JP7290479B2 - Air conditioner control system and air conditioner control program - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to an air conditioner control system and an air conditioner control program for controlling an air conditioner that cools or heats an air-conditioned area based on a set temperature.

For example, in the air conditioner control system described in Patent Document 1, requested environmental setting information received from a plurality of users is accumulated, and information such as recommended temperature setting (recommended environmental setting ) are provided to users.

JP 2019-27603 A

For example, when cooling or heating an air-conditioned area according to requests from a plurality of users, it is difficult to appropriately cool or heat the air-conditioned area if the requests of the users differ greatly.

In view of the above points, the present disclosure is for an air conditioner that can appropriately cool or heat the air-conditioned area when performing cooling or heating in the air-conditioned area in response to requests from multiple users. An example of a control system or control program for an air conditioner is disclosed.

It has an air conditioner (2) that cools or heats an air-conditioned area based on a set temperature, and an input unit (31) for inputting information about the indoor temperature desired by the user (hereinafter referred to as desired temperature information). An air conditioner control system that is applied to an air conditioner that determines a set temperature using one or more pieces of desired temperature information desirably has at least one of the following configuration requirements, for example.

That is, the constituent elements include a selection unit that selects desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as invalid information) input by the user before a predetermined time elapses after the user enters the air-conditioned area. , and an invalid information use prohibition unit that prohibits the invalid information from being used to determine the set temperature.

In addition, it is desirable that the program incorporated in the control unit (3) of the air conditioner has at least one of the following functions, for example.
That is, a function of selecting invalid information and a function of prohibiting the invalid information from being used to determine the set temperature.

The invalid information is "desired temperature information input by the user before a predetermined time has elapsed after the user entered the air-conditioned area", so it may be a temporary (transitional) request. highly sexual.

In the air conditioner control system or the like, invalid information is prohibited from being used to determine the set temperature, so that the set temperature can be prevented from becoming excessively low or high. As a result, the air-conditioned area is more likely to be properly cooled or heated.

Incidentally, the symbols in the parentheses above are examples showing the correspondence with specific configurations and the like described in the embodiments described later, and the present disclosure is limited to the specific configurations and the like indicated by the symbols in the parentheses. not something.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the outline|summary of the air conditioner for buildings which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of a determination unit according to the first embodiment;

The following "embodiment of the invention" shows an example of an embodiment belonging to the technical scope of the present disclosure. In other words, the matters specifying the invention described in the claims are not limited to the specific configurations, structures, etc. shown in the following embodiments.

(First embodiment)
<1. Overview of Air Conditioner Control Systems, etc.>
In this embodiment, an example of an air conditioner control system and an air conditioner control program according to the present disclosure is applied to a building air conditioner 1 . The following description is an example applied to an air conditioner that air-conditions a specific space (hereinafter referred to as an air-conditioned area) provided in a building.

Air-conditioned area A, as shown in FIG. 1, is a space accessible to users. The air-conditioned area A according to the present embodiment is, for example, a room in a building where the user's seat is arranged. A user is, for example, a person who uses the air-conditioned area A and works.

The building air conditioner 1 includes at least an air conditioner 2, a control device 3, and the like. The air conditioner 2 cools or heats the air-conditioned area A based on the set temperature. The set temperature is a parameter indicating the degree of cooling capacity or heating capacity.

In other words, the set temperature is the target temperature of the indoor air (within the air-conditioned area A), the target temperature of the air blown out from the air conditioner 2, or the like. Therefore, for example, during the cooling operation, the lower the set temperature, the greater the cooling capacity exhibited by the air conditioner 2, and the higher the set temperature, the smaller the cooling capacity.

The set temperature is determined using information about the room temperature desired by the user (hereinafter referred to as desired temperature information). In this embodiment, the control device 3 determines the set temperature, and the air conditioner 2 generates cooling capacity or heating capacity so that the indoor air temperature reaches the determined set temperature.

The control device 3 according to this embodiment is configured by a computer having at least an input unit 31, a determination unit 32, an accumulation unit 33, a calculation unit 34, an output unit 35, and the like. Specifically, the control device 3 has an arithmetic unit configured with a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and a circuit board that configures the input unit 31, the storage unit 33, and the output unit 35, and the like.

Desired temperature information is input to the input unit 31 . The user uses a portable terminal (for example, a smartphone) S1 carried by himself, a temperature setting device (not shown) installed in the air conditioning area A, a computer at his desk, etc. Desired temperature information is transmitted to the input unit 31 .

The determination unit 32 and the calculation unit 34 are implemented by executing a program in the calculation unit. The program is pre-stored in a non-volatile memory such as a ROM and executed by the CPU.

The accumulation unit 33 accumulates one or more pieces of desired temperature information. The storage unit 33 is composed of a rewritable nonvolatile storage device. The calculation unit 34 determines the set temperature using one or more desired temperature information stored in the storage unit 33 .

The output unit 35 transmits the determined set temperature to the air conditioner 2 . The air conditioner 2 adjusts the cooling capacity or the heating capacity so that the indoor air temperature reaches the set temperature. Note that the control device 3 is arranged inside or outside the housing of the air conditioner 2 .

<2. Setting temperature determination process>
The determination unit 32 has at least one (two in this embodiment) of a first sorting function and a second sorting function.

<First sorting function>
The first selection function is a function of selecting desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as first invalid information) input by the user before a predetermined time has elapsed after the user enters the air-conditioned area A. is.

In this embodiment, for example, "whether or not the user has entered the air-conditioned area A" is determined by the following method.
That is, in the air-conditioned area A, at least one beacon Be is installed. The beacon Be transmits radio signals (radio waves, infrared rays, etc.) within the air-conditioned area A. The mobile terminal S1 incorporates an application for user position detection.

The application is a program that automatically wirelessly transmits a signal to that effect to the user position detection server S2 when the wireless signal is received. The user position detection server S2 uses the signal transmitted from the portable terminal S1 to grasp the position of the portable terminal S1, that is, the position of the user.

That is, the air conditioner control system according to the present embodiment includes a judgment device for judging "whether or not the user has entered the air-conditioned area A". The determination device according to this embodiment is composed of the user position detection server S2, an application, and the like.

The above-mentioned "predetermined time" is a time that is determined by trial and error, and is a time that is appropriately determined according to the environment of the air-conditioned area A, the mode of use, and the like. Incidentally, the time may be a time manually set by an administrator of the building air conditioner 1 or a contractor of the air conditioner, or a time automatically set according to a predetermined rule.

<Second sorting function>
The second selection function selects one or a plurality of desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as second invalid information) input by the same user within a predetermined time after the desired temperature information is input by the user. ).

The sorting is performed, for example, by the following method. That is, the desired temperature information includes an identification signal indicating the source of the information. The determination unit 32 uses the identification signal to identify whether or not the input desired temperature information is the second invalid information.

<Invalid information use prohibition function>
The determination unit 32 prohibits the storage unit 33 from storing the first invalid information and the second invalid information as valid information. Specifically, the determining unit 32 performs the following processing (a) or (b) on the first invalid information and the second invalid information.

(a) A process of discarding the first invalid information and the second invalid information without storing them in the storage unit 33 The process of storing in The use prohibition signal (flag) is a signal (flag) indicating that the information is prohibited from being used to determine the set temperature.

Incidentally, in the processing of (b), desired temperature information that can be used for determining the set temperature, ie, effective information, may be added with a usable signal (flag) to that effect. That is, the calculation unit 34 determines the set temperature using information to which the use-enabled signal is added or information to which the use-prohibited signal is not added.

<Detailed operation of discriminating unit, etc.>
FIG. 2 is a flow chart mainly showing the operation of the discrimination section 32. As shown in FIG. The control shown in the flowchart is executed by the CPU of the control device 3 (hereinafter referred to as the control device 3). This control is executed when desired temperature information is input to the input unit 31 .

When the control is activated, the control device 3 determines whether or not the input information is the first invalid information (S1). When the control device 3 determines that the information is the first invalid information (S1: YES), the information is discarded without being stored in the storage unit 33 (S7).

When the control device 3 determines that the information is not the first invalid information (S1: NO), it determines whether the information is the second invalid information (S3). When the control device 3 determines that the information is the second invalid information (S3: YES), the information is discarded without being stored in the storage unit 33 (S7).

When the control device 3 determines that the information is not the second invalid information (S3: NO), the information is stored in the storage unit 33 (S5). That is, the determination unit 32 according to the present embodiment executes the process (a) above.

3. Characteristics of the building air conditioner according to the present embodiment The first invalid information is "desired temperature information input by the user before a predetermined time has elapsed after the user entered the air-conditioned area A." Therefore, there is a high possibility that it is a temporary (transitional) request.

The second invalid information is "one or more pieces of desired temperature information input by the same user within a predetermined time after the desired temperature information is input by the user." Like information, it is likely to be a temporary (transitional) request.

In addition, in the building air conditioner 1 according to the present embodiment, the use of the first invalid information and the second invalid information for determining the set temperature is prohibited, so the set temperature becomes excessively low or high. can be suppressed. As a result, the air-conditioned area A is more likely to be properly cooled or heated.

(Other embodiments)
In the above-described embodiment, the air-conditioned area A is the room in the building where the user's seat is located. However, the present disclosure is not so limited. That is, the disclosure is also applicable to an air-conditioned area A that is the entire building, for example.

In addition, when the entire building is air-conditioned area A, the specific configuration of the determination device, the above-mentioned "predetermined time", etc. need to be a configuration or time suitable for the case where the entire building is air-conditioned area A. There is

In the above-described embodiment, there are the determination step (S1) of determining whether the information is the first invalid information and the determination step (S3) of determining whether the information is the second invalid information. However, the present disclosure is not so limited. That is, the disclosure may be configured such that, for example, any determination step is eliminated.

The determination unit 32 according to the above-described embodiment has executed the process (a) above, but the present disclosure is not limited to this. That is, the disclosure may be configured such that, for example, the processing of (b) above is executed. In addition, in the configuration in which the process (b) is executed, the configuration may be such that the availability signal (flag) is not added to either the first invalidation information or the second invalidation information.

Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments as long as it conforms to the gist of the disclosure described in the above-described embodiments. Therefore, in the configuration in which at least two of the above-described embodiments are combined, or in the above-described embodiments, any one of the illustrated constituent elements or the constituent elements described with reference numerals is abolished. It may be configured as

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Building air conditioner 2... Air conditioner 3... Control device 31... Input part 32... Discrimination part 33... Accumulation part 34... Calculation part 35... Output part A... Air-conditioning area Be... Beacon S1... Portable terminal S2... Use person location detection server

Claims (6)

Information on the air conditioner that cools or heats the space that the user can enter and exit (hereinafter referred to as the air-conditioned area) based on the set temperature and the indoor temperature desired by the user (hereinafter referred to as the desired temperature information) is input. has an input unit that is
In an air conditioner control system applied to an air conditioner that determines the set temperature using one or more of the desired temperature information,
a selection unit that selects the desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as invalid information) input by the user before a predetermined time elapses after the user enters the air-conditioned area;
A control system for an air conditioner, comprising: an invalid information use prohibition unit that prohibits the invalid information from being used for determining the set temperature. After the desired temperature information is input by the user, one or a plurality of desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as second invalid information) input by the same user are selected within a predetermined time. a second sorting unit that
2. The air conditioner control system according to claim 1, further comprising: a second invalid information use prohibition unit that prohibits the one or more second invalid information from being used for determining the set temperature. The air conditioner has an accumulation unit that accumulates the desired temperature information, and determines the set temperature using one or more pieces of the desired temperature information accumulated in the accumulation unit,
3. The invalid information usage prohibiting unit and the second invalid information usage prohibiting unit respectively prohibit the invalid information or the second invalid information from being accumulated in the storage unit as valid information. Control system for air conditioners. Information on the air conditioner that cools or heats the space that the user can enter and exit (hereinafter referred to as the air-conditioned area) based on the set temperature and the indoor temperature desired by the user (hereinafter referred to as the desired temperature information) is input. has an input unit that is
A program incorporated in a control unit of an air conditioner that determines the set temperature using one or more of the desired temperature information,
the control unit,
a selection unit for selecting the desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as invalid information) input by the user before a predetermined time elapses after the user enters the air-conditioned area; and A control program for an air conditioner that functions as an invalid information use prohibition unit that prohibits use for determining the set temperature. Further, the control unit
After the desired temperature information is input by the user, one or a plurality of desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as second invalid information) input by the same user are selected within a predetermined time. and a second invalid information use prohibition unit that prohibits the one or more pieces of second invalid information from being used to determine the set temperature. Control program for air conditioners. An air conditioner that cools or heats a space accessible to users (hereinafter referred to as an air-conditioned area) based on a set temperature;
a power unit for inputting information about a room temperature desired by a user (hereinafter referred to as desired temperature information), and a storage unit for storing the desired temperature information,
A program incorporated in a control unit of an air conditioner that determines the set temperature using one or more of the desired temperature information accumulated in the accumulation unit,
the control unit,
a first selection unit that selects the desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as first invalid information) input by the user before a predetermined time elapses after the user enters the air-conditioned area;
a first invalid information usage prohibition unit that prohibits the first invalid information from being stored in the storage unit as valid information;
After the desired temperature information is input by the user, one or a plurality of desired temperature information (hereinafter referred to as second invalid information) input by the same user are selected within a predetermined time. second sorting section,
A control program for an air conditioner that functions as a second invalid information use prohibition section that prohibits the one or more pieces of second invalid information from being stored in the storage section as valid information.

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