JPH09312886A - Remote control system with zero stand-by power consumption - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption from an electric lamp line to zero at the time of standby by making operation time of a remote control receiving part a short time at fixed intervals and using an internal battery for required power. SOLUTION: Power consumption is reduced as much as possible by making operation time of a remote control receiving part a short time at fixed intervals, and an internal battery is structured to be used for all required power. Therefore, the remote control receiving part does not have to receive any power supply from an electric lamp line at the time of standby.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control system for reducing the power consumption from a power line during standby of a remote control receiver used in many electric appliances.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a remote control receiver of an electric appliance waits for a signal from a remote controller transmitter even in a standby state (when an electric appliance is not operating) unless the main switch is turned off (a state in which the remote controller cannot be used). Therefore, a constant power was constantly supplied from the power line.

[0003]

Therefore, a large amount of power is wasted as a whole because at least unused electric power is consumed by each unused electric appliance. The present invention was invented in order to respond to such strong demands of users.

[0004]

This is because the conventional remote controller receiving section is always in an operating state as shown in FIG. 1 and thus consumes a large amount of power, and it is difficult to cover the power with an internal battery. In this device, the operating time of the remote control receiving unit is set to be short at regular intervals as shown in FIG. 2, so that the power consumption is minimized and the necessary power can be supplied by the internal battery.

[0005]

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. Since the internal battery can supply all the necessary electric power, the remote control receiver need not be supplied with any electric power from the standby power line.

[0006]

[Embodiment] Since the power consumption is minimized by setting the operating time of the remote control reception unit to be a short time at regular intervals, all the required power can be covered by the internal battery, and the power consumption from the power line during standby is reduced. It can be zero. As for the remote control transmitting unit, the remote control transmitting unit which has been conventionally shown in FIG.
Although the operation time is longer than the cycle, there is no problem because it is not used frequently.

[0007]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION By using this remote control system, the electric power consumption from the electric power line during standby of an electric appliance which is not used can be reduced to zero.
Besides, you can turn on the power with the remote control. The use of this remote control system for all appliances saves a great deal of power for unused appliances.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a conventional remote control receiving unit.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a remote control receiving unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a conventional remote control transmission unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a remote control transmitting unit of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote controller receiving unit is operated at short intervals at regular intervals to reduce power consumption as much as possible, and an internal battery can supply necessary power to reduce power consumption from a power line during standby. Remote control system.