Switch with optical controlling function

A dimmer switch and switch technology, applied in electric switches, electric selector switches, energy-saving control technology, etc., can solve problems such as user inconvenience and room darkening

CN1794393AInactive Publication Date: 2006-06-28MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS LTD
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CN · China
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Publication Date
2006-06-28
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A dimmer switch includes a switch body and a remote control body. A key touch handle is mounted to the front of the switch body, and when the key touch handle is pressed, a load such as a lamp is turned on or off in response to on / off of a push button switch provided inside the switch body. The remote control body is detachably connected to the front of the key-actuated handle, which includes a plurality of operation buttons, has an operation convex portion on the back thereof for increasing or decreasing the dimming level, and is responsive to the operation buttons for dimming control. The operation of the convex portion is operated to transmit the dimming signal in the form of a wireless signal. In addition, the switch body includes a signal receiving unit that receives a wireless signal sent via a light-receiving cover located on the front of the key-actuated handle, and changes the dimming level of the lamp upon receiving the dimming signal sent in the form of a wireless signal.
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Description

field of invention

[0001] The present invention relates to a switch with light control function (i.e., a dimmer switch); more particularly, to a dimmer switch designed to be controlled by a remote control without using the dimmer switch Light on / off or dimming operation. Background of the invention

[0002] Figure 18 A conventional dimmer switch 80 for dimming the lighting of an incandescent lamp (not shown) is shown in . This dimmer switch 80 includes a rotary dial 82 formed on the front surface of a main body 81, which is mounted on the wall through the mounting bracket 4, so that the phase angle of the AC voltage supplied to the incandescent lamp varies with the rotation of the rotary dial 82. rotation (for example, see Japanese Patent Laid-Open Application No. 2002-75711). In addition, in Figure 18 In , reference numeral 83 is used to indicate a switch arranged on the mounting frame 4 in parallel with the dimmer switch 80 , and is used to turn on / off the power of the...

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Embodiment 1

[0028] A first preferred embodiment of the present invention is described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 . Such as Figures 1A to 3 As shown in , the dimmer switch of this embodiment includes a substantially cuboid switch body 1 that is longer in the vertical direction than in the horizontal direction, a key actuating handle 2 that is pivotally connected to the switch body 1 , and detachably Be connected to the remote control main body (ie remote control main body) 3 on the key touch handle 2.

[0029] The switch main body 1 includes a printed circuit board (not shown) on which various circuit elements are mounted, such as constituting Figure 4A The button switch SW1, switch SW2, light emitting diode LD1, light receiving device 41, etc. of the electronic circuit system, the connecting terminal is configured as a conventional fast connecting terminal (not shown) for connecting the power line and the load line to the circuit board. In addition, a slit is formed around the rig...

Embodiment 2

[0058] refer to Figure 6 A second preferred embodiment of the present invention is described. In the second embodiment, the protrusion 39 protrudes toward the light receiving cover 24 from the side of the housing 30 of the remote control body 3 of the first embodiment, which side of the housing 30 faces the light receiving cover 24 . Moreover, the switch main body 1 includes an installed remote control detection switch SW4 for detecting whether the remote control main body 3 has been installed on the key touch handle 2 by detecting the existence of the protrusion 39 . Since the components of the dimmer switch according to this embodiment are similar or identical to those in the first embodiment except for the protrusion 39 and the installed remote controller detection switch SW4, the same reference numerals are assigned to the similar or identical , and its description will be omitted.

[0059] The installed remote controller detection switch SW4 may consist of a momentary ...

Embodiment 3

[0063] refer to Figure 7 A third preferred embodiment of the present invention is described. In the third embodiment, if the operation signal of the push button switch SW1 is input to the control circuit unit 40 multiple times within a predetermined period of time (for example, 2 seconds) through the multiple pressing operations of the key touch handle 2, the control circuit unit 40 operates as The reduced brightness turns on the brightness of lamp L to the dimming level pre-adjusted by the dimming control signal.

[0064] Regarding this embodiment, the same reference numerals are assigned to similar or identical components, and since the configuration and operation of this embodiment are similar to those of the first embodiment except for the control operation of the control circuit unit 40, description thereof will be omitted.

[0065] As described above, the control circuit unit 40 always monitors the operation input of the push button switch SW1. The control circuit uni...