CN103162391A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

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CN103162391A
CN103162391A CN2012105183264A CN201210518326A CN103162391A CN 103162391 A CN103162391 A CN 103162391A CN 2012105183264 A CN2012105183264 A CN 2012105183264A CN 201210518326 A CN201210518326 A CN 201210518326A CN 103162391 A CN103162391 A CN 103162391A
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弓场大辅
伊内启
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The invention provides an air conditioner comprising a people-sensing sensor for detecting human body, left and right blades changing a wind direction to left and right, and up and down blades for changing wind direction up and down; the air conditioner is provided with an automatic mode in which air conditioning operation is carried out in a human body existing zone detected by the people-sensing sensor. The automatic operation mode comprises two modes: a first mode in which wind directions of the left-right blades and the up-down blades are controlled to aim at the human body position detected by the people-sensing sensor; and a second mode in which only the wind direction of the left-right blades is controlled to aim to the human body position detected by the people-sensing sensor; and the first or second mode can be selected. So the wind direction of the up-down blades under the automatic operation mode can be flexibly controlled, and more comfortable air conditioning operation can be carried out.

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Air conditioner
Technical field
The present invention relates to have force-feeling sensor's air conditioner.
Background technology
Air conditioner as prior art, people's sense (human body sensing) sensor (human sensor) that has person's existence in sensing chamber in indoor set, by this force-feeling sensor, air conditioning (air-conditioning) running (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) is carried out in the zone that is inferred as indoor person's existence.
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Patent documentation
Patent documentation 1: TOHKEMY 2008-101871 communique
Summary of the invention
The problem that invention will solve
But, in the air conditioner with force-feeling sensor of prior art, owing to automatically carrying out air conditioning running based on the force-feeling sensor, so the left and right blade that the wind direction left and right is changed is also controlled the action of the blade up and down that wind direction changes up and down automatically.Thereby, have and can not suitably set the situation of the wind direction of up and down blade according to the size in the room that is set up, the problem that can not realize necessarily that comfortable air conditioning is controlled is arranged.
The present invention can solve the problem of above-mentioned prior art, and its objective is provides the air conditioner that can carry out more comfortable air conditioning running by the wind direction of the blade up and down under the automatic operation mode of flexible control.
Be used for solving the method for problem
In order to solve problem, air conditioner of the present invention comprises: the force-feeling sensor of the position of human body, the left and right blade that makes wind direction left and right variation and the blade up and down that wind direction is changed up and down,
Have the automatic operation mode that carries out the air conditioning running based on the zone that is existed by the detected human body of force-feeling sensor,
Have following two kinds of patterns in automatic operation mode: the wind direction of left and right blade and up and down blade is controlled as by the first mode of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target; Only the wind direction of left and right blade is controlled as by second pattern of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target, can select first mode or the second pattern.
The invention effect
According to air conditioner of the present invention, can control neatly the wind direction of the blade up and down under automatic operation mode, so can more carry out comfortable air conditioning running.
Before continuing explanation of the present invention, add identical reference marker for identical parts in the accompanying drawings.Below, describe embodiments of the present invention in detail based on accompanying drawing.
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Fig. 1 is stereoscopic figure and the major part structure chart of the indoor set of embodiments of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the structure skeleton diagram of kind of refrigeration cycle of the air conditioner of embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the sectional view of the air conditioner of embodiment.
Fig. 4 means the figure in the zone that the enough infrared ray sensors of the energy of embodiment detect.
Fig. 5 (a) means the figure of upper limit position of the blade up and down of embodiment, (b) means the figure of lower position of the blade up and down of embodiment.
Fig. 6 means the figure of position of the blade up and down of embodiment.
The figure of the position of the blade up and down when Fig. 7 means the confession blowdown firing of embodiment.
The figure of the position of the blade up and down when Fig. 8 means the warming operation of embodiment.
The specific embodiment
The air conditioner of the first invention comprises: the force-feeling sensor of the position of human body, the left and right blade that makes wind direction left and right variation and the blade up and down that wind direction is changed up and down,
Have the automatic operation mode that carries out the air conditioning running based on the zone that is existed by the detected human body of force-feeling sensor,
Have following two kinds of patterns in automatic operation mode: the wind direction of left and right blade and up and down blade is controlled as by the first mode of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target; Only the wind direction of left and right blade is controlled as by second pattern of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target, can select first mode or the second pattern.
The air conditioner of the second invention is especially in the first invention, under the automatic operation mode when warming operation, the rotation upward of restriction up and down blade, warm air easily is moved upward thus, promotes by the ascending air of warm air, can realize comfortable warming operation thus.
The air conditioner of the 3rd invention, especially in the first or second invention, under automatic operation mode for blowdown firing the time, the rotation downwards of restriction up and down blade, cold air easily moves downwards thus, promote the down current of cooled air, can realize thus turning round for implementing comfortable air conditioning under blowdown firing.
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing, embodiments of the present invention are described.But, and can't help present embodiment and limit the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is stereoscopic figure and the major part structure chart of the indoor set 1 of present embodiment, and Fig. 2 is the structure skeleton diagram of the kind of refrigeration cycle of air conditioner, and Fig. 3 is the sectional view of indoor set 1.
The air conditioner of present embodiment will be arranged at indoor indoor set 1 and be connected outdoor off-premises station 2 and connect and consist of by refrigerant piping 3.
Indoor set 1 comprise the indoor heat converter 5 that makes room air and cold-producing medium carry out heat exchange and promote in indoor heat converter 5 heat exchange, being used for will be by the indoor Air Blast fan 6 of the air of heat exchange to outdoor air-supply.Indoor set 1 also comprises as the temperature sensor 7 of the indoor temperature testing agency of detecting indoor temperature with as the humidity sensor 8 of the indoor humidity testing agency of detecting indoor humidity.
Off-premises station 2 comprises: make outdoor air and cold-producing medium carry out the outdoor heat converter 9 of heat exchange; Promotion is at the heat exchange of outdoor heat converter 9 and the outdoor fan 10 that the air after heat exchange is blown; Cold-producing medium is compressed and discharges the compressor 11 of high temperature refrigerant; Switch the forward reverse cross valve 12 of the stream of cold-producing medium; With the decompressor 13 that cold-producing medium is reduced pressure.
For blowdown firing the time, in the mode of cold-producing medium according to the sequential flowing of compressor 11, cross valve 12, outdoor heat converter 9, decompressor 13, indoor heat converter 5, cross valve 12, compressor 11, consist of kind of refrigeration cycle.On the other hand, when warming operation, by switching cross valve 12, the stream of cold-producing medium is opposite during with the confession blowdown firing.
As shown in Figure 1, dispose infrared ray sensor 4 as the force-feeling sensor's of human body position a example on the top of the blow-off outlet of indoor set 1.The existence of people in infrared ray sensor 4 sensing chamber and detection people's activity.In addition, in the present embodiment, infrared ray sensor 4 is configured in the top of blow-off outlet, but is not limited to this, for example can also be configured on front panel.
In the present embodiment, use the infrared ray sensor 4 of three (4a, 4b, 4c) thermoelectricity (pyroelectric) type to carry out indoor people's detection, but also can change according to the size of the ability of the size in room and air conditioner the number of infrared ray sensor 4.For example, can also reduce the number of infrared ray sensor 4 and carry out indoor people's detection, on the contrary, the number that also can increase infrared ray sensor 4 is carried out indoor people's detection.In addition, in the present embodiment, infrared ray sensor 4 is fixed, but also can for example drive along ground, left and right.In addition, in the present embodiment, used the infrared ray sensor 4 of electrothermic type, but so long as can detect people's position and the sensor of movable type gets final product, such as the infrared ray sensor etc. that can be thermopile (thermopile) type.
In addition, the indoor set 1 of air conditioner also comprises: the front panel 20 that is configured in face side and opens when air conditioning is turned round, close when stopping in air conditioning running; To the indoor blow-off outlet of blowing 21; The blade up and down 22 that wind direction from the wind of blow-off outlet 21 is changed up and down; The left and right blade 23 that changes with the wind direction left and right that makes from the wind of blow-off outlet 21.
In addition, the air conditioner of present embodiment also comprises to the turn round remote control 30 of instruction of indoor set 1.Remote control 30 comprises the display part 31 that shows operation information and other information and change that indoor set 1 is set and the operating portion 32 of indication.And operating portion 32 is made of a plurality of buttons.
Use the remote control 30 that consists of like this, can supply the indication of blowdown firing and warming operation and the setting of the interior design temperature of reference chamber.In common air conditioning running, enforcement air conditioning running makes and becomes design temperature in reference chamber.
In the air conditioner that consists of in the above described manner, use Fig. 4 to wait the method for explanation human body.In addition, the human body detecting method of explanation is an example in the present embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to this human body detecting method.
Fig. 4 represents the zone that utilizes infrared ray sensor 4 to detect.In the present embodiment, suitably configure three infrared ray sensor 4a, 4b, 4c, as shown in Figure 4, can carry out the human detection in a~g many zones.
For example, infrared ray sensor 4a constitutes can surveyed area a, regional b, regional c, regional d, infrared ray sensor 4b constitutes can surveyed area b, regional c, regional e, regional f, and infrared ray sensor 4c constitutes can surveyed area c, regional d, regional f, regional g.By such formation infrared ray sensor 4, for example in the situation that infrared ray sensor 4a and infrared ray sensor 4b human body detected and infrared ray sensor 4c does not detect human body, can judge in regional b has the people.And, in the present embodiment, make and utilize the zone that infrared ray sensor 4 can detect to be seven of a~g, but be not limited to this.
In addition, the air conditioner of present embodiment, based on the signal by infrared ray sensor 4 outputs, the size of the activity (activity) of judgement human body.Particularly, according to the number of times of infrared ray sensor 4 human body, the judgement activity is large, medium and small three phases within the detection time (for example two minutes) of regulation.More specifically, judge as activity is little than the situation that the number of times X of regulation lacks at the number of times of human detection, the situation of Duoing than the number of times Y of regulation at the number of times of human detection judges and is activity (X<Y) greatly.By the activity of judgement human body, can know in the situation that to be judged as the activity of the large human body of activity be violent state like this, be rest state in the situation that be judged as the activity of the little human body of activity.
Blade up and down 22 when then, the air conditioning running being described and the action of left and right blade 23.Fig. 5 (a) and (b) represent the slewing area of up and down blade 22.The state that Fig. 5 (a) expression up and down blade 22 tilts to the top side (extreme position of upper side direction), the state that Fig. 5 (b) expression up and down blade 22 tilts to the lower side (lower side to extreme position).Up and down blade 22 back and forth drives between the extreme position of Fig. 5 (a), Fig. 5 (b) expression.Wherein, the arrow shown in Fig. 5 (a) and (b) is the direction of action of up and down blade 22.
Fig. 6 represents the turned position of up and down blade 22.As shown in Figure 6, up and down blade 22 constitutes with the quadravalence section and drives.The user is by changing the button of the direction of blade 22 up and down among the operating portion 32 of operating and remote controlling device 30, up and down blade 22 is along arrow action shown in Figure 6.In present embodiment, up and down blade 22 constitutes by the quadravalence section and drives, but is not limited to the quadravalence section.
Blade up and down 22 when then, illustrating for blowdown firing and the action of left and right blade 23.The air conditioner of present embodiment comprises: direction and the strong and weak manual operation pattern of carrying out the air conditioning running of manually selecting wind by the user; With the automatic operation mode that carries out the air conditioning running based on the zone that is existed by the detected human body of infrared ray sensor 4.
At first, when beginning for blowdown firing, the air conditioner judgement is manual operation pattern or automatic operation mode.In the situation that the manual operation pattern is followed user's operation and is carried out the air conditioning running.On the other hand, in the situation that be automatic operation mode, judge whether the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as automatic rotating.Herein, the air conditioner of present embodiment is controlled about the rotation of the blade up and down 22 under automatic operation mode, the automatic rotating that can select hand rotation that the user manually controls or air conditioner automatically to control.And by the operating portion 32 of user's operating and remote controlling device 30, the rotation of up and down blade 22 can be selected automatic rotating or hand rotation.
In automatic operation mode, in the situation that the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as hand rotation, the rotation of up and down blade 22 is followed user's operation and is controlled.On the other hand, in the situation that the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as automatic rotating, up and down blade 22 rotates, make with shown in Figure 4 be judged as human body is arranged in the zone region direction as target.
In addition, automatically the rotation of the left and right blade 23 under operation mode, any is irrelevant with the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set in hand rotation and automatic rotating, is set to automatic rotating (that is, be controlled as shown in Figure 4 being judged as had zone that human body enters as target in the zone).
As mentioned above, there are following two kinds of patterns in the air conditioner of present embodiment in automatic operation mode: the wind direction of left and right blade 23 and up and down blade 22 is controlled as by the first mode of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target; Only the wind direction of left and right blade 23 is controlled as by second pattern of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target.Namely, first mode is the mode of automatic rotating that the rotation of left and right blade 23 and up and down blade 22 all is set as, corresponding therewith, the second pattern is that the rotation with left and right blade 23 is set as automatic rotating and rotation that will up and down blade 22 is set as the mode of hand rotation.But first mode and the second pattern are not limited to these modes that illustrate in present embodiment.
In addition, the air conditioning apparatus of present embodiment becomes and can select first mode or the second pattern.
And then, in present embodiment, in the situation that rotation that will up and down blade 22 under the automatic operation mode when the blowdown firing is set as hand rotation, the rotation of the downward side direction of restriction up and down blade 22.Particularly, can not with the set positions of up and down blade 22 the lower side shown in Fig. 5 (b) to extreme position, as shown in Figure 7, only can be set as three positions except above-mentioned.Thus, utilize cold air easily to move downwards, promote the down current of cooled air, turning round for implementing comfortable air conditioning in blowdown firing thus.
Blade up and down 22 when then, warming operation being described and the action of left and right blade 23.During with the confession blowdown firing, similarly, at first air conditioner judges manual operation pattern or automatic operation mode.
In the situation that the manual operation pattern is followed user's operation and is carried out the air conditioning running.On the other hand, in the situation that be automatic operation mode, judge whether the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as automatic rotating.
In the situation that the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as hand rotation, the rotation of up and down blade 22 is controlled according to user's operation.On the other hand, in the situation that the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set as automatic rotating, up and down blade 22 rotates, make with shown in Figure 4 be judged as human body is arranged in the zone region direction as target.
Automatically the rotation of the left and right blade 23 under operation mode, any is irrelevant with the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set in hand rotation and automatic rotating, be set to automatic rotating (that is, be controlled as with shown in Figure 4 be judged as human body is arranged in the zone the zone as target).
And then, in present embodiment, in the situation that under the automatic operation mode during warming operation, the rotation of up and down blade 22 is set to hand rotation, the upwards rotation of side direction of restriction up and down blade 22.Particularly, can not be the extreme position of the upper side direction shown in Fig. 5 (a) with the set positions of up and down blade 22, only can be set as shown in Figure 8 three positions except above-mentioned.Thus, utilize warm air easily to be moved upward, promote by the ascending air of warm air, can implement comfortable warming operation thus.
As mentioned above, air conditioner according to present embodiment, in automatic operation mode, have following two kinds of patterns: the wind direction of left and right blade 23 and up and down blade 22 is controlled as by the first mode of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor's (infrared ray sensor 4) as target; Only the wind direction of left and right blade 23 is controlled as by second pattern of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target, can select first mode or the second pattern.Like this, turn round (operation mode automatically) even be set as based on force-feeling sensor's air conditioning, the user also can freely set the rotation of up and down blade 22, so can change according to user's hobby the position of up and down blade 22.That is, due to the wind direction that can control more neatly the blade up and down 22 under automatic operation mode, so can carry out more comfortable air conditioning running.
And, by embodiment arbitrarily in the above-mentioned various embodiments of appropriate combination, can access the effect that has separately.
As mentioned above, the present invention not only can be useful in the air conditioner that an off-premises station connects an indoor set, can also be applicable to connect at an off-premises station air conditioner of compound (multi-type) of many indoor sets.
About preferred embodiment fully putting down in writing, but for the skilled people of this technology, various changes and modifications are obvious with reference to accompanying drawing in the present invention.Be appreciated that those distortion and modification, only otherwise break away from the scope of the present invention of the scope of additional application, just be contained in wherein.

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1. an air conditioner, is characterized in that, comprising:
The force-feeling sensor of the position of human body, the left and right blade that makes wind direction left and right variation and the blade up and down that wind direction is changed up and down,
Have the automatic operation mode that carries out the air conditioning running based on the zone that is existed by the detected human body of force-feeling sensor,
Have following two kinds of patterns in automatic operation mode: the wind direction of left and right blade and up and down blade is controlled as by the first mode of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target; Only the wind direction of left and right blade is controlled as by second pattern of the detected position of human body of force-feeling sensor as target, can select first mode or the second pattern.
2. air conditioner as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Under automatic operation mode when warming operation, the rotation upward of restriction up and down blade.
3. as claim 1 or 2 described air conditioners, it is characterized in that:
Under automatic operation mode for blowdown firing the time, the rotation downwards of restriction up and down blade.
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