专利汇可以提供Electronic candle and electronic night lamp专利检索,专利查询,专利分析的服务。并且The invention relates to an electronic candle and an electronic night lamp. The electronic candle includes a light-emitting diode (LED), a capacitor and a control circuit. The capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of the LED, and a second terminal coupled to a common voltage. The control circuit has a first control terminal coupled to the first terminal of the LED, and a second control terminal coupled to a second terminal of the LED. In a detecting period, the control circuit provides a preset voltage across the first and second terminals of the LED so that the LED is reversely biased for a preset time. Then, the first control terminal of the control circuit is set to high impedance. Next, the control circuit detects a variation of a voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor with respect to time to determine whether to light up the LED.,下面是Electronic candle and electronic night lamp专利的具体信息内容。
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This application claims priority of No. 097126226 filed in Taiwan R.O.C. on Jul. 11, 2008 under 35 USC 119, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to the technology of a light-emitting diode (LED), and more particularly to an electronic candle and an electronic night lamp.
2. Related Art
After the industry revolution, the human beings use a lot of fossil fuel, deforest, use the carbide containing chlorine and fluorine and participate in the enlivened agrarian and industrial activities. Thus, the gases (i.e., the greenhouse gases GHG), such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorine chlorine carbide, sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and hydrogen fluorine carbide (HFCs), capable of absorbing the longwave radiation are greatly increased to cause the global warming phenomenon and thus the global greenhouse effect phenomenon. Because the global warming may dangerously cause the extremely abnormal influence of the global climate, and thus the significant impact on the deterioration of the ecology environment, the reduction of energy consumption is greatly pushed in various countries.
A light dependent resistor is widely used in the light source detector 103. The main chemical substance of the light dependent resistor is cadmium sulfide (CdS) or cadmium selenide (CdSe). After the light dependent resistor is illuminated by light, its resistance value is decreased. The change of the resistance value of the light dependent resistor illuminated by the light becomes larger as the area of the CdS or CdSe deposition film of the light dependent resistor becomes larger. So, the deposition film usually has the zigzag shape to enlarge its area.
However, the price of the light dependent resistor is very high. In addition, the European Union has published Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), which prohibits the import of the electronic apparatus containing lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). In response to the new rule of the European Union, Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection in Taiwan also has specified the “Particular Criteria Governing Designated Testing Laboratories For Hazardous Substances”. Thus, the light dependent resistor containing the cadmium sulfide (CdS) or the cadmium selenide (CdSe) cannot satisfy the specifications of various countries. In addition, although the manufacturer for manufacturing the light dependent resistor has disclosed the cadmium-free light dependent resistor, its price is relatively high.
It is therefore an objective of the present invention to provide an electronic candle and an electronic night lamp, each of which has a shared light-emitting diode (LED) serving as a photo-sensitive element, and satisfying the environment protection rules.
To achieve the above-identified or other objectives, the present invention provides an electronic candle. The electronic candle includes a light-emitting diode (LED) and a control circuit. The control circuit has a first control terminal coupled to a first terminal of the LED, and a second control terminal coupled to a second terminal of the LED. In a detecting period, the control circuit provides a preset voltage across the first terminal and the second terminal of the LED to reversely bias the LED for a preset time. Then, the first control terminal of the control circuit is set to high impedance. Next, the control circuit detects a variation of a voltage of the first terminal of the LED with respect to time to determine whether to light up the LED.
The present invention provides an electronic night lamp including a light-emitting diode (LED) and a control circuit. The control circuit has a first control terminal coupled to a first terminal of the LED, and a second control terminal coupled to a second terminal of the LED. In a detecting period, the control circuit provides a preset voltage across the first terminal and the second terminal of the LED to reversely bias the LED for a preset time. Thereafter, the first control terminal of the control circuit is set to high impedance. Next, the control circuit detects a variation of a voltage of the first terminal of the LED with respect to time to determine whether to light up the LED.
In the electronic candle and the electronic night lamp according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the control circuit provides the reverse bias to the LED when the first terminal of the LED is a cathode, and the first control terminal of the control circuit provides a power voltage to the first terminal of the LED and the second control terminal of the control circuit provides a common voltage to the second terminal of the LED when the second terminal of the LED is an anode. In addition, in order to enhance the stability of operating the electronic candle and the electronic night lamp, the preferred embodiment further includes a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the first terminal of the LED and a second terminal coupled to the common voltage.
In addition, in an advanced embodiment, the control circuit includes a comparator, a count circuit and a judging circuit. The comparator has a first input terminal for receiving the preset voltage, and a second input terminal coupled to the first control terminal of the control circuit. When a voltage of the first control terminal of the control circuit is lower than the preset voltage, a voltage level of a comparison signal outputted from an output terminal of the comparator is changed from a first saturation voltage to a second saturation voltage. The count circuit coupled to the output terminal of the comparator accumulates a count value every preset time from the detecting period until the voltage level of the comparison signal outputted from the output terminal of the comparator is changed from the first saturation voltage to the second saturation voltage. At this time, the count circuit stops counting and outputs the count value. The judging circuit coupled to the count circuit receives the count value. When the control circuit is disposed in the electronic candle and the count value is smaller than a preset value (it represents that a light source with a predetermined intensity approaches the electronic candle), the LED is controlled to emit light. When the control circuit is disposed in the electronic night lamp and the count value is greater than a preset value (it represents that the environmental brightness is darker), the judging circuit controls the LED to emit light.
In the electronic candle and the electronic night lamp according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the first terminal of the LED is an anode and the second terminal of the LED is a cathode, the control circuit provides the reverse bias to the LED, the first control terminal of the control circuit provides the common voltage to the first terminal of the LED, and the second control terminal of the control circuit provides the power voltage to the second terminal of the LED.
In addition, in an advanced embodiment, the control circuit includes a comparator, a count circuit and a judging circuit. The comparator has a first input terminal for receiving the preset voltage, and a second input terminal coupled to the first control terminal of the control circuit. When the voltage of the first control terminal of the control circuit is higher than the preset voltage, a voltage level of a comparison signal outputted from an output terminal of the comparator is changed from a first saturation voltage to a second saturation voltage. The count circuit coupled to the output terminal of the comparator accumulates a count value every preset time from the detecting period until the voltage level of the comparison signal outputted from the output terminal of the comparator is changed from the first saturation voltage to the second saturation voltage. At this time, the count circuit stops counting and outputs the count value. The judging circuit coupled to the count circuit receives the count value. When the control circuit is disposed in the electronic candle and the count value is smaller than a preset value (it represents that a light source with a predetermined intensity approaches the electronic candle), the LED is controlled to emit light. When the control circuit is disposed in the electronic night lamp and the count value is greater than a preset value (it represents that the environmental brightness is darker), the judging circuit controls the LED to emit light.
The spirit of the present invention is to share one LED for emitting light and serving as a light emitting element and a photosensitive element. The environmental light source is sensed according to the property of different discharge times when the LED receives light and when the LED does not receive light. Thus, the present invention has the following advantages.
First, the cost can be saved.
Second, the environment protection rule can be satisfied.
Third, when the present invention is applied to the electronic candle, it can simulate the effect of lighting up the candle.
Fourth, when the present invention is applied to the electronic night lamp, the electronic night lamp can be automatically lighted up without a manual operation as long as the brightness of the environmental light is lower than a preset level.
Further scope of the applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given hereinbelow and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention.
The present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same references relate to the same elements.
According to the waveforms 501 and 502, whether the light source approaches the LED 401 can be obtained as long as the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor 402 (the cathode of the LED 401) is continuously detected. Thus, a preset voltage Vs, ranging between the power voltage and the ground voltage, may be preset in the control circuit 304 during the design phase. The control circuit 304 only has to count the time period from the time when the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor 402 is the power voltage Vdd to the time when the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor 402 reaches the preset voltage Vs, and can thus know whether the light source approaches the LED 401. Thus, in this embodiment, the control circuit 304 provides a reverse bias to the LED 401 for a preset time in the detecting period so that the capacitor 402 is charged. Thereafter, the control terminal IO2 of the control circuit 304 is set to the high impedance. Next, the control circuit 304 determines whether to provide the forward bias to the LED 401 according to the time when the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor 402 reaches a preset voltage Vs. If the time when the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor 402 reaches the preset voltage Vs is smaller than T2, it represents that the light source has illuminated the LED 401. At this time, the forward bias can be provided to the LED 401 to light up the LED.
When sensing starts, the capacitor 402 discharges the control terminal IO1 through the LED 401. At this time, a comparison signal VP outputted from the output terminal of the comparator 601 is a negative saturation voltage. When the capacitor 402 is discharged to a voltage lower than the preset voltage Vs, the voltage of the control terminal IO2 (i.e., the voltage of the negative terminal of the comparator 601 is smaller than the voltage Vs of the positive terminal of the comparator 601), the comparison signal VP outputted from the output terminal of the comparator 601 is the positive saturation voltage. The count circuit 602 accumulates a count value CV each preset time (the time of one clock CLK) from the detecting period until the comparison signal VP outputted from the output terminal of the comparator 601 is changed from the negative saturation voltage to the positive saturation voltage. At this time, the counting is stopped and the count value CV is outputted. According to the above-mentioned embodiment, it is obtained that the count value CV actually represents the discharge time, for which the voltage of the capacitor 402 is discharged from the power voltage Vdd to the preset voltage Vs. When the voltage discharge of the capacitor 402 is quicker, it represents that the LED 401 is illuminated by the light source, and the count value CV becomes smaller. When the voltage discharge of the capacitor 402 is slower, the LED 401 is not illuminated by the light source, and the count value CV becomes larger. The judging circuit 603 receives the count value CV. When the count value CV is smaller than a preset value, it represents that the LED 401 is illuminated by the light source, and the judging circuit 603 controls the LED 401 to emit light.
In the above-mentioned embodiment, one of ordinary skill in the art should know that if the positive and negative terminals of the comparator 601 are exchanged, the difference only resides in the exchange between the positive and negative saturation voltages of the outputted comparison signal VP. Thus, the operations may be the same as long as the stop counting condition of the count circuit 602 is changed to that the comparison signal VP is changed from the positive saturation voltage to the negative saturation voltage. Similar designs only pertain to the design choices, so detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted. In addition, if the circuit of the
In addition to the utilization of the light source to simulate the operation of lighting up the candle, a speaker may be coupled to the control circuit in order to broaden the application of the electronic candle. Thus, when the electronic candle is lighted up, the song of “Happy Birthday To You” may be outputted.
In addition, the required maximum difference between the circuit of the electronic night lamp and the circuit of the electronic candle resides in that the LED 1401 has to be extinguished when the environmental brightness becomes bright in the electronic candle. In this embodiment, the night lamp operates in a time division multiplexing (TDM) manner.
In the above-mentioned two embodiments, one terminal of the LED is coupled to the capacitor, and the control circuit controls the two products to emit light or not according to the relationship between the charge/discharge time and the voltage of the capacitor. However, one of ordinary skill in the art may easily understand that the printed circuit board and the LED also have stray capacitors even if no capacitor is coupled. Thus, the capacitor should not be limited to the physical capacitor, and the present invention should not be limited thereto.
In summary, the spirit of the present invention is to share one LED for emitting light and serving as a light emitting element and a photosensitive element. The environmental light source is sensed according to the property of different discharge times when the LED receives light and when the LED does not receive light. Thus, the present invention has the following advantages.
First, the cost can be saved.
Second, the environment protection rule can be satisfied.
Third, when the present invention is applied to the electronic candle, it can simulate the effect of lighting up the candle.
Fourth, when the present invention is applied to the electronic night lamp, the electronic night lamp can be automatically lighted up without a manual operation as long as the brightness of the environmental light is lower than a preset level.
While the invention has been described by way of examples and in terms of preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications.
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