JP6017158B2 - Shutter transmitter - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a shutter transmitter.

When opening and closing a building opening by arranging a plurality of shutter devices side by side, it is troublesome to prepare a transmitter for each shutter device and operate it separately. It is convenient if you can open and close the door.

When opening and closing multiple shutter devices with a single transmitter, you can select the shutter device by pressing the select button provided on the transmitter, but select the shutter device by pressing the select button. Then, it is considered that the input of the open button and the close button becomes effective within a certain time. Usually, since the time for the shutter curtain to move between the fully closed state and the fully open state is longer than the above-mentioned fixed time, the shutter curtain will continue to move even after the fixed time has elapsed, and the input of the stop button It is necessary to make it valid within a certain period of time.

Patent Document 1 discloses a remote controller having a selection button that temporarily generates a selection signal, an open button that issues an execution signal for performing an opening / closing operation, and a close button, and restricts opening and closing of the shutter when the selection signal is received. And a remote control device having a receiver. In this case, when the selection button is not pressed and the selection button is pressed and the required time has elapsed, all the shutters are opened and closed by pressing the open and close buttons, and the selection button is pressed and the open and close buttons are closed within the required time. Pressing the button opens and closes only the selected shutter. The stop button can be received by all receivers even within the required time. Therefore, if a plurality of shutter curtains are moving at the same time, pressing the stop button stops the movement of all the shutter curtains.

Patent Document 2 discloses a remote control transmitter that switches a plurality of automatic opening / closing devices to open, close, and stop by individual remote operations, and includes two switches for opening and closing, A plurality of stop switches corresponding to each of the automatic switchgears, and when any one of the plurality of stop switches is operated, an operation stop signal of the corresponding automatic switchgear is output, and subsequently opened after the operation of the stop switch Control means for outputting an open signal or a close signal of the automatic opening / closing device when a switch for operation or closing is operated, and radio wave transmission means for transmitting radio waves based on the output signal of the control means A remote control transmitter for an automatic opening / closing device is disclosed. This device includes a plurality of stop switches respectively corresponding to a plurality of automatic opening / closing devices.

Here, when two shutter devices are selected and opened and closed continuously, the next shutter curtain starts moving while the first moved shutter curtain, and the two shutter curtains move simultaneously. However, as in Patent Document 1, it is not always what the operator wants to set so that the movement of all shutter curtains is stopped by pressing one stop button. . If the shutter curtain that is moving unintentionally stops, it is necessary to perform the opening / closing operation again, which makes the operation complicated.

In addition, the buttons of the transmitter are provided with functions other than the input for normal opening / closing operations (for example, various inputs at the time of initial setting). An input operation other than the input for such a normal opening / closing operation needs to be performed by selecting the shutter device. Here, if the selection of the shutter device by pressing the selection button is valid for a certain period of time, it is necessary to perform the input operation by pressing the selection button each time, and the operation becomes complicated.
Actual open hei 05-69294 JP 2000-17976

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a transmitter that takes into consideration the convenience and operability for an operator when one transmitter performs opening / closing operations of a plurality of shutter devices.

The technical means adopted by the present invention are:
A plurality of start switches corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of shutter devices;
One open switch, one close switch, one stop switch,
Wireless signal transmitting means for transmitting a wireless signal to the shutter device;
Control means for determining a radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmission means in response to a switch input;
With
The control means includes
Select the corresponding shutter device by input of the start switch,
The input of the opening operation using the opening switch and the closing operation using the closing switch is valid only within the effective time that is a certain time from the input of the start switch,
Inputs other than the input of the opening operation and the closing operation are valid regardless of whether they are valid or not, and are processed as inputs corresponding to the shutter device selected immediately before the other input. It is configured,
Transmitter.

The other input includes an input of a stop operation using a stop switch.
In one aspect,
The plurality of shutter devices include at least two first shutter devices and a second shutter device,
The start switch includes at least a first start switch corresponding to the first shutter device and a second start switch corresponding to the second shutter device,
If the stop switch is input after the second start switch is input and the second shutter device is selected during the movement of the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device, the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device is Even during movement, the moving first shutter curtain does not stop by the input of the stop switch.
If the second shutter curtain of the second shutter device is moving when the stop switch is input, the moving second shutter curtain is stopped by the input of the stop switch.

  The other input is an input other than an input of an opening operation, a closing operation, and a stopping operation input by one or a combination of an opening switch, a closing switch, and a stopping switch (referred to as “special operation input” in this specification). ) May be included. As the special operation input, typically, an operation input for the upper limit setting and the lower limit setting at the initial setting is exemplified.

In the present invention, the input other than the input of the opening operation and the closing operation is valid regardless of whether it is valid or not, and is processed as an input corresponding to the shutter device selected immediately before the other input. Therefore, when the other input is performed, the operator does not need to actively select the shutter device.

When the other input is a stop operation input using a stop switch, the shutter switch is selected by the input of the start switch, and after the shutter curtain of the shutter device is moved, the stop switch is pressed In this case, the moving shutter curtain (the shutter curtain of the shutter device selected immediately before) stops. In this case, the operator sets a stop switch with the intention of stopping the moving shutter curtain. Since it is considered that the shutter curtain is moving, it is in line with the operator's intention that the moving shutter curtain stops.

If the stop switch is input after the second start switch is input and the second shutter device is selected during the movement of the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device, the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device is Even during movement, the moving first shutter curtain does not stop by the input of the stop switch. When the second start switch is input during the movement of the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device and the second shutter device is selected, it is estimated that the operator does not intend to stop the movement of the first shutter curtain. There are many cases where this is possible. On the other hand, when the stop switch is input after the second shutter device is selected, it is considered that the stop switch is often pressed with the intention of stopping the movement of the second shutter curtain of the second shutter device. It is to the operator's intention that the second shutter curtain being moved (shutter curtain of the shutter device selected immediately before) is stopped by the input of the switch, and it is not stopped even if the first shutter curtain is moving. It is thought that there are many cases along.

Since special operation input is also processed as input corresponding to the shutter device selected immediately before the input, there is no need to perform the input operation by pressing the selection button each time, and normal remote control operation (one shutter device) The same operation as in the case where one transmitter is prepared) is possible.

It is a front view of two electric shutter devices arranged in parallel. It is a figure which shows the transmitter which concerns on this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows operation | movement control of the shutter apparatus using the transmitting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement control of the shutter apparatus using the transmitting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement control of the shutter apparatus using the transmitting apparatus which concerns on this embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a front view of two electric shutter devices 1 and 2 arranged side by side. The shutter device 1 includes a shutter curtain 3, guide rails 4 </ b> A and 4 </ b> B that receive and guide the left and right ends of the shutter curtain 3 in the width direction, a winding shaft (not shown) coupled to the upper end of the shutter curtain 3, and a winding shaft. And an opening / closing device (not shown) for opening / closing (raising / lowering) the shutter curtain 3. In FIG. 1, the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 is in a fully closed state. The shutter device 1 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the first shutter device in FIG.

The shutter device 2 includes a shutter curtain 5, guide rails 6 </ b> A and 6 </ b> B that receive and guide the left and right ends in the width direction of the shutter curtain 5, a winding shaft (not shown) coupled to the upper end of the shutter curtain 5, and a winding shaft. And an opening / closing machine (not shown) for opening / closing (raising / lowering) the shutter curtain 2. In FIG. 1, the shutter curtain 5 of the shutter device 2 is in a half-open state. The shutter device 2 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the second shutter device in FIG.

In the illustrated embodiment, the two shutter devices 1 and 2 share the shutter case 7, and the winding shafts are disposed in the common shutter case 7. The shutter devices 1 and 2 are opened and closed independently by remote operation from the common transmitter 8. In FIG. 3, the first shutter device and the second shutter device are illustrated as including a first opening / closing control unit and a second opening / closing control unit, respectively, but one control unit provided on the shutter device side. May function as a first opening / closing controller and a second opening / closing controller.

As shown in FIG. 2, an open button, a close button, a stop button, two start buttons 1 ch and 2 ch, and an LED display unit 9 are arranged on the front surface of the transmitter 8. As shown in FIG. 3, the transmitter 8 further includes a control unit that determines a predetermined signal to be wirelessly transmitted in accordance with a button input, and a transmission unit that transmits the determined signal as a radio wave (wireless signal transmission). Means).

In this embodiment, the transmitter 8 opens and closes the two shutter devices 1 and 2 and includes two activation buttons 1ch and 2ch. However, one transmitter can open and close three or more shutter devices. When operating, the number of activation buttons corresponding to the number of shutter devices (three activation buttons in the case of three shutter devices) is provided. The open button, the close button, and the stop button are common to the two shutter devices 1 and 2.

The start button 1ch is a first start switch for selecting and starting the shutter device 1. When the start button 1ch is pressed, the shutter device 1 is selected, and the shutter device 1 can be operated by input from the open button and the close button. It becomes. The start button 2ch is a second start switch for selecting and starting the shutter device 2. When the start button 2ch is pressed, the shutter device 2 is selected, and the shutter device 2 can be operated by input from the open button and the close button. It becomes. The selection of the channel ch, that is, the selection of the shutter device, is valid only for an effective time of a fixed time (in this embodiment, 5 seconds) after the activation button is input. In one aspect, when the time is within the effective time, the selected activation button emits light so that the operator can recognize that it is within the effective time.

The open button is an open switch for raising the shutter curtain of the selected shutter device. If the open button is pressed when the shutter curtain of the selected shutter device is in the fully closed state or the half open state, the wave transmitting means The ascending signal is transmitted wirelessly and the ascending drive signal is transmitted from the opening / closing control unit of the shutter device that has received the ascending signal to the opening / closing device of the selected shutter device. The shutter curtain is raised by rotating the curtain in the winding direction. In the shutter device, an upper limit position is set, and when the ascending shutter curtain reaches the upper limit position, the limit switch works to stop the ascent of the shutter curtain.

The close button is a close switch for lowering the shutter curtain of the selected shutter device. When the shutter curtain of the selected shutter device is in the fully open state or the half open state, the close button is lowered from the transmission means. When the signal is transmitted wirelessly and the opening / closing control unit of the shutter device that has received the descending signal, a descending drive signal is transmitted to the opening / closing device of the selected shutter device, and the opening / closing device uses the winding shaft as the shutter shaft. Is driven to rotate in the direction of extending the shutter curtain to lower the shutter curtain. In the shutter device, a lower limit position is set, and when the descending shutter curtain reaches the lower limit position, the limit switch is activated to stop the lowering of the shutter curtain.

The stop button is a stop switch for stopping the movement of the shutter curtain that is moving up or down. When the stop button is pressed, a stop signal is transmitted wirelessly from the wave transmitting means, and the shutter device that receives the stop signal is opened and closed. A drive stop signal is transmitted from the control unit to the opening / closing device of the selected shutter device, and the rotation of the winding shaft is stopped by stopping the rotation of the opening / closing device, and the moving shutter curtain is stopped.

The LED display unit 9 emits light when each button is pressed, so that the pressed button input is effective and the operator recognizes that the radio wave is transmitted from the wave transmitting means of the transmitter 8. It is a display unit. If the LED display unit 9 does not emit light when the button is pressed, it means that the input by the button operation is invalid and no radio wave is transmitted.

The transmitter 8 can perform a remote operation (referred to as “special operation” in this specification) other than the opening operation, the closing operation, and the stopping operation used during normal operation of the shutter device. The special operation is typically an operation for setting various values used for operation control of the shutter device. Specific examples include the setting of the upper limit position, the setting of the lower limit position, and the sensitivity setting of load detection (setting of a reference value for determining whether or not there is an overload). These settings are the initial settings of the shutter device. This is done at the time of setting. The special operation may include an operation of shifting the operation mode of the shutter device. Examples of the mode transition operation include a transition operation from the normal operation mode to the initial setting mode, and a transition operation from the normal operation mode to the notification mode (mode for outputting the operation history, the number of times of opening and closing, etc.). Various button input operations in the initial setting mode and the notification mode are also included in the special operation. The input of the special operation is by pressing one of the open button, the close button, and the stop button (in this case, a long press for a predetermined time or a plurality of times within a predetermined time is exemplified) or a combination of a plurality Done by input. For example, a special operation is input by “pressing the close button three times while pressing the stop button”, “pressing the open button three times while holding the stop button”, or the like.

The opening operation and closing operation during normal operation of the shutter device will be described. The opening operation from the open button and the closing operation from the close button are valid for a certain period of time (in this embodiment, 5 seconds) after the activation button is pressed. That is, the open button operation and the close button operation are effective only for a certain time (in this embodiment, 5 seconds) after the start button is pressed. It is invalid. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the open button or the close button is pressed after 5 seconds have elapsed after the activation button 1ch is selected by pressing the start button 1ch, the push button input is invalid because the input is outside the valid time. The LED display unit does not emit light.

In the state of FIG. 1, when the shutter button 1 is selected by pressing the start button 1ch and the open button is pressed within the effective time, the shutter curtain 3 in the fully closed state starts to rise. In the state of FIG. 1, when the shutter button 2 is selected by pressing the start button 2ch and the open button is pressed within the effective time, the shutter curtain 5 in the half-open state starts to rise. Alternatively, when the start button 2ch is pressed to select the shutter device 2 and the close button is pressed within the effective time, the shutter curtain 5 in the half-open state starts to descend.

In one aspect, if there is a push button input from one of the open button and the close button within the valid time, the push button input from the other button within the valid time is invalid. That is, when the open button (close button) is pressed within the valid time, the close button (open button) input within the valid time is invalid. The stop button input is valid within the valid time.

In one aspect, when the close button or the stop button is pressed within the effective time, the effective time is extended by a certain time (in this embodiment, 5 seconds) every time the push button is input. Similarly, when the open button or the stop button is pressed within the effective time, the effective time is extended for a certain time (in this embodiment, 5 seconds) each time the push button is input.

The input of the start switch is also effective within the effective time based on the input of another start switch, and the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 and the shutter curtain 5 of the shutter device 2 can be opened and closed continuously. More specifically, the activation button 1ch is activated and the opening button is pushed to raise the shutter curtain 3, and after the opening button is pushed, the activation button 2ch is activated immediately and the opening button is pushed to raise the shutter curtain 5. Can do.

An input for an opening operation from the open button and a button operation input other than an input for the closing operation from the close button may be other than a predetermined time (5 seconds in the present embodiment) after the start button is pressed. It is valid. Examples of the button operation input other than the input of the opening operation from the open button and the closing operation from the close button include an input for a stop operation by pressing a stop button and a button operation input for a special operation. .

In this embodiment, in response to an input other than the input of the opening operation and the closing operation, radio waves are transmitted to the channel (ch) selected immediately before the button operation input is performed, that is, to the shutter device. It has come to be. That is, the stop signal when the stop button is pressed is not transmitted to both of the shutter devices 1 and 2, but is transmitted to either of the shutter devices 1 and 2 selected immediately before the stop button is pressed. The The wave of the special operation by the button operation input is not transmitted to both of the shutter devices 1 and 2, but is transmitted to either of the shutter devices 1 and 2 selected immediately before the button is pressed.

The channel (ch) selected immediately before the button operation input is performed, that is, the shutter device can be interpreted as follows.
(A) Press the start button to select the shutter device, and press the open button or the close button within the effective time to raise or lower the shutter curtain, the first button operation input is the stop button operation input (moving the shutter curtain) Or the special operation input (for example, input when the shutter curtain is fully closed), the stop button operation input or special operation input is for “the selected shutter device”. Is processed as
(A) Press the start button to select a shutter device, press the open button or the close button within the effective time to raise or lower the shutter curtain, and then move to the same selected shutter device again while the shutter curtain is moving. When the corresponding start button is pressed and the first button operation input after the start button operation input is a stop button operation input (while the shutter curtain continues to move), the stop button operation input is “the selected shutter The movement of the shutter curtain stops.

(C) Press the first start button to select the first shutter device, press the open button or the close button within the effective time to raise or lower the first shutter curtain, and then When the second start button corresponding to the second shutter device is pressed during movement and the first button operation input after the second start button operation input is a stop button operation input (first shutter curtain) The shutter device selected immediately before the button operation input is performed is the second shutter device, and the stop button operation input is processed as for the “second shutter device”. The movement of the shutter curtain does not stop.
(D) Press the first start button to select the first shutter device, press the open button or the close button within the effective time to raise or lower the first shutter curtain, and then During the movement, the second start button corresponding to the second shutter device is pressed, and the first button operation input after the second shutter curtain is raised or lowered by pressing the open button or the close button within the effective time is displayed. If the input is a stop button operation input (while the first shutter curtain continues to move), the shutter device selected immediately before the button operation input is performed is the second shutter device, and the stop button operation input is performed. Is processed as for the “second shutter device”, the movement of the second shutter curtain is stopped and the movement of the first shutter curtain is stopped. It does not stop.

(E) When the start button is pressed and the shutter device is selected, and there is no input from the open button or the close button within the effective time, the special operation input is , “For the selected shutter device”.
(F) When the start button is pressed and a shutter device is selected and there is a special operation input without performing an input from the open button or the close button within the effective time, the special operation input is “the selected shutter” Processed as for "device".

At the time of shipment, channel (ch) 1 is the default. Therefore, if a special operation input is performed during the initial initial setting of the shutter device, it is automatically processed as an input to the “shutter device 1”. When initial setting is desired for the shutter device 2, if the special operation input is performed immediately after the activation button 2ch is pressed, the input is processed as the input to the shutter device 2 selected immediately before the special operation input.

Operation control of the shutter device using the transmitter 8 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In FIG. 4, the shutter button 1 is selected by pressing the start button 1ch. When the start button 1ch emits light, it is displayed that the selection of the shutter device 1 is within the valid time. When the open button is pressed, it is determined whether or not the open button is pressed within the effective time (within 5 seconds after the start button 1ch is pressed). If the open button is pressed within the effective time, the open button is pressed. The operation input becomes valid, radio waves for raising the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 are transmitted (the LED display unit 9 emits light), and the shutter curtain 3 rises. Further, the effective time is further extended for a certain time (5 seconds). When the open button is pressed outside the valid time (after 5 seconds have elapsed since the start button 1ch was pressed), the open button operation input is valid. When the stop button is pressed while the shutter curtain 3 is moving up (either within the effective time or after the effective time elapses), the stop signal is the opening / closing control unit of the shutter device 1 selected immediately before the stop button is pressed. (The LED display unit 9 emits light), and the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 stops rising.

In FIG. 5, the shutter button 1 is selected by pressing the start button 1ch. The open button is pushed within the effective time (within 5 seconds after the activation button 1ch is pushed), and the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 is raised. While the shutter curtain 3 is moving up, the start button 2ch is pressed to select the shutter device 2. The start button 2ch emits light to indicate that it is a valid time. The close button is pushed within the effective time (within 5 seconds after the start button 2ch is pushed), and the shutter curtain 5 of the shutter device 2 is lowered. When the stop button is pressed while the shutter curtain 5 is descending (either within the effective time or after the effective time has elapsed), the stop signal is the opening / closing control unit of the shutter device 2 that was selected immediately before the stop button was pressed. And the descent of the shutter curtain 5 of the shutter device 2 stops. Even when the shutter curtain 3 of the shutter device 1 is being raised when the stop button is pressed, the raising of the shutter curtain 3 does not stop.

1 Shutter device 2 Shutter device 3 Shutter curtain 5 Shutter curtain 8 Transmitter

Claims (4)

A plurality of start switches corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of shutter devices;
One open switch, one close switch, one stop switch,
Wireless signal transmitting means for transmitting a wireless signal to the shutter device;
Control means for determining a radio signal transmitted from the radio signal transmission means in response to a switch input;
With
The control means includes
Select the corresponding shutter device by input of the start switch,
The input of the opening operation using the opening switch and the closing operation using the closing switch is valid only within the effective time that is a certain time from the input of the start switch,
Inputs from one or more of the opening switch, the closing switch, the stop switch , other than the opening operation and the closing operation input are valid regardless of whether they are valid or not, and , Configured to process as an input corresponding to the shutter device selected immediately before the other input,
Transmitter.   The transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the other input is an input of a stop operation using a stop switch. The plurality of shutter devices include at least two first shutter devices and a second shutter device,
The start switch includes at least a first start switch corresponding to the first shutter device and a second start switch corresponding to the second shutter device,
If the stop switch is input after the second start switch is input and the second shutter device is selected during the movement of the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device, the first shutter curtain of the first shutter device is Even when moving, the moving first shutter curtain does not stop by the input of the stop switch.
The transmitter according to claim 2.   2. The transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the other input is an input other than an input of an opening operation, a closing operation, and a stopping operation input by one or a combination of an opening switch, a closing switch, and a stopping switch.

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