JP6869050B2 - Cloaking device control system and computer program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cloaking device control system and a computer program for controlling a cloaking device.

As a conventional system for controlling an electric blind, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-53255 (Patent Document 1). In the same document, a controller for controlling a driving device of an electric blind is electrically connected to the driving device, and the controller is provided with a memory in which information necessary for controlling the driving device is stored. Various operation buttons of the electric blind are arranged on the screen of the controller, and the wireless operation of the electric blind by the controller is realized by operating the various operation buttons.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-53255

However, in the conventional blind control system as described above, only various operation buttons of the electric blind are arranged on the screen of the controller, and there is no essential difference from the conventional mechanical operation button type controller. Then, since there is no relationship between the operation of pressing the operation button of the controller and the operation of the blind, there is a problem that the controller cannot be operated intuitively.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cloaking device control system and a computer program capable of intuitively operating a cloaking device with a controller. is there.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a cloaking device control system comprising an electric cloaking device and a controller that communicates between the cloaking device and controls the cloaking device. Is provided. The controller transmits to the cloaking device a detection unit that detects a self-motion related to a change in at least one of its postures or positions within a predetermined time, and an operation signal corresponding to the self-motion detected by the detection unit. It includes a transmitter. The cloaking device includes a cloaking device main body, a receiving unit that receives the operation signal from the controller, and a control unit that controls the cloaking device main body based on the operation signal received by the receiving unit. It is characterized by.

According to such a configuration, the shielding device can be easily and intuitively controlled by utilizing the self-operation of the controller, for example, the operation of shaking or twisting the controller itself. In addition, it is easy to operate even for people who have difficulty in fine finger movements, so there is also the effect of being able to consider universal design. Here, the communication may be not only wireless communication but also wired communication.

The present invention has various applications. For example, the controller may be a smartphone having a built-in gyro sensor as the detection unit. In these days when smartphones are widely used, it is effective to install an application on a smartphone and use it as a controller. In the present invention, by controlling the shielding device using the gyro sensor built in the smartphone, it can be completely different from the conventional remote controller. The name smartphone is a general term for wireless communication devices on which applications can be installed, and also includes devices called tablet terminals.

Further, the detection unit is based on any or a combination of yawing operation (swinging operation to the left and right), rolling operation (twisting operation to the left and right) or pitching operation (movement to cause or lay down) of the controller. The self-motion may be detected. Intuitive operation is possible by associating the operation of the cloaking device with the similar operation of the controller. Many of the operations of the cloaking device can be associated with the operations of the controller, such as raising and lowering the screen and slats and rotating the slats, expanding the range of control applications.

Further, the transmitting unit may transmit the operation signal corresponding to stopping the operation of the cloaking device main body to the cloaking device when the detecting unit detects the pitching operation of the controller. When the shielding device is stopped in an emergency, the pitching operation is the most easy-to-move and safest operation of the wrist of the person holding the controller.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, a computer program for causing a portable electronic device (smartphone, tablet, etc.) to function as a controller constituting the shielding device control system according to the first aspect of the present invention. Is provided. By installing a computer program in a portable electronic device, it is possible to easily realize a controller of a cloaking device control system having the above-mentioned excellent effects.

According to the present invention, the cloaking device can be intuitively operated by the controller. Other effects of the present invention will also be described in embodiments for carrying out the invention described below.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a blind control system 10. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the self-operation of a controller 200 and the operation of a blind 100, (a) shows a yawing operation, (b) shows a pitching operation, and (c) shows a rolling operation. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of the 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation of 3rd Embodiment.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present specification and the drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are designated by the same reference numerals, so that duplicate description will be omitted. In the following description, the blinds include blinds that operate electrically and blinds that can be switched between electric and manual. Such blinds that can be operated electrically are hereinafter simply referred to as blinds, and the electric operation will be mainly described below.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the blind control system 10 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the blind control system 10 of the present embodiment mainly includes a blind 100 and a controller 200 that communicates with the blind 100 and controls the blind 100. Hereinafter, each system component will be described in detail.

(Blind 100)
As shown in FIG. 1, the blind 100 includes a blind main body 110, a receiving unit 120, and a control unit 130. Here, the blind body 110 can be the same as a general horizontal electric blind. That is, the blind 100 of the present embodiment can be configured as a normal blind with the receiving unit 120 and the control unit 130 added. Hereinafter, each component will be described in detail.

As described above, the blind body 110 can adopt the same configuration as a general horizontal electric blind. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the blind body 110 mainly includes a slat 110a which is a shielding material and a drive unit (not shown) composed of a motor for raising and lowering and rotating the slat 110a, a take-up drum, and the like. It is configured in preparation for. The drive unit of the blind body 110 is controlled by a control unit 130, which will be described later.

The receiving unit 120 is a functional unit that receives a command from the controller 200, which will be described later. The command from the controller 200 is a command about how to control the blind 100, and in the present embodiment, it is a signal (operation signal) based on the self-operation of the controller 200. This point will be described later together with the description of the controller 200. The receiving unit 120 transmits the received operation signal to the control unit 130.

The control unit 130 is a functional unit that controls the blind main body 110 based on a command from the controller 200 received by the reception unit 120. The control unit 130 controls the elevating and rotating of the slat 110a by controlling the driving unit of the blind body 110. As described above, it is known that the electric blind is controlled by using the controller, and the control itself of the blind body 110 in the control unit 130 can be general. Therefore, the control unit 130 No further detailed explanation of is omitted.

The blind 100 among the system components has been described above. Although only one blind 100 is shown in FIG. 1, there may be a plurality of blinds in this system. Next, the controller 200, which is a characteristic component in the present embodiment, will be described.

(Controller 200)
The controller 200 is a device for controlling the blind 100 by a user operation, and the detection unit 210 for detecting the self-operation of the controller 200 and the operation signal corresponding to the self-operation detected by the detection unit 210 are the blinds described above. It has a transmission unit 220 for transmitting to 100. The controller 200 may be a device dedicated to the blind control system 10, or may be configured by installing a computer program in a portable electronic device such as a general smartphone.

Hereinafter, the components of the controller 200 will be described in detail. In the present embodiment, the controller 200 will be described as the controller 200 by installing a computer program on the smartphone.

(Detection unit 210)
The detection unit 210 detects the self-movement of the controller 200 (change in at least one of its own posture (direction and inclination) or position) within a predetermined time. Therefore, the controller 200 has a built-in gyro sensor. The detection unit 210 is a functional unit including this gyro sensor.

Changes in the attitude (direction and tilt) of the controller 200 are acquired by a gyro sensor (angular velocity sensor) built in the controller 200. The gyro sensor is basically a sensor that detects the angular velocity (accurately, angular acceleration) in the three axes of XYZ. That is, it is possible to detect how fast the main body (housing) of the controller 200 is rotating.

On the other hand, the change in the position of the controller 200 can be acquired by GPS, an acceleration sensor, a camera function (imaging function), or the like. These functions are also often built into smartphones, but there is no known one that controls blinds by using a change in the position of the controller 200.

As shown in FIG. 2, as the self-operation of the controller 200 detected by the detection unit 210, for example, there are the following.
-Yawing operation: An operation of swinging the controller 200 left and right (FIG. 2A).
-Pitching operation: The operation of raising or laying down the controller 200 (FIG. 2 (b)).
-Rolling operation: The operation of twisting the controller 200 left and right (Fig. 2 (c))

When the self-operation of the controller 200 is detected by the gyro sensor built in the controller 200 for a predetermined time (for example, about 1 to 2 seconds), the blind 100 is operated as follows, for example.
-Pitching operation of controller 200 = Stopping up / down operation of blind 100 or rotation operation of slat 110a (STOP)
-Rotating operation by laying down the controller 200 = Rotating operation (REV) with the convex portion of the slat 110a facing the outside.
-Rotating operation with the controller 200 upright = Rotating operation (FOR) with the convex part of the slat 110a facing indoors.
-Yawing operation by laying down the controller 200 = lowering operation of the blind 100 (CLOSE)
・ Yawing operation with controller 200 raised = Blind 100 raised operation (OPEN)

The above association may be an intuitively easy-to-understand association, or may be another rational association. For example, the association of stopping the blind 100 when the controller 200 is pitched is the easiest to move as the wrist movement of the user holding the controller 200 when the blind 100 is stopped urgently. The association between the rolling motion and the rotational motion of the slat 110a is intuitive and easy to understand. In addition, no matter what kind of association is used, there is an effect that the operation can be learned by the body while using it.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the detection unit 210 detects the posture change within a predetermined time by the gyro sensor built in the controller 200. Then, a blind operation command is generated depending on how the controller 200 is moved (pitching, yawing, rolling and each combination). The correspondence between the detection by the gyro sensor and the blind operation command can be recorded in, for example, a memory (not shown). The detection unit 210 transmits a blind operation command to the transmission unit 220.

(Transmission unit 220)
The transmission unit 220 is a functional unit that wirelessly transmits a blind operation command (operation command) assigned to each operation detected by the detection unit 210 to the blind 100. Here, transmission refers to any means by which information can be exchanged, and may be wireless communication (wireless communication) or wired communication. As the wireless communication standard, infrared rays, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth (registered trademark), the Internet may be used, and any communication standard developed in the future can be adopted.

The configuration of the blind control system 10 according to the present embodiment has been described above with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the application of the controller 200 is started and the operation is started.
The user determines whether the setting is necessary (step S110). If setting is necessary, the setting process is started (step S120). In the setting process, each process of allocating and storing functions for various operations of the controller 200 is performed for the number of blinds.

After completing the necessary settings, the user can operate the blinds. First, the user selects a blind to operate (S130). Hereinafter, it will be described assuming that the blind 100 is selected. When the blind 100 is selected, the posture change detection standby state is entered (step S140). It is possible to display "Please move the controller" or the like on the display unit of the controller 200, or to generate a sound prompting the operation.

The operation of the controller 200 by the user is started. The detection unit 210 detects and measures the attitude change of the controller 200 (step S150). This time is about 1 to 2 seconds. The operation of the controller 200 is confirmed (step S160).

Corresponding to the operation of the controller 200, the stored operation command is transmitted to the blind 100 (step S170). In the blind 100, the operation command is received by the receiving unit 120, and the operation of the blind main body 110 corresponding to the operation command is performed under the control of the control unit 130.

(Effect of this embodiment)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the blind 100 can be easily and intuitively controlled by utilizing the self-operation of the controller 200. In addition, it is easy to operate even for people who have difficulty in fine finger movements, so there is also the effect of being able to consider universal design.

Further, by using a smartphone as the controller 200 and controlling the blind 100 using the gyro sensor built in the smartphone, it can be completely different from the conventional remote controller.

Intuitive operation is possible by associating the operation of the blind 100 with a similar operation of the controller 200. There are many blind movements that can be associated with controller movements, such as raising and lowering the screen and slats, and rotating the slats, expanding the range of control applications.

Further, by installing a computer program on the smartphone as the controller 200, the controller 200 of the blind control system 10 having the above-mentioned excellent effect can be easily realized.

Hereinafter, other embodiments which are application examples of the first embodiment will be described. Overlapping description will be omitted for the same points as in the first embodiment.

(Second Embodiment)
The present embodiment is characterized in that the following functions are added by utilizing the functions built in the controller 200 (for example, a smartphone in which an application is installed).

The sun position information is calculated so that the optimum blind operation can be performed for "a certain place", "a certain direction", "a certain date", and "a certain time". For this purpose, additional information acquired by the detection unit 210 of the controller 200 includes the following.
(1) GPS information The latitude and longitude in which the blind 100 to be operated is installed are measured and stored. As a result, the information of "a certain place" is acquired.
(2) Information on the electronic compass The direction in which the blind 100 to be operated is installed is measured and stored. As a result, the information of "a certain direction" is acquired.
(3) Information on the built-in clock Acquire the timing at which the blind 100 to be operated is desired to be operated. As a result, information on "a certain date" and "a certain time" is acquired.

The controller 200 has all or any of the GPS function, the electronic compass function, and the clock function built-in. For example, as the controller 200, a smartphone on which a predetermined application is installed often has all of these functions, and it is easy to realize such a controller 200.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the application of the controller 200 is started and the operation is started.
The user determines whether the setting is necessary (step S210). If setting is necessary, the setting process is started (step S220). In this setting process, (1) blind type selection / memory, (2) blind installation position measurement / memory by GPS, (3) blind installation direction measurement / memory by electronic compass, and (4) functions for various operations of the controller 200. Each process of allocation storage is performed for the number of blinds.

Steps S130 to S160 are the same as those in the first embodiment. When the operation of the controller 200 is confirmed (step S160), the operation is divided into "solar control", "sunrise", "sunrise", and "other".

When the operation of the smartphone is the assignment operation of "solar control", the current date and time are acquired from the built-in clock, the current sun position is calculated, and the stored "blind position" and "blind direction" are calculated. The optimum shielding angle is calculated from the correlation of the sun position. Then, the operation command of the optimum shielding angle is transmitted to the blind (step S270-1).

When the operation of the smartphone is the "sunrise" assignment operation, the current date and time are acquired from the built-in clock, and if it is already sunrise, an arbitrary operation command memorized is transmitted to the blind (step S270-2). In addition, when the operation of the smartphone is the assignment operation of "sunset", the current date and time is acquired from the built-in clock, and if the sun has already set, any memorized operation command is transmitted to the blind ( Step S270-3).

When the operation of the smartphone is an assignment operation other than "solar control", "sunrise", and "sunrise", the stored operation command is blind 100 as in step S170 of the first embodiment. (Step S270-4).

(Effect of the second embodiment)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to add various useful functions by utilizing the functions built in the controller 200 (smartphone).

(Third Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, the first embodiment is further provided with means for finely adjusting the blind 100. Here, as a means for making fine adjustments, a button displayed on the display unit (screen) of the controller 200 (smartphone) can be used. Examples of such buttons include the following.
(1) Button to send 1 step angle (2) Button to return 1 step angle (3) 1 step up button (4) 1 step down button

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
Similar to the first embodiment, when the operation of the blind 100 by the controller 200 is completed (steps S110 to S170), the user determines whether the blind 100 needs to be adjusted (step S380). When the blind 100 needs to be adjusted, the adjustment step is started (step S390). In the adjustment step, various fine adjustment buttons are displayed on the display unit of the controller 200, and the operation command pressed by the user is transmitted to the blind. Repeat this until the user is satisfied.

(Effect of the third embodiment)
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to fine-tune the blind 100 by using the controller 200 as it is.

(Other embodiments)
Functions that can be assigned to various posture changes of the controller 200 (smartphone) include the following functions including those described in the above embodiment. It should be noted that although the operation of the blind 100 to be assigned to the operation of the controller 200 can be arbitrarily set, an intuitive association or other rational association is preferable.
(1) The angle is sequentially advanced to the inside of the room step by step (third embodiment).
(2) The angle is returned to the outside of the room step by step (third embodiment).
(3) Set to the specified angle.
(4) Raise the blinds (first embodiment).
(5) The blind is lowered (first embodiment).
(6) Set to the specified height.
(7) The operation of the blind is stopped (first embodiment).
(8) Descent and level the angle at once.
(9) The descent and the angle are completely closed in the room at once.
(10) The descent and the angle are fully closed outdoors at once.
(11) Solar control: Optimal shielding angle with respect to the sun position (second embodiment).
(12) Sunrise operation: At the time of sunrise, the blinds are set to an arbitrary state (second embodiment).
(13) Sunset operation: At the sunset time, the blinds are set to an arbitrary state (second embodiment).

When a smartphone with a predetermined application installed is adopted as the controller 200, it is possible to update (add / change / delete, etc.) the allocation correspondence of the above operations by updating the software or firmware. ..

Further, the controller 200 can select and store the type of blind to be operated. This makes it possible to use information on the width of the slat 110a of the blind 100 and the pitch of the ladder code (not shown) when calculating the optimum shielding angle by solar control, for example, as in the second embodiment. To do.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can come up with various modifications or modifications within the scope of the claims, which naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

For example, in the above embodiment, wireless communication has been described as an example of communication between the controller and the blind, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any communication means can be adopted.

Further, in the above embodiment, as an example of the controller 200, a smartphone having a built-in gyro sensor has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. As the controller, in addition to the smartphone, a tablet-type information communication terminal or a remote controller with a built-in gyro sensor can be adopted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case where the detection unit 210 detects the self-operation of the controller 200 based on any or a combination of the yawing operation, the rolling operation, or the pitching operation of the controller 200 has been described. Not limited to. Other than this, the self-operation of the controller 200 may be detected. For example, by mounting the image pickup function on the controller 200, the movement of the controller 200 may be detected by image processing, thereby detecting the self-movement (direction, tilt, position, etc.) of the controller 200.

Further, in the above embodiment, the horizontal blind 100 having the slats 110a has been described as an example of the shielding device, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, it can be similarly applied to other shielding devices that open and close vertically or horizontally, such as vertical blinds, roll screens, pleated screens, roman shades, and curtains.

The above-described embodiment, application example, and modification can be implemented in any combination.

10 Blind control system (cloaking device control system)
100 blinds (cloaking device)
110 Blind body (cloaking device body)
110a Slat 120 Receiver 130 Control 200 Controller 210 Detector 220 Transmitter

Claims (7)

A cloaking device control system comprising an electric cloaking device and a controller that communicates with the cloaking device to control the cloaking device.
The controller
Self-motion with respect to at least one change in one's posture or position within a given time Before the direction of operation of the shielding material of the shielding device and the direction of its own operation are the same. Note self-actionWith a detector that detects
A transmission unit that transmits an operation signal corresponding to the self-operation detected by the detection unit to the cloaking device, and a transmission unit.
With
The shielding device is
With the main body of the cloaking device
A receiving unit that receives the operation signal from the controller, and
A control unit that controls the cloaking device main body based on an operation signal received by the reception unit, and a control unit.
A cloaking device control system characterized by being equipped with. A display unit that displays a screen that can accept control instructions for fine-tuning the open / closed state of the cloaking device. In preparation for
The transmitter
When the self-motion is detected by the detection unit, a first motion signal corresponding to the self-motion is detected. The function of transmitting the number to the cloaking device and
When the control instruction is received via the screen displayed on the display unit, the control instruction is received. A function of transmitting a second operation signal corresponding to the above to the cloaking device, and
Have,
The receiving unit receives the first operation signal or the second operation signal, and receives the first operation signal or the second operation signal.
The control unit is based on the first operation signal or the second operation signal. Control the body,
The display unit controls the shielding device main body based on the first operation signal by the control unit. The shielding device control system according to claim 1, wherein the screen is displayed later. A cloaking device control system comprising an electric cloaking device and a controller that communicates with the cloaking device to control the cloaking device.
The controller
A detector that detects self-motion related to at least one change in one's posture or position within a predetermined time,
A transmission unit that transmits an operation signal corresponding to the self-operation detected by the detection unit to the cloaking device, and a transmission unit.
It is provided with a display unit that displays a screen capable of receiving control instructions for finely adjusting the open / closed state of the shielding device.
The shielding device is
With the main body of the cloaking device
A receiving unit that receives the operation signal from the controller, and
A control unit that controls the cloaking device main body based on an operation signal received by the reception unit, and a control unit.
Equipped with a,
The transmitter
A function of transmitting the first operation signal corresponding to the self operation to the shielding device when the self-operating in the detecting portion is detected,
A function of transmitting a second operation signal corresponding to the control instruction to the cloaking device when the control instruction is received via the screen displayed on the display unit.
Have,
The receiving unit receives the first operation signal or the second operation signal, and receives the first operation signal or the second operation signal.
Wherein the control unit controls the shielding device present body on the basis of the first operation signal or the second operation signal,
The display unit is a cloaking device control system, characterized in that the screen is displayed after the control unit controls the cloaking device main body based on the first operation signal. The shielding device control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the controller is a smartphone having a built-in gyro sensor as the detecting unit. The shielding device control system according to claim 4 , wherein the detection unit detects the self-operation of the controller based on any or a combination of yawing operation, rolling operation, and pitching operation of the controller. The transmission unit is characterized in that when the detection unit detects a pitching operation of the controller, the transmission unit transmits the operation signal corresponding to stopping the operation of the cloaking device main body to the cloaking device. 5. The cloaking device control system according to 5. A computer program for causing a portable electronic device to function as the controller according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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