI unit 3 so as not to activate the WIFI connection control function, thus saving the battery 24 electricity. At this time, when the user operates the remote control 2 to make the infrared transmitter unit 23 emit infrared remote control signals to change the state of the infrared remote control household appliance 8, the power used by the remote control 2 comes from the battery 24, and because of the The battery 24 does not supply power to the WIFI unit 3, so the remote control 2 cannot start the WIFI connection control function, resulting in the latest state of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 (such as on or off) and cannot be passed through the WIFI wireless base station 4, The Internet 6 and the cloud server 5 are actually presented on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

Conversely, when the user operates the upper positive and negative electrode contact unit 21 of the remote control 2 to be sleeved on the lower positive and negative electrode contact unit 11 of the base 1, the positive electrode of the upper positive and negative electrode contact unit 21 is electrically conductive. The sheet 211 and the negative conductive sheet 212 are respectively electrically connected to the positive conductive sheet 111 and the negative conductive sheet 112 of the lower positive and negative contact unit 11, so that the battery 24 stops powering the remote control 2 and the external power source 9 will supply DC power to the remote control 2 and the WIFI unit 3, and activate the WIFI connection control function.

As shown in Figures 1 and 3, at this time, since the WIFI connection control function of the remote control device combined with the WIFI function of the present invention has been activated, the latest state (such as on or off, etc.) of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 can be passed through the WIFI wireless base The console 4, the Internet 6, and the cloud server 5 are actually displayed on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

Referring to Figures 4 and 5, the main difference between the second embodiment of the remote control device with WIFI function of the present invention and the above-mentioned first embodiment is that in the second embodiment, the WIFI unit 3 is set on the base 1. , Rather than set in the remote 2. In addition, since the WIFI unit 3 is installed on the base 1 in the second embodiment, the remote control 2 also includes an upper signal receiving and sending contact unit 25 arranged on the bottom of the housing 20, and the base 1 corresponds to The ground also includes a lower signal transceiving contact unit 12 electrically connected to the WIFI unit 3.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the second embodiment, the upper signal transceiving contact unit 25 also has a transmitting (Tx) conductive sheet 251 and a receiving (Rx) conductive sheet 251 disposed in the groove 201 at the bottom of the housing 20 ) Conductive sheet 252. Correspondingly, the lower signal transceiving contact unit 12 also has a seat frame 120 mounted with a spring (not shown), and a transmitting (Tx) conductive sheet electrically connected to the WIFI unit 3 and arranged on the spring 121 and a receiving (Rx) conductive sheet 122.

In the second embodiment, since the WIFI unit 3 is installed in the base 1, when the remote control 2 has not been placed on the base 1, the battery 24 of the remote control 2 cannot be used for the WIFI unit. 3 power supply, so the power of the battery 24 can be saved. At this time, when the user operates the remote control 2 to make the infrared transmitter unit 23 emit infrared remote control signals to change the state of the infrared remote control household appliance 8, the power used by the remote control 2 comes from the battery 24, and because of the The WIFI unit 3 is set in the base 1, so the remote control 2 has no WIFI connection control function, resulting in the latest state (such as on or off) of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 and cannot pass the WIFI wireless base station 4, the Internet The route 6, the cloud server 5 is actually presented on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

Conversely, when the user sets the upper positive and negative contact unit 21 of the remote control 2 on the lower positive and negative contact unit 11 of the base 1, and the upper signal transceiving contact unit of the remote control 2 When 25 is sleeved on the lower signal transmitting and receiving contact unit 12 of the base 1, the positive electrode conductive sheet 211 and the negative electrode conductive sheet 212 of the upper positive and negative electrode contact unit 21 will be respectively connected to the lower positive and negative electrode contact unit 11 The positive conductive sheet 111 and the negative conductive sheet 112 are electrically connected, and the transmitting conductive sheet 251 and the receiving conductive sheet 252 of the upper signal transmitting and receiving contact unit 25 are respectively conductive with the transmitting conductive sheet of the lower signal transmitting and receiving contact unit 12 The sheet 121 and the receiving conductive sheet 122 are electrically connected, so that the battery 24 stops supplying power to the remote controller 2, and the external power source 9 supplies DC power to the remote controller 2 and the WIFI unit 3, and at the same time activates the WIFI connection control function.

As shown in FIG. 4, at this time, since the WIFI connection control function of the remote control device combined with the WIFI function of the present invention has been activated, the latest state (such as on or off, etc.) of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 can be passed through the WIFI wireless base station 4. , The Internet 6, the cloud server 5, and is actually displayed on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

6 and 7, the main difference between the third embodiment of the remote control device combined with WIFI function of the present invention and the above-mentioned first embodiment is that in the third embodiment, the battery 24 is a rechargeable battery, and the remote control The device 2 also includes a receiving coil 26 electrically connected to the WIFI unit 3 and the battery 24, and the base 1 is a wireless charging board that includes a transmitting coil 13 electrically connected to the external power source 9.

In the third embodiment, when the remote controller 2 has not been placed on the base 1, the battery 24 will not supply power to the WIFI unit 3, so as not to activate the WIFI connection control function, so the battery 24 can be saved. electricity. At this time, when the user operates the remote control 2 to make the infrared transmitter unit 23 emit infrared remote control signals to change the state of the infrared remote control household appliance 8, the power used by the remote control 2 comes from the battery 24, and because of the The battery 24 does not supply power to the WIFI unit 3, so the remote control 2 cannot start the WIFI connection control function, resulting in the latest state of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 (such as on or off) and cannot be passed through the WIFI wireless base station 4, The Internet 6 and the cloud server 5 are actually presented on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

Conversely, when the user places the remote control 2 on the base 1, induction is performed via the transmitting coil 13 and the receiving coil 26, so that the external power source 9 wirelessly charges the battery 24 and at the same time the remote control The device 2 and the WIFI unit 3 supply direct current (for example, 5V direct current) to activate the WIFI connection control function of the WIFI unit 3.

At this time, since the WIFI connection control function of the remote control device combined with the WIFI function of the present invention has been activated, the latest state (such as on or off, etc.) of the infrared remote control home appliance 8 can be passed through the WIFI wireless base station 4, the Internet 6, and The cloud server 5 is actually presented on the remote control application (APP) 71 screen of the mobile device 7 of the remote user.

In summary, the features and advantages of the present invention are that when the remote control 2 is not placed on the base 1, since the battery 24 does not supply power to the WIFI unit 3, the power of the battery 24 can be saved, and when the remote control 2 is placed on When the base 1 is on, the battery 24 stops supplying power to the remote control 2, and the external power source 9 supplies power to the remote control 2 and the WIFI unit 3 to start the WIFI connection control function, so the infrared remote control of the latest state of the household appliance 8 (such as on or off, etc. ) It can be displayed on the remote control application (APP) screen of the mobile device of the remote user through the WIFI unit 3, WIFI wireless base station 4, Internet 6 and cloud server 5; therefore, the cost can be achieved The purpose of the invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited by this, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification still belong to Within the scope covered by the patent of the present invention.

1: base

11: Lower positive and negative contact unit

110: seat frame

111: positive conductive sheet

112: Negative conductive sheet

12: Lower signal transceiver contact unit

120: seat frame

121: Emitting conductive sheet

122: receiving conductive sheet

13: Transmitting coil

2: remote control

20: shell

201: Groove

21: Upper positive and negative contact unit

211: positive conductive sheet

212: Negative conductive sheet

22: processing unit

23: Infrared emission unit

24: battery

25: Upper signal transceiver contact unit

251: Emitting conductive sheet

252: receiving conductive sheet

26: receiving coil

3: WIFI unit

4: WIFI wireless base station

5: Cloud server

6: Internet

7: mobile device

71: Remote control APP

8: Infrared remote control home appliances

9: External power supply

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the first embodiment of the remote control device combined with WIFI function of the present invention; Figure 2 is a schematic front view illustrating that the remote controller in the first embodiment has not been placed on the base; Figure 3 is a schematic side view illustrating that the remote controller has been placed on the base in the first embodiment; Figure 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating the second embodiment of the remote control device combined with WIFI function of the present invention; Figure 5 is a schematic front view illustrating that the remote controller in the second embodiment has not been placed on the base; Fig. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating the third embodiment of the remote control device combined with WIFI function of the present invention; and Fig. 7 is a schematic side view illustrating that the remote controller is being placed on the base for wireless charging in the third embodiment.

1: base

11: Lower positive and negative contact unit

2: remote control

21: Upper positive and negative contact unit

22: processing unit

23: Infrared emission unit

24: battery

3: WIFI unit

4: WIFI wireless base station

5: Cloud server

6: Internet

7: mobile device

71: Remote control APP

8: Infrared remote control home appliances

9: External power supply

Claims (8)

A remote control device combined with WIFI function, suitable for remote control of infrared remote control household appliances, and when powered by an external power source, the WIFI connection control function will be activated. The remote control device combined with WIFI function includes: a base, including an electrical connection to the The lower positive and negative contact unit of the external power supply; and the remote control, which can be detachably placed on the base, and includes a housing, a battery arranged in the housing, and a WIFI unit arranged in the housing, And the upper positive and negative contact units arranged at the bottom of the casing and electrically connected to the WIFI unit; when the remote control is not placed on the base, the battery does not supply power to the WIFI unit, so Do not activate the WIFI connection control function and save the power of the battery. When the remote control is placed on the base to electrically connect the upper positive and negative contact units and the lower positive and negative contact units, The battery stops supplying power to the remote control, and the external power supply supplies DC power to the remote control via the lower positive and negative contact units and the upper positive and negative contact units to start the WIFI connection of the WIFI unit. Line control function. The remote control device with WIFI function according to claim 1, wherein, when the remote control is placed on the base, the external power supply supplies 5V direct current to the remote control. The remote control device incorporating WIFI function according to claim 1, wherein the battery is a non-rechargeable battery. A remote control device combined with WIFI function, suitable for remote infrared remote control Household appliances, and include: a base, including a WIFI unit, a lower signal transceiving contact unit electrically connected to the WIFI unit, and a lower positive and negative electrode contact unit electrically connected to an external power source; and a remote control, which can be detachably placed On the base, it includes a casing, a battery arranged in the casing, and an upper positive and negative contact unit and an upper signal transceiving contact unit arranged at the bottom of the casing. When the remote control has not been placed When it is on the base, the battery cannot supply power to the WIFI unit of the base, so the power of the battery can be saved. When the remote control is placed on the base, the positive and negative poles of the upper When the contact unit is electrically connected to the lower positive and negative contact unit and the upper signal transceiving contact unit is electrically connected to the lower signal transceiving contact unit, the external power source is connected to the lower positive and negative electrode contact unit via the lower positive and negative electrode contact unit. The upper positive and negative contact units supply direct current to the remote controller to activate the WIFI connection control function of the WIFI unit. The remote control device combined with WIFI function according to claim 4, wherein, when the remote control is placed on the base, the external power source supplies 5V direct current to the remote control. The remote control device incorporating WIFI function according to claim 4, wherein the battery is a non-rechargeable battery. A remote control device combined with WIFI function, suitable for remote control of infrared remote control household appliances, and when powered by an external power source, the WIFI connection control function will be activated. The remote control device combined with WIFI function includes: a base, including an electrical connection to the Transmitting coil for external power supply; and The remote control can be detachably placed on the base, and includes a housing, a rechargeable battery arranged in the housing, a WIFI unit arranged in the housing, and an electric device arranged in the housing. The receiving coil connected to the WIFI unit and the rechargeable battery; when the remote control is not placed on the base, the rechargeable battery does not supply power to the WIFI unit, so as not to activate the WIFI connection control function And save the power of the rechargeable battery. When the remote control is placed on the base, induction is performed via the transmitting coil and the receiving coil, so that the external power supply wirelessly charges the rechargeable battery At the same time, DC power is supplied to the remote control to activate the WIFI connection control function of the WIFI unit. The remote control device with WIFI function according to claim 7, wherein, when the remote control is placed on the base, the external power supply supplies 5V direct current to the transmitting coil and the remote control.

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