WO2017012094A1

WO2017012094A1 - Heating apparatus and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2017012094A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/084792
Authority: WO
Inventors: 陈俊宇
Original assignee: 友隆电器工业(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2015-07-22
Filing date: 2015-07-22
Publication date: 2017-01-26
Also published as: CN207741351U

Abstract

A heating apparatus and a control method thereof. The heating apparatus includes a heater body (1) and an electric heating element (2) connected to the heater body (1). The heater body (1) is connected with a distance sensing part (4) for sensing the distance of an object or a human body and capable of controlling the electric heating element (2) or/and an alarm part. The distance sensing part (4) can turn or slide. The control method for controlling the heating apparatus includes the following steps: the distance sensing part (4) of the heating apparatus sensing the distance between the human body or the object and the heating apparatus, and the electric heating part (2) for controlling the heating apparatus reducing the power or being powered down when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating apparatus is less than the set value. The heating apparatus and the control method thereof, by installing the distance sensing part (4) on the heating apparatus, when detecting the proximity of the object or/and the human body to the heating apparatus, can start the protection and make the function of lowering the heat release or power cutout protection or/and alarming, with good safety and reliability.

Description

Heating device and heating device control method

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of heating devices, and in particular, to a heating device and a heating device control method.

[0002] Current heaters, such as thermal radiant heaters, have high temperatures required for their own heating elements, and are incapable of completely isolating the contact between the heat source and the foreign object, so that even the type of heater is efficient. However, it is still limited by the market. Due to the numerous accidents that have occurred in various countries around the world due to the safety of such heaters, the acceptance of such heaters in the market has gradually declined. The high efficiency of the heat radiation heater is mainly through the ability to transmit radiation, so that the human body can quickly increase the temperature to achieve heating effect.

[0003] At present, the hot-selling heater on the market is a model of a PTC (semiconductor heating ceramic) heating source with a fan, since the main purpose of the heater is to increase the temperature of the space through the hot air circulation, thereby achieving this purpose. The required daytime needs to be long, especially in a large space environment, it is difficult to quickly increase the temperature to make people feel the heating effect, and in the case of direct wind blowing, the skin is easy to dry and cause the human body to feel uncomfortable. However, due to its safer characteristics, it is generally accepted by the market. However, the prior art heaters still have problems of poor safety and reliability, such as people (especially children) approaching the cockroaches, which may cause burns and other safety accidents.

technical problem

[0004] An object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art and to provide a heating device and a heating device control method, which have high safety and reliability.

Problem solution

Technical solution

[0005] The technical solution of the present invention is: a heating device comprising a heater body and an electric heating device connected to the heater body, the heater body being connected with a distance for sensing an object or a human body and controlling the electric heat The device or / and the distance sensing component that controls the alarm component. [0006] Optionally, the distance sensing component is an infrared distance sensing component, an ultrasonic distance sensing component or a radar distance sensing component.

[0007] Optionally, the alarm component is a light emitting member or/and a sounding component connected to the heater body.

[0008] Optionally, the alarm component is a light emitting component connected to the heater body and changing brightness, color or flicker frequency according to a distance of an object or a human body from the heater body, or/and the alarm The component is a sounding component that is connected to the heater body and changes the prompt sound type, volume or pronunciation frequency according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body.

[0009] Optionally, the electric heating device is disposed in the heater body, and the distance sensing component is coupled to the heater body and located above the electric heating device.

[0010] Optionally, the distance sensing component is coupled to the heater body by rotation or/and sliding of the driving component.

[0011] Optionally, the drive component comprises a transmission for driving the distance sensing component to rotate or/and longitudinal translation and/or lateral translation and a motor for driving the transmission.

[0012] The present invention also provides a method of controlling a heating device for controlling the above-described heating device, comprising the steps of: sensing a distance between a human body or an object and the heating device by a distance sensing component of the heating device When the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than a set value, the electric heating device of the heating device is controlled to reduce power or power off.

[0013] Optionally, when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than a set value, the alarm component of the heating device is controlled to alarm.

[0014] Optionally, the light-emitting member in the alarm component of the heating device changes brightness, color or flicker frequency, or/and the alarm component of the heating device, according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body The utterance in the middle changes the utterance of the tone type, volume or pronunciation frequency.

Advantageous effects of the invention

Beneficial effect

[0015] The heating device and the heating device control method provided by the invention can detect the object or/and the human body approaching the heating device by installing the heating device on the distance sensing component, and start the protection function to achieve safety. The ground protection heater body will not cause a safety accident, avoiding the possibility that the human body, animals or objects will not be overheated and fired due to excessive proximity to the heater body, that is, when the distance sensing component When the detected object or / and the human body are close to each other, the alarm component is activated by the distance judgment, which provides pre-alert protection, and can reduce the heat generation or power-off according to the distance between the object and the time of the stay. The function of protection is safe and reliable.

Brief description of the drawing

DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some implementations of the present invention. For example, other drawings may be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the inventive work.

1 is a perspective view of a three-dimensional assembly of a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a process of detecting a distance sensing component in a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of a method for controlling a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the invention

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

[0021] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "in" another element, it can be directly on the other element or the same element. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or the same element.

[0022] It should also be noted that the left, right, upper, lower, and the like orientations in the embodiments of the present invention are only relative concepts or reference to the normal use state of the product, and should not be considered as having Restrictive.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 1 , a heating device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a heater body 1 and an electric heating device 2 (electric body) connected to the heater body 1. The electric heating device 2 may include electric heating. The wire heating body, the electric heating plate, the electric heating plate may be a PTC disk, and the heater body 1 may further be provided with a fan (not shown), and the fan may be located at a suitable position on the back surface of the heating device 2 to blow out heat and heat The effect is good. The front surface of the electric heating device 2 may be provided with a protective net 3, and the protective net 3 may be a steel mesh or the like to prevent accidental entry of foreign objects into the heater body 1. The heater body can be connected to an alarm component. The heater body 1 is connected for The object or body distance is sensed and the electrothermal device 2 or/and the distance sensing component 4 that can control the alarm of the alarm component can be controlled. The distance sensing member 4 may be provided with one or more, and the distance sensing member 4 may be disposed at any position of the heater body 1. The distance sensing component 4 can sense the distance between the object or the human body and the heating device, and the distance sensing component 4 can sense that the distance between the object or the human body and the heating device is less than a certain set value and the distance is less than the set value. The set length, the distance sensing component 4 can control the electric heating device 2 to reduce the power and the fan to reduce the rotational speed, or directly turn off the electric heating device 2 and the fan. Control the alarm component alarm before controlling the heating device 2 to reduce the power and reduce the speed of the fan, or directly turn off the heating device 2 and the fan, to prompt the personnel to avoid being too close to the heater body 1, if the object or the human body continues to approach the heater The main body 1, the alarm component can carry out further and more intense alarms and further reduce the electric heating device 2 and the power and fan speed or directly turn off the electric heating device 2 and the fan, which can effectively prevent the person (especially a child) or the object from approaching and causing burns. , fire and other accidents, safety and reliability.

[0024] Specifically, the distance sensing component 4 may be an infrared distance sensing component, an ultrasonic distance sensor or a radar distance sensing component, and has high sensing accuracy and good reliability.

[0025] Specifically, the alarm component is a light emitting member or/and a sounding member connected to the heater body 1. The illuminating member may be an LED or a bulb or the like, which may be disposed at a suitable position on the front or/and the top surface of the heater body 1. The sounding member may be a speaker (speaker) or the like, which may be disposed at a suitable position on the front or/and the top of the heater body 1.

[0026] Specifically, the alarm component is a light-emitting member that is connected to the heater body 1 and changes brightness, color, or flicker frequency according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body 1, or/and The alarm component is a sounding member that is connected to the heater body 1 and changes the prompt sound type, volume or pronunciation frequency according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body 1. For example, the closer the object or the human body is to the heater body 1, the brightness of the illuminating member can be brightened by the distance sensing member 4, or the color can be changed (for example, red representing a danger signal, or instead representing a warning) The yellow color of the signal, or the frequency of the flashing of the illuminating member, the illuminating area of the illuminating member may be circular or triangular, and may be provided with a general hazard signal indication, such as a triangle with an exclamation point. The sounding device can issue a voice alert such as "嘀, 嘀, 嘀" or "attention to safety" to alert the user to safety.

[0027] Specifically, the electric heating device 2 is disposed in the heater body 1 , and the distance sensing component 4 is connected to the heater body 1 and located above the electric heating device 2 . Front and side of the heating device 2 The front faces of the pieces all face the front of the heater body 1.

[0028] Specifically, the distance sensing member 4 is coupled to the heater body 1 by rotation or/and sliding of the driving member. The distance sensing member 4 can be rotated and slid. It is good for sensing objects or human bodies in a larger range. Of course, it is also possible to provide a plurality of distance sensing members 4, each of which senses an angle or region of sensing.

[0029] Specifically, the drive member includes a transmission mechanism for driving the rotation or/and longitudinal translation or/and lateral translation of the distance sensing member 4 and a motor for driving the transmission mechanism.

[0030] Specifically, the heater body 1 may further be provided with a fuse that dumps the smashing of the heater body 1 and a fuse that is overheated and smashed. The role of dumping is that when the heating device is dumped, it can break the power supply and stop heating. The function of the fuse is that when the temperature of the heater body 1 or the electric heating device 2 is too high, the power supply of the electric heating device 2 can be broken to achieve the protection.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for controlling a heating device, which is used for controlling the above-mentioned heating device, and includes the following steps: the distance sensing component 4 of the heating device senses The distance between the human body or the object and the heating device, when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than a set value, the electric heating device 2 of the heating device is controlled to reduce power or power off.

[0032] Specifically, when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than the set value, the alarm component of the heating device is controlled to alarm.

[0033] Specifically, the light-emitting member in the alarm component of the heating device changes brightness, color or flicker frequency, or/and the alarm component of the heating device, according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body 1 The utterance in the middle changes the utterance of the tone type, volume or pronunciation frequency. The alarm component is a light-emitting member that is connected to the heater body 1 and changes brightness, color or blinking frequency according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body 1, or/and the alarm component is connected to the The sounding member of the heater body 1 and changing the prompt sound type, volume or pronunciation frequency according to the distance of the object or the human body from the heater body 1 is changed. For example, the closer the object or the human body is to the heater body 1, the brightness of the illuminating member can be brightened by the distance sensing member 4, or the color can be changed (for example, instead of representing a red signal of a danger signal, or instead representing a warning) The yellow color of the signal, or the frequency of the flashing of the illuminating member, the illuminating area of the illuminating member may be circular or triangular, and may be provided with a general hazard signal indication, such as a triangle with an exclamation point. The sounding device can issue a voice alert such as "嘀, 嘀, 嘀" or "attention to safety" to prompt the user to note Intentional safety. Moreover, as the object or the human body approaches the heater body 1, the volume and frequency of the sounding member can be raised, or the sounding member can be sounded and the volume can be increased. If the object or the human body directly appears in front of the heater body 1 and the distance from the heater body 1 is lower than the set minimum safety value, the distance sensing member 4 directly turns off the heating device 2 and the fan, and the safety and reliability are good.

[0034] In a specific application, in order to obtain the distance of the object or the human body of the radiation surface of the induction heating device (generally the front surface of the heater) at a wide angle, the distance sensing component 4 can be mounted on a motor, which can be stepped. Motor or synchronous motor or similar motor that can rotate. The motor drives the distance sensing component 4, and the range of movement can be parallel (lateral) movement, or parallel and vertical (longitudinal) movement to detect the upper, lower, left and right range of the front surface of the heating device, and the detection range is wide, safe and reliable. Good sex. The moving speed can be adjusted according to the shape of the heater body 1. When the surface of the heater radiating surface is a sorghum type (ie, the height is greater than the width), the parallel (lateral) moving speed can be reduced, and the vertical (longitudinal) movement is increased. speed. When the radiating surface of the heater body 1 is shaped to have a width greater than the height 吋, the speed of parallel movement can be increased to reduce the speed of vertical movement. In order to detect objects or human bodies more quickly and accurately, it is also possible to install a plurality of distance sensing components 4 to complete.

[0035] In a specific application, the heating device has a control module, and the control module sets a safety distance of one point or more, and one or more dangerous stops:

[0036] Single point safety distance (referred to as Ds) and single or more dangerous stays (Tsx, Tsx = TsO)

Under the settings of Tsl..):

[0037] When the distance sensing component 4 detects an object or the human body 9 moves to the heater body 1 distance is less than Ds吋

At the beginning of the calculation of T, when the accumulated time of T exceeds the dangerous stop time Tsx, the alarm part of the sound or light reminder mounted on the heater body 1 is activated, and the power supply of the electric heating device 2 or the fan can be cut off or Reduce the power of the heating device 2, the fan, or delay the power failure according to the Tsx turn-off setting for safety prevention. Multi-point safety distance (Dsx) setting (Dsx=DsO, Dsl, Ds2.. DsO < Dsl < Ds2 < ...): When the distance sensing component 4 detects that the object moves to the heater body 1 the distance is less than Dsx吋At the beginning of the calculation of T, as above, after Tsx吋, the alarm component is activated, so that the power supply of the heating device 2 can be omitted, and only the prompt function is performed.

[0038] When the object continues to move to Dsl吋, and the turn of T exceeds the set (Tsx, Tsx =

TsO, Tsl..) 吋, you can start the corresponding security prevention settings, the settings can be increased or faster The sound of the body or the prompt of the light can also cut off or reduce the power supply of the electric heating device 2 (electric body) to prevent protection.

The heating device and the heating device control method provided by the embodiments of the present invention can detect the object or/and the human body approaching the heating device by installing the heat radiation heating device on the distance sensing component 4, and start the protection function. To avoid a safety accident, and the possibility that the human body, animals or objects close to the body will not be overheated and fired due to excessive proximity to the heater body 1, that is, when the distance sensing component 4 detects an object or/and The human body is close to the cockroach, and by the judgment of the distance, the sound (or / and) light prompt is activated to provide pre-warning protection. When the object does not move, or continues to approach 吋, the sound and light prompts continue to operate, or you can increase the volume or frequency, or you can enhance the light intensity or frequency to enhance the reminder. The power supply of the electric heating device 2 can be controlled by the program, the power supply is cut off, and the heating is stopped, that is, the detected and/or human body is close to the heater body, and the sound of the user or the light is used to notify the user of the approaching condition. And the program can reduce the heat generation or power-off protection according to the distance of the object and the time of the stay, and the safety and reliability are good.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions or improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the present invention. Within the scope of protection of the invention.

Claims

Claim

[Claim 1] A heating device comprising a heater body and an electric heating device connected to the heater body

And characterized in that the heater body is connected with a distance sensing component for sensing an object or a human body distance and controlling the electric heating device or/and the controllable alarm component.

[Claim 2] The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the distance sensing unit is an infrared distance sensing unit, an ultrasonic distance sensing unit or a radar distance sensing unit.

[Claim 3] The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm member is a light-emitting member or/and a sounding member connected to the heater body.

[Claim 4] The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm component is connected to the heater body and changes brightness according to a distance of an object or a human body from the heater body.

a color, or a flashing frequency illuminating member, or / and, the alarm member is a type of sound that is connected to the heater body and varies from the object or the human body to the heater body

, the sound volume of the volume or pronunciation frequency.

[Claim 5] The heating device according to claim 1, wherein the electric heating device is disposed in the heater body, and the distance sensing member is coupled to the heater body and located in the electric heating Above the device.

The heating device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the distance sensing member is coupled to the heater body by rotation or/and sliding of the driving member.

[Claim 7] The heating device according to claim 6, wherein the driving member includes a transmission mechanism for driving the distance sensing member to rotate and/or longitudinal translation and/or lateral translation, and A motor that drives the transmission.

[Claim 8] A method of controlling a heating device, comprising: controlling a heating device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising the steps of: sensing by a distance sensing member of the heating device The distance between the human body or the object and the heating device, when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than a set value, the electric heating device of the heating device is controlled to reduce power or power off.

[Claim 9] The control method of the heating device according to claim 8, wherein when the distance between the human body or the object and the heating device is less than a set value, the alarm component of the heating device is controlled to be alarmed. .

[Claim 10] The control method of the heating device according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the illuminating member in the alarm member of the heating device changes brightness as the object or the human body is farther from the heater body , color or flicker frequency, or / and, the sounding member in the alarm component of the heating device changes the sounding member of the prompt sound type, volume or pronunciation frequency.