Solar adjustment apparatus and method of operating the same
AssigneeSan Hsin Plastech Co., Ltd.
InventorShu-Yuan CHIANG HUANG
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Abstract
A solar adjustment apparatus includes a control circuit, two optical encoders, two driving modules, and a power circuit. The control circuit is arranged in an upper rail, and the upper rail is fixed on the upper side of a door or window of a building or vehicle. The two driving modules pivot two spools at the same speed. One of the driving modules controls a height of a middle rail in vertical direction of the door or window through one of optical encoders and one of spools. The other driving module controls a height of a lower rail in vertical direction of the door or window through the other optical encoder and the other spool.
Claims24
A solar adjustment apparatus comprising:
- a control circuit arranged in an upper rail, and the upper rail fixed on an upper side of a door or window of a building or vehicle,
- two optical encoders arranged in the upper rail and configured to couple to the control circuit,
- two driving modules arranged in the upper rail and configured to couple to the control circuit, the two driving modules configured to pivot two spools at the same speed, one of the two driving modules configured to control a height of a middle rail in vertical direction of the door or window by one of the two optical encoders and one of the two spools, the other one of the two driving modules configured to control a height of a lower rail in vertical direction of the door or window by the other one of the two optical encoders and the other one of the two spools, and
- a power circuit coupled to the control circuit and configured to provide electrical energy to the two driving modules and the two optical encoders,
- wherein, each of the two optical encoders, a photo interrupter, including a light shielding disc configured to pivot with one of the two spools, the light shielding disc including 32 inner perforations with equal intervals in a circle, the two driving modules arranged in parallel on one side of the control circuit, and the two driving modules arranged on different planes perpendicular to the ground.
A method of operating a solar adjustment apparatus, an upper rail of the solar adjustment apparatus fixed on an upper side of a door or window of a building or vehicle, a middle rail and a lower rail sequentially arranged below the upper rail and movable in vertical direction, the operating method comprising steps of:
- when a control circuit of the solar adjustment apparatus configured to receive an initial position setting command, a first driving module and a second driving module gets into an initial position setting state, during the initial position setting state, the first driving module configured to move the middle rail to a first initial position according to a short press command or a long press command, the first initial position with a first initial height away from the ground, and the second driving module configured to move the lower rail to a second initial position according to the short press command or the long press command, the second initial position with a second initial height away from the ground,
- after confirming the end of the initial position setting state, when the control circuit configured to receive a lower rail lowest limit command, the second driving module gets into a lower rail lowest limit setting state, during the lower rail lowest limit setting state, the second driving module configured to move the lower rail to a lowest limit position of the lower rail according to the short press command or the long press command, and the lowest limit position of the lower rail with a first minimum height from the ground,
- after confirming the end of the initial position setting state, when the control circuit configured to receive a middle rail lowest limit command, the first driving module gets into a middle rail lowest limit setting state, during the middle rail lowest limit setting state, the first driving module configured to move the middle rail to a lowest limit position of the middle rail according to the short pressed command or the long pressed command, and the lowest limit position of the middle rail with a second minimum height from the ground,
- after confirming the end of the initial position setting state, when the control circuit configured to receive a middle rail highest limit command, the first driving module gets into a middle rail highest limit setting state, during the middle rail highest limit setting state, the first driving module configured to move the middle rail to a highest limit position of the middle rail according to the short press command or the long press command, and the highest limit position of the middle rail with a first maximum height from the ground, and
- after confirming the end of the initial position setting state, when the control circuit configured to receive a lower rail highest limit command, the second driving module gets into a lower rail highest limit setting state, during the lower rail highest limit setting state, the second driving module configured to move the lower rail to a highest limit position of the lower rail according to the short press command or the long press command, and the highest limit position of the lower rail with a second maximum height from the ground,
- wherein, a speed of the middle rail moved by the first driving module is equal to a speed of the lower rail moved by the second driving module, the middle rail is configured to move between the highest limit position of the middle rail and the lowest limit position of the middle rail, the lower rail is configured to move between the highest limit position of the lower rail and the lowest limit position of the lower rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.