Air-conditioner remote controller and air-conditioning control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018320918-A1
Application number	US-201615774061-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 8, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An air-conditioner remote controller in an air conditioner system that includes the air-conditioner remote controller and an air conditioner that performs air-conditioning control using room temperature information received from the air-conditioner remote controller, includes: a storage unit to store room temperature information that is information on room temperature measured by a plurality of temperature sensors and store schedule information that sets, for each time zone, a temperature sensor to measure a room temperature to be used as room temperature information in the air-conditioning control of the air conditioner; and a control unit to perform control such that the room temperature information from the set temperature sensor is acquired from the storage unit and the acquired room temperature information is transmitted to the air conditioner in accordance with the schedule information.

First claim

1 . An air-conditioner remote controller in an air conditioner system that includes the air-conditioner remote controller and an air conditioner that performs air-conditioning control using room temperature information received from the air-conditioner remote controller, the air-conditioner remote controller comprising:
a storage to store room temperature information that is information on room temperature measured by a plurality of temperature sensors and store schedule information that sets, for each time zone, a temperature sensor to measure a room temperature to be used as room temperature information in the air-conditioning control of the air conditioner; and a controller to perform control such that the room temperature information from the set temperature sensor is acquired from the storage and the acquired room temperature information is transmitted to the air conditioner in accordance with the schedule information.

2 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , wherein, when two or more of the temperature sensors are set for a time zone in the schedule information, the controller performs control such that a plurality of pieces of room temperature information of the two or more of the temperature sensors are acquired from the storage, a mean value of the pieces of room temperature information is calculated, and the calculated mean value is transmitted to the air conditioner.

3 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines whether the acquired room temperature information is within a normal value range so as to use the room temperature information within the normal value range and, when the room temperature information is not within the normal value range, instructs the air conditioner to perform the air-conditioning control using an inlet temperature that is measured by a temperature sensor that is placed at an inlet port of the air conditioner.

4 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , comprising a built-in temperature sensor to measure a room temperature near the air-conditioner remote controller, wherein
the controller acquires room temperature information that is information on the measured room temperature from the built-in temperature sensor and an external temperature sensor that is placed outside the air-conditioner remote controller and causes the storage to store the room temperature information.

5 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , comprising an operator to receive an operation to set or change the schedule information, wherein
the controller sets or changes the schedule information in accordance with operation information received by the operator.

6 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 5 , comprising a communicator to perform wireless communication with a wireless communication device that receives an operation to set or change the schedule information, wherein
the controller sets or changes the schedule information in accordance with operation information that is received by the wireless communication device and acquired via the communicator.

7 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , comprising, when the air conditioner system comprises a plurality of air conditioners and a plurality of air-conditioner remote controllers, a communicator to perform wireless communication between the air-conditioner remote controllers, wherein
the controller acquires room temperature information stored in another of the air-conditioner remote controllers via the communicator and causes the storage to store the room temperature information.

8 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 7 , wherein the controller operates, via the communicator, another of the air conditioners, air conditioning of the another of the air conditioners being controllable by the another of the air-conditioner remote controllers.

9 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 , wherein,
when a plurality of human presence sensors to sense whether a person is present are placed in areas that have room temperature measured by the temperature sensors, the storage stores sensing information from the human presence sensors in association with the room temperature information, and when the schedule information is set to give priority to room temperature information from a temperature sensor that is placed in an area that a person is present in, the controller performs control such that room temperature information that is associated with sensing information of a human presence sensor that is placed in the area that a person is present in is acquired from the storage and the acquired room temperature information is transmitted to the air conditioner.

10 . The air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 9 , wherein,
when a person is present in a plurality of areas, the controller performs control such that a plurality of pieces of room temperature information that are associated with sensing information from human presence sensors that are placed in the areas that a person is present in are acquired from the storage, a mean value of the pieces of room temperature information is calculated, and the calculated mean value is transmitted to the air conditioner.

11 . An air-conditioning control system comprising:
the air-conditioner remote controller according to claim 1 ; and an external temperature sensor placed outside the air-conditioner remote controller.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Kojima Yoshihisa
• Koizumi Yoshiaki
• Muramatsu Hidetoshi

Classifications

• F24F11/56 Primary

  Remote control · CPC title

• F24F2120/10

  Occupancy · CPC title

• F24F2110/10

  Temperature · CPC title

• G05B19/02

  electric · CPC title

• G05B2219/2614

  HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control · CPC title