KR20160087565A - Air condition system and control method the same - Google Patents

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KR20160087565A
KR20160087565A KR1020150006688A KR20150006688A KR20160087565A KR 20160087565 A KR20160087565 A KR 20160087565A KR 1020150006688 A KR1020150006688 A KR 1020150006688A KR 20150006688 A KR20150006688 A KR 20150006688A KR 20160087565 A KR20160087565 A KR 20160087565A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24F—AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an air conditioning system, and a method for controlling the same. According to one aspect, the air conditioning system comprises: an air conditioner provided in an indoor space to enable conditioned air to be discharged; and a terminal provided in a portion of the body of a user positioned in the indoor space and transmitting sensed user information to the air conditioner. The air conditioner controls operation of intensity and direction of the discharged air based on the user information received from the terminal.

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[0001] The present invention relates to an air conditioning system and a control method thereof,

The present invention relates to an air conditioning system and a control method thereof.

The air conditioner is a device for keeping the air in a predetermined space in a most suitable condition according to the purpose of use and purpose. Generally, the air conditioner includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator, and a refrigeration cycle for compressing, condensing, expanding, and evaporating the refrigerant is driven to cool or heat the predetermined space .

The predetermined space may be variously proposed depending on the place where the air conditioner is used. For example, when the air conditioner is installed in a home or an office, the predetermined space may be an indoor space of a house or a building. On the other hand, when the air conditioner is disposed in a car, the predetermined space may be a boarding space on which a person boarded.

When the air conditioner performs the cooling operation, the outdoor heat exchanger provided in the outdoor unit functions as a condenser, and the indoor heat exchanger provided in the indoor unit functions as an evaporator. On the other hand, when the air conditioner performs the heating operation, the indoor heat exchanger functions as a condenser and the outdoor heat exchanger functions as an evaporator.

In recent years, a human body detecting mechanism is installed in the air conditioner to detect the presence or the position of the human body, and the wind direction controlling mechanism is controlled according to the detection result of the human body detecting mechanism. For example, the user's position is determined by installing a heat sensor, a camera, and the like on the front of the air conditioner.

However, such a conventional air conditioner has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to grasp the three-dimensional position of the user due to factors such as an operation error of the device, a change in the household environment, and the like. Further, since the operation of the air conditioner is controlled based on input or recognized temperature information without considering the state of the occupant located in the indoor space, there is a problem that the user may feel uncomfortable.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an air conditioning system and a control method thereof that can be operated to sense user information and feel a sense of comfort.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner comprising: an air conditioner provided in an indoor space to discharge conditioned air; And a terminal provided in a part of a user's body located in the indoor space and transmitting the sensed user information to the air conditioner, wherein the air conditioner comprises: And controlling the operation including the direction and the intensity.

The air conditioning system and its control method according to the present invention have the following effects.

First, since the air conditioner is driven based on the user information detected through the terminal provided in the user's body, user-customized operation is possible.

Secondly, since only the air conditioner of the room where the user is located is driven among the plurality of rooms without the user's control, convenience of the user is increased and power consumption can be reduced.

Thirdly, since no separate sensor device is provided in the air conditioner and the user information is received from the terminal, the manufacturing cost of the product can be reduced and the convenience of use can be increased.

1 is a perspective view of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of an air conditioning system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a control process of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a configuration of an air conditioning system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to designate identical or similar elements, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein may be blurred. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. , ≪ / RTI > equivalents, and alternatives.

1 is a perspective view of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an air conditioner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a case 10 forming an outer appearance, a case 10 disposed on a front side of the case 10, And a display unit 20 disposed on the other side of the front of the case 10 to display an operation state of the air conditioner 100 and a result of an operation command input .

Although not shown, the air conditioner 100 is provided with a discharge port provided on one side or both sides of the case 10 for discharging harmonized air and a heat exchange function for performing heat exchange with air passing through the air to cool or heat the sucked air A blower for moving the air to the heat exchanger, and a suction port for sucking outside air by the blowing action of the blower. The heat exchanger and the blower may be disposed inside the case 10, and the inlet may be formed on a rear surface of the case 10. In addition, the discharge port is provided with a louver structure and a vane so that the discharging direction and the flow velocity of the conditioned air can be controlled.

A user (1) located in a space where the air conditioner (100) is installed wears the terminal (3) in a part of his or her body. The terminal 3 is configured to transmit user information to the air conditioner 100 through communication, and the content thereof will be described later.

The terminal 200 may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, a slate PC, A tablet PC, an ultrabook, a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, a glass glass, a head mounted display (HMD)), and the like. In FIG. 1, the glass type terminal 3a, the watch type terminal 3b, and the smart phone 3c are exemplified.

2 is a block diagram of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the air conditioner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first control unit 110, an operation unit 30, a driving unit 130, a memory 140, a first communication unit 150, . ≪ / RTI > The air conditioner 100 described herein may have more or less components than those listed above.

The first controller 110 controls the overall operation of the air conditioner 100. The first control unit 100 processes or drives signals, data, information, etc. input or output through the components to provide or process appropriate information or functions for driving the air conditioner 100 have.

The operation unit 30 is a component to which an operation command for driving the air conditioner 100 is inputted by a user. The air conditioner 100 can be driven in various modes according to the operation of the operation unit 30. [

The driving unit 130 controls the intensity of a component related to the operation of the air conditioner 100, a power source, and the like. For example, the driving unit 130 adjusts the intensity of a blowing fan that discharges air in the air conditioner 100, the intensity of wind discharged from the discharge port, and the discharge direction.

The memory 140 stores the structure of the room in which the air conditioner 100 is installed, the information history of the user, and the operation history of the air conditioner 100. As will be described later, the first controller 110 controls the operation of the air conditioner 100 through the information related to the indoor structure among the information stored in the memory 140. The indoor structure to be stored may include the size of the room, the shape, the number of rooms, and the like.

The first communication unit 150 is connected to the air conditioner 100 and the terminal 3 and between the air conditioner 100 and other electric products and between the air conditioner 100 and the external server, And may include one or more modules to enable communication. The first communication unit 130 may include one or more modules that connect the air conditioner 100 to one or more networks. Therefore, the air conditioner 100 can receive the information transmitted from the terminal 3 through the first communication unit 130. [ The air conditioner 100 can communicate with the terminal 3 through a local communication module. . The short-range communication module is for short-range communication. The short-range communication module includes Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, Communication, Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) technology.

The terminal 3 may include a second control unit 210, a second communication unit 220, and a detection sensor 240. The terminal 200 may have more or fewer components than those listed above.

The second controller 210 controls the overall operation of the terminal 3. The second controller 210 processes or drives signals, data, information, and the like input or output through the components, thereby providing or processing appropriate information or functions for driving the terminal 210.

The second communication unit 220 is configured to allow the terminal 3 to perform wireless communication with the air conditioner 100 or an external device in the same manner as the first communication unit 150, And performs the same communication with the external device 150 to connect the external device and the terminal 3. [ Accordingly, the terminal 3 and the air conditioner 100 are connected to each other through a communication network 50 through the communication units 150 and 220.

The sensing sensor 240 is configured to sense a user's heart rate and a user's body temperature by sensing a part of the user's body through contact, perspective, or the like. For example, when the terminal 3 is a watch-type terminal 3b, the user's heart rate and body temperature can be measured by contacting the back of the body to the wrist of the user, and the measured contents are transmitted to the second communication unit 220 To the air conditioner (100).

The terminal (3) may be provided with an application (230) for controlling the power supply and operation method of the air conditioner (100). The user can control the operation of the air conditioner 100 by executing the application 230 in the terminal 3. [

Meanwhile, the terminal 3 is provided with a position sensor 250 for detecting the indoor position of the user. The position sensor 250 detects the position of the terminal 3 by using the communication between the terminal 3 and the air conditioner 100. The position sensor 250 detects the position of the terminal 3 through the position sensor 250, The device 100 can determine the user's location in the room.

The position sensing may be performed through Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) communication between the first communication unit 150 and the second communication unit 220. Alternatively, the position sensor 250 may be configured to perform a beacon technique between the air conditioner 100 and the terminal 3.

Beacon technology is a technology for short-range communication of next-generation terminals through low-power Bluetooth (BLE), which locates users within a radius of 50m. With this technology, you can detect the user's specific location. The battery consumption of the terminal is low with low power, and it is possible to grasp the position more precisely than the GPS in the room. Accordingly, the first controller 110 of the air conditioner 100 can determine the user's location in the room through the location information received from the terminal 3.

Hereinafter, a process of operating the air conditioner 100 based on the received user information will be described.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a control procedure of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the air conditioner 100 enters the cooling or heating operation according to the control command input through the user (S100). On the other hand, the air conditioner 100 may be set to the "user-customized operation mode" and the "normal operation mode".

The "user-customized operation mode" is understood to be an operation in which the first control unit 110 drives the air conditioner 100 based on the user information received through the terminal 3 worn by the user's body . It is understood that the above-mentioned "normal operation mode" is an arbitrary operation mode in which the user operates the air conditioner 100 when the user does not operate in the " customized operation mode "

Accordingly, in the control method of the present embodiment, it is assumed that the air conditioner 100 is operated in the " customized operation mode ".

During the cooling or heating operation, user information is received through the terminal 3 (S110). The received user information may include the user's heart rate, the user's body temperature, and the user's location information in the room, as described above. The first control unit 110 drives the driving unit 130 based on the user information received from the terminal 3.

For example, when the temperature of the surface skin of the user sensed by the sensing sensor 240 falls below a reference value, the user can adjust the airflow direction, wind speed, and temperature of the air discharged from the air conditioner 100 by increasing the desired temperature . Or when the heart rate of the user is equal to or higher than the reference value, the air conditioner 100 can be operated in the "aroma driving mode". Here, the "aroma operation mode" is understood to be an operation mode in which sound is output from the air conditioner 100 or air is discharged by emitting a fragrance. In addition, when the user's activity is high, the user can be operated in a more comfortable manner by lowering the desired temperature by receiving the movement of the user recognized through the position sensor 250.

Therefore, the first control unit 110 drives the user based on the user information received through the first communication unit 150 without the user's separate control through the " customized driving mode " .

The first controller 110 continuously receives user location information detected through the position sensor 250 of the terminal 3 during the user-customized operation. Then, it is detected whether the position of the user is changed in the room (S130). When the user's position is changed in the room, the first controller 110 calculates the distance between the user and the user and drives the driving unit 130 (S140). That is, the driving unit 130 adjusts the intensity, discharge direction, and discharge air velocity of the blowing fan based on the position and the distance of the user calculated through the position sensor 250 so that harmonized air can be delivered to the user can do. In FIG. 3, when the user moves leftward with respect to the air conditioner 100, the air discharge direction is also shifted to the left.

5 is a view showing a configuration of an air conditioning system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment in the other portions, but differs in the indoor structure. Therefore, only the characteristic parts of the present embodiment will be described below, and the same parts as those of the first embodiment will be referred to as the first embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5, the air conditioning system according to the present exemplary embodiment may include a plurality of air conditioners 100 and 101 that harmonize the indoor air of each room according to rooms partitioned at home. That is, the first air conditioner 100 is arranged in the A room, which is the living room, and the second air conditioner 101, in the B room, with reference to FIG. The air conditioners 100 and 101 can determine the indoor structure of the air conditioners 100 and 101 through the memory 140.

When the user is first located in the living room, that is, in the A room, the first air conditioner 100 senses that the user is located in the A room, and transmits the user information to the other air conditioner 101, The operation of the air conditioner in a non-room can be stopped. Then, only the air conditioner 100 in the A room where the user is located drives the heating operation or the cooling operation.

Next, when the user moves from the room A to the room B, the operation of the first air conditioner 100 in the room A is stopped according to the changed user's position, and the operation of the second air conditioner 101 are operated. That is, each of the air conditioners 100 and 101 can determine the room in which the user is located by detecting the distance and direction to the user through the internal structure information stored in the memory 140. [ In more detail, the information of the room where the user is located can be determined through the air conditioner information at a point closer to the user of each of the air conditioners 100 and 101, or the distance between the air conditioner and the user Direction.

Therefore, in this embodiment, since the air conditioner is driven only in the room where the user is located, there is an advantage that energy can be saved by preventing driving in a room where the user is not located.

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An air conditioner provided on the indoor space to discharge conditioned air; And
And a terminal provided in a part of the user's body located in the indoor space and transmitting the sensed user information to the air conditioner,
Wherein the air conditioner controls operation including directions and intensities of air discharged based on user information received from the terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
The user information includes:
An air conditioning system including a user's location in an indoor space, a user's body temperature, a user's heart rate, and a user's activity amount.
The method according to claim 1,
The air conditioner includes:
A first communication unit for performing wireless communication with the terminal;
A driving unit for controlling the operation of the air blowing fan and the wind direction adjusting unit; And
And a first control unit that controls the driving unit based on user information learned through the first communication unit.
The method of claim 3,
The terminal comprises:
A second communication unit for performing wireless communication with the first communication unit;
A sensing sensor for sensing the user's body and measuring the heart rate and the temperature of the user; And
And a position sensor for sensing the user's position in the room.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the air conditioner comprises:
And detects the user's position in the room through Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) communication or a beacon.
3. The method of claim 2,
And the desired indoor temperature of the air conditioner is set to be high when the detected skin temperature of the user drops below a reference value.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein when the detected heart rate of the user is equal to or greater than a reference value, sound is output to the air conditioner or a fragrance is emitted.
The method according to claim 1,
The air conditioner includes a plurality of air conditioners arranged in respective rooms partitioned in the room,
Wherein the plurality of air conditioners operate in a room where a user is located when a user's position is moved, and the air conditioner in a non-located room stops operating.
A step of entering the cooling or heating operation and discharging air from the air conditioner;
Receiving user information from a terminal provided in a user body; And
And controlling the operation of the air conditioner based on the received information.
10. The method of claim 9,
The user information includes:
A method of controlling an air conditioning system including a user's location in an indoor space, a user's body temperature, a user's heart rate, and a user's activity.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the air conditioner comprises:
Wherein the controller detects the user's position in the room through Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) communication or a beacon.
10. The method of claim 9,
Sensing a user's location on the indoor space; And
Further comprising the step of calculating the position of the user and the distance from the air conditioner to the user to set the discharge direction and discharge wind speed of the discharged air.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the desired indoor temperature of the air conditioner is set to be high when the detected skin temperature of the user drops below a reference value.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein when the detected heart rate of the user is equal to or higher than a reference value, a sound is output or a perfume is emitted to the air conditioner.
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