ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

• US 20120224400A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (Funai Electric Holdings Company Limited)
• Inventors: IZAWA, Fumihito
• Application Number:
  US13/409,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20120224400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 363/21.15
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16547 voltage or current in AC supplies switching for protection H02H; circuits for emergency power supply H02J9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/16576 comparing DC or AC voltage with one threshold G01R19/16514, G01R19/16519, G01R19/16528, G01R19/16533 and G01R19/1659 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895

Abstract

A television includes a power supply circuit including a transformer that converts input voltage to output voltage, an input voltage monitoring circuit that monitors the input voltage based on a voltage value of a primary side or a secondary side of the transformer, and a control unit that determines whether or not the input voltage exceeds a specified value based on monitoring results of the input voltage monitoring circuit and provides a warning or notification that the input voltage is excessive when it is determined that the input voltage exceeds the specified value.

Claims

1. An electrical equipment comprising:

a power supply circuit arranged to have power input;

a monitoring circuit arranged to monitor input voltage of the power input; and

a warning device arranged to determine whether or not the input voltage has exceeded a specified value based on monitoring results of the monitoring circuit;

wherein

when the warning device determines that the input voltage has exceeded the specified value, the warning device provides a warning indicating that the input voltage is excessive.

2. The electrical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the power supply circuit includes a transformer arranged to convert the input voltage to output voltage, and the monitoring circuit is arranged to monitor the input voltage based on a voltage value of a primary side or a secondary side of the transformer.

3. The electrical equipment according to claim 2, wherein the transformer is a flyback transformer, and the monitoring circuit monitors the input voltage based on a forward voltage that is output by the transformer.

4. The electrical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring circuit includes a photocoupler, and when a voltage for which the input voltage has been rectified and smoothed exceeds the specified value, a light-emitting element of the photocoupler emits light thereby generating current at a light-receiving element of the photocoupler, and upon detection of a voltage generated by the current that flows to the light-receiving element of the photocoupler, the warning device performs a warning display relating to an abnormality of the input voltage on a display screen.

5. The electrical equipment according to claim 2, wherein the transformer is a flyback transformer, the monitoring circuit includes a diode including a cathode that is connected to a negative electrode side of a secondary coil of the transformer, and an electrolytic capacitor including a negative electrode that is connected to an anode of the diode and a positive electrode that is connected to ground, and the warning device determines whether or not the input voltage has exceeded the specified value based on the forward voltage of the transformer that is rectified and smoothed by the diode and the electrolytic capacitor.

6. The electrical equipment according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring circuit comprises:

a voltage-dividing circuit including dividing resistors connected between a transmission line of a voltage for which the input voltage is rectified and smoothed and a ground;

a field-effect transistor including a gate that is connected to division points of the dividing resistors; and

a photocoupler including a light-emitting diode and a phototransistor;

wherein

the light-emitting diode includes an anode facing the transmission line and a cathode facing the ground, a drain-source and resistors of the field-effect transistor are serially connected between the transmission line and the ground; and

when the voltage for which the input voltage has been rectified and smoothed exceeds the specified value, the field-effect transistor is turned on, current flows to the light-emitting diode, and due to the light-emitting diode emitting light, current is generated at the phototransistor; and

upon detection of the voltage generated by the current that flows to the light-receiving element of the photocoupler, the warning device performs a warning display relating to an abnormality of the input voltage on a display screen.

a field-effect transistor including a gate that is connected to division points of the dividing resistors; and

a photocoupler including a light-emitting diode and a phototransistor;

wherein

the light-emitting diode includes an anode facing the transmission line and a cathode facing the ground, a drain-source and resistors of the field-effect transistor are serially connected between the transmission line and the ground; and

when the voltage for which the input voltage has been rectified and smoothed exceeds the specified value, the field-effect transistor is turned on, current flows to the light-emitting diode, and due to the light-emitting diode emitting light, current is generated at the phototransistor; and

upon detection of the voltage generated by the current that flows to the light-receiving element of the photocoupler, the warning device performs a warning display relating to an abnormality of the input voltage on a display screen.