JP2006071115A - Operating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an easy-to-use operation device having excellent operability in a hot water heating system.
An operation item selection screen for displaying items that can be operated is displayed on a display unit according to an operation of an operation unit, and an operation item is selected according to the display of tags T1 to T3 on the operation item selection screen. In the operation device configured to display the operation input screen related to the selected operation item, the screen is changed to the operation input screen related to “Bathroom heating reservation” and the operation input screen related to “Bathroom reservation” in advance. When a tag T2 to be provided is provided and the operation unit is operated based on the display of the tag T2, the display on the display unit 11 is switched to an operation input screen related to “bathroom heating reservation”.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an operating device, and more particularly to an operating device in a hot water heating system having a hot water filling function for a bathtub and a hot water supply function for a heating device such as a bathroom.

  Recently, hot water heating devices (for example, bathroom heating dryers, floor heating panels, etc.) that use hot water supplied from a hot water supply source that heats up a bathtub as a heat source for heating have been provided. There has been proposed a hot water heating system that uses a hot water heater to heat a bathroom or a living room.

  By the way, in such a hot water heating system, usually, an operating device (hereinafter referred to as a hot water heater remote controller) for setting and operating items relating to a so-called hot water supply function such as setting of hot water supply temperature and hot water level, heating temperature and air volume It is configured separately from an operating device (hereinafter referred to as a heating remote controller) for setting / operating items related to the heating function such as the setting of. Therefore, for example, if you try to heat the bathroom or dressing room when bathing (when bathing in a bathtub), each operation of filling and heating is performed with both the hot water heater remote control and the heating remote control that are installed at a distance from each other. The operation had to be performed and was complicated.

  In order to eliminate such complications of operation and provide a hot water heating system with excellent operability, the applicant of the present application connects the hot water source and the hot water heater so that they can communicate with each other. Has proposed a hot water heating system that can set and operate a hot water heater using a remote controller (see Patent Document 1 below)

  That is, in the hot water heating system shown in Patent Document 1, for example, when making an operation reservation for a hot water heating apparatus, the operator first performs an operation related to the hot water supply function by operating the “setting” switch on the hot water heater remote control, Select whether to perform an operation related to the function or an operation related to the setting of the internal clock. Then, when an operation related to the heating function is selected by this operation, a heating display screen is displayed on the display unit, and selection of whether to perform heating operation on / off operation or heating reservation setting operation on this screen is performed. If the heating reservation setting operation is selected according to the display on this screen, the user selects whether to make a heating reservation for the hot water heater installed in the living room, bedroom, etc. The reservation time setting operation is performed.

  That is, in the hot water heating system shown in Patent Document 1, in order to enable the setting / operation of the hot water heating apparatus by the hot water heater remote control, the items that can be set / operated by the hot water heater remote control, The operation is roughly divided into three items, the operation related to the heating function and the operation related to the setting of the internal clock. At the time of remote control operation, first, the “setting” switch is used to select the operation belonging to any of the three items, A specific setting / operation item is selected in accordance with an instruction on the screen of the display unit displayed after the classification selection.

JP 2004-101046 A

  However, even if the water heater remote control is configured so that the hot water heater can be set and operated in this way, there are still the following problems.

  That is, in the hot water heating system shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in the remote control operation, first, a configuration for selecting one of an operation related to the hot water supply function, an operation related to the heating function, and an operation related to the setting of the internal clock is selected. Therefore, for example, when making a reservation for hot water filling operation (automatic bathing operation) to the bathtub and an operation reservation for the hot water heater at the same time, the operator first uses the “setting” switch to supply hot water. After selecting the operation related to the function and performing the hot water operation reservation operation according to the on-screen instructions displayed on the display unit at that time, select the operation related to the heating function again with the “Setting” switch, and I had to do the operation reservation of the heating system.

  That is, in the hot water heating system shown in Patent Document 1, when the operation items on the hot water heater remote control belong to different items among the items roughly classified in advance, the selection of the above items is performed each time each item is operated. Therefore, the setting operation was complicated. In particular, the hot water operation reservation operation and the hot water heating device operation reservation operation described above are simultaneously performed relatively frequently by daily remote control operations, and thus improvement in operability has been strongly demanded.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use operation device with excellent operability in a hot water heating system.

  In order to achieve the above object, an operation device according to claim 1 of the present invention is an operation used in a hot water heating system in which a hot water supply heat source device has a function of filling a bathtub with hot water and a function of supplying hot water to a hot water heater. When an operation item is selected according to the display of the operation item selection screen, an operation item selection screen for displaying items that can be operated by the operation device is displayed on the display unit according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit. The operation device configured to display an operation input screen relating to the selected operation item includes at least a hot water operation reservation for the bathtub as the selectable operation item. While the operation input screen for performing the operation reservation is displayed, on the condition that a predetermined operation is performed on the operation unit, the displayed screen is displayed for a specific operation item previously associated with the operation reservation for the hot water operation. Characterized in that it is set to switch to create the input screen.

  That is, in the operation device according to claim 1, for example, the operation reservation setting of the hot water bathing operation to the bathtub and the operation reservation setting of the bathroom heating device can be selected as the operation possible items of the operation device. If provided, by associating these in advance, a predetermined operation (for example, requesting switching of the screen) is performed on the operation unit while the operation input screen for setting the reserved time for the hot water filling operation to the bathtub is displayed. Operation, completion of setting the reserved time for hot water operation, and the predetermined time elapses without performing the setting completion operation), the displayed screen shows the reserved time for hot water operation The operation input screen automatically shifts to the operation input screen for setting the operation reservation time of the bathroom heater. Therefore, according to the first aspect of the invention, when both the hot water driving reservation and the bathroom heating driving reservation are performed at the same time, the bathroom heating device returns to the operation item selection screen after the hot water driving reservation operation. Without having to select the operation reservation setting, the hot water operation reservation operation and the bathroom heating device operation reservation operation can be performed continuously, and the bathroom heating device operation reservation can be performed quickly. .

  Further, in the operation device according to claim 1, reservation of the hot water filling operation to the bathtub and a specific operation item (for example, reservation of operation of the bathroom heating device) associated therewith are separately provided. While selecting and operating from the operation item selection screen individually, these settings and operations can be operated continuously without returning to the operation selection screen each time. Therefore, since the user can select which method is used for setting / operating according to the setting / operating situation or the like, a user-friendly operating device can be provided.

  The operation device according to claim 2 of the present invention is the operation device according to claim 1, wherein the operation reservation screen for the hot water operation is set in the operation input screen for the operation reservation for the hot water operation to the bathtub. A selection display indicating one or a plurality of specific operation items associated in advance is included, and when one operation item is selected according to the selection display, an operation input of the selected operation item is displayed on the displayed screen. It is set to switch to the screen.

  That is, in the operation device according to claim 2, for example, as operation items of the operation device, setting of an operation reservation for a hot water bathing operation to a bathtub, setting of an operation reservation for a bathroom heating device, and a dressing room When the operation reservation screen is set to be selectable, by associating them in advance, the operation input screen for setting the hot water operation reservation time for the bathtub is displayed. The display for selecting whether to set the operation reservation for the bathroom heater or the operation reservation for the floor heater in the dressing room is displayed on the same screen. Therefore, if you want to make an operation reservation for the floor heating device in the dressing room following the setting of the hot water filling operation reservation, select the operation reservation for the floor heating device in the dressing room according to this selection display, and the displayed screen However, the operation input screen for the hot water filling reservation time automatically shifts to the operation input screen for setting the operation reservation time for the floor heating apparatus in the dressing room. Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 2, even when there are a plurality of operation items associated with the hot water filling reservation, a desired operation can be performed without returning to the operation item selection screen. it can.

  The operation device according to claim 3 of the present invention is the operation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specific operation item is different from the operation reservation of the hot water operation to the bathtub. When the operation input screen for the specific operation item is displayed as the reservation, the initial value of the time displayed as the operation reservation time is the operation reservation time set on the operation input screen for the hot water operation reservation , And is automatically set based on a preset correction value for time setting.

  That is, in the operation device according to claim 3, for example, as operable items of the operation device, reservation setting for hot water filling operation (operation of the first function) to the bathtub and heating operation of the bathroom heating device are performed. The setting of the reservation of (the operation of other functions) is provided so as to be selectable and these are associated in advance (that is, the setting operation of the operation reservation of the first function and the second function is continuously performed) If you want to perform a predetermined operation on the operation unit while the operation input screen for setting the hot water filling operation reservation time for the bathtub is displayed, the displayed screen will The operation input screen for automatically setting the operation reservation time of the bathroom heater is automatically shifted from the operation input screen for the operation reservation time. At that time, the operation input screen for the operation reservation time of the bathroom heating device includes a time (for example, a hot water operation reservation time) obtained by correcting the time set on the setting input screen for the hot water operation reservation time with a correction value for time setting. 10 minutes before) is displayed. Therefore, according to the operation device of claim 3, the reservation time is manually corrected by appropriately setting the correction value for a function in which the reservation time is usually close, such as a hot water operation and a bathroom heating operation. The operation can be omitted.

  At that time, the time displayed on the operation input screen for setting the operation reservation time of the bathroom heating device is only the initial value of the same time, and can be appropriately modified / changed before the final operation reservation time is determined. Of course it is possible. That is, in the present invention, the operation reservation time of the first function and the operation reservation time of the second function are not automatically set (determined), but can be individually set to the last.

  The operation device according to claim 4 of the present invention is characterized in that, in the operation device according to claim 3, the time setting correction value can be arbitrarily set. Thereby, since the operation timing (time difference) of the first function and the second function can be freely set in advance according to the preference of the operator, etc., it is not necessary to reset the time once for each reservation operation. A user-friendly operation device can be provided.

  According to the present invention, an operation item selection screen for displaying items that can be operated by the operation device is displayed on the display unit according to a predetermined operation of the operation unit, and the operation item is selected according to the display of the operation item selection screen. In the operation device configured to display an operation input screen related to the selected operation item, at least a hot water operation operation reservation for the bathtub is provided as a selectable operation item. While displaying the operation input screen for making an operation reservation, on the condition of a predetermined operation in the operation unit, the operation of a specific operation item previously associated with the operation reservation for the hot water operation is performed on the displayed screen. Since it is set to switch to the input screen, it is possible to set and operate related operation items without returning to the operation item selection screen each time. It can be provided.

  In addition, the operation input screen for the operation reservation for the hot water operation to the bathtub includes a selection display indicating one or more specific operation items previously associated with the operation reservation for the hot water operation. When one operation item is selected according to the above, the screen being displayed is set to be switched to the operation input screen for the selected operation item. Even when there are a plurality of specific operation items, these settings and operations can be performed easily and quickly, and an operation device with excellent operability can be provided.

  Furthermore, the specific operation item is an operation reservation of another function different from the operation reservation of the bath filling operation, and is displayed as the operation reservation time when the operation input screen of the specific operation item is displayed. The initial value of the time is automatically set based on the operation reservation time set on the operation input screen for the operation reservation of the hot water operation and a preset correction value for time setting, thereby making a reservation. For functions that are usually close in time, manual correction of the reserved time can be omitted by appropriately setting the correction value. In addition, since the correction value for time setting can be arbitrarily changed, the operation timing of the hot water operation and the operation timing (time difference) of other functions can be freely set in advance according to the preference of the operator. Since it can be set, it is not necessary to reset the time for each reservation operation, and a user-friendly operation device can be provided.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a hot water heating system provided with an operating device of the present invention. As shown in the figure, this hot water heating system includes a hot water supply function for a currant, a shower and the like and a hot water filling function for the bathtub B, and a hot water heating apparatus (in the illustrated example, only the bathroom heating apparatus C is shown. The hot water supply heat source machine A having a function of supplying hot water to a hot water supply device A is connected to the bathtub B and the bathroom heating device C by piping.

  And, to the hot water supply heat source machine A, as the operating device 1, two remote controllers, a kitchen remote controller 1a installed in the kitchen and a bathroom remote controller 1b installed in the bathroom, are connected via a remote control cord (communication line) L1. Has been. Here, the hot water supply heat source machine A and the remote controllers 1a and 1b are connected for communication by a so-called power superimposed communication system. Therefore, each of the remote controllers 1a and 1b has its control unit (not shown) exchanges control signals with a control unit (not shown) of the hot water supply source A via the remote control code L1, and from the hot water supply unit A. It is configured to receive power supply.

  On the other hand, the bathroom heating device C is configured to receive power from a power source (not shown), and includes a wireless remote controller 2 as an operation device. And this bathroom heating apparatus C and the said hot-water supply heat source machine A are connected by the communication line L2 different from the said remote control cord L1, and the control part of the said hot-water supply heat source machine A and the bathroom heating apparatus C are connected via this communication line L2. The control unit (not shown) is configured to communicate control signals bidirectionally.

  The operating device of the present invention is suitably used for the operating device 1 of the hot water supply heat source machine A in the hot water heating system configured as described above. Therefore, in the following, the case where the operating device of the present invention is applied to the kitchen remote control 1a will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of an external configuration of the kitchen remote controller 1a. In the kitchen remote controller 1a, the control unit performs remote control of the hot water supply heat source unit A by exchanging control signals with the control unit of the hot water supply heat source unit A, and the control unit of the hot water supply heat source unit A An operation device programmed to enable remote operation of a hot water heating apparatus (a bathroom heating apparatus in the illustrated example) C connected to the hot water supply heat source A, as shown in the drawing, And an operation unit 12.

  Specifically, the display unit 11 includes a display panel formed of a fluorescent tube dot matrix that can freely display characters and figures based on commands from the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a. Moreover, as the said operation part 12, the operation switch 12a for switching the hot water supply heat source machine A to a hot water supply possible state and a hot water supply stop state, and the bath for starting the automatic hot water filling operation to the bathtub B by the hot water supply heat source machine A An automatic switch 12b, a menu switch 12c for switching the screen of the display unit 11 to be described later, an up switch 12d and a down switch 12e for inputting an increase / decrease in hot water supply set temperature, and a display unit to be described later Selection switches 12f to 12h for selecting an operation item according to the display of 11 operation item selection screens, and these operation signals are provided to the control unit of the kitchen remote control 1a. .

  In addition, the mode differs from the automatic hot water filling operation performed by operation of the said bath automatic switch 12b here by the model (function) of the hot water supply heat source machine A to which the kitchen remote control 1a is connected. That is, in this automatic hot water filling operation, depending on the type of the hot water supply source A, for example, hot water at the set temperature of the bath water is dropped into the bathtub B until the set water level (or the set hot water amount), or hot water at a predetermined temperature is used. It is dropped into bathtub B until the set water level (or set hot water volume) is reached, and then heated up to the set temperature of the hot water and boiled. There are various types such as those that retreat so as to maintain the set temperature and those that add hot water as the water level drops.

  Then, next, the function of this kitchen remote control 1a is demonstrated, showing the screen display of the display part 11. FIG.

  The kitchen remote controller 1a is operated to press the operation switch 12a, so that the controller of the kitchen remote controller 1a can supply the hot water supply heat source A to the hot water supply heat source A (that is, a currant, a shower, etc.). A control signal for shifting to a state in which hot water is started when the bottle is opened) is output, and a preset initial screen (for example, a screen for displaying hot water supply set temperature, current time, etc.) is displayed on the display unit 11. Is displayed. When the up switch 12d or the down switch 12e is pressed during display of the initial screen, the hot water set temperature is corrected / changed according to the operation, and the hot water set temperature data after the change is used as the hot water source. Sent to machine A. In addition, when the automatic bath switch 12b is pressed in this state, a control signal instructing the hot water supply heat source machine A to start the automatic hot water filling operation is transmitted, and the hot water supply heat source machine A is controlled based on the control signal. Hot water filling to bathtub B is started.

  In addition to the operation items such as the above-described correction / change operation of the hot water supply temperature and the start operation of the automatic hot water filling operation, the kitchen remote control 1a starts the automatic hot water filling operation at a preset time, for example. “Bathroom Reservation” to be performed, “Bathroom Heating” to start / stop the heating operation in the bathroom heating device C, and “Bathroom Heating Reservation” to have the bathroom heating device C start the heating operation at a preset time. Many operation items are set. These operation items can be selected according to the display of the operation item selection screen displayed on the display unit 11 by pressing the menu switch 12c.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of operation items configured to be selectable in this way. In the kitchen remote control 1a shown in the present embodiment, when displaying many operation items on the display unit 11 as described above, a predetermined number of these operation items are displayed (three items corresponding to the selection switches 12f to 12h in the illustrated example). ) It is configured to display on the display unit 11, and is configured to be able to turn the page being displayed (item feed) by pressing the menu switch 12 c.

  That is, when the menu switch 12c is pressed once while the initial screen is displayed on the display unit 11, the operation item corresponding to the first page (“Bath reservation”, Tags T1 to T3) for displaying three items of “bath washing” and “drain plug” are displayed (see FIG. 4A). In this state, when the menu switch 12c is pressed again, the operation items corresponding to the next page (tags for displaying three items of "immediate hot water", "" immediate hot water reservation ", and" heating ") Is displayed. Thereafter, similarly, every time the pressing operation of the menu switch 12c is repeated, the operation item selection screen is page-turned. When the menu switch 12c is pressed on the last page, the setting is made to return to the first page again. In FIG. 4 (a), “Menu 1/7” displayed on the upper left of the display unit 11 has a total of seven pages for selecting the operation item, and the first page is being displayed. It is shown that.

  In addition, an example of the operation matter shown in FIG. 3 shows a case where the hot water heating system shown in the present embodiment is configured to include an automatic bath cleaning device, an automatic drain plug, an immediate hot water function, etc. When the automatic bath cleaning device is not connected, the control unit of the kitchen remote control 1a is based on the fact that there is no communication from the control unit of the automatic bath cleaning device (not shown) when the automatic bath cleaning device is not connected. It is configured not to display the “bath cleaning” tag related to the operation of the automatic bath cleaning device on the operation item selection screen. That is, in this case, a tag “Drain plug” related to the operation of the automatic drain valve is displayed on the tag T2 on the first page of the operation item selection screen, and “Immediate hot water” related to the operation of the immediate hot water function is displayed on the tag T3. "Is displayed. That is, on the operation item selection screen, only items that can be operated with the kitchen remote controller are displayed as tags.

  The operation items displayed on the operation item selection screen are displayed above the selection switches 12f to 12h so as to correspond to the selection switches 12f to 12h. That is, in the case of the operation item selection screen for the first page, the display unit 11 displays a tag T1 indicating “reservation” corresponding to the selection switch 12f, and also corresponds to the selection switch 12g. A tag T2 indicating “bath cleaning” is displayed, and a tag T3 indicating “drain plug” is displayed so as to correspond to the selection switch 12h.

  And selection of each operation item is performed by pressing operation of the selection switches 12f-12h corresponding to the displayed operation item (tag). Accordingly, when the selection switch 12f is pressed while the operation item selection screen for the first page is displayed, the operation item of the tag T1 displayed at the position corresponding to the selection switch 12f, that is, “ “Furo Reservation” is selected, and an operation input screen related to “Furo Reservation” is displayed (see FIG. 4B). Accordingly, the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a enters a reservation setting mode for automatic hot water operation.

  In the present embodiment, on the operation input screen relating to the “floor reservation”, the automatic hot water filling operation reservation time for the bathtub B (displayed as “boiling time” in the illustrated example) is set, and the “floor reservation” is set in advance. ”Is set so that both operations for switching the screen to the operation input screen for other operation items (specifically,“ Bathroom heating reservation ”) associated with“ ”can be performed. In this embodiment, the case where the automatic hot water filling operation reservation time is displayed as “boiling time” is shown. However, as described above, there are various automatic hot water filling operation modes. Of course, this display can be appropriately changed according to the mode of the automatic hot water filling operation.

  In addition, the automatic hot water filling operation reservation time ("boiling time" in the illustrated example) is such that the automatic hot water filling operation drops the hot water at the set temperature of the bath water into the bathtub B until it reaches the set water level (or the set hot water amount). In the case of the type, it usually means the completion time of hot water filling. For example, after dropping hot water of a predetermined temperature into the bathtub B until the set water level (or the set amount of hot water) is reached, the hot water is set to the set temperature. In the case of a type that has been boiled and boiled, the first replenishment time after hot water filling (that is, excluding the second and subsequent renewal completion times performed to maintain the temperature after the temperature of the bath water has dropped) For example, it is possible to appropriately set the point in time at which the “boiling time” is set.

  In other words, the automatic hot water operation reservation time is set, for example, by displaying the operation reservation time of “Furo Reservation” set in the previous operation as an initial value on the display unit 11 (in the illustrated example, “ PM11: 50 "). At this time, if it is necessary to correct or change the operation reservation time set as the initial value, the up switch 12d and the down switch 12e can be used to correct the time up or down.

  Here, when only setting “Buro reservation” is performed, that is, when “Bathroom heating reservation” is not set, display on the display unit 11 (specifically, display of tag T1 of “Reservation completed”) ), The setting of the operation reservation time of “Buro Reservation” is completed by pressing the selection switch 12f corresponding to this display, and a screen (see FIG. 4D) showing the setting completion is displayed on the display unit 11. After displaying for a certain period of time, the screen returns to the initial screen described above. Moreover, the control part of the kitchen remote control 1a cancels | releases the reservation setting mode of automatic hot water operation by this.

  On the other hand, when the setting of “bathroom heating reservation” is performed subsequent to the setting of “bathroom reservation”, the display of the display unit 11 (specifically, the “bath heating reservation” tag indicating “bathroom heating reservation”) In accordance with the display of T2, the selection switch 12g corresponding to this display is pressed. As a result, the display on the display unit 11 is switched from the operation input screen related to “floor reservation” to the operation input screen related to “bathroom heating reservation” (see FIG. 4C). That is, the control part of the kitchen remote control 1a shifts from the reservation setting mode of the automatic hot water operation to the reservation setting mode of the bathroom heating device C by operating the selection switch 12g.

  Here, on the operation input screen of “bathroom heating reservation”, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the operation reservation time for the operation of the bathroom heating apparatus C (displayed as “bathroom heating reservation” in the illustrated example) is set. Can be done. The initial value of the operation reservation time displayed on the operation input screen (“PM 11:40” in the illustrated example) is the automatic hot water operation reservation time set on the operation input screen of the above-mentioned “floor reservation”. Automatically set based on.

  Specifically, the initial value of the operation reservation time in this “bathroom heating reservation” is set to t3, the operation reservation time t1 set in the “floor reservation”, and a correction value t2 for correcting this operation reservation time t1. Then, the initial value t3 is calculated and set by the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a using the equation t3 = t1 + t2. That is, in the present embodiment, the correction value t2 is set to “−10 minutes”, and the bathroom heating device C starts the heating operation 10 minutes before the bath boiling time. This is because when both "Buro reservation" and "Bathroom heating reservation" are set at the same time, it is usually desirable that the bathroom is heated to the desired temperature when the bath B is filled. This is because the bathroom heating device C starts operating before the boiling time.

  In addition, this initial value t3 is in the state where the operation input screen (refer to FIG. 4 (c)) of “bathroom heating reservation” is displayed on the display unit 11, like the operation reservation time of “floor reservation” described above. By operating the up switch 12d and the down switch 12e, it is possible to correct the time up and down. The correction value t2 is stored as data in the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a. The correction value t2 can be arbitrarily changed. That is, the kitchen remote control 1a also includes an item of correction of the correction value t2 as an operation item. By selecting this item, the user can freely correct the correction value t2. In the present embodiment, the correction value t2 is corrected on the user side. However, the correction value t2 may be a fixed value so that the correction cannot be performed on the user side.

  Then, when the correction of the operation reservation time of “bathroom heating reservation” is completed in this way, the display is finally performed according to the display on the display unit 11 (specifically, the display of the tag “T1 of“ reservation completed ”). The setting of the operation reservation time of “Bathroom heating reservation” is ended by pressing the selection switch 12f corresponding to the above. As a result, the operation reservation times for both the “floor reservation” and the “bathroom heating reservation” are determined and accepted as the reservation times by the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a, and the display unit 11 shows a screen indicating that the setting is complete (FIG. 4 (d)) is displayed for a certain period of time, and the display unit 11 returns to the initial screen described above. Moreover, the control part of the kitchen remote control 1a cancels | releases the reservation setting mode of the bathroom heating apparatus C by this.

  As described above, according to the operating device of the present invention, the specific operating item (“bath reservation” in the above-described embodiment) in the operating device is previously stored in another specific operating item (“bathroom heating reservation” in the above-described embodiment). ) And when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation unit 12 while the operation input screen of the specific operation item is displayed, the display on the display unit 11 is operated on the other specific operation item associated with the operation unit 12. Since it is set to transition to the input screen, for example, by setting this association in advance for items that you want to operate continuously, select the operation item each time you operate the related operation item An operation device that can be set and operated without returning to the screen and has excellent operability can be provided. In addition, related items can be quickly set and operated.

  Note that the above-described embodiments merely show preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to these, and various design changes can be made within the scope thereof.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the other operation item associated with the “floor reservation” as the specific operation item is only “bathroom heating reservation” is illustrated, but a plurality of other operation items are provided. It may be. For example, when there are “bathroom heating reservation” and “floor heating reservation” as the operation items associated with the above “floor reservation”, the “floor reservation” operation input screen is the “floor reservation” operation input screen. It is also possible to add a tag T3 that can be selected to switch to and display a screen as shown in FIG. In this case, when the selection switch 12h corresponding to the tag T3 is operated, the control unit of the kitchen remote control 1a switches the screen of the display unit 11 to the operation input screen of “floor heating reservation” and sets the reservation setting of the floor heating device. The mode is entered in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where only the “floor reservation” is associated with other operation items is shown. However, the operation items other than the “floor reservation” are also associated with other operation items. Is also possible. For example, when a fan convector and a floor heating panel are provided as a hot water heater in one room, the other operation reservation is associated with one of these operation reservations, and the operation item selection screen is displayed one by one. It is also possible to perform both setting and operation without any problem.

  Regarding this association, a rule for association is programmed in advance in the control unit of the kitchen remote controller 1a, and in the kitchen remote controller 1a, connection of devices and functions that comply with this rule are provided (for example, the above-described automatic hot water filling). It can be set to automatically associate the operation items upon detection of the presence of the function and the connection of the bathroom heating device C), and it is also possible to allow the user to associate manually. is there.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the association is performed only in one stage has been shown. However, for example, “furrow reservation”, “bathroom heating reservation”, “dressing room floor warm reservation”, etc. It is also possible to make an association. That is, in this case, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), a tag T2 (in the illustrated example, “undressing floor warming” indicating the operation items of the second stage associated with this screen is displayed on the operation input screen for “bathroom heating reservation”. It is also possible to configure to display an operation input screen (see FIG. 5 (c)) related to “undressing room floor warming reservation” when the selection switch 12g is operated in accordance with this display. It is. As for the association in the second and subsequent stages, as described above, it is a matter of course that the operation reservation time in other operation items can be used using the correction value for the calculation / setting of the operation reservation time.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where two tags of “reservation completed” and “bath warming reservation” are displayed on the operation input screen of “floor reservation” is shown, for example, as shown in FIG. As described above, it is also possible to display the tags T1 and T2 for selecting whether or not to make a reservation for bathroom heating, such as “with bath warm” and “without bath warm”.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, on the operation input screen for “Bathroom reservation”, the operation input screen for “Bathroom heating reservation” is displayed on condition that the selection switch 12g corresponding to the tag “T2 for bath warming reservation” is operated. Although the case where it is configured to shift is shown, if the operation of “reservation completion” is not performed for a predetermined time, it is set to automatically shift to the operation input screen of “bathroom heating reservation” Is also possible. It is also possible to set to move to the operation input screen of “bathroom heating reservation” when the “reservation completion” operation is performed.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of schematic structure of the hot water heating system using the operating device which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows an example of the external appearance structure of the operating device. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the operation matter which can be selected with the operating device. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the operation procedure of the operating device, FIG.4 (a) is an example of an operation item selection screen, FIG.4 (b) is an example of an operation input screen, FIG.4 (c) is another FIG. 4D shows an example of the operation input screen, and FIG. 4D shows an example of the screen indicating the completion of setting. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a change of the operation input screen of the operating device.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation apparatus 1a Kitchen remote control 1b Bathroom remote control 2 Wireless remote control 11 Display part 12 Operation part A Hot-water supply heat source machine B Bathtub C Bathroom heating apparatus (hot water heating apparatus)

Claims (4)

An operating device for use in a hot water heating system in which a hot water supply heat source device has a hot water filling function to a bathtub and a hot water supply function to a hot water heating device, and the display device is operated by the operating device according to a predetermined operation of the operating unit. An operation configured to display an operation input screen related to the selected operation item when the operation item is selected according to the display of the operation item selection screen. In the device
As an operation item that can be selected, at least a hot water operation operation reservation to the bathtub is provided, and a predetermined operation on the operation unit is required while the operation input screen for performing the hot water operation reservation is displayed. In addition, the operation device is set to switch the displayed screen to an operation input screen for specific operation items previously associated with the hot water operation reservation.   The operation input screen for the operation reservation for the hot water operation to the bathtub includes a selection display indicating one or a plurality of specific operation items previously associated with the operation reservation for the hot water operation, and 1 according to the selection display. The operation device according to claim 1, wherein when the operation item is selected, the display screen is set to be switched to the operation input screen of the selected operation item. The specific operation item is an operation reservation of another function different from the operation reservation of the hot water operation to the bathtub,
The initial value of the time displayed as the operation reservation time when the operation input screen for the specific operation item is displayed is preset with the operation reservation time set in the operation input screen for the operation reservation for the hot water operation. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the operating device is automatically set based on a correction value for time setting.   The operation device according to claim 3, wherein the correction value for time setting can be arbitrarily changed.

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