JPH01134144A - Environment control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operational manipulation of an environment control apparatus to a great extent by automatically forming the favorable indoor environment as the occasion may demand, without the need for complicated manipulation, in the environment control apparatus capable of collectively controlling a plurality of environment adjusting devices in accordance with time elapse through the whole year. CONSTITUTION:In the wintertime, when an operation instruction is issued to an input and output unit 24 by manipulating an operation and stop switch 22 or by operating a remote input unit 29, a central controller 27 reads out a winter pattern from a storage unit 25 and, according to the contents thus read out, starts to operate each of environment adjusting devices (3, 5-8) via the input and output unit 24. In this instance, the winter pattern stored in the memory unit 25 is such that the heater and dehumidifier 5 is kept OFF while the humidifier 6, the air cleaner 7 and the ventilating fan 8 are kept ON. Accordingly, the heat pump type air conditioner 3 starts heating operation, and the humidifier 6, the air cleaner 7 and the ventilating fan 8 start ON/OFF operation based on a sensor output.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides an environment control device that is capable of comprehensively and collectively controlling a plurality of environment control devices in response to aging throughout the year. Regarding.

(Prior Art) As is well known, in order to maintain desired indoor environmental conditions, it is necessary to install multiple environmental conditioning devices such as heat pump air conditioners, humidifiers, air purifiers, ventilation fans, and dehumidifiers indoors. be. However, this does not mean that desired environmental conditions cannot be created unless all of these environment adjustment devices are operated. That is, depending on the season or weather conditions, there is no need to operate a humidifier or dehumidifier, and similarly there is no need to operate a heat pump air conditioner. For this reason, in the past, 91 residents selected the environmental adjustment equipment they thought was appropriate from among these multiple environmental adjustment equipment, and individually operated the switches provided on those equipment to achieve the desired results. A method is used to create an indoor environment.

However, with this kind of driving method.

Not only is it troublesome to operate the switches to stop the operation of each environment control device, but each time it is necessary to consider which environment control devices should be operated in combination, there is a problem that it is difficult to use.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the system in which the switches of a plurality of environment control devices are operated individually has the problem that the operation is troublesome.

Therefore, the present invention can greatly simplify driving operations.

Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide an environment control device that can automatically operate a plurality of environment adjustment devices in combination so as to create a favorable indoor environment depending on the situation.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) An environment control device according to the present invention includes a plurality of environment adjustment devices each arranged in an environment controlled room and each performing a different environment adjustment operation, and a plurality of environment adjustment devices each performing a different environment adjustment operation. A storage device and a clock device that store a combination operation pattern corresponding to the year-round aging of the device, and when an operation command is given, read the contents of the storage device corresponding to the current time measurement contents of the clock device,
and a controller that operates the plurality of environment adjustment devices in a combination operation pattern indicated by the content.

(for production) Temperature and humidity vary greatly depending on the season throughout the year.

However, if we take the temperature during a certain week of a given month as an example, the temperature during this period is not significantly different from the normal temperature (for example, the average temperature for the same period over the past five years).

For example, in Japan, January 1st belongs to the winter season.

therefore.

In order to create a good indoor environment, heating is generally required, and humidification is also required because the room is extremely dry. Similarly, August 10th belongs to the summer season, and to create a good indoor environment, air conditioning is generally required and, in some cases, dehumidification is required.

In this way, in order to create a good indoor environment, it is necessary to change the combination of environment control devices used depending on the season, and these combinations rarely change significantly from year to year. The present invention has focused on this point, and stores in the storage device combination operation patterns corresponding to the aging of the environment control equipment throughout the year.

In this way, when an operation command is given, the contents of the storage device corresponding to the current elapsed contents of the two-clock device are read out, and the plurality of environment adjustment devices are operated according to the combined operation pattern indicated by this contents. Therefore, by simply issuing an operation command, a plurality of environmental adjustment devices that are suitable for the environmental adjustment at that time will automatically start operating.

(Example) An embodiment will be described below with reference to one drawing.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an example in which an environment control device according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed indoors.

That is, in Figure 1, 1 indicates a room, and 2 indicates a partition forming the room 1.

, room] - environment adjustment equipment necessary for adjusting the environment in two rooms 1, that is, an indoor unit 4 of a heat pump type air conditioner 3, a dehumidifier 5, a humidifier 6, and an air purifier 7 are distributed. A ventilation fan 8 is installed in a hole provided in the partition 2.

An outdoor unit 9 of the heat pump air conditioner 3 is placed outside one room 1. The heat pump air conditioner 3 is configured to exchange heat with indoor air in the indoor unit 4 and blow it out as cold air during cooling operation, and to flow heated refrigerant through pipes (not shown) embedded in the floor during heating operation. ing.

Inside the indoor unit 4, heating/cooling switching signals, start/stop signals, and temperature control signals are sent from a control device main body 21 (described later) via a commercial frequency power line 10 and an outlet 11 installed in the building. A controller that receives the information and controls the indoor unit 4 and outdoor unit 9 is built in. Dehumidifier 5
The humidifier 6 has a built-in humidity sensor and automatically operates to maintain the set humidity.
0 and the control device body 2 via the outlet 12.13
1, it is configured to operate only during the period for which an operation command is given. Air purifier 7.

It has a built-in smoke sensor and operates automatically, and is configured to operate only during a period when an operation command is given from the control device main body 21 via the power line 10 and the outlet 14. The ventilation fan 8 also has a built-in gas sensor and automatically operates to keep the gas concentration below a set value.
It is configured to operate only during a period when an operation command is given from the control device main body 21 via the outlet 15. Note that a filter 16 is installed at the starting end of the power line 10 to prevent the above-mentioned signal superimposed on the power supply voltage from leaking outside the consumer.

The control device main body 21 is housed in a control box and placed at an appropriate position in the room 1, for example, in the center, and is specifically configured as shown in FIG. 2. That is, the input/output device 24 receives the output of the run/stop switch 22 and the output of various setting switches 23 provided on the panel surface of the control box, and also sends control signals to each of the above-mentioned environment adjustment devices via the power line 10. and a storage device 25 that stores combination operation patterns corresponding to the aging of the five environment control devices mentioned above throughout the year.

A clock device 26 keeps track of date and time, and when an operation command is given to the input/output device 24, the contents of the storage device 25 corresponding to the current timekeeping contents of the clock device 26 are read out, and the combined operation pattern indicated by this contents is used for each environment. A central control device 27 that controls the input/output device 24 so that the adjustment equipment is operated, and a display device 2 that displays the current date and time, indoor temperature, operating status, etc.
8, and a reinstallable remote input device 29 that can give a start/stop signal to the input/output device 24 using an optical signal.

In this embodiment, the month 2 stored in the storage device 25
The relationship between the date and time and the combined operation pattern is as shown in the table below.

In the above table, the winter period refers to the period from December 1st to March 20th, and the intermediate period refers to the period from March 21st to July 15th and September 1st.
Summer period refers to the period from July 14th to November 30th.
It refers to the period from the 6th to September 15th.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the panel surface of the control box, there is a display section 31 at the top that displays information for one hour per month, the room temperature, and whether or not each environment control device is currently connected to the power source.
A run/stop switch 22, a timer switch 32, and a calendar setting switch 33 are arranged below it, and at the bottom there is a part 34 that accommodates a temperature sensor and a light receiving part that receives a light signal from a remote input device 29. A display section 36 that displays the life of the filter attached to each environment control device and the drop in the water level of the humidifier 6 is disposed. Furthermore, an operating section 37 for varying the heating temperature and cooling temperature is arranged in the central part indicated by X in FIG. 1, and this part indicated by X is always covered by a lid.

Next, an example of use of the environment control device configured as described above will be described. For example, in winter, when the operation/stop switch 22 is suppressed or the remote input device 29 is operated to give an operation command to the input/output device 24, the central control device 27 reads the winter pattern from the storage device 25,
According to the contents, each environment adjustment device is started to operate via the input/output device 24. In this case, as shown in Table 1, the winter pattern stored in the storage device 25 is such that the heating and dehumidifier are off, the humidifier is on, the air purifier is on, and the ventilation fan is on. Therefore, the heat pump air conditioner 3 starts heating operation, the humidifier 6 starts on/off operation based on the sensor output, the air purifier 7 starts on/off operation based on the sensor output, and the ventilation fan 8 starts on/off operation based on the sensor output.

In other words, it is possible to automatically start operation of all the environment and adjustment equipment necessary for adjusting the indoor environment in winter, and a favorable indoor environment can be created.

In this case, by simply operating the start/stop switch 22 or using the remote input device 29, the environment adjustment equipment necessary for the environment adjustment at that time can be activated. Everything can be started.

Therefore, ease of use can be greatly improved.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. That is, although a remote human input device is provided in the embodiments described above, this input device is not necessarily required. Furthermore, in the embodiments described above, the power line is also used as the control signal line.

As shown in FIG. 4, a two-core wire 41 and an interface or unit 42 may be combined to allow control signals to be sent and received.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the two aspects of the present invention, it is possible to automatically create a favorable indoor environment depending on the situation without requiring complicated operations.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an environment control device according to an embodiment of the present invention installed indoors, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the main body of the control device in the same environment control device, and Fig. 3 is the main body of the control device. A front view showing the panel surface of the control box containing the
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an example in which an environment control device according to another embodiment of the present invention is installed indoors. 1...Room, 3...Heat pump type air conditioner, 5.
... Dehumidifier, 6... Humidifier, 7... Air purifier, 8
... Ventilation fan. 21... Control device main body, 22... Run/stop switch. 24...I/O device, 25...Storage device, 26...
- Clock device, 27... central control device, 28... display device. 29...Remote input device. Applicant's attorney Takehiko Suzue

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of environment adjustment devices each arranged in an environment controlled room and each performing a different environment adjustment operation, a storage device storing combination operation patterns corresponding to the aging of these environment adjustment devices throughout the year, and a clock device; and a controller that reads the contents of the storage device corresponding to the current timekeeping contents of the clock device when an operation command is given, and operates the plurality of environment adjustment devices in a combination operation pattern indicated by the contents. An environmental control device characterized by: (2) Claim 1, wherein the controller is connectable to a cordless remote input device.
Environmental control device as described in section. (3) The plurality of environment conditioning devices are selected from a heat pump air conditioner, a humidifier, an air purifier, a ventilation fan, and a dehumidifier.
Environmental control device as described in section. (4) The environment control device according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes an operation section for varying at least a set temperature.