JP2010060250A - Air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide more efficient and comfortable air-conditioned space by controlling the blowing direction and the quantity of blown air at that time according to a location of a person in a room and user's intention. <P>SOLUTION: The presence/absence of a human is detected by a human body detecting sensor provided on an indoor unit of an air conditioner to control the operation. In heating, the angles of upper and lower blades provided in the indoor unit and the rotating speed of a fan provided in the indoor unit are controlled to set so that hot air reaches the vicinity of the feet of the human detected by the human body detecting sensor and hot air reaches the human body detected by the human body detecting sensor according to user's intention. Thus, efficient and comfortable air-conditioned space can be produced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioner that controls the air blowing direction and the air blowing amount according to the location of a person in a room so that more efficient and comfortable air conditioning conditions can be obtained.

  Conventionally, in this type of air conditioner, the air blowing direction of an indoor unit is variably configured to at least a horizontal blowing and a downward blowing, and when a human body detection sensor detects that there is no person in a predetermined area, By controlling the air blowing direction to the downward blowing, it is possible to prevent the person from being directly exposed to the wind (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Also, there is a human body detection sensor that calculates the distance from an indoor unit to a person, selects the shortest distance from the calculated multiple distances, and controls the upper and lower blowing directions with respect to the shortest distance ( For example, see Patent Document 2).

Further, the wind direction or the air volume is controlled according to the position of the human body or the remote controller detected by the human body detection sensor, and the wind direction and the air volume are further adjusted based on the rate of change of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means provided in the remote controller. Some have achieved comfortable air conditioning (for example, see Patent Document 3).
JP 2004-150731 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-103551 JP-A-6-347080

  However, although the air conditioners described in Patent Documents 1 to 3 all control the upper and lower blowing directions in the direction in which people are present, the optimum place is not set as a target place for heating. There is room for improvement. In addition, there are those that achieve comfortable air conditioning by controlling the arrival position of the wind so that the position of the person in the room is surely grasped and the warm air is sent near the feet where the person is present, However, there is a case where the user wants to hit the hot air directly during heating, and the air conditioning is not necessarily comfortable for the user.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and it is possible to achieve comfortable air conditioning by reliably grasping the position of a person in the room and controlling the position where the wind reaches according to the user's intention. An object is to provide an air conditioner.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, an air conditioner according to the present invention detects the presence or absence of a person by a human body detection sensor provided in an indoor unit and controls operation, and also provides a blower provided in the indoor unit. An air conditioner having upper and lower blades that are arranged at an outlet to control the wind direction in the vertical direction, and controls the angle of the upper and lower blades during heating and is detected by the human body detection sensor from the outlet It is an air conditioner that can be selected to allow hot air to reach the vicinity of the foot or to operate the hot air to reach the human body detected by the human body detection sensor.

  This makes it possible to create a comfortable air-conditioned space according to the user's intention.

The air conditioner of the present invention detects a person's place by a human body detection sensor provided in the indoor unit,
Depending on the user's intention, it is possible to select whether the warm air reaches the feet of the person detected by the human body detection sensor or the warm human air when it is heated. A comfortable air-conditioned space can be created.

  The first invention controls the operation by detecting the presence / absence of a person by a human body detection sensor provided in the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and is arranged at the air outlet provided in the indoor unit in the vertical direction. An air conditioner having upper and lower blades for controlling the upper and lower blades, and controlling the angle of the upper and lower blades during heating to reach hot air near the human foot detected by the human body detection sensor from the air outlet It is possible to select to operate or to drive the hot air to reach the human body detected by the human body detection sensor, so that comfortable air conditioning can be provided to the user.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the human body detection sensor provided in the indoor unit of the air conditioner detects the presence or absence of a person to control the operation, and is disposed at the air outlet provided in the indoor unit, and the wind direction in the vertical direction. An air conditioner that controls upper and lower blades for controlling the angle of the upper and lower blades and the number of rotations of a fan provided in the indoor unit during heating. It is possible to select hot air to reach the detected person's feet or to drive the hot air to the person's body detected by the human body detection sensor. Can be controlled, and a more comfortable conditioned space can be created by the user.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a warm air is made to reach the vicinity of a person's feet detected by the human body detection sensor from the air outlet, or a human body detected by the human body detection sensor, by a remote control type operating device. By making it possible to select driving so as to reach warm air, driving according to the user's intention is possible.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the air conditioner.

  The air conditioner 10 includes a heat exchanger 1, a blower fan 2, a water tray 3, and a diffuser 4 inside the main body. The heat exchanger 1 is disposed on the upstream side of the blower fan 2, and the water tray 3 is disposed on the lower end side of the heat exchanger 1. The diffuser 4 forms a ventilation path on the downstream side of the blower fan 2.

  The air conditioner 10 forms the suction inlet 5 in the front upper part and upper surface of the main body, and forms the blower outlet 6 from the front lower part of the main body to the lower surface.

  The heat exchanger 1 is arranged at a position facing the suction port 5, and a virtual surface surrounded by the downstream end 6 a of the diffuser 4 constitutes the air outlet 6.

  The air conditioner 10 includes a panel 20 that opens and closes a suction port 5 on the front surface, and a wind direction changing blade 30 that opens and closes an air outlet 6. The wind direction changing blade 30 has a cross-sectional shape that draws an arc, and one surface has a curved concave surface and the other surface has a curved convex surface.

The panel drive mechanism 21 is provided on the back side of the panel 20 and operates the panel 20 so as to open and close the suction port 5. When the panel 20 is closest to the suction port 5, the suction port 5 is closed. When the panel 20 is separated from the suction port 5, air flows from the outer peripheral portion of the panel 20 into the suction port 5.

  One end side of the arm portion 31 is rotatably held in the main body of the air conditioner 10, and the wind direction changing blade 30 is rotatably held on the other end side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the arm part 31 is preferably composed of a first arm part 31a and a second arm part 31b. One end side of the first arm portion 31 a is rotatably held in the main body of the air conditioner 10. The other end side of the first arm portion 31a is rotatably connected to one end side of the second arm portion 31b. And the wind direction change blade | wing 30 is rotatably hold | maintained at the other end side of the 2nd arm part 31b. The wind direction changing blade 30 forms a rotation support portion 32 on the back surface which is the main body side of the air conditioner 10 when closed. The other end side of the second arm portion 31b and the rotation support portion 32 are rotatably connected.

  The arm part 31 is provided in the both sides of the main body of the air conditioner 10, and each arm part 31 is connected by the connecting rod. In addition, an arm motor is disposed on the side of one arm 31. The rotation of the arm motor is transmitted not only to one arm 31 but also to the arm 31 arranged on the other side by a connecting rod. One rotation support portion 32 is provided with a blade motor, and rotates the wind direction changing blade 30 with respect to the arm portion 31 by the rotation.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the human sensor unit 40 for detecting a human body is disposed on the upper part of the openable panel 20, thereby detecting where a person is present in the room.

  Moreover, FIG. 1 has shown the state by which the blowing to a substantially directly downward direction is performed. The air blown out from the air outlet 6 is guided substantially downward by the wind direction changing blade 30 and the downstream end of the wind direction changing blade 30 is curved downward. Can be sent out. Therefore, since warm air that tends to float above the room is sent from the vicinity of the user's feet along the floor surface, the heating operation can be performed effectively, and the entire room can be efficiently heated.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the air conditioner and shows a state in which the air is blown obliquely downward from the horizontal direction. When performing the heating operation, the warm air is not sent from the vicinity of the feet. For example, the wind direction changing blade 30 is in such a direction.

  FIG. 4 shows an indoor area where a human body is detected by the human sensor unit 40 shown in FIG.

  About the air conditioner comprised as mentioned above, the flow of operation | movement of this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG.

  In SP1, the air conditioning area shown in FIG. 4 is determined based on the human body detection result by the human body detection sensor unit 40 shown in FIG. 2, and the process proceeds to SP2. Next, in SP2, the direction of the left and right wind direction change blades corresponding to the air conditioning area determined in SP1 is determined, and the process proceeds to SP3.

  In SP3, the process proceeds to SP4 when the user sets the foot airflow with the remote control type operation device, and proceeds to SP14 when the user sets the foot airflow.

In SP4, since the warm air is sent to aim at the vicinity of the feet for the user's intention, the wind direction changing blade 30 is directed substantially downward as shown in FIG. 1, and the process proceeds to SP5. Next, in SP5, the rotation speed of the blower fan 2 corresponding to the air conditioning area determined in SP1 is determined, and the process proceeds to SP6.

  Further, in SP14, the setting is such that the warm air is sent directly to a person according to the user's intention, and therefore the wind direction changing blade 30 is slightly inclined from the horizontal as shown in FIG. 3, for example, according to the air-conditioning area determined in SP1. Go down to SP15. Next, in SP15, the rotational speed of the blower fan 2 corresponding to the air-conditioning area determined in SP1 is determined, and the process proceeds to SP6.

  In SP6 advanced from SP5 and SP15, when the user stops the operation of the air conditioner 10, the operation of the air conditioner 10 is terminated, and when the user does not stop the operation of the air conditioner 10, the process returns to SP1. The above operation is repeated.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a correspondence table of the rotation speeds of the blower fans. Which air conditioning area in FIG. 4 is present, and whether the hot air arrival point at the time of heating is selected near the human foot or the human body Represents the number of rotations of the corresponding blower fan.

  Here, the expression “relative position” is introduced as an expression representing the positional relationship with the indoor unit, such as the distance from the indoor unit in each region, the angle from the front of the indoor unit, and the height difference.

  Further, the degree of air conditioning that is easy to air-condition in each region is expressed by an expression of air conditioning requirement level. It is assumed that the higher the air conditioning requirement level, the more difficult the air conditioning is, and the lower the air conditioning requirement level, the easier the air conditioning. For example, as the distance from the indoor unit increases, the blown air is difficult to reach and air conditioning is difficult, so the degree of air conditioning requirement increases. That is, the air conditioning requirement level and the relative position from the indoor unit are closely related, and in this embodiment, the air conditioning requirement level is determined according to the relative position related to the left-right angle from the indoor unit.

  That is, the set rotational speed of the blower fan 2 when air conditioning is performed in each of the areas A to I is set higher as the air conditioning requirement level is higher. That is, the set rotational speed of the blower fan 2 is set higher in a region shifted to the left and right from the front.

  In addition, when warm air reaches the vicinity of a person's feet, since the warm air does not reach the position of the person through a straight path, the air conditioning requirement is higher than when direct warm air is sent to the person, and the blower fan The set rotational speed of 2 is set high.

  For example, in the area E where the relative position is the same, when the step airflow is set by the remote control type operating device, the setting rotation speed of the blower fan 2 is 1020 rpm, and the setting is such that the hot air is sent directly to the person. At the time (no airflow at the foot), the set rotational speed of the blower fan 2 is 950 rpm.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, during heating, the angle of the upper and lower blades and the rotation speed of the fan provided in the indoor unit are controlled, and the human body detection sensor detects the human foot from the outlet. It is possible to control the hot air more accurately by selecting to drive the hot air or to drive the hot air to the human body, creating a more comfortable conditioned space for the user be able to.

  In addition, it is possible to select whether to drive the hot air near the feet of the person or to drive the hot air to the person's body with the remote control type operating device, so that it can be selected according to the user's intention. Operation is possible.

  As described above, the air conditioner according to the present invention can control the wind direction and the air volume according to the estimation result of the position of the human body and the intention of the user. It can also be applied to.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a substantially direct blowing state of the air conditioner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The front view of the air conditioner in Embodiment 1 of this invention The cross-sectional view which shows the diagonal blowing state of the air conditioner in Embodiment 1 of this invention Human body position discrimination region diagram by human body detection sensor in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Flowchart in Embodiment 1 of the present invention The figure which shows the conversion table of the rotation speed of the ventilation fan in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heat exchanger 2 Blower fan 3 Water tray 4 Diffuser 5 Suction port 6 Air outlet 10 Air conditioner main body 20 Panel 21 Panel drive mechanism 30 Wind direction change blade 31 Arm part 32 Rotation support part 40 Human body detection sensor unit

Claims (3)

Upper and lower blades for controlling the operation by detecting the presence or absence of a person by a human body detection sensor provided in the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and controlling the wind direction in the vertical direction disposed at the air outlet provided in the indoor unit; An air conditioner that controls the angle of the upper and lower blades during heating to allow hot air to reach the vicinity of a person's feet detected by the human body detection sensor from the air outlet, or the human body detection An air conditioner characterized in that it can be selected to drive warm air to reach the human body detected by the sensor. Upper and lower blades for controlling the operation by detecting the presence or absence of a person by a human body detection sensor provided in the indoor unit of the air conditioner, and controlling the wind direction in the vertical direction disposed at the air outlet provided in the indoor unit; An air conditioner that controls the angle of the upper and lower blades and the rotational speed of the fan provided in the indoor unit during heating, and is detected by the human body detection sensor from the outlet 2. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner can be selected to allow the warm air to reach the vicinity or to operate so as to reach the human body detected by the human body detection sensor. . By using a remote control type operating device, hot air is made to reach the vicinity of a person's feet detected by the human body detection sensor from the air outlet, or hot air is made to reach the human body detected by the human body detection sensor. The air conditioner according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the operation can be selected.

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