Space recommendation method, device, and system based on air conditioning system, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12217320-B2
Application number	US-202318381132-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2023
Priority date	Apr 26, 2021
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

A space recommendation method based on an air conditioning system includes: obtaining a user space usage request that includes demand information of a user for a space; and determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system. Each of the plurality of air conditioning units includes a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces; determining a candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount; and recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for space recommendation based on an air conditioning system, the method comprising:
obtaining a user space usage request, wherein the user space usage request includes demand information of a user for a space;
determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system, wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces, and wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of the air conditioning units comprises determining an operation state of an air conditioning terminal device of a currently occupied space in the plurality of spaces, a current temperature of the currently occupied space, a predetermined temperature of the air conditioning terminal device, and a temperature change rate in the currently occupied space; and determining the energy consumption amount of an air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate, comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an on-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature change rate and a temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature, wherein the temperature difference is positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, the temperature change rate comprises a temperature deviation change rate and a temperature approaching change rate, the temperature deviation change rate is negatively correlated with the energy consumption amount, and the temperature approaching change rate being positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, wherein the temperature deviation change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing away from the predetermined temperature, and the temperature approaching change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing close to the predetermined temperature;

automatically determining a candidate space from the plurality of spaces based on the current energy consumption amount;
recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space;
receiving a user selection of the recommended available space; and
in response to receiving the user selection of the recommended available space, optimizing an amount of energy-saving effect of the air conditioning system while providing air conditioning to the recommended available space.

2. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises:
obtaining a number of spaces currently occupied in the plurality of spaces; and
determining the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit based on the number of spaces currently occupied and a maximum energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices.

3. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an off-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature.

4. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate comprises:
classifying the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device into different grades based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate; and
determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device based on an energy consumption amount corresponding to each grade.

5. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein determining the candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount comprises:
determining the candidate space based on a deviation value between the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units and a predetermined preferred energy consumption range.

6. The method for space recommendation based on an air conditioning system according to claim 5 , wherein determining the candidate space based on the deviation value between the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units and the predetermined preferred energy consumption range comprises:
determining, in response to the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit being smaller than a lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range, a space corresponding to the air conditioning unit as the candidate space when a difference of the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit subtracted from the lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range is smaller than or equal to a maximum energy consumption amount of a single air conditioning terminal device; and
determining, in response to the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit being greater than the lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range and being smaller than an upper limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range, the space corresponding to the air conditioning unit as the candidate space when a difference of the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit subtracted from the upper limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range is greater than or equal to the maximum energy consumption amount of the single air conditioning terminal device.

7. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein recommending the available space based on the demand information and the candidate space comprises:
determining one or more priority levels of one or more unoccupied spaces in the candidate space; and
determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the demand information in accordance with the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces.

8. The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 7 , wherein the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces in the candidate space are determined by one or more of:
determining the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces from high to low based on a deviation value between a current temperature of each unoccupied space and a predetermined temperature from small to great; and
determining the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces from high to low based on a distance of each unoccupied space from an occupied space from near to f

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Kongxiang
• Wang Mingren
• Li Hongwei
• Liang Zekun
• Wang Wei
• Ou Dengsong
• Tian Fan

Classifications

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q10/02

  Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events · CPC title

• F24F11/46

  Improving electric energy efficiency or saving · CPC title

• F24F2140/60

  Energy consumption · CPC title

• F24F2120/10

  Occupancy · CPC title