RU2450364C2 - Lantern control device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: lantern control device consists of two schemes: electronic cover scheme (ECS) and remote control panel scheme (RCPS). Electronic cover scheme includes lantern lamp, battery power of lantern lamp, electronic switch, voltage stabiliser, voltage divider, ECS analogue-to-digital converter, ECS microcontroller, ECS memory block, ECS control key, ECS radio transceiver, ECS antenna. Remote control panel scheme includes RCPS battery power, RCPS control key, RCPS analogue-to-digital converter, RCPS microcontroller, RCPS memory block, RCPS radio transceiver, RCPS antenna.

EFFECT: remote switching on/off of lighting equipment, remote control of illumination brightness, battery power saving, remote control of lighting equipment operation modes.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of electricity and can be used for wired and wireless remote control (DU) devices for illuminating the target or lighting devices, for example a flashlight tactical underbarrel or laser target mounted on small arms.

A known switch for supplying power to an incandescent lamp in a device for illuminating a target when firing a shotgun containing a body mounted on the gun and a reflector with an incandescent lamp (SU 859751, IPC F21M 1/00, publ. 09.09.81) placed therein. This device does not provide for the use of a remote control button for a flashlight.

Known for a lamp housing mounted under a belt, a switch in a device for illuminating a target when firing a shotgun containing a reflector with an incandescent lamp attached by a clip on the barrel of a gun (SU 644996, IPC F21M 1/00, publ. 30.01.79).

In this device, for illuminating the target, the button, although it has been moved outside the lantern body, has a rigidly fixed position: it is not possible to install it in any place convenient for the shooter. This is not always convenient for turning on / off the lighting during shooting, especially on long-barrel weapons, as a change in hand grip is required.

Also known is a universal remote control system including a base unit and a remote control device. The system allows you to remotely signal the charging of the base device, as well as search for a remote control device (see US 6879254, IPC G08B 21/24, publ. 12.04.2005).

This solution does not allow remote control of self-powered devices, and also does not provide confirmation of the execution of remote control commands.

The closest analogue is the lamp control device, which includes a remote button for supplying power to the lamp in the device for illuminating the target when firing a gun, made with the possibility of installation in any place convenient for the shooter, while this device contains a remote control key with mount, wire and connecting sleeve (RU 66601 U1, IPC Н01Н 27/00, published on 09/10/2007).

The disadvantages of the solution, defined as the closest analogue, are the presence of additional wires connecting the remote button to the flashlight. Also, the disadvantages of the solution, defined as the closest analogue, include the inability to determine the status of the battery power lamp.

The objectives of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages inherent in the prototype. More specifically, the objectives of the present invention are: the implementation of remote on / off lighting device (lamp); the implementation of remote control of the brightness of the lighting of the lamp; providing more economical consumption of the battery power of the lamp; providing remote control of lamp operation modes; increasing the functionality of the lamp control device.

The essence of the invention lies in the fact that the flashlight control device comprises an electronic cover circuit (SEC) and a remote control circuit (SPDU), the electronic cover circuit including: a flashlight lamp, a lamp power supply battery, an electronic switch, a voltage regulator, a voltage divider, and an analog -digital converter of electronic cover circuit, microcontroller of electronic cover circuit, memory block of electronic cover circuit, control button of electronic cover circuit, radio transceiver of electronic cover circuit shki, an antenna for the electronic cover circuit, and the remote control circuit includes: a power supply battery for the remote control circuit, a control button for the remote control circuit, an analog-to-digital converter for the remote control circuit, a microcontroller for the remote control circuit, a memory unit for the remote control circuit, radio transceiver of the remote control circuit; antenna of the remote control circuit; moreover, the positive pole of the lamp lamp power supply battery is connected to one of the contacts of the lamp lamp, the other contact of which is connected through the electronic switch to the negative pole of the lamp power battery, the other lamp contact is connected to the input of the voltage divider, the output of which is through an analog-to-digital converter of the electronic cover circuit connected to the PWM control input of the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit, to which the control button of the electronic cover circuit is connected, and to the negative pole Amp lamp is connected to a voltage stabilizer, a microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit and a voltage divider, in addition, the control input of the electronic switch is connected to the control output of the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit, the power input of which is connected to the output of the voltage stabilizer, and the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit is connected to the memory unit of the electronic circuit covers, in addition, the input of the voltage regulator is connected to the input of the voltage divider, the information input-output of the microcontroller the electronic cover circuit and the power output are connected respectively to the information input-output and to the power input of the radio transceiver of the electronic cover circuit, which, in turn, is connected to the transceiver antenna of the electronic cover circuit; at the same time, the power supply battery of the remote control circuit, the control button of the remote control circuit, the analog-to-digital converter of the remote control circuit and the microcontroller of the remote control circuit are connected in series, the information input-output of the microcontroller, and its power output are connected respectively to the information input the output and to the power input of the radio transceiver of the remote control circuit, which, in turn, is connected to the transceiver the antenna of the remote control circuitry, while the microcontroller of the remote control circuitry is also connected to the negative pole of the power supply battery of the remote control circuitry and the memory unit of the remote control circuitry in which the lantern remote control program is stored, while the antenna of the remote control circuitry is connected to the antenna electronic cover circuits using a duplex radio channel.

The technical results achieved by the implementation of the invention are:

1) the implementation of remote on / off lighting device (flashlight);

2) the implementation of remote control of the brightness of the lighting of the lamp;

3) providing more economical consumption of the battery power of the lamp;

4) providing remote control of the lamp operation modes;

5) increase the functionality of the device on / off the lamp.

The proposed lamp control device consists of two circuits: the electronic cover circuit (SEC) and the remote control circuit (SPDU).

Figure 1 shows a diagram of an "electronic cover", including:

- a lamp of a lamp (1);

- battery power lamp (2);

- electronic switch (3);

- voltage stabilizer (4);

- voltage divider (5);

- analog-to-digital converter SEC (6);

- microcontroller SEC (7);

- SEC memory block (8);

- control button SEC (9);

- SEC radio transceiver (10);

- SEC antenna (11).

In this case, the positive pole of the battery power supply lamp lantern is connected to one of the contacts of the lamp lantern, the other contact of which through the electronic switch is connected to the negative pole of the battery power supply lamp lantern. Preferably, the negative pole of the battery lamp power lamp is connected to the conductive body of the product to which the lamp is attached.

Another contact of the lamp lamp is connected to the input of the voltage divider, the output of which through the analog-to-digital converter SEC is connected to the input of the PWM adjustment of the SEC microcontroller, to which the SEC control button is connected. A voltage stabilizer, an SEC microcontroller and a voltage divider are connected to the negative pole of the lamp.

The control input of the electronic switch is connected to the control output of the SEC microcontroller, the power input of which is connected to the output of the voltage regulator. In addition, the SEC microcontroller is connected to the SEC memory unit.

Also, the input of the voltage regulator is connected to the input of the voltage divider.

The information input-output of the SEC microcontroller, as well as the power output are connected respectively to the information input-output and to the power input of the SEC radio transceiver, which, in turn, is connected to the SEC transceiver antenna.

The composition of a conventional lantern includes a lantern lamp, a power source and a lamp lamp switch. In the claimed invention, in order to achieve the indicated technical results, the following are introduced into the electronic cap circuit:

- power regulator SEC, voltage divider SEC, ADC SEC,

- SEC microcontroller, control button and radio transceiver with antenna.

An electronic switch is used as a lamp lamp switch. Preferably, the electronic switch is made on a field effect transistor. Thus, the electronic switch also performs the function of a voltage stabilizer and provides filtering interference when the lamp is turned on / off.

The voltage stabilizer is designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage value at the input of the SEC microcontroller. The voltage stabilizer is micro-consuming, with a low voltage drop and can be made on the basis of the NJM2871F33 chip manufactured by New Japan Radio.

The voltage divider is designed to be detected on the lamp lamp and is made in a resistive form, since the voltage values in the circuits of the claimed invention are small. When the battery power of the lamp lamp is discharged and the corresponding voltage value is received from the voltage divider, the SEC microcontroller generates a warning signal for the discharge of the battery power of the lamp lamp. The microcontroller SEC is a key device of the claimed invention. The SEC microcontroller has the following characteristics: core 8051, 8 kbytes of flash, 1 kbytes of RAM, and can be based on the microprocessor CC2510F8 - manufacturer Texas Instruments.

The work of the SEC microcontroller is carried out according to the algorithm of the lamp control program, for which in the Russian Federation an official registration certificate No. 2008613773 has been issued.

This program provides turning on / off the flashlight by briefly pressing the control button. The program smoothly changes the brightness of the flashlight when you press and hold the button.

The program captures the selected brightness. The program sets the maximum brightness after pressing and holding the tactile button. Transfer to the remote control mode of the lamp is carried out by the program after a double short press of a button on the lamp cover (to signal the inclusion of the remote control mode, the lamp will flash once). The remote control mode is also deactivated after pressing the button on the lamp cover for a short time (to signal the switching off of the remote control mode, the lamp flashes twice).

The lamp control program is stored in the SEC memory block connected to the SEC microcontroller.

Figure 2 shows a diagram of a remote control, including:

- SPDU power battery (12);

- control button SPDU (13);

- analog-to-digital converter SPDU (14);

- - microcontroller SPDU (15);

- memory block SPDU (16);

- SPDU radio transceiver (17);

- SPDU antenna (18).

The remote control circuitry contains a SPDU power supply battery, an SPDU control button, an SPDU analog-to-digital converter, and an SPDU microcontroller, the information input-output of which, as well as the power output are connected respectively to the information input-output and to the power input of the SPD radio transceiver, which, in turn, connected to the transceiver antenna SPDU. The SPDU microcontroller is also connected to the negative pole of the SPDU power battery and the SPDU memory block, which stores the flashlight remote control program.

The SPDU microcontroller, like the SEC microcontroller, has the following characteristics: core 8051, 8 kbytes of flash, 1 kbyte of RAM, and can also be based on the CC2510F8 microprocessor - manufacturer Texas Instruments.

The work of the SPDU microcontroller is carried out according to the algorithm of the lamp control program, for which in the Russian Federation an official registration certificate No. 2008613774 has been issued.

The proposed device control the lamp works as follows.

The electronic switch is controlled by the SEC microcontroller, which operates under the control of a flashlight control program stored in the SEC memory block.

When the electronic switch is closed, the energy of the battery power of the lamp of the lamp is supplied to the lamp of the lamp and the lamp is ignited.

When the electronic switch is opened, the energy of the power source does not enter the lamp of the flashlight, but is fed to the remaining blocks and devices of the electronic cover circuit (SEC).

Thus, with the help of an electronic switch, the power from the battery lamp power supply at the time of the lamp only supplies the lamp, and at the other time it supplies the remaining units and devices of the ECS, and the electronic switch closes the battery power of the lamp on the lamp at the moment when a pulse-width modulated (PWM) lamp turn-on signal comes from the SEC microcontroller.

It is known that a lantern lamp (which can be used as an incandescent lamp) is an inertial element, i.e. when the power is turned off from the lamp, it "goes out" not immediately, but after some point in time. Accordingly, if the supply voltage to the lamp of the flashlight is not constant, but pulses, it will light up and not go out, provided that the width of the power pulses is sufficient for this.

The rest of the time of the PWM signal period (after the pulse) supplied to the electronic switch by the SEC microcontroller will power the remaining SEC units and devices, since the lamp circuit will be broken and the current of the battery power supply of the lamp of the lamp will come through a voltage regulator (necessary to protect the microcontroller from transient processes at the moment of switching on and off the lamp) to the SEC microcontroller and the SEC radio transceiver, thus supplying power to these units.

In addition, with a gradual decrease in the width of the power pulse, it is obvious that for the human eye the lamp will gradually burn less brightly.

Thus, by changing the PWM signal from the SEC microcontroller supplied to the electronic switch, you can control the brightness of the lantern lamp,

Using the described method (supplying the voltage from the battery lamp power lamp to the lamp lamp, regulated by the PWM signal from the SEC microcontroller), the lamp battery power consumption is also saved, since the power consumed by the SEC microcontroller, SEC radio transceiver, voltage regulator, voltage divider and analog -digital converter SEC is negligible compared to the power consumed by the lamp lamp.

If the voltage at the poles of the battery supply of the lamp lamp decreases to a certain value through the voltage divider, the SEC ADC receives the corresponding voltage value, and through the SEC ADC, this signal is fed to the SEC microcontroller, and the pulse width of the PWM signal supplied to the electronic switch is changed by the SEC microcontroller.

Accordingly, with a change in the pulse width of the PWM signal supplied to the electronic switch, the luminaire of the lamp of the lamp changes, informing that the battery power supply of the lamp of the lamp requires replacement.

The layout of the remote control (SPDU) works on a similar basis. There are no voltage stabilizer and voltage divider units in the SPDU, since the SPDU power battery only supplies the SPDU microcontroller, the SPDU radio transceiver, and the SPDU ADC, and accordingly, the SPDU does not require power supply voltage stabilization.

The SPDU and SEC circuits exchange data via a duplex radio channel, which is formed between the SPDU antenna connected to the SPD radio transceiver and the SEC antenna connected to the SEC radio transceiver.

The flashlight control device can be controlled in two ways: in the manual control mode and in the remote control mode.

In the manual control mode, turning on and off the lamp is preferably done by briefly pressing the control button SEC located on the lamp cover. Pressing and holding the control button SEC leads to a smooth change in the brightness of the luminaire (adjusts the pulse width of the PWM signal). When the desired brightness is reached, press the button, and the selected brightness level will be saved. The maximum brightness is set by pressing and holding the control button of the SPDU again.

Such control of a lamp of a lamp is carried out under the control of a program of control of a lamp according to the certificate No. 2008613773 with the help of which the microcontroller SEC functions.

Preferably, the manual control is performed in accordance with the manual control table.

No. p / p. The initial state of the lamp Impact Lantern reaction one Off One click On 2 On One click Off 3 Off Two clicks On flashlight + on / off remote control four On Two clicks Off flashlight + on / off remote control 5 Off Press and hold On flashlight + on / off brightness adjustment 6 On Press and hold Off

In the remote control mode, the lantern can be controlled both using the SEC control button and the SPD control button. The transfer to the remote control mode is preferably carried out by double briefly pressing the control button SEC. In this case, the SEC microcontroller generates a PWM signal with an increased pulse width, and the flashlight "blinks" once. Deactivation of the remote control mode is carried out by double briefly pressing the control button SEC. In this case, the SEC microcontroller twice generates a PWM signal with an increased pulse width, and the flashlight "blinks" twice.

When the flashlight is turned on from the control panel of the SPDU, the corresponding signal is generated by the SPDU microcontroller operating under the program of the remote control of the lamp according to certificate No.2008613774, this signal is transmitted by the SPDU radio transceiver through the SPDU antenna via a radio channel to the SEC antenna connected to the SEC radio transceiver. The SEC microcontroller at the same time begins to generate a PWM signal, which is fed to the electronic switch, through which the supply voltage to the lamp from the lamp battery power supply is supplied. In this case, after turning on the lamp of the flashlight on the voltage divider, the voltage drops to the level corresponding to switching on the lamp of the flashlight, and through the ADC ADC, the value of this voltage is supplied to the SEC microcontroller, which through the SEC radio transceiver, the SEC antenna feeds through the SPD antenna and the SPD radio transceiver to the SPD microcontroller a signal confirm that the flashlight is on. In the absence of a confirmation signal for turning on the lamp of the lamp, the microcontroller of the SPDU re-generates the signal for turning on the lamp and reapplies to the ECS. Thus, the flashlight turn-on signal will be supplied from the SPDU until a confirmation signal is turned on to turn on the flashlight lamp from the SEC microcontroller to the SPD microcontroller. This mode allows you to ensure high reliability of the operation of the claimed device in remote control mode.

Claims (1)

A lamp control device comprising an electronic cover circuit and a remote control circuit, the electronic cover circuit including: an electronic switch, a voltage stabilizer, a voltage divider, an analog-to-digital converter of the electronic cover circuit, a microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit, a memory unit of the electronic cover circuit, a control button electronic cover circuitry, a radio transmitter of an electronic cover circuitry, an antenna of an electronic cover circuitry, and a remote control circuitry includes: the power of the remote control circuit, the control button of the remote control circuit, the analog-to-digital converter of the remote control circuit, the microcontroller of the remote control circuit, the memory unit of the remote control circuit, the radio transmitter of the remote control circuit, the antenna of the remote control circuit; moreover, the positive pole of the battery lamp power lamp is connected to one of the contacts of the lamp lamp, another contact through an electronic switch connected to the negative pole of the battery power lamp, the other contact of the lamp lamp is connected to the input of the voltage divider, the output of which is through an analog-to-digital converter circuit electronic circuit connected to the PWM control input of the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit, to which the control button of the electronic cover circuit is connected, and to the negative pole Amp lamp is connected to a voltage regulator, a microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit and a voltage divider, in addition, the control input of the electronic switch is connected to the control output of the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit, the power input of which is connected to the output of the voltage stabilizer, and the microcontroller of the electronic cover circuit is connected to the memory unit of the electronic circuit covers, in addition, the input of the voltage regulator is connected to the input of the voltage divider, the information input-output of the microcontroller a circuit of the electronic cover circuit as well as a power output are connected respectively to the information input-output and to a power input of a radio transceiver of the electronic cover circuit, which, in turn, is connected to a transceiver antenna of the electronic cover circuit; at the same time, the power supply battery of the remote control circuit, the control button of the remote control circuit, the analog-to-digital converter of the remote control circuit and the microcontroller of the remote control circuit are connected in series, the information input-output of the microcontroller, and its power output are connected respectively to the information input the output and to the power input of the radio transceiver of the remote control circuit, which, in turn, is connected to the transceiver the antenna of the remote control circuit, while the microcontroller of the remote control circuit is also connected to the negative pole of the battery power of the remote control circuit and the memory unit of the remote control circuit in which the lantern remote control program is stored, while the antenna of the remote control circuit is connected to antenna circuit of the electronic cover using a duplex radio channel.

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