Disclosure of Invention
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a wireless remote switch device, which can add the function of wireless switch control to the electrical appliance connected with the wireless remote switch device while maintaining the existing switch, and when the device is abnormal, the user can still control the electrical appliance through the external switch.
The invention discloses a wireless remote control switch device, which comprises a port unit, a switch unit, a wireless module and a regulation and control unit.
The port unit includes a first port, a second port, and a third port. One of the first port and the second port is suitable for being electrically connected with an external switch and a first power supply through the external switch, and the other one of the first port and the second port is suitable for being electrically connected with the first power supply. The third port is adapted to be electrically connected to an electrical load and to be electrically connected to a second power source via the electrical load. The first power source forms a first path from the first port to the third port, and the first power source forms a second path from the second port to the third port.
The switch unit comprises a first switch module and a second switch module. The first switch module has a first end electrically connected to the second port and a second end. The second switch module is provided with a first end electrically connected with the first port, a second end electrically connected with the third port and a third end electrically connected with the second end of the first switch module.
The wireless module is suitable for receiving a wireless control signal related to a remote control switching state and outputting a wireless switching signal related to the wireless control signal.
The regulation and control unit receives the wireless switch signal and detects a manual switching state of the external switch. The regulation and control unit can operate in a normal mode and an abnormal mode. In the normal mode, when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state changes, the regulation and control unit controls the first switch module and the second switch module to switch the first power supply and the second power supply between a short-circuit state and an open-circuit state.
Preferably, the control unit controls the first switch module and the second switch module to make one of the first path and the second path conductive or both of the first path and the second path non-conductive.
Preferably, the first switch module is controlled by the control unit so that the first end of the first switch module is electrically connected or not electrically connected to the second end of the first switch module. The second switch module is controlled by the regulation and control unit to enable the second end of the second switch module to be switched and electrically connected with one of the first end and the third end of the second switch module.
Preferably, the first port is adapted to be electrically connected to the external switch, and the second port is adapted to be electrically connected to the first power source. The regulation and control unit can control the first end of the first switch module not to be electrically connected with the second end of the first switch module when the external switch is conducted according to the manual switching state in the normal mode. When the external switch is not conducted, the first end of the first switch module is controlled to be electrically connected to the second end of the first switch module, and when the remote control switching state is changed, the second end of the second switch module is controlled to be electrically connected to the other one of the first end and the third end of the second switch module in a switching mode. The regulation and control unit controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected to the first end of the second switch module in the abnormal mode.
Preferably, the first port is adapted to be electrically connected to the first power source, and the second port is adapted to be electrically connected to the external switch. The regulation and control unit controls the first end of the first switch module not to be electrically connected with the second end of the first switch module in the normal mode, and controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected with the other one of the first end and the third end of the second switch module in a switching way when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state is changed. The regulation and control unit controls the first end of the first switch module to be electrically connected to the second end of the first switch module and controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected to the third end of the second switch module in the abnormal mode.
Preferably, the control unit includes a detection module and a processing module in signal connection with the wireless module and the detection module. The detection module detects an electric signal of one end of the external switch opposite to the first power supply to output a sensing signal related to the manual switching state to the processing module.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless remote control device capable of switching the on state through the existing switch and the wireless switch at the same time.
The wireless remote control electric appliance of the present invention is adapted to detachably electrically connect a power unit to form an electric circuit. The power unit comprises an external switch, a first power supply electrically connected with the external switch, and a second power supply.
The wireless remote control electric appliance comprises an electric appliance load electrically connected with the second power supply and the wireless remote control switch device.
One of the first port and the second port is suitable for being electrically connected with one end of the external switch opposite to the first power supply, and the other one of the first port and the second port is suitable for being electrically connected with the first power supply. The third port is adapted to electrically connect an end of the electrical load opposite the second power source.
Preferably, the first port is adapted to be electrically connected to the external switch, and the second port is adapted to be electrically connected to the first power source. The regulation and control unit can control the first end of the first switch module not to be electrically connected with the second end of the first switch module when the external switch is conducted according to the manual switching state in the normal mode. When the external switch is not conducted, the first end of the first switch module is controlled to be electrically connected to the second end of the first switch module, and when the remote control switching state is changed, the second end of the second switch module is controlled to be electrically connected to the other one of the first end and the third end of the second switch module in a switching mode. The regulation and control unit controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected to the first end of the second switch module in the abnormal mode.
Preferably, the first port is adapted to be electrically connected to the first power source, and the second port is adapted to be electrically connected to the external switch. The regulation and control unit controls the first end of the first switch module not to be electrically connected with the second end of the first switch module in the normal mode, and controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected with the other one of the first end and the third end of the second switch module in a switching way when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state is changed. The regulation and control unit controls the first end of the first switch module to be electrically connected to the second end of the first switch module and controls the second end of the second switch module to be electrically connected to the third end of the second switch module in the abnormal mode.
Preferably, the electrical load is one of an electric lamp and an electric fan.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: by means of the control and regulation of the regulation and control unit, the electric appliance load connected with the wireless remote control switch device can be switched between a short-circuit state and an open-circuit state between the first power supply and the second power supply when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state is changed, so that the electric appliance load has the function of wireless switch control, and when the wireless remote control switch device breaks down, a user can still control the electric appliance load through the external switch, and the robustness of the whole system is effectively improved.
Detailed Description
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Also, for simplicity, some conventional structures and components are shown in the drawings in a simplified schematic manner, and repeated components are denoted by the same reference numerals.
Referring to fig. 1, a first embodiment of the wireless remote control electric appliance of the present invention is adapted to be detachably electrically connected to apower unit 300 and is controlled by a wireless control signal outputted from a wirelesssignal transmitting device 400. Thepower unit 300 includes anexternal switch 310, afirst power source 320 electrically connected to theexternal switch 310, and asecond power source 330.
In this embodiment, thepower unit 300 is a general single-phase three-wire household power supply, and its wires are drawn according to the voltage of the power supply to correspond to thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330. For example, if the power supply voltage of thepower unit 300 is 110 volts, thefirst power source 320 is a hot line, and thesecond power source 330 is a neutral line (ground); if the power supply voltage of thepower unit 300 is 220 volts, thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 are both hot. Thus, thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 electrically connected to each other can obtain a power. However, thepower unit 300 is not limited to this, and a three-phase three-wire or three-phase four-wire commercial power supply may be used. In addition, theexternal switch 310 is a one-way switch commonly installed on a wall surface of a home for turning on an electric appliance.
The wireless remote control electric appliance comprises anelectric appliance load 100 electrically connected with thesecond power supply 330 and a wireless remotecontrol switch device 200.
In the present embodiment, theelectrical load 100 is an electric lamp, but not limited thereto, and can also be an electric fan or other types of electrical appliances. It should be noted that before the wireless remotecontrol switch device 200 is not installed, theelectrical load 100 is electrically connected between the end of theexternal switch 310 away from thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330, and theelectrical load 100 is turned on or off by the operation of theexternal switch 310. When the wirelessremote switch device 200 is to be installed, the pin of theelectrical load 100 that is originally electrically connected to thefirst power source 320 is connected to the wirelessremote switch device 200.
The wireless remotecontrol switching device 200 includes aport unit 210, aswitching unit 220, awireless module 230, acontrol unit 240, and apower module 250.
Theport unit 210 has afirst port 211, asecond port 212, and athird port 213. Thefirst port 211 is electrically connected to theexternal switch 310 and is electrically connected to thefirst power source 320 via theexternal switch 310. Thesecond port 212 is directly electrically connected to thefirst power source 320. Thethird port 213 is electrically connected to theelectrical load 100 and is electrically connected to thesecond power source 330 via theelectrical load 100. Thefirst power source 320 forms a first path from thefirst port 211 to thethird port 213, and thefirst power source 320 forms a second path from thesecond port 212 to thethird port 213.
Theswitch unit 220 has afirst switch module 260 and asecond switch module 270. In the embodiment, thefirst switch module 260 and thesecond switch module 270 are both electromagnetic relays (relays), but not limited thereto, can also be Solid State Relays (SSRs) or transistors (transistors). Moreover, thefirst switch module 260 includes afirst end 261, asecond end 262, athird end 263, and adriver 264; thesecond switch module 270 includes afirst terminal 271, asecond terminal 272, athird terminal 273, and adriver 274. In addition, the contact symbols in the drawings correspond to the common contact names of a common electromagnetic relay, such as a common contact COM, a normally open contact no (normal open), and a normally closed contact nc (normal close).
Therefore, in the present embodiment, thefirst end 261 serves as a normally open contact NO and is electrically connected to thesecond port 212, thesecond end 262 serves as a common contact COM and is electrically connected to thethird end 273, thethird end 263 serves as a normally closed contact NC but is free, thefirst end 271 serves as a normally closed contact NC and is electrically connected to thefirst port 211, and thesecond end 272 serves as a common contact COM and is electrically connected to thethird port 213. In addition, thedriver 264 and thedriver 274 are respectively controlled by thecontrol unit 240 to switch between an excited state and a non-excited state.
Thewireless module 230 is adapted to receive the wireless control signal and output a wireless switch signal related to the wireless control signal. It should be noted that the wirelesssignal transmitting device 400 in this embodiment is a device, such as a smart phone or a tablet, which can output the wireless control signal through application programming and a wireless signal transmitting module (not shown), but the wireless signal transmitting module can also be a wireless signal transmitting module that only has a function of outputting the wireless control signal. In addition, the wireless control signal may be a radio frequency signal, a bluetooth signal, or an infrared signal. In addition, the wireless control signal includes a message of a remote control switching status as a basis for thecontrol unit 240 to switch theswitch unit 220.
Thecontrol unit 240 has a detectingmodule 241 and aprocessing module 242 in signal connection with thewireless module 230 and the detectingmodule 241. The detectingmodule 241 is used for detecting an electrical signal, such as a voltage or a current, of theexternal switch 310 at an end opposite to thefirst power source 320, so as to output a sensing signal to theprocessing module 242. Thus, the sensing signal is related to a manual switching state of theexternal switch 310. Theprocessing module 242 receives the wireless switch signal and the sensing signal, and can control thedriver 264 and thedriver 274 to make one of the first path and the second path conductive or neither when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state changes.
Thepower module 250 is electrically connected between thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 and outputs a converted power related to the power to thewireless module 230 and thecontrol unit 240. In the embodiment, thepower module 250 is used for ac/dc conversion to provide the dc power required by thewireless module 230 and theregulation unit 240, but if thewireless module 230 and theregulation unit 240 can directly use ac power, the conversion by thepower module 250 is not needed.
Therefore, referring to fig. 7, the two diagrams (a) and (b) respectively show timing diagrams with different initial states: (a) is initiated by thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 being in an off state (low level); (b) starting from a short circuit (high level) between thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330, one of the embodiments can be selected according to the user's requirement. Moreover, as long as any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state changes, theprocessing module 242 controls thedriver 264 and thedriver 274 to change the state between thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 from the open circuit state to the short circuit state or from the short circuit state to the open circuit state.
Taking (a) as an example, further description is given. Initially, when theexternal switch 310 is turned on to make the sensing signal be at a low level and the wireless control signal is also at a low level, thedriver 264 is controlled by thecontrol unit 240 to be in the excited state, such that thesecond terminal 262 is connected to thefirst terminal 261; thedriver 274 is controlled by thecontrol unit 240 to be in the non-excited state, such that thesecond end 272 is connected to thefirst end 271. At this time, the first path and the second path are both non-conductive, and thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 are in the open circuit state, so that theelectrical load 100 is not operated (low level).
Then, if the wireless control signal is switched to the high level, theprocessing module 242 detects that the remote control switching state changes, and controls thedriver 274 to be in the excitation state, so that thesecond terminal 272 is connected to thethird terminal 273. At this time, since thesecond terminal 262 is connected to thefirst terminal 261, the second path is conducted, and thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 are in the short circuit state, so that theelectrical load 100 operates (high level). On the other hand, if theexternal switch 310 is turned off and the sensing signal is switched to the high level, theprocessing module 242 detects that the manual switching state changes, and controls thedriver 264 to be in the non-excited state, so that thesecond terminal 262 is connected to thethird terminal 263. At this time, since thesecond terminal 272 is connected to thefirst terminal 271, the first path is turned on, and thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 are in the short circuit state, so that theelectrical load 100 can be operated.
Similarly, as long as any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state changes, theprocessing module 242 controls thedriver 264 and thedriver 274, so that the first path and the second path are not conducted, thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 are in the open circuit state, and theelectrical load 100 is not operated. In addition, for the implementation aspect presented in (b), it can be seen that the difference of the initial state only affects the control of thesecond switch module 270 by theprocessing module 242.
Therefore, when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state changes, thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 can be switched between the short-circuit state and the open-circuit state, so that theelectrical load 100 can have a function of wireless switch control.
It should be noted that the above situations are all the implementation results when theregulation unit 240 is in a normal mode, but if theregulation unit 240 is in an abnormal mode, it fails to control thedrivers 264 and 274. At this time, thedriver 264 and thedriver 274 are in the non-excited state, so that thesecond end 262 is connected to thethird end 263, thesecond end 272 is connected to thefirst end 271, the second path is constantly non-conductive, and whether the first path is conductive or not can still be switched by theexternal switch 310, so that the user can still switch theelectrical load 100 through theexternal switch 310.
In addition, the connection relationship between the contacts of thefirst switch module 260 can be adjusted correspondingly as the implementation manner of the first embodiment, so as to form a second embodiment (see fig. 2), a third embodiment (see fig. 3), and a fourth embodiment (see fig. 4) of the wireless remote control electric appliance of the present invention, respectively.
Therefore, as shown in fig. 2, the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in that thefirst end 261 of the second embodiment is used as the common contact COM, and thesecond end 262 thereof is used as the normally open contact NO. In addition, the timing diagrams of the first embodiment and the second embodiment are shown in fig. 7.
As shown in fig. 3, the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in that thefirst end 261 of the third embodiment is used as a common contact COM, thesecond end 262 thereof is used as a normally closed contact NC, and thethird end 263 thereof is used as a normally open contact NO.
As shown in fig. 4, the fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in that thefirst end 261 of the fourth embodiment is used as a normally closed contact NC, and thethird end 263 thereof is used as a normally open contact NO. The timing diagrams of the third and fourth embodiments are shown in fig. 8.
Similarly, the connection relationship between theport unit 210 and thepower unit 300 can be adjusted correspondingly as in the first embodiment, so as to form a fifth embodiment (see fig. 5) and a sixth embodiment (see fig. 6) of the wireless remote control device of the present invention, respectively.
Therefore, as shown in fig. 5 and fig. 6, thefirst port 211 of the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment is directly electrically connected to thefirst power source 320, and thesecond port 212 thereof is electrically connected to theexternal switch 310 and electrically connected to thefirst power source 320 via theexternal switch 310. Thefirst port 211 is electrically connected to thefirst end 271 serving as a normally open contact NO, thesecond port 212 is electrically connected to thefirst end 261, and thethird port 213 is electrically connected to thesecond end 272 serving as a common contact COM.
In addition, the fifth embodiment is different from the sixth embodiment only in that thefirst end 261 of the fifth embodiment is used as a normally closed contact NC, and thesecond end 262 thereof is used as a common contact COM and is electrically connected to thethird end 273. Thefirst end 261 of the sixth embodiment is used as the common contact COM, and thesecond end 262 thereof is used as the normally closed contact NC and is electrically connected to thethird end 273. Fig. 9 shows timing diagrams of the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment.
It should be noted that, according to fig. 9, when the regulatingunit 240 of the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment is in the normal mode, thedriver 264 is controlled by the regulatingunit 240 to be in the excited state constantly, so that thefirst end 261 is not electrically connected to thesecond end 262, and the second path is not conducted constantly. When any one of the remote-control switching state and the manual switching state changes, thedriver 274 is controlled by thecontrol unit 240 to switch between the excited state and the non-excited state, and thesecond terminal 272 is switched to one of thefirst terminal 271 and thethird terminal 273, so as to drive thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 to switch between the short-circuit state and the open-circuit state.
If thecontrol unit 240 is in the abnormal mode, at this time, thedriver 264 and thedriver 274 are both in the non-excited state, thefirst end 261 is not electrically connected to thesecond end 262, so that the first path is constantly non-conductive, thesecond end 272 is connected to thethird end 273, so that whether the second path is conductive or not can still be switched through theexternal switch 310, and thus, a user can still switch theelectrical load 100 through theexternal switch 310.
Through the above description, it can be understood that the main contribution of the wireless remotecontrol switch device 200 of the present invention is that by designing the setting of theswitch unit 220 and matching the control regulation of theprocessing module 242, theelectrical load 100 connected to the wireless remotecontrol switch device 200 can be switched between the short circuit state and the open circuit state between thefirst power source 320 and thesecond power source 330 when any one of the remote control switching state and the manual switching state is changed, so that theelectrical load 100 can increase the function of wireless switch control. In addition, when the wireless remotecontrol switch device 200 fails, the user can still control theelectrical load 100 through theexternal switch 310, thereby effectively improving the robustness of the whole system.
The above description is only an example of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should not be limited thereby, and the invention is still within the scope of the present invention by simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims and the contents of the specification.