CN213395813U

CN213395813U - Air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function

Info

Publication number: CN213395813U
Application number: CN202022082280.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 倪文禄
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-09-22
Filing date: 2020-09-22
Publication date: 2021-06-08
Anticipated expiration: 2030-09-22

Abstract

A control system of air conditioner with humidity sensing function includes a control device and a mobile device. The control device includes: the humidity sensor is used for sensing the humidity of the indoor environment to generate a humidity sensing value; the processing unit is electrically connected with the humidity sensor and receives a humidity sensing value transmitted by the humidity sensor, and judges whether the humidity sensing value is larger than a preset humidity or not, if so, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically start a dehumidification function, if not, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically close the dehumidification function, and the mobile device is used for a user to set the preset humidity, so that the air conditioner can be properly controlled to dehumidify the indoor environment, and the problem that the indoor environment is too dry due to excessive dehumidification is avoided.

Description

Air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an air conditioner control system, and more particularly to an air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function.

Background

An air conditioner is a machine having an air conditioning function, such as a cooling machine, a heating machine, or a cooling and heating machine. In taiwan, the air conditioner is used in subtropical regions and has humid and hot climate, so that most of the air conditioners are used for producing cold air, and less of the air conditioners are used for producing warm air.

Taking taiwan as an example, in addition to the demand of using the air conditioner for the home users, the air conditioner is too hot in summer, so the air conditioner is installed in most indoor office environments. The general air conditioner can supply cold air and also has a dehumidifying function. However, once the dehumidification function of the air conditioner is turned on, the indoor environment is dehumidified all the time, and the dehumidification function is not turned off by itself, so that the indoor environment may be dehumidified too much, and the indoor environment may be too dry.

Furthermore, since the air conditioner consumes more power than general electric appliances, if no person is in the indoor environment (home, office, etc.), the air conditioner must be turned off to save power. In an indoor office environment, in addition to the on-duty condition of the air conditioner (e.g., from 9 am to 5 pm), the air conditioner is still on for a period of time after work (e.g., employees are on duty, etc.), and therefore the air conditioner is still on until the last employee leaving the indoor office environment turns off the air conditioner. However, if the last employee leaving the office environment forgets to turn off the air conditioner, the air conditioner will continue to operate during the next work hours, thereby wasting a lot of power.

Therefore, in view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the existing air conditioners, a solution is needed.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function is applicable to and sets up in the air conditioner of indoor environment, and contains controlling means and mobile device. The control device is disposed in the indoor environment, and includes: a humidity sensor for sensing humidity of the indoor environment to generate a humidity sensing value; the processing unit is electrically connected with the humidity sensor, receives the humidity sensing value transmitted by the humidity sensor, and judges whether the humidity sensing value is larger than a preset humidity or not, if so, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically start a dehumidification function, and if not, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically close the dehumidification function; the mobile device is used for setting the preset humidity by a user.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, controlling means still includes the radio frequency unit, and the electricity is connected the processing unit, the processing unit still forgets in the reservation and closes the warning time, produces and forgets to close and reminds trigger signal, the radio frequency unit receives processing unit transmits forget to close and remind trigger signal, and will forget to close and remind outside wireless transmission of trigger signal, mobile device still supplies the user sets for the reservation forgets to close and reminds time, and wireless reception controlling means radio frequency unit transmits forget to close and remind trigger signal, and according to forget to close and remind trigger signal, with the predetermined mode of reminding, remind the user should operate mobile device will the air conditioner closes, the predetermined mode of reminding is for forgetting to close and reminding information of pushing away.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, controlling means still include with the general asynchronous transceiver unit that the processing unit electricity is connected, just the air conditioner include with the general asynchronous transceiver module that general asynchronous transceiver unit electricity is connected works as the user with when the air conditioner function was closed in the mobile device operation, mobile device will close the outside wireless transmission of signal, so that controlling means the radio frequency unit is received close the signal, then controlling means the processing unit passes through general asynchronous transceiver unit will close the signal conveying to the air conditioner general asynchronous transceiver module is in order to close the air conditioner.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, the mobile device supplies the user will the reservation forgets to close and reminds the time to set for the first back specific time of leaving work on duty of each day.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, running gear still supplies the user sets for, if in the second after-duty specific time after the first after-duty specific time, the air conditioner still does not close, then controlling means control air conditioner self-closing.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function still including coupling to controlling means's high in the clouds server user operation mobile device's remote control application sets for predetermined humidity reaches after the predetermined time was reminded to forget to close, mobile device will predetermined humidity reaches the predetermined time of reminding to forget to close conveys to the high in the clouds server reaches controlling means's at least one storage, controlling means processing unit according to save in the high in the clouds server or among the controlling means predetermined time is reminded to forget to close, judge in the predetermined time is reminded to forget to close, whether the air conditioner is the open mode, if yes, then controlling means processing unit just produces forget to close and remind trigger signal.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, controlling means still include with the general asynchronous transceiver unit that the processing unit electricity is connected, just the air conditioner include with the general asynchronous transceiver module that general asynchronous transceiver unit electricity is connected, controlling means processing unit produce will the air conditioner the signal that the dehumidification function was opened or was closed is passed through controlling means general asynchronous transceiver unit with the air conditioner the wired connection between general asynchronous transceiver module conveys to the air conditioner, with will the air conditioner the dehumidification function is opened or is closed.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, controlling means still include with the infrared emission unit that the processing unit electricity is connected, just the air conditioner includes infrared ray receiving unit, works as the user with when the air conditioner function was closed in the mobile device operation, mobile device will close the outside wireless transmission of signal, in order controlling means the radio frequency unit is received close the signal, then controlling means the processing unit passes through infrared emission unit will close the wireless conveying of signal to the air conditioner infrared ray receiving unit, in order to close the air conditioner.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function still be applicable to and be coupled to controlling means's high in the clouds server user operation mobile device's remote control application sets for predetermined humidity reaches after the predetermined time was reminded to forget to close, mobile device will predetermined humidity reaches the predetermined time of reminding of forgetting to close conveys to the high in the clouds server reaches controlling means's at least one storage, controlling means processing unit according to save in the clouds server or among the controlling means the predetermined time of reminding of forgetting to close, in the predetermined time of reminding of forgetting to close reminds the time, produces forget to close and remind trigger signal.

The utility model discloses air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, controlling means still include with the infrared emission unit that the processing unit electricity is connected, just the air conditioner includes infrared ray receiving unit, controlling means processing unit produce will the air conditioner the signal that the dehumidification function was opened or was closed is passed through controlling means infrared emission unit outside wireless conveying to the air conditioner infrared ray receiving unit, with will the air conditioner the dehumidification function is opened or is closed.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that: (1) the control device senses the humidity of the indoor environment through the humidity sensor to generate a humidity sensing value, and judges whether the dehumidification function of the air conditioner needs to be turned on or turned off according to the humidity sensing value, so that the air conditioner can be properly controlled to dehumidify the indoor environment, and the problem that the indoor environment is too dry due to excessive dehumidification is avoided; (2) the control device sends the forget-to-close reminding trigger signal to the action device of the user, so that a reminding effect can be generated for the user to remind the user that the action device is operated by the user to remotely close the air conditioner, and energy and electricity are saved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a control system for an air conditioner with humidity sensing according to the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a control system for an air conditioner with humidity sensing according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

Referring to fig. 1, the first embodiment of the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of the present invention is suitable for an air conditioner 9 installed in an indoor environment. In the first embodiment, the air conditioner 9 has a dehumidification function and includes a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) module 91.

In the first embodiment, the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function includes a control device 2, a mobile device 3 (e.g. a smart phone) having a remote control Application (APP)31, a Wi-Fi wireless base station 4, and a cloud server 5 coupled to the Wi-Fi wireless base station 4.

In the first embodiment, the user holding the mobile device 3 can remotely control the air conditioner 9 by using the bluetooth function or Wi-Fi Direct function built in the mobile device 3 near the control device 2. Alternatively, in the first embodiment, the mobile device 3 in the remote location can also remotely control the air conditioner 9 in the indoor environment through the cloud server 5, the internet 6 and the Wi-Fi wireless base station 4.

In the first embodiment, the control device 2 is disposed in the indoor environment and includes a humidity sensor 21, a processing unit 22, an rf unit 23, and a UART unit 24.

The humidity sensor 21 is used for sensing the humidity of the indoor environment to generate a humidity sensing value.

The processing unit 22 is electrically connected to the humidity sensor 21, and receives the humidity sensing value from the humidity sensor 21, and determines whether the humidity sensing value is greater than a predetermined humidity, if so, the processing unit 22 controls the air conditioner 9 to automatically start the dehumidification function. On the contrary, if the humidity sensing value is smaller than the predetermined humidity, the processing unit 22 controls the air conditioner 9 to automatically turn off the dehumidification function.

In addition, in the first embodiment, since the real-time operation status (on or off, etc.) of the air conditioner 9 can be transmitted to the control device 2 through the bidirectional wired electrical connection between the UART module 91 and the UART unit 24 of the control device 2, the processing unit 22 can also determine a predetermined forgetting-to-close reminding time, and whether the air conditioner 9 is still on, if so, the processing unit 22 will generate a forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal.

In the first embodiment, after the user operates the remote control Application (APP)31 of the mobile device 3 to set the predetermined humidity and the predetermined forgetting to close reminding time, the mobile device 3 transmits the predetermined humidity and the predetermined forgetting to close reminding time to the cloud server 5 and/or the control device 2 for storage, so that the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 can determine whether the air conditioner 9 is in an on state or not at the predetermined forgetting to close reminding time according to the predetermined forgetting to close reminding time stored in the cloud server 5 or the control device 2, and if so, the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 generates the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal.

The radio frequency unit 23 is electrically connected to the processing unit 22, receives the forgetting to close trigger signal from the processing unit 22, and transmits the forgetting to close trigger signal to the outside in a wireless manner. In the case that the mobile device 3 is in the vicinity of the control device 2 and remotely controls the air conditioner 9 with a built-in bluetooth function or Wi-Fi Direct function, the radio frequency unit 23 is a bluetooth unit or a Wi-Fi unit, that is, the mobile device 3 receives the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal transmitted from the control device 2 with the built-in bluetooth function or Wi-Fi Direct function. Or, in a case that the air conditioner 9 is remotely controlled by the mobile device 3 through the cloud server 5, the internet 6 and the Wi-Fi wireless base station 4, the control device 2 transmits the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal transmitted from the processing unit 22 to the Wi-Fi wireless base station 4 through the Wi-Fi function of the radio frequency unit 23, and then transmits the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal to the remote mobile device 3 through the internet 6 and the cloud server 5, so that the remote mobile device 3 can also receive the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal.

When the mobile device 3 wirelessly receives the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal transmitted from the radio frequency unit 23 of the control device 2, the mobile device 3 reminds the user that the mobile device 3 should be operated to close the air conditioner 9 in a preset reminding mode according to the forgetting to close reminding trigger signal. In the first embodiment, the predetermined reminder mode can be, for example, a forgetting to close reminder push message that can be presented on the mobile device 3.

In the first embodiment, since the UART unit 24 is electrically connected to the UART module 91 of the air conditioner 9 in a wired manner, the power required by the control device 2 is supplied from the air conditioner 9.

In the first embodiment, the signal generated by the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner 9 is transmitted to the air conditioner 9 through the wired connection between the UART unit 24 of the control device 2 and the UART module 91 of the air conditioner 9, so as to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner 9.

In addition, in the first embodiment, when the user operates the mobile device 3 to wirelessly send a remote control signal such as an on signal capable of turning on the cooling air or an off signal capable of turning off the cooling air, the remote control signal such as the on signal or the off signal can be finally received by the air conditioner 9 through the wired connection between the UART unit 24 of the control device 2 and the UART module 91 of the air conditioner 9. Regarding the shutdown signal, the control device 2 receives the shutdown signal from the mobile device 3 through the rf unit 23, processes the shutdown signal through the processing unit 22, and then the UART unit 24 transmits the shutdown signal to the UART module 91 of the air conditioner 9 in a wired manner, so that the user can utilize the mobile device 3 to wirelessly shut down the air conditioner 9.

For example, the user can set the predetermined humidity in summer to 60% by operating the remote control Application (APP)31 of the mobile device 3, when the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 disposed in the indoor environment determines that the humidity sensing value from the humidity sensor 21 is greater than 60%, it indicates that the humidity of the indoor environment is too high, and then the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 controls the dehumidifying function of the air conditioner 9 to be turned on to reduce the humidity through the wired connection between the processing unit and the air conditioner 9, and then when the humidity of the indoor environment is reduced to below 60%, the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 controls the dehumidifying function of the air conditioner 9 to be turned off to prevent the indoor environment from being dehumidified excessively, so that the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of the present invention can properly control the air conditioner 9 to dehumidify the indoor environment, and the problem that excessive dehumidification causes too dry indoor environment does not occur.

As for the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of the present invention, it is assumed that the indoor environment is an indoor office environment, and the user can operate the remote control Application (APP)31 of the mobile device 3 to set the predetermined forgetting-to-close reminding time to the first afternoon specific time of each working day (e.g. monday to friday), for example, if the working time of each working day of the indoor office environment is 9 am to 5 pm, the user can set the first afternoon specific time to 6 pm, which means that the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 will generate the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal only at 6 pm, and before 6 pm, the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 will not generate the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal to remind the user of the mobile device 3 to close the cold appliance because there are employees at work or at 5 pm to 6 pm The air machine 9 is used for preventing the air machine 9 from being closed too early so as to cause the indoor office environment of the office of other staff to become an uncomfortable environment without air conditioning.

Therefore, in the first embodiment, when the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 determines that the air conditioner 9 is still turned on at the predetermined forgetting-to-close reminding time (e.g. 6 pm after off hours of working days), which means that the last employee leaving the indoor office environment of the company forgets to turn off the air conditioner 9, the processing unit 22 generates the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal and wirelessly transmits the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal to the mobile device 3 through the radio frequency unit 23, so that the mobile device 3 can remind the user (e.g. the person in charge of the company who has returned to home, etc.) that the mobile device 3 should operate to turn off the air conditioner 9 of the company according to the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal in the predetermined reminding mode (e.g. the remote control Application (APP)31 can display the forgetting-to-close reminding pushing message "please remember to turn off the cold air"), so as to achieve the effects of energy saving and electricity saving.

Moreover, the user can also set by operating the remote control application program (APP)31 of the mobile device 3, and if the air conditioner 9 is not closed yet at a second specified time after the first specified time after work, the control device 2 controls the air conditioner 9 to automatically close. For example, when the user sets the first specific time after next shift to 6 pm, the user may further set the second specific time after next shift to 7 pm, so that when 7 pm arrives, if the air conditioner 9 is not turned off yet, it indicates that the user has not turned off the air conditioner 9 according to the forget-to-close reminding push message, and at this time, the control device 2 may forcibly turn off the air conditioner 9, so as to ensure that the power saving and energy saving effects can be achieved.

Referring to fig. 2, the main difference between the second embodiment of the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of the present invention and the first embodiment is that in the second embodiment, the UART unit is not disposed in the control device 2 and the corresponding UART module is not disposed in the air conditioner 9, but the control device 2 further includes an infrared emitting unit 25 electrically connected to the processing unit 22 and a power unit 26 for providing power to the processing unit 22, the rf unit 23 and the infrared emitting unit 25, and the power unit 26 may be, for example, a battery or a mains power supply. And the air conditioner 9 includes an infrared ray receiving unit 92.

In the second embodiment, since the real-time operation status (such as on or off) of the air conditioner 9 is not transmitted to the control device 2, the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 periodically generates the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal according to the predetermined forgetting-to-close reminding time (for example, the first specific time after next work of each working day) stored therein or in the cloud server 5, so as to remind the user that the air conditioner 9 should be closed.

In addition, when the user operates the mobile device 3 to wirelessly send remote control signals such as an opening signal for opening the air conditioner or a closing signal for closing the air conditioner, the remote control signals such as the opening signal or the closing signal can be finally transmitted to the outside through the infrared transmitting unit 25 of the control device 2, and when the infrared receiving unit 92 of the air conditioner 9 receives the remote control signals, the air conditioner 9 can be opened or closed accordingly.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment, the signal generated by the processing unit 22 of the control device 2 to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner 9 is also wirelessly transmitted to the infrared receiving unit 92 of the air conditioner 9 through the infrared transmitting unit 25 of the control device 2, so as to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner 9.

To sum up, the air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of the utility model has the following advantages and effects at least: (1) the control device 2 utilizes the humidity sensor 21 to sense the humidity of the indoor environment to generate the humidity sensing value, and then determines whether to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner according to the humidity sensing value, so that the air conditioner 9 can be properly controlled to dehumidify the indoor environment without the problem that the indoor environment is too dry due to excessive dehumidification; (2) the control device 2 sends the forget-to-close reminding trigger signal to the mobile device 3 of the user, so that a reminding effect can be generated for the user to remind the user that the mobile device 3 is operated by the user to remotely close the air conditioner 9, and energy and electricity are saved; (3) in the first embodiment, if the air conditioner 9 is not closed yet at a second specific time after the first specific time after the next shift, the control device 2 controls the air conditioner 9 to automatically close, so as to ensure the effect of saving electricity and energy; so that the purpose of the utility model can be achieved.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function, is applicable to the air conditioner that sets up in indoor environment, its characterized in that, air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function contains:

a control device disposed in the indoor environment and including:

a humidity sensor for sensing humidity of the indoor environment to generate a humidity sensing value; and

the processing unit is electrically connected with the humidity sensor, receives the humidity sensing value transmitted by the humidity sensor, and judges whether the humidity sensing value is larger than a preset humidity or not, if so, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically start a dehumidification function, and if not, the processing unit controls the air conditioner to automatically close the dehumidification function; and

and the mobile device is used for setting the preset humidity by a user.

2. The air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of claim 1, characterized in that: the control device further comprises a radio frequency unit which is electrically connected with the processing unit, the processing unit generates a forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal at a preset forgetting-to-close reminding time, the radio frequency unit receives the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal transmitted by the processing unit and transmits the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal to the outside in a wireless mode, the action device is further used for the user to set the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time, wirelessly receives the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal transmitted by the radio frequency unit of the control device and reminds the user to operate the action device to close the air conditioner in a preset reminding mode according to the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal, and the preset reminding mode is forgetting-to-close reminding push-to-play information.

3. A control system of a cold air machine having a humidity sensing function according to claim 2, wherein: when the user operates the mobile device to shut down the function of the air conditioner, the mobile device sends a shut-down signal to the outside wirelessly, so that the radio frequency unit of the control device receives the shut-down signal, and then the processing unit of the control device transmits the shut-down signal to the universal asynchronous transceiver module of the air conditioner through the universal asynchronous transceiver unit to shut down the air conditioner.

4. The air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of claim 3, characterized in that: and the mobile device is used for setting the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time as the first off-duty specific time of each on-duty day by the user.

5. The air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of claim 4, characterized in that: the mobile device is also used for setting by the user, and if the air conditioner is not closed at a second specific time after the first specific time after work, the control device controls the air conditioner to be automatically closed.

6. The air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of claim 3, characterized in that: the air conditioner control system with the humidity sensing function further comprises a cloud server coupled to the control device, after the user operates a remote control application program of the action device to set the preset humidity and the preset forgetting-closing reminding time, the action device transmits the preset humidity and the preset forgetting-closing reminding time to the cloud server and at least one of the control device for storage, the processing unit of the control device judges whether the air conditioner is in an open state or not according to the preset forgetting-closing reminding time stored in the cloud server or the control device, and if yes, the processing unit of the control device generates the forgetting-closing reminding trigger signal.

7. A control system of a cold air machine having a humidity sensing function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the control device further comprises a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter unit electrically connected with the processing unit, the air conditioner comprises a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter module electrically connected with the universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter unit, and a signal generated by the processing unit of the control device and used for turning on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner is transmitted to the air conditioner through wired connection between the universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter unit of the control device and the universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter module of the air conditioner so as to turn on or off the dehumidification function of the air conditioner.

8. A control system of a cold air machine having a humidity sensing function according to claim 2, wherein: the control device also comprises an infrared transmitting unit electrically connected with the processing unit, the air conditioner comprises an infrared receiving unit, when the user operates the action device to close the function of the air conditioner, the action device sends a closing signal outwards in a wireless mode so that the radio frequency unit of the control device receives the closing signal, and then the processing unit of the control device transmits the closing signal to the infrared receiving unit of the air conditioner in a wireless mode through the infrared transmitting unit so that the air conditioner is closed.

9. A control system of a cold air machine having a humidity sensing function according to claim 8, wherein: the air conditioner control system with the humidity sensing function further comprises a cloud server coupled to the control device, after the user operates a remote control application program of the mobile device to set the preset humidity and the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time, the mobile device transmits the preset humidity and the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time to the cloud server and at least one of the control device for storage, and the processing unit of the control device generates the forgetting-to-close reminding trigger signal at the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time according to the preset forgetting-to-close reminding time stored in the cloud server or the control device.

10. The air conditioner control system with humidity sensing function of claim 1, characterized in that: the control device also comprises an infrared transmitting unit electrically connected with the processing unit, the air conditioner comprises an infrared receiving unit, and a signal generated by the processing unit of the control device and used for opening or closing the dehumidifying function of the air conditioner is transmitted to the infrared receiving unit of the air conditioner through the infrared transmitting unit of the control device in an outward wireless mode so as to open or close the dehumidifying function of the air conditioner.