Control system for illumination lamp installed in building equipped with door operation control apparatus

• US 4,549,092 A
• Filed: 03/05/1982
• Issued: 10/22/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamauchi, Koji, Suzuki, Mitsuo, Tadokoro, Hiroyuki, Yonekura, Seiji, Matsuoka, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jennings, Derek S.
• Application Number:
  US06/355,108
• Time in Patent Office: 1,327 Days
• Field of Search: 307/116, 307/117, 49/25, 49/28, 49/24, 49/31, 340/541, 340/552, 340/553, 340/528, 340/529, 340/540, 340/573, 361/179, 215/84
• US Class Current: 307/116
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/668 for overhead wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/106 for garages
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/28 Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching modifications to provide a choice of time-intervals for executing more than one switching action H03K17/296

Abstract

A control system for an illumination lamp installed in a building equipped with a door operation control apparatus. The system comprises a door opening and closing instructor, a control circuit responsive to an instruction signal from the instructor to produce a door control signal and a lamp control signal, a door driver responsive to the door control signal to drive the opening and closing of a door, an illumination lamp for illumination of the interior of the building, a detector for detecting the movement of a human body and producing an electric signal representative of the movement, and a circuit which is responsive to the lamp control signal and the electric signal to turn on the illumination lamp and keeps the illumination lamp turned on for a predetermined time extending from the termination of the lamp control signal and the electric signal.

Claims

1. A control system for an illumination lamp installed in an enclosure equipped with a door and a door operation control apparatus comprising:

an illumination lamp for illumination of the interior of the enclosure;

door opening and closing instruction means for generating an open and close instruction signal instructing the opening and closing of a door of the enclosure;

control circuit means responsive to said open and close instruction signal from said door opening and closing instruction means for producing a door control signal for controlling the opening and closing of the door and for generating a lamp control signal for on-off controlling said illumination lamp;

door opening and closing drive means for effecting opening and closing drive of said door in accordance with the door control signal from said control circuit means;

detector means for detecting positional changes of a body within the space illuminated by said lamp and for generating a detection signal in response thereto; and

lamp turn-on means for turning on said illumination lamp in response to generation of either or both of said lamp control signal from said control circuit means and said detection signal from said detector means and for keeping said illumination lamp turned on for a predetermined time following the termination of the response to generation of said detection signal.

2. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 1 wherein said lamp turn-on means comprises first circuit means responsive to the lamp control signal from said control circuit means for turning on said illumination lamp and for keeping said illumination lamp turned on for a first predetermined time following the termination of the response to the lamp control signal, and second circuit means responsive to said detection signal from said detector means for turning on said illumination lamp and for keeping said illumination lamp turned on for a second predetermined time following the termination of the response to said detection signal, said second predetermined time being longer than said first predetermined time.

3. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 1, or 2 wherein said lamp turn-on means comprises means responsive to its input signal to turn-on said illumination lamp and a retriggerable monostable multivibrator which is triggered at the termination of the input signal for generating a level signal for turning on said illumination lamp for said predetermined time extending from said termination.

4. A control system for controlling operation of an illumination lamp located within an enclosure equipped with a door operated by a control apparatus, comprising:

illumination means including a lamp for illumination of the interior of said enclosure;

means for generating an operating signal to instruct the opening or closing of said door to said enclosure;

door control means responsive to said operating signal for effecting opening or closing operation of said door and for energizing said lamp for a first predetermined period of time;

detector means for detecting object movement anywhere within a majority of the space of said enclosure which is illuminated by said lamp and for generating a detection signal in response thereto; and

illumination control means responsive to said detection signal for energizing said lamps at least during the entire time said detection signal is being generated.

5. A control system according to claim 4, wherein said illumination control means includes means for energizing said illumination means for a second predetermined period of time following termination of said detection signal.

6. A control system for controlling the operation of an illumination lamp installed in a building equipped with a door and a door operation control apparatus, comprising

an illumination lamp for illumination of the interior of the building;

door opening and closing instruction means for generating an open and close instruction signal instructing the opening and closing of the door of the building;

control circuit means responsive to said open and close instruction signal for producing a door control signal for controlling the opening and closing of the door and a lamp control signal for turning on said illumination lamp for a period of time;

drive means for effecting opening and closing drive of said door in response to aid door control signal;

detector means for detecting positional changes of a body within said building and for generating a detection signal in response thereto; and

lamp turn-on means for turning on said illumination lamp in response to either said lamp control signal or said detection signal, including means having a monostable multivibrator responsive to said detector means so as to be triggered at the termination of said detection signal for generating a level signal for a predetermined period of time, on OR gate circuit having a first input terminal connected to said control circuit means to receive said lamp control signal and a second input terminal connected to said monostable multivibrator to receive said level signal, and switching means for turning on said illumination lamp in response to an output signal from said OR gate circuit.

7. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 6 wherein said detector means is so disposed as to detect the condition in the neighborhood of the inside of said door.

8. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 6 wherein said building comprises, in addition to said door, an auxiliary door, and said detector means is so disposed as to detect the condition in the neighborhood of the inside of said auxiliary door.

9. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 6 wherein a plurality of said detector means are provided, and said lamp turn-on means is responsive to the signal from each of the plurality of said detector means.

10. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 6 wherein said detector means is supported swingably and adjustably.

11. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 6, wherein said detector means includes means for converting the detected positional change of said body into an electrical signal and means for converting the level variation of the electrical signal into a rectangular wave detection signal.

12. An illumination control system according to claim 11 wherein said means for converting the level variation of the electric signal into a rectangular wave signal includes a comparator.

13. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 12 wherein said comparator compares the electric signal level with an adjustable threshold level.

14. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 12 wherein said comparator compares an integration signal resulting from integration of the level variation component of the electric signal through a first integrator circuit with another integration signal resulting from integration of said level variation component through a second integrator circuit of a smaller time constant than that of the first integrator circuit.

15. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 14 wherein said first integrator circuit has time constant change means for detection sensitivity adjustment.

16. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 11 wherein said detector means comprises means for transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the interior of said building, and converting means receiving the reflection of the ultrasonic wave at said body within said building for converting the positional change into said electric signal.

17. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 16 wherein said converting means includes first and second integrator circuits whose input terminals are connected with said converting means, respectively, and a comparator whose two input terminals are connected with output terminals of said first and second integrator circuits, respectively, to generate said rectangular wave signal.

18. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 11 wherein said lamp turn-on means further includes a first differentiation circuit connected with said control circuit to receive said lamp control signal, a second differentiation circuit connected with said detector means to receive said rectangular wave signal, and a gate circuit for passing differentiated signals from said first and second differentiation circuits to be applied to a trigger terminal of said monostable multivibrator whereby said monostable multivibrator is triggered.

19. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 18 wherein said OR gate circuit has a third input terminal connected with said detector means to receive said rectangular wave signal.

20. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 11 wherein said OR gate circuit has a third input terminal connected with said detector means to receive said rectangular wave signal.

21. An illumination lamp control system according to claim 11 wherein said lamp turn-on circuit further includes a second monostable multivibrator whose trigger terminal is connected with said control circuit to receive said lamp control signal whereby said second monostable multivibrator is triggered for generating a level signal for a predetermined period of time, and wherein said OR gate circuit has a third input terminal connected with an output terminal of said second monostable multivibrator.