Low-energy-consumption standby control method and device for multi-split air conditioner and medium
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a low-energy-consumption standby control method, a computer-readable storage medium and a control device of a multi-split air conditioner.
Background
The air conditioner mainly comprises a compressor forming a main loop of a refrigerant, an indoor heat exchanger, a throttling part and an outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the temperature of an indoor space where the indoor heat exchanger is located can be regulated along with the phase change of the refrigerant through the circulation flow of the refrigerant in the loop formed by the compressor, the condenser, the throttling part, the evaporator and the compressor. The indoor heat exchanger serves as a condenser to emit heat to raise the temperature of the indoor space, as in the case of the air conditioner in the heating mode, and serves as an evaporator to emit cold to lower the temperature of the indoor space, as in the case of the air conditioner in the cooling mode.
The product form of the air conditioner is a multi-split air conditioner, and the multi-split air conditioner comprises a plurality of indoor units, and because the corresponding user terminals of the indoor units are relatively independent individuals, the required working conditions of the indoor units are not necessarily related. For example, in a multi-split central air conditioning system, in an actual operation process, a plurality of indoor units are often all closed. For example, the application scene with strong regularity corresponding to activities such as office buildings is usually not used in the night, holidays and other time (terminal). At this time, if the outdoor unit is still kept running, the outdoor unit heating belt, peripheral sensor, relay, etc. will inevitably continue to consume power, for example, the real-time power of a single outdoor unit is about 100-450W. In this way, there is a possibility that the energy consumption of the outdoor unit is reduced, for example, the outdoor unit can be put into a low-energy standby state. Accordingly, there is a large lifting space for better controlling the outdoor unit to enter a low-power standby state.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new solution to the above-mentioned problems.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the foregoing, a first aspect of the present invention provides a low-power standby control method of a multi-split air conditioner, where the control method includes: determining a current judging mechanism according to the current time; judging whether the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy consumption standby mode according to the current judging mechanism; if yes, enabling the multi-split air conditioner to enter a low-energy consumption standby mode.
With this arrangement, the timing for bringing the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner into the low-power standby mode can be determined by taking the current time as a reference factor.
Specifically, by taking the current time as a reference factor, different judging mechanisms with a mapping relation with whether the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy consumption standby mode are determined. In other words, a plurality of optional judging mechanisms form a set, and based on each judging mechanism, a judging result of whether the multi-connected air conditioner enters the low-energy standby mode can be given. At this time, it can be determined according to the actual situation what judging mode is used to determine whether to make the multi-split air conditioner enter the low-energy standby mode, so as to better control the opportunity of making the multi-split air conditioner enter the low-energy standby mode. The judging mechanism can be as follows:
when executing a task with higher priority, the multi-connected machine must enter a low-energy standby mode because of the execution of the task, and whether the task is executed immediately can be taken as a judging mechanism; a judging mechanism is obtained based on the statistical data of the working time of the indoor units, for example, quantized statistical data with a mapping relation allowing the multi-connected unit to enter a low-energy standby mode is used as the judging mechanism; etc.
For the above-mentioned low-power standby control method, in one possible implementation manner, the "determining the current judgment mechanism according to the current time" includes: judging whether the current time is in a time zone for executing a preset task or not; if yes, taking a judging mechanism with a mapping relation with the preset task as the current judging mechanism.
With such a setting, a specific form of the current judgment mechanism is given.
For the above low-energy consumption standby control method, in one possible implementation manner, the preset tasks include a first type of preset task, and a judging mechanism having a mapping relationship with the first type of preset task is: the first type of preset task has a direct corresponding relation with whether the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy consumption standby mode or not.
Through the setting, the control logic for judging whether the multi-connected machine enters the low-energy standby mode or not can be obtained directly through the attribute of the task type. Specifically, during the execution of the first type of preset task, whether the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner enters the low-energy consumption standby mode may be determined directly according to whether the first type of preset task needs to be executed without consideration of the data of the indoor unit.
For the above low-energy consumption standby control method, in one possible implementation manner, the preset tasks include a first type of preset task, and a judging mechanism having a mapping relationship with the first type of preset task is: the first preset task and the current time have a direct corresponding relation with whether the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy standby mode or not.
By the setting, whether the multi-connected machine enters the low-energy standby mode or not is obtained through the attribute of the task category and the current time.
Specifically, on the basis of considering the current time, a judging mechanism adopted for judging whether the multi-connected air conditioner enters the low-energy standby mode can be better determined. For example, assume that the current time is at a certain critical stage and the time period does not allow the multi-split air conditioner to enter the low-power standby mode. Then: it is assumed that the direct correspondence relationship exists between the first preset task and whether to enable the multi-connected air conditioner to enter the low-energy consumption standby mode as a judging mechanism, and the determined result is that the multi-connected air conditioner should be enabled to enter the low-energy consumption standby mode. However, when considering the attribute of the current time, the multi-connected air conditioner is not allowed to enter the low-power standby mode.
For the above-mentioned low-energy consumption standby control method, in one possible implementation manner, the "the direct mapping relationship between the first preset task, the current time and whether to make the multi-connected unit enter the low-energy consumption standby mode" specifically includes: under the condition that the current time is in a preset special time period, the first type of preset task, the special time period and whether the multi-connected unit enters a low-energy standby mode or not have a direct mapping relation.
By the arrangement, the control logic for judging whether the multi-connected machine enters the low-energy standby mode or not according to the attribute of the task category and the attribute of the special time period in the current time is provided.
It will be appreciated that a person skilled in the art may, depending on the actual situation, give a specific number of specific time periods and a specific expression corresponding to a "special" attribute, for example, may be: according to the temporarily added time period of the emergency task and the time period of the regular and comprehensive overhaul of the multi-split air conditioner; etc.
For the above low-energy consumption standby control method, in one possible implementation manner, the preset tasks include a second type of preset task, and a judging mechanism having a mapping relationship with the second type of preset task is: sending out request information under the condition that the current time is in a time zone for executing a second type of preset task; and the feedback information of the request information has a direct corresponding relation with whether the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy consumption standby mode or not.
By the arrangement, the control logic for obtaining whether the multi-connected machine enters the low-energy-consumption standby mode or not through the combination of the attribute of the task category and the real-time feedback is provided.
Specifically, on the premise of considering the factor of real-time response, the situation that whether the multi-connected unit enters the low-energy standby mode is difficult to judge due to uncertain factors can be better dealt with, for example, for the second type of preset task, the multi-connected unit needs to enter the low-energy standby mode sometimes but is not allowed sometimes, and at the moment, whether the multi-connected unit enters the low-energy standby mode can be determined according to specific response information. And e.g. can send request information to the platform of the multi-connected machine.
For the above-mentioned low-power standby control method, in a possible implementation manner, in a case of "making the multi-connected unit enter the low-power standby mode", the control method further includes: and detecting the starting-up behavior of the indoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner so as to: based on the detection result of the detection, the determination mechanism is adjusted.
By the arrangement, after the multi-split air conditioner enters the low-energy-consumption standby mode, the actual condition in the low-energy-consumption standby mode can be used as a reference factor for optimizing a judging mechanism. For example, if the startup behavior of a plurality of users is detected during the period, the optimization may be performed, and at least the result part of the judging mechanism should be adjusted to "not allow the multi-connected machine to be in the low-power standby mode" during the period when the startup behavior of the users is more.
A second aspect of the present invention provides a computer readable storage medium adapted to store a plurality of program codes adapted to be loaded and executed by a processor to perform the low power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner of any one of the preceding claims.
It can be appreciated that the computer readable storage medium has all the technical effects of the low-power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner described in any one of the foregoing, and will not be described herein.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention may implement all or part of the flow of the control method thereof, and may be implemented by a computer program for instructing relevant hardware, the computer program being stored in a computer readable storage medium, the computer program realizing the steps of the respective method embodiments described above when being executed by a processor. The computer program includes computer program code, and it is understood that the program code includes, but is not limited to, program code for executing the low-power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner. For convenience of explanation, only parts relevant to the present invention are shown. The computer program code may be in the form of source code, object code, executable files, or in some intermediate form. The computer readable medium may include: any entity or device, medium, usb disk, removable hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer memory, read-only memory, random access memory, electrical carrier wave signals, telecommunications signals, software distribution media, and the like capable of carrying the computer program code. It should be noted that the computer readable medium contains content that can be appropriately scaled according to the requirements of jurisdictions in which such content is subject to legislation and patent practice, such as in certain jurisdictions in which such content is subject to legislation and patent practice, the computer readable medium does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.
A third aspect of the present invention provides a control device comprising a memory and a processor, the memory being adapted to store a plurality of program codes, the program codes being adapted to be loaded and executed by the processor to perform the low power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner of any one of the preceding claims.
It can be understood that the control device has all the technical effects of the low-energy standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner described in any one of the foregoing, and will not be described herein. The control device may be a control device formed of various electronic devices.
A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a control apparatus, including a control module configured to be capable of executing the low-power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner described in any one of the foregoing.
It can be understood that the control device has all the technical effects of the low-energy standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner described in any one of the foregoing, and will not be described herein.
In the description of the present invention, a "control module" may include hardware, software, or a combination of both. A module may comprise hardware circuitry, various suitable sensors, communication ports, memory, or software components, such as program code, or a combination of software and hardware. The processor may be a central processor, a microprocessor, an image processor, a digital signal processor, or any other suitable processor. The processor has data and/or signal processing functions. The processor may be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of both. Non-transitory computer readable storage media include any suitable medium that can store program code, such as magnetic disks, hard disks, optical disks, flash memory, read-only memory, random access memory, and the like.
Further, it should be understood that, since the setting of the control module is only for illustrating the functional unit in the system corresponding to the low-power standby control method of the multi-split air conditioner of the present invention, the physical device corresponding to the control module may be the processor itself, or a part of software, a part of hardware, or a part of a combination of software and hardware in the processor. Thus, the number of control modules is merely illustrative. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the control module may be adaptively split according to the actual situation. The specific splitting form of the control module does not cause the technical scheme to deviate from the principle of the invention, so that the technical scheme after splitting falls into the protection scope of the invention.
Drawings
The following refers to the accompanying drawings and combines "the preset task only includes the first type of preset task, and when the current time is in the time zone for executing the preset task, the first type of preset task has a direct corresponding relation with whether to make the multi-connected machine enter the low-energy standby mode, and the corresponding relation is: the present invention is described as not allowing the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner to enter the low-power standby mode during the execution of the first type of preset task. In the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 shows an optimization schematic diagram of a model based on which a low-energy standby control method of a multi-split air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a low-power standby control method of a multi-split air conditioner according to an embodiment of the invention.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the embodiment describes the low-energy standby control method of the present invention by taking the case that one of the judging mechanisms is "the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner is not allowed to enter the low-energy standby mode during the execution of the preset task", it is obvious that a person skilled in the art can determine the corresponding relationship between the preset task and whether to enter the multi-split air conditioner into the low-energy standby mode according to the actual situation, for example, the following steps are: for the multi-split air conditioner executing the preset task, the multi-split air conditioner is allowed to enter a low-energy standby mode under partial conditions; etc.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the term "a and/or B" means all possible combinations of a and B, such as a alone, B alone or a and B. The term "at least one A or B" or "at least one of A and B" has a meaning similar to "A and/or B" and may include A alone, B alone or A and B. The singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents. The terms "first," "second," and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details. In some instances, cooktop principles and the like, which are well known to those skilled in the art, have not been described in detail in order to highlight the gist of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 illustrates an optimization schematic diagram of a model based on which a low-power standby control method of a multi-split air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, when the low-power standby mode needs to be entered, the platform (server) sends an instruction to the multi-split air conditioner to enter the low-power standby mode. Illustratively: the instruction d1=1 indicates that (the outdoor unit of) the multi-split air conditioner will enter a low-energy consumption standby mode; and the instruction d1=0 indicates that the multi-split air conditioner needs to exit the low-energy standby mode. After the multi-split air conditioner enters the low-energy-consumption standby mode, the related model can give the time length for entering the low-energy-consumption standby mode and the related control parameters of the low-energy-consumption standby mode. The model may be a neural network model derived based on certain training data, for example. It is understood that, on the premise that the multi-split air conditioner can be reasonably configured to enter/exit the low-energy-consumption standby mode and corresponding control during the low-energy-consumption standby mode, a specific mode of the model can be determined by a person skilled in the art according to actual situations, in other words, any reasonable model can be used as the model herein.
As desired (i.e., based on model control logic), the manner in which the multi-split air conditioner exits the low-power standby mode may be: the platform records the time of the low-energy-consumption standby mode of the multi-split air conditioner in a countdown mode and exits the low-energy-consumption standby mode after the countdown is completed. Illustratively: assuming that the duration of the multi-connected air conditioner entering the low-energy standby mode is 3 hours and 44 minutes according to the judging result of the model, at this time, 5 minutes can be taken as a time unit D, and 44 (4 minutes) D are required to be recorded. Each D corresponds to a count-down instruction D2, and the number of times the count-down instruction D2 is actually issued=44. That is, after receiving the instruction d1=1 issued by the platform, the multi-split air conditioner enters the low-power standby mode. After receiving the 44 countdown instructions D2, after continuing to wait for the last 4 minutes, the instructions d1=0 issued by the platform can be received, and then the multi-split air conditioner exits from the low-energy standby mode.
And during the period that the multi-split air conditioner is in the low-energy-consumption standby mode, the platform also records the accumulated time that the multi-split air conditioner is in the low-energy-consumption standby mode. If it is detected that the indoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner is started, an instruction d1=0 is sent to the multi-split air conditioner, and the multi-split air conditioner can exit the low-energy consumption standby mode based on the instruction d1=0. At this point, the platform may record the remaining time (3 hours 44 minutes-cumulative time) from the time the low power standby mode was exited (determined based on the control logic of the current model). This remaining time is noted as deviation D3. The number of times the deviation D3 occurs (which can reflect the switching (indoor) unit behavior of the user) and the quantization level of each deviation D3 (which can represent the calculated deviation of the current low-power standby mode during control) can be displayed and analyzed in stages.
Based on the quantization level and the times of D3, the control logic of the current model can be perfected, so that a control mechanism of low-energy standby aiming at the multi-split air conditioner can be planned better. The optimized directions may include, but are not limited to:
1) In this embodiment, the executed task is a first type of preset task, and the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner is not allowed to enter the low-energy standby mode during the execution of the first type of preset task. Accordingly, the time for performing the first type of preset task may be adjusted to be not in the standby mode. Such as to a period of time in which D3 occurs frequently. This is because: in the period of frequent occurrence of D3, the probability that the indoor unit is turned on by the user is large, and at this time, the probability that the multi-connected machine can be continuously in the low-energy standby mode is small. Therefore, the period is more suitable for executing the task of not allowing the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner to enter the low-energy consumption standby mode.
2) Assuming that the frequency of occurrence of D3 is low (ideal state=0) and/or the quantization level is small (ideal state=0), it is indicated that d1=0 is a situation that is issued after the countdown is completed (the multi-link machine can continue in the low-power standby mode as expected by the model). At this time, the task that must be executed when the outdoor unit of the multi-connected air conditioner enters the low-power standby mode may be increased during this period, or an attempt may be made to extend this period, for example, to ensure that the frequency of occurrence of D3 is low (ideal state=0) and/or the quantization level is low (ideal state=0) after extending this period, so as to extend the duration of time that the multi-connected air conditioner enters the low-power standby mode, that is, increase the number of times of giving the command D2 before issuing d1=0.
Based on the optimization, the model can better determine the time node/stable duration for enabling the multi-connected unit to enter the low-energy-consumption standby mode, increase/decrease the types of preset tasks, adjust the time period for executing the preset tasks, increase/decrease the mapping relation between the preset tasks and whether the multi-connected unit enters the low-energy-consumption standby mode or not, and the like. For example, assume that the current settings in the model are: the preset task a should be executed in the period B and the multi-split machine should be in the low-power standby mode during the execution of the task a. And based on an analysis of the number of occurrences of the deviation D3 and the quantization level of each deviation D3, it is shown that: the frequency of D3 occurrence is high during time period B, at which time adjustments may be made including, but not limited to: changing the execution time of a preset task A; decomposing the preset task A into a plurality of fragment tasks to be executed in a segmented mode; adjusting the duration of the multi-split air conditioner in the low-energy standby mode in the time period B; etc.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a low-power standby control method of a multi-split air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention. Based on the control logic of the foregoing model, in one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 2, the control method mainly includes the following steps:
s201, receiving an instruction for executing a preset task.
S203, judging whether the current time is a time period for executing a preset task; if yes, go to S205; if not, the current running state is kept continuously.
S205, executing the current task according to a judging mechanism of 'the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner is not allowed to enter a low-energy consumption standby mode during the execution of the preset task'. Namely: and enabling the multi-split air conditioner to be in an operating state of a non-low-energy-consumption standby mode.
As can be seen from the principle described in fig. 1, assuming that the multi-split air conditioner is operated in the low-power standby mode before executing the task, during this period, the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner needs to be turned on, i.e. the multi-split air conditioner needs to be taken out of the low-power standby mode, i.e.: the platform issues d1=0 to the multi-split. If the multi-split air conditioner is operated in a normal (non-low power standby) mode before executing the task, the multi-split air conditioner only needs to maintain the current state during the period.
If the user is not detected to start up during the task execution, the preset task is executed to have a certain influence on the energy saving effect of the multi-split air conditioner, and at this time, the improvement can be made: transferring the time period for executing the preset task to a time period with more frequent user startup; the corresponding judging mechanism is added in the time period to be a task that the outdoor unit of the multi-connected air conditioner is in a low-energy standby mode during the execution of the preset task.
It can be seen that in the low-energy standby control method of the present invention, under the condition that the current time is the time for executing the preset task, based on the mapping relationship between the preset task given by the model and whether the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner enters the low-energy standby mode, the running mode of the multi-split air conditioner is adjusted, so that the preset task can be reliably executed. Based on an execution scheme in practice, a model based on the control method can be optimized, so that a mapping relation between a more reasonable preset task of model configuration and whether the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner enters a low-energy consumption standby mode or not can be achieved.
It should be noted that, although the foregoing embodiments describe the steps in a specific order, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that, in order to achieve the effects of the present invention, the steps are not necessarily performed in such an order, they may be performed simultaneously or in other orders, and some steps may be added, replaced or omitted, which are all within the scope of the present invention. If the preset task and the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner are in the low-energy standby mode, other mapping relations are formed; in the time period such as weekends, evenings and the like, the outdoor unit of the multi-split air conditioner can be set to enter a low-energy standby mode and the like.
Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent modifications and substitutions for related technical features may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and substitutions will fall within the scope of the present invention.