CN103090461A - Function indicator system for electric fireplace - Google Patents
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Abstract
A function indicator system and methods for indicating the control settings related to functions and features of an electric fireplace are described. The function indicator system can feature a function indicator module, a controller communicatively connected to the function indicator module, and a connected power source. The function indicator module can contain a plurality of light sources that emit paths of light, which can pass through control status indicia to create a visual display on an exterior surface of a projection screen of the electric fireplace. The visual display is visible to a viewer so as to alert the viewer as to the particular status of a control setting of the electric fireplace such as, for example, the temperature of heat produced, the brightness of simulated flames, or the power setting of a heater of the electric fireplace.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the features and functions state indicator system.More specifically, the present invention relates to be used to indicate the system that the control for the various features and functions of electric fireplace arranges.
Background technology
As thermal source and reason attractive in appearance, fireplace often is included among family.At present, exist several that obtainable fireplace of consumer is selected: fireplace, gas firing wall and the electric fireplace of burning traditional fuel (timber or coal).The fireplace of burning traditional fuel generally provides maximum heat to produce and aesthetic feeling, but needs more prepare (set-up) and turn round maintenance time.Gas firing wall provides real flame and facility, but lacks that the natural sound, the light and shade that are associated with the flame of burning traditional fuel are glimmered and dimmed effect gradually.The electricity fireplace does not provide real flame, but has many safe and features easily.
The fireplace of burning traditional fuel and gas firing wall and conventional electric fireplace also lack for showing controls the visually noticeable display unit that arranges.For example, conventional electric fireplace does not have the feature that luminous vision shows, shows by means of this luminous vision, and as long as the user is can be fast and easily determine current selected control setting by having a look at this electricity fireplace.
Thereby disabled when stopping ability that it produces heat when heater or thermal source, traditional fireplace and present electric fireplace also lack for visually with at the equipment that acoustically signals.Existence is for the demand of this important security feature.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to have the electric fireplace of the function indicator system that shows for generation of visual state, described visual state shows the status level that the caution user arranges about the one or more of controls for the feature of described electric fireplace and function.Described function indicator system can comprise following feature: electric fireplace, function indicator module, controller and power supply with projection screen.Described function indicator module can comprise a plurality of function indicator illuminators that send the path of light, and the path of described light is by being printed on the state of a control mark on printing opacity (translucent) film.Each in the state of a control mark of described printing can be aimed at one or more function indicator illuminator, thereby the light that is sent by described function indicator illuminator or a plurality of illuminator that described mark is aimed at is by described mark, shows to form visual state on the outer surface of the projection screen of described electric fireplace.
Described electric fireplace can also comprise heater and for the control device of the described setting of described heater, the described setting of described heater comprises temperature and the power of heater.The other control systems of described heater control device and described system can be switch, button or touch screen control device.Described system can have and comprises that one or more equipment is feature, and when the power supply to described heater had been opened or closed, described one or more equipment was indicated the user for generation of one of them or both of audible signal and visual signal.
An advantage described function indicator system being incorporated into electric fireplace structure is, user or other beholders can be easily and promptly determined the state that various controls arrange.For example, described user can watch the described visual state that is projected on described projection screen to show, determine several control arrange (for example power control, heter temperature, air blast or fan speed, simulating flame intensity, burn wood sound channel (soundtrack) volume, brightness or intensity or Timer Controlling) accurately high, in or low setting.
Another advantage of described function indicator system is, described visual state shows provides fashionable, make the joyful device of people on aesthetic, to watch and to control the described state of a control setting of electric fireplace.
Another advantage of described system and method described herein be to the user visibly and can listen ground one of them or both send the ability of the disabled signal of the heater of described electric fireplace.
Therefore, the present invention has such feature, the system that namely arranges for the control that shows electric fireplace.Described system can comprise the electric fireplace with projection screen, be used on described projection screen creating the function indicator module that visual state that the control of described electric fireplace arranges shows, be connected to by correspondence the controller of described function indicator module, and power supply.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described function indicator module comprises at least one function indicator illuminator.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described electric fireplace also comprises heater.Described heater can comprise the heater gas outlet that is covered by grid or net.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, within namely described function display module is arranged on the described grid or the described electric fireplace after net of described heater gas outlet.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described system comprises heater power controlling feature part, to open and close the power supply to described heater.Described heater power controlling feature part can be button or touch screen control device, and described button or described touch screen control device can be pressed one predetermined period, to give described heater energising or outage.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, namely comprise heater power controlling feature part, to open or close the described power supply to described heater, and independent heater disablement feature part, described independent heater disablement feature part can be operated to enable or forbid described heater, the concealed characteristic in the controlling feature part that wherein said heater disablement feature is partly described electric fireplace except described heater power controlling feature part.
on the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, be that described system also comprises at least one first equipment that generates first signal, described first signal can be by the user visually or in acoustically perception, the described user of the wherein said first signal indication extremely power supply of described heater is opened, thereby with Heat of Formation, and at least one second equipment that is used for generating secondary signal, described secondary signal can be by the user visually or in acoustically perception, the described user of the wherein said secondary signal indication extremely power supply of described heater is closed, thereby incite somebody to action not Heat of Formation.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, be icon or the word that described first signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals, and icon or word that described secondary signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely the visual state by described function display module creation shows that icon or word as projection are visible on the outer surface of described projection screen.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, i.e. the icon of described projection or word are to show at least one the described visual state in following the setting: system power, heater power, temperature, brightness, air blast or fan speed, timer, flame are controlled and speaker volume.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described system also comprises the light modulator that is connected to by correspondence described function indicator module.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described light modulator is programmed to change brightness and the intensity of the light that is sent by at least one function indicator illuminator.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, be that at least one function indicator illuminator is sequentially through the range of light intensities to light setting from unglazed, thereby after one predetermined period, the described light that visual state shows partially or even wholly disappears, described visual state shows to have such feature, namely comprise the light that sends by by at least one function indicator illuminator of the described function indicator module of being throwed, thereby be visible on the outer surface of described projection screen.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described electric fireplace comprises framework, and described framework comprises the front portion.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, within namely described function indicator system is arranged on described electric fireplace after the inner surface of described front portion of described framework.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described electric fireplace also comprises the control panel on the front portion of the framework that is arranged on described electric fireplace, and wherein said control panel comprises housing.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, within namely described function indicator module is arranged on described control panel.
On the other hand, the present invention can have such feature, and namely described function display module comprises the touch screen control device.
Method of the present invention can be used to indicate the power supply setting of the heater of electric fireplace.Described method can comprise the following steps: the power supply opening of the heater of (a) near electric fireplace, thereby described heater is activated with Heat of Formation; (b) providing can be by the user visually or at the first signal of acoustically perception, and the described user of wherein said first signal indication is opened to the power supply of described heater, thereby with Heat of Formation; (c) power-off of near described heater, the Heat of Formation thereby described heater is under an embargo; And (d) provide can be by the user visually or in the secondary signal of acoustically perception, and the described user of wherein said secondary signal indication is closed to the power supply of described heater, thus Heat of Formation not.
Other method of the present invention can have such feature, be that described first signal is the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, the icon or the word that are comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals, and described secondary signal be the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, the icon or the word that are formed by the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
Other method of the present invention can be used to the heater by the electric fireplace of power supply forbidding that closes to described heater.Described method can comprise the following steps: that (a) provides the electric fireplace with following characteristics: heater, heater power controlling feature part and heater disablement feature part; (b) use described heater disablement feature partly to forbid described heater, thereby extremely the power supply of described heater cannot use the described heater power controlling feature part of described electric fireplace and be opened; And (c) provide can be by the user visually or at the signal of acoustically perception, the described user of wherein said signal designation is disabled to the power supply of described heater, thereby described heater cannot be powered on.
Other method of the present invention can have such feature, and namely the step of described method (b) also comprises and manually presses described heater power controlling feature part.
Other method of the present invention can have such feature, the step (b) that is described method also comprises in response to the instruction that receives from controller, close to the power supply of described heater after one predetermined period, described controller is connected to described heater disablement feature part by correspondence.
Other method of the present invention can have such feature, and namely described heater disablement feature part partly operates by the different controlling features with described electric fireplace, thereby becomes the concealed characteristic of described different controlling feature parts.
Other method of the present invention can have such feature, be that described signal is tone or sound, visible flash of light or the light pulse of audible, color break-up in the ash fire bed body of described electric fireplace is existing, the color break-up of the simulating flame of described electric fireplace is existing, the icon or the word that are formed by the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, the icon or the word that are formed by visible light on the control panel of described electric fireplace or framework, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
Unless limit separately, all technical terms that this paper uses have the implication that generally implication of understanding is identical with those skilled in the art institute.Can be used for using in practice of the present invention or test although be similar to or be equal to method described herein and material, the below will describe suitable method and material.Mentioned in this article all are open, patent application, patent and other lists of references, are all integrally incorporated into this paper by reference.In the situation that conflict is as the criterion with the specification of the present invention that comprises definition.
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Fig. 1 is the front view with electric fireplace of function indicator system.
Fig. 2 is the front three-dimensional view of the function indicator module of the function indicator system in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the back side three-dimensional view of the function indicator module in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the front view of electric fireplace, and wherein the function indicator module after the projection screen of electric fireplace illustrates with dashed line form.
Fig. 5 is the front view of the electric fireplace in Fig. 4, wherein controls the vision demonstration that arranges and is projected on projection screen, thereby be visible on the outer surface of projection screen.
Fig. 6 A is that flame intensity is controlled the zoomed-in view that positioning indicator is set.
Fig. 6 B controls the zoomed-in view that positioning indicator is set for another flame intensity.
Fig. 6 C is again that another flame intensity is controlled the zoomed-in view that positioning indicator is set.
Fig. 7 A is that temperature is controlled the zoomed-in view that positioning indicator is set.
Fig. 7 B controls the zoomed-in view that positioning indicator is set for another temperature.
Fig. 8 is the cutaway side sectional view of electric fireplace and function indicator system.
Fig. 9 is the front three-dimensional view of another embodiment of function indicator module.
Figure 10 is the front three-dimensional view of another embodiment again of function indicator module.
Figure 11 is the front three-dimensional view of the embodiment of electric fireplace, after wherein the function indicating module is arranged on the framework of electric fireplace.
Figure 12 is the front three-dimensional view of the embodiment of electric fireplace, and wherein the function indicating module is installed and is hidden in control panel.
Figure 13 is the front three-dimensional view of the embodiment of electric fireplace, after wherein the function indicating module is arranged on the screen or screen of heater gas outlet grid.
Figure 14 A is the front three-dimensional view of another embodiment with electric fireplace of control button feature.
Figure 14 B is the zoomed-in view by the part three-dimensional view of the control button of the electric fireplace of user operation in Figure 14 A.
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The invention provides the system that arranges be used to the control that shows electric fireplace, feature and the function of described system management electricity fireplace.In exemplary, system 10 can comprise electric fireplace 12, and electric fireplace 12 has such feature, namely comprises projection screen 14, function indicator module 16, controller 18 and power supply 20.Electricity fireplace 12 can comprise the illuminator system, and described illuminator system produces simulated flame effect and simulation ash fire bed body light effect.Simulated flame effect can be projected onto analog fuel source (bole assembly (logset) for example, bole assembly can by natural or artificial material construction) afterwards, the top, on or on projection screen on every side.The described simulation ash fire bed body light effect that can be throwed can be projected under simulated fuel bed body (ash fire bed body for example, ash fire bed body can by natural or artificial material construction), within, the top, on or on every side.Electricity fireplace 12 can also have the feature that comprises one or more loudspeaker or other sound generating apparatus or sound channel, described sound generating apparatus stores and plays or produce sound effect, for example audible signal (for example, tone powers on/cuts off the power supply), described sound channel has such feature, the sound that namely comprises burn wood, explosion ashes, or other sound relevant with the combustion fuel material to flame.
Fig. 1 illustrates electric fireplace 12, wherein control the visual state that the state that arranges visually is displayed on projection screen 14 and show in 22, control 22a, simulating flame strength control 22b, Timer Controlling 22c and brightness or strength control 22d to obtain (begin from the upper left side and with counterclockwise mobile) power supply (ON/OFF).Status bar or EHSI 22e are depicted in visual state and show 22 center.Visual state shows that 22 can also comprise temperature control 22f as shown in Figure 5.
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 illustrate an embodiment of function indicator module 16.Function indicator module 16 can be arranged on a side of projection screen, and the visual state that arranges with the control that creates electric fireplace on projection screen 14 shows 22.In exemplary, after the function indicator module can be arranged on as shown in Figure 8 projection screen.The function indicator module can be arranged on very the place near the inner surface 24 of projection screen 14, and perhaps in another embodiment, the function indicator module can be installed to be with inner surface 24 and contact.In one embodiment, function indicator module 16 can comprise touch control device (for example, button or touch screen control device), and described touch control device can be used to control various luminous and other settings of function indicator module.As illustrating in Figure 14 A, touch control device can be arranged on the front portion of framework 60 of electric fireplace 12.As shown in Figure 14 B, touch control device can be by user's manual operations.
In an embodiment shown in Figure 11, within the front portion 58 of framework 60 of electric fireplace 12 can be installed and be hidden in to function indicating module 16.In another embodiment shown in Figure 12, within function indicating module 16 can be hidden in control panel 62.Control panel 62 can be arranged on the front portion 58 of framework 60 of electric fireplace.Control panel 62 can be housing, within controller 18 partially or even wholly is accommodated in described housing.In another embodiment again shown in Figure 13, after the grid or net 26 of heater gas outlet installed and be hidden in to function indicator module 16.Electricity fireplace 12 can comprise heater, for example electric heater or combustion heater.The grid of heater gas outlet or net 56 can be arranged in outlet 64, and the air of heating is by fan or otherwise blow out and the pass-out heater from exporting 64.
Each function indicator illuminator 26 can produce independent visual state and show 22 on the inner surface 24 of projection screen 14, visual state shows that 22 is visible to the beholder on the outer surface 28 of projection screen.Can be comprised by the control setting that function indicator module 16 projects to projection screen, for example for the state of a control setting relevant to following content: system power, heater power, temperature, brightness or intensity and power supply, air blast or fan speed, timer, simulating flame is controlled and for the speaker volume of burn wood sound channel, described burn wood sound channel can be used for imitating the sound that is associated with Actual combustion timber.
In exemplary, function indicator module 16 can comprise housing 30, at least one function indicator illuminator 26 and visual display unit 32.Housing 30 can be for having the container of following feature: comprise relative open end 33 and closing end 34 and a plurality of wall (for example four).Function indicator illuminator or a plurality of illuminator can be arranged on the inner surface 36 of closing end 34 of housing 30.Visual display unit 32 can be arranged on the open end 33 of housing 30 and contact with open end 33.In another embodiment, visual display unit 32 can be arranged on the front of the open end of housing, but does not directly contact with open end.
Function indicator module 16 can be connected to timer-operated light modulator 38.Show that in visual state 22 are incident upon projection screen 14 the preceding paragraphs after the predetermined time with full brightness or intensity, light modulator 38 can be programmed to begin to reduce brightness or the intensity of the light that is sent by function indicator illuminator 26.At predetermined brightness or a strength level, light modulator can extinguish the function indicator illuminator subsequently fully, causes visual state to show that 22 dim out and disappear from projection screen shown in Figure 4.Because the function indicator illuminator 26 of function indicator module 16 sequentially passes through controllable light modulation according to the instruction of the light modulator that is programmed, after one period predetermined time interval, visual state shows that 22 can fade out aspect color-grading, intensity and brightness reposefully.The predetermined time interval can be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9,10 seconds or more seconds.Thereby be sightless by fade out reposefully after the predetermined time interval postpones from projection screen, the function indicator module 16 of electricity fireplace 12 is programmed to cause that visual state shows that 22 fade away when not using, thereby outward appearance and the illusion of keeping system 10 similarly are real fireplace rather than electric fireplace, and real fireplace does not have visual state and shows.
The visual display unit 32 of function indicator module 16 can have the feature that comprises state of a control mark 40.State of a control mark 40 can be translucent (semitransparent) or lighttight, thus light must be around them by to form predetermined pattern or shapes at projection screen 14.State of a control mark 40 can be printed on light-transmissive film or other trnaslucent materials.In another embodiment, the state of a control mark can be rigidity or semirigid shearing pattern (cut-outs), and described shearing pattern is built as and allows the function indicator module that light is projected shape on projection screen with predetermined desired pattern.Shape and pattern by the light that passes through by visual display unit 32 or around the visual display unit 32 forms have formed the visual state demonstration 22 that is projected on projection screen 14.
The pattern of the operable state of a control mark of the present invention and the embodiment of shape comprise pattern and the shape that is similar to by the demonstration of the visual state shown in Fig. 6 A-7B.Shown that by the visual state of function indicator module 16 projections 22 can comprise icon or word (for example alphanumeric character), described icon or word are thrown on a side of projection screen 14.The icon that forms in visual state shows or the pattern of word and shape are created by the light that makes function indicator illuminator 26 and the produce state of a control mark 40 by similar shape.Fig. 6 A-6C illustrates three kinds of embodiments that show 22b for the visual state of simulating flame strength control, wherein has respectively height, the low intensive status level indicator 22e of neutralization.Fig. 7 A and 7B illustrate two kinds of embodiments that show 22c for timer-operated visual state, wherein are respectively stopping (shutdown) front 120 minutes sections and the status level indicator that stops front 30 minutes sections.When the time period of using Timer Controlling that selection is set expired, electric fireplace can auto-breaking.
In one embodiment, visual display unit 32 can comprise light-transmissive film 42, and described light-transmissive film 42 can have the feature of the state of a control mark 40 that comprises printing.Light-transmissive film 42 can be attached on the open end 33 of housing 30, thereby the light that is sent by 26 groups of individual feature indicator illuminator or illuminators (being selected by manufacturer) is aimed at and received to each in the state of a control mark of the printing of described film during the structure of function indicator module.Light-transmissive film can be for colourless or coloured for being with.
In another embodiment shown in Figure 9, visual display unit 32 can have the feature that comprises light tight plate 44, described light tight plate 44 comprises at least one transparent area 46, the path alignment of described at least one transparent area 46 and the light that is sent by the function indicator illuminator 26 of selecting.Light tight plate 44 can be attached on the open end 33 of housing 30.Each transparent area 46 can comprise the state of a control mark 40 of printing, and described state of a control mark 40 can be for translucent or lighttight.Described transparent area can be for colourless or coloured for being with.
In another embodiment again shown in Figure 10, visual display unit 32 can have the feature that comprises light tight plate 48, and described light tight plate 48 has at least one aperture 50.Each aperture 50 can with the path alignment of the light that is sent by at least one function indicator illuminator 26.Light tight plate 48 can comprise state of a control mark 41, within described state of a control mark 41 is arranged on path by the light in each aperture 50.
The mode that controller 18 can be communicated by letter is connected to function indicator module 16, and power supply 20 can be electrically connected to described function indicator module.In one embodiment of the invention, controller 18 can be computer.In another embodiment, controller 18 can be circuit board, and described circuit board has the feature that comprises input port and output port, and described function indicator module can be connected to described input port and output port with electric means and communication mode.Described controller 18 can have and comprises that the user controls the feature at interface 52, the user controls interface 52 can comprise at least one cover controlling feature part, for example the control button shown in Fig. 5 54, comprise touch screen or the wireless remote controller of the operating key of electronical display.Controller 18 and user control the control button 54 that interface 52 and user control interface 52 and can be arranged in control panel 62.Controller 18 can have the feature that comprises heater power controlling feature part, and described heater power controlling feature part is control heater individually, thereby heater can be opened or closed by the user, makes heating element heater or a plurality of element enable or forbid.Heater power controlling feature part can be touch screen control device or actual button, and described touch screen control device or actual button can be pressed and be held the power supply that one predetermined period is controlled to heater.In another embodiment, heater power controlling feature part can be switch, and described switch can be pressed between the setting that powers on and cut off the power supply, be touched or otherwise be actuated.
Power supply to heater can partly be enabled or forbid with the heater power controlling feature.Heater power controlling feature part can be the dual-purpose concealed characteristic of any controlling feature part of electric fireplace, but in exemplary, described dual-purpose concealed characteristic will be the controlling feature part different from heater power controlling feature part.In certain embodiments, controller 18 can also be programmed by setting or Default Value that the user creates by the user, to open or close power supply after the time period of one section selection.When the heater power controlling feature partly is opened or closed, visual display unit 32 can comprise that state of a control mark 40 is closed or forbids with instruction heater, and described state of a control mark 40 pairs of projection icons, word (for example alphanumeric character) or other suitable visual cues are useful to the projection screen 14 of electric fireplace 12.For example, when heater power source is activated, can make the state of a control mark be shaped to throw the flame icon to projection screen, and when heater power source was disabled, the function indicator illuminator that creates the flame icon can be closed.In another embodiment, the simulating flame photosystem of electric fireplace can be programmed by controller, to make the simulated flame effect flash of light of simulating flame photosystem or beat (pulse) in the bole assembly of electric fireplace.In another embodiment again, simulation ash fire bed body photosystem can be programmed by controller, with the simulation ash fire bed body flash of light that makes simulation ash fire bed body photosystem in the ash fire bed body of electric fireplace or beat.In certain embodiments, simulating flame photosystem and simulation ash fire bed body photosystem both can be programmed simultaneously or make the light effect simulation ground flash of light of simulating flame photosystem and simulation ash fire bed body photosystem or beat with the various orders that replace, and are sent to the signal that the power supply of heater has been opened or closed to send indication.In any one of these embodiments and embodiment, light effect can glisten or beat once, twice, three times or more times, is activated or forbids visually to give the power supply of user's instruction heater.In another embodiment again, electric fireplace can send or produce sound (for example, tone) from loudspeaker or other sound generation equipment, and described other sound generate equipment and acoustically indicating user's heater powered on or cut off the power supply.Depend on to the power supply of heater whether be activated or forbid, the existing or light of tone or color break-up is beated can be different.
The present invention also has such feature, the method that namely arranges for the control that visually shows electric fireplace.Described method can comprise that the light that will be sent by light source throws the step by the function indicator module.Described function indicator module can have the feature that comprises the state of a control mark.In following step, the light by described control function indicator module can be projected onto on the projection screen of electric fireplace, and the vision that arranges with the control that creates described electric fireplace on the outer surface of described projection screen shows.In another step, by changing to the control of controlling described electric fireplace, relevant user's control inputs selection is set, the user can change the characteristic that described vision shows.
In another embodiment, described method can also comprise the step that described vision demonstration is incident upon the predetermined time of described projection screen the preceding paragraph.Described method can also comprise such step, namely after one predetermined period, lowers the brightness of the described light source that creates described vision demonstration.Described light source can be reduced brightness, until described light source extinguishes and described vision shows from the outer surface of described projection screen and disappears.
In one embodiment, described method can also comprise icon, word (for example, alphanumeric character) or other visual cues that is fit to are projected step on the projection screen of electric fireplace, is closed or forbids with the heater of indicating electric fireplace.The heater of electricity fireplace can be pressed button or the touch screen control device is forbidden electronically by manual.In another embodiment, described method may be required in before the power supply of heater is opened or closed and presses or hold button or one predetermined period of touch screen control device.Replacedly, the step of forbidding except visual cues being throwed indicate described heater, described method can also be included in the step of flicker (flashing) light effect in the bole assembly of electric fireplace or ash fire bed body, and one of them or both of the step of sounding from loudspeaker or other sound generation equipment.
The present invention also has such feature, namely forbids the method for the heater of electric fireplace.The electricity fireplace can comprise heater disablement feature part and heater power controlling feature part.Heater power controlling feature part can be button or touch screen control device, described button or touch screen control device can be pressed to open or close the power supply to heater, close thus heater, until next described heater is opened by pressing identical or different buttons or touch screen control device.Heater disablement feature part can also be button or touch screen control device, described button or touch screen control device can be pressed to make the heater forbidding by the power supply that closes to heater, forbid thus electric fireplace heating until by pressing identical or different buttons or touch screen control device, heater is enabled next time.In exemplary, heater disablement feature part can be the concealed characteristic of another controlling feature part of electric fireplace, rather than is exclusively used in the independent markd control device of forbidding heater.For example, partly form contrast with the heater power controlling feature, the system power button also can be used as heater disablement feature part, if thereby the user presses or keeping system power button a period of time (for example 10 seconds), other characteristics (for example simulating flame and ash fire bed body photosystem) of heater disabled but system keep powering on and moving.When using the heater disablement feature partly to forbid heater, heater cannot partly be opened with the heater power controlling feature, and described heater power controlling feature partly is normally used for powering on of control heater and the selection of cutting off the power supply.
Heater disablement feature part can be concealed controlling feature part, described concealed controlling feature part can be utilized in retail shop, opens to the power supply of the display module of electric fireplace to prevent client when still can operating other controlling feature parts of illuminator and electric fireplace.Heater disablement feature part can also be used as the concealed safety characteristic by father and mother or guardian, opens heater to prevent child.
In an exemplary, heater disablement feature part and heater power controlling feature are partly different and independent control button, touch screen control device or other controlling feature parts of electric fireplace.In other embodiments, heater disablement feature part and heater power controlling feature part can be identical control button, touch screen control device or other controlling feature parts of electric fireplace, thus the operation of each characteristic by pressing two different two kinds of control device of time interval selection of controlling feature part.
In another step of described method, described method can require to press or hold button or one predetermined period of touch screen control device power on to heater or cuts off the power supply.For example, button or touch screen control device can be pressed and keep the cycle (according to circumstances deciding) of one second, two seconds, three seconds, five seconds or ten seconds to power on to heater or to cut off the power supply by the user.Described method can also comprise icon, word (for example alphanumeric character) or other visual cues that is fit to are projected to step on the projection screen of electric fireplace, be closed and forbid with the heater of indicating electric fireplace, thereby not producing heat until again be opened.In another step of described method, when the power supply to heater was opened or closed, the tone of audible or other sound can generate device plays by other sound of loudspeaker or electric fireplace.It is played that the tone of audible or other sound can be additional to described visual cues signal, perhaps can be in the situation that the described visual cues signal of eliminating is played.In exemplary, when heater is disabled by outage, the electricity fireplace can display indicator, the light of ash fire bed body flashes, the light of simulating flame flashes, and the sound (for example tone or sound recording) of playing audible, the sound of described audible is indicated to the power supply of heater disabled.When disabled to the power supply of heater, the combination of one or more of these indicators can be used to warn the user.When the power supply to heater had been activated, similar or identical vision and audible indicator and combination thereof can also be used to warn the user.
Cross reference to related application: it is the priority of 12/573,933 the non-temporary patent application of the U.S. that the application requires sequence number that on October 6th, 2009 submitted to, and the non-temporary patent application of this U.S. is incorporated into the application by integral body by reference.
Should be understood that, although illustrate in conjunction with of the present invention that invention has been described, above-mentioned illustration illustrates and unrestricted protection scope of the present invention.Protection scope of the present invention is by the circumscription of appending claims.Other each side, advantage and modification fall into the scope of appending claims.
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1. system that the control that is used for showing electric fireplace arranges, described system comprises:
The electricity fireplace, described electric fireplace comprises projection screen;
Function indicator module, described function indicator module are used on described projection screen creating the visual state that the control of described electric fireplace arranges and show;
Controller, described controller are connected to described function indicator module by correspondence; And
Power supply.
2. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said function indicator module comprises at least one function indicator illuminator.
3. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electric fireplace also comprises heater, wherein said heater comprises the heater gas outlet that is covered by grid or net.
4. within system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said function indicator module are arranged on the described grid or the described electric fireplace after net of described heater gas outlet.
5. system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said system comprises that heater power controlling feature part is to open or close the power supply to described heater, wherein said heater power controlling feature partly comprises button or touch screen control device, described button or described touch screen control device can be pressed one predetermined period, to give described heater energising or outage.
6. system as claimed in claim 3, comprise that heater power controlling feature part is to open or close the described power supply to described heater, and independent heater disablement feature part, described independent heater disablement feature part can be operated to enable or forbid described heater, the concealed characteristic in the controlling feature part that wherein said heater disablement feature is partly described electric fireplace except described heater power controlling feature part.
7. system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said system also comprises at least one first equipment that generates first signal, described first signal can be by the user visually or in acoustically perception, the described user of the wherein said first signal indication extremely power supply of described heater is opened, thereby with Heat of Formation, and at least one second equipment that is used for generating secondary signal, described secondary signal can be by the user visually or in acoustically perception, the described user of the wherein said secondary signal indication extremely power supply of described heater is closed, thereby incite somebody to action not Heat of Formation.
8. system as claimed in claim 7, icon or word that wherein said first signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals, and icon and word that wherein said secondary signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
9. system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the visual state by described function indicator module creation shows that icon or word as projection are visible on the outer surface of described projection screen.
10. system as claimed in claim 2, the icon of wherein said projection or word comprise at least one the described visual state in following the setting and showing: system power, heater power, temperature, brightness, air blast or fan speed, timer, flame are controlled and speaker volume.
11. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said system also comprises light modulator, and described light modulator is connected to described function indicator module by correspondence.
12. system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said light modulator is programmed to change brightness and the intensity of the light that is sent by described at least one function indicator illuminator.
13. system as claimed in claim 11, the visual state Display projector that described at least one function indicator illuminator of wherein said function indicator module will be comprised of light is to described projection screen, thereby be visible outside described fireplace, wherein said function indicator module is programmed to come the controlling feature part when described electric fireplace that described visual state is shown to disappear, from but sightless.
14. system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said at least one function indicator illuminator is sequentially through the range of light intensities to light setting from unglazed, thereby after one predetermined period, the described light that described visual state shows partially or even wholly disappears, described visual state demonstration comprises the light that described at least one function indicator illuminator of the described function indicator module of being throwed by quilt sends, thereby is visible on the outer surface of described projection screen.
15. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electric fireplace comprises framework, and described framework comprises the front portion.
Within 16. system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said function indicator system are arranged on described electric fireplace after the inner surface of described front portion of described framework.
17. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electric fireplace also comprise the control panel on the front portion of the framework that is arranged on described electric fireplace, wherein said control panel comprises housing.
18. system as claimed in claim 17 is within wherein said function indicator module is arranged on described control panel.
19. the system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said function indicator module comprises the touch screen control device.
20. the method that the power supply of a heater that is used to indicate electric fireplace arranges, described method comprises the following steps:
(a) power supply opening of the heater of near electric fireplace, thus described heater is activated with Heat of Formation;
(b) providing can be by the user visually or at the first signal of acoustically perception, and the described user of wherein said first signal indication is opened to the power supply of described heater, thereby with Heat of Formation;
(c) power-off of near described heater, the Heat of Formation thereby described heater is under an embargo; And
(d) providing can be by the user visually or in the secondary signal of acoustically perception, and the described user of wherein said secondary signal indication is closed to the power supply of described heater, thus Heat of Formation not.
21. method as claimed in claim 20, icon or word that wherein said first signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals, and icon and word that wherein said secondary signal comprises the tone of audible or sound, visible flash of light or light pulse, is comprised of the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
22. the method for the heater of forbidding electric fireplace, described method comprises:
(a) provide the electric fireplace that comprises heater, heater power controlling feature part and heater disablement feature part;
(b) use described heater disablement feature partly to forbid described heater, thereby extremely the power supply of described heater cannot use the described heater power controlling feature part of described electric fireplace and be opened; And
(c) providing can be by the user visually or at the signal of acoustically perception, the described user of wherein said signal designation is disabled to the power supply of described heater, thereby described heater cannot be powered on.
23. also comprising, method as claimed in claim 22, the step of wherein said method (b) manually press described heater power controlling feature part.
24. method as claimed in claim 22, the step of wherein said method (b) also comprises, in response to the instruction that receives from controller, close to the power supply of described heater after one predetermined period, described controller is connected to described heater disablement feature part by correspondence.
25. method as claimed in claim 23, wherein said heater disablement feature part partly operates by the different controlling features with described electric fireplace, thereby becomes the concealed characteristic of described different controlling feature parts.
26. method as claimed in claim 22, wherein said signal comprises tone or the sound of audible, visible flash of light or light pulse, color break-up in the ash fire bed body of described electric fireplace is existing, the color break-up of the simulating flame of described electric fireplace is existing, the icon or the word that are formed by the light on the projection screen that is projected onto visibly described electric fireplace, the icon or the word that are formed by control panel or the visible light on framework at described electric fireplace, or the combination of one or more of these signals.
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