Infrared transceiving apparatus

• US 6,222,657 B1
• Filed: 09/24/1998
• Issued: 04/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Temco Japan Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nawa, Jiro, Fujino, Shouji, Kobayashi, Kazuji, Yanagisawa, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascal, Leslie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bello, Agustin
• Application Number:
  US09/159,670
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 359/154, 359/110-195, 359/152
• US Class Current: 398/129
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/1143 Bidirectional transmission

Abstract

In the apparatus, in accordance with the presence or absence of a barrier, arrangement of its light-receiving and its light-emitting element is changed to avoid interference with its proper light-receiving operation from the barrier, which makesso the apparatus free from noise problems, malfunctions and like troubles caused by the interference. In construction, a cover 2 permeable to infrared is rotatably mounted on a base 1. A stationary base plate 9 and a movable base plate 10, which is rotatable together with the cover 2, are stacked together inside the cover 2 to realize a two-layer arrangement. Each of these base plates 9, 10 carries a light-receiving element 7, 12 and/or a light-emitting element 8, 13, and assumes a substantially semicircular shape.

Claims

1. An infrared transceiving apparatus comprising:

a base member;

a cover member rotatably mounted on said base member, said cover member being made of a material permeable to infrared rays;

a stationary base plate disposed inside said cover member;

a movable base plate disposed inside said cover member, said movable base plate being rotatable together with said cover member;

said stationary base plate and said movable base plate being stacked together inside said cover member to realize a two-layer arrangement of said base plates; and

each of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate carrying a light-receiving element and/or a light-emitting element.

2. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate assumes a substantially semicircular shape.

3. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a hollow shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is pivoted to a rotary shaft which is rotatably mounted in said hollow shaft in an insertion manner.

4. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.

5. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a support shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is fixedly mounted on another support shaft which extends downwardly from said cover member.

6. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein:

each of said support shaft for said stationary base plate and said another support shaft for said movable base plate is eccentrically arranged.

7. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.

8. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate assumes a circular shape; and

disposed on a half of said circular shape are said light-receiving and said light-emitting element.

9. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a hollow shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is pivoted to a rotary shaft which is rotatably mounted in said hollow shaft in an insertion manner.

10. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.

11. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a support shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is fixedly mounted on another support shaft which extends downwardly from said cover member.

12. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein:

each of said support shaft for said stationary base plate and said another support shaft for said movable base plate is eccentrically arranged.

13. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 12, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.

14. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a hollow shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is pivoted to a rotary shaft which is rotatably mounted in said hollow shaft in an insertion manner.

15. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 14, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.

16. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

said stationary base plate is fixedly mounted on a support shaft which extends upward from said base member; and

said movable base plate is fixedly mounted on another support shaft which extends downwardly from said cover member.

17. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in claim 16, wherein:

each of said support shaft for said stationary base plate and said another support shaft for said movable base plate is eccentrically arranged.

18. The infrared transceiving apparatus as set forth in of claim 1, wherein:

disposed in each of facing surfaces of said stationary base plate and said movable base plate therebetween is the same type of said elements.