KR20190040761A - Indoor air conditioning apparatus having artificial intelligence - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for conditioning indoor air for a plurality of target areas. The apparatus comprises: a main body (10) having a structure partitioned in an assemblable manner; a travel means (20) having independent travel units on the partitioned main body (10) and causing movement and rotation of the main body (10) while avoiding obstacles; a docking means (30) provided to cause the partitioned main body (10) to assemble; and a control means (40) for controlling the traveling means (20) and the docking means (30) with a set algorithm. Accordingly, in realizing functions such as air cleaning and humidification in a movable form in the room, autonomous processing can be performed based on the information obtained in the partitioned space of the room, thereby enhancing the labor saving effect.

Description

[0001] Indoor air conditioning apparatus having artificial intelligence [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an indoor air conditioner, and more particularly, to an indoor air conditioner equipped with an artificial intelligence for realizing a function of air purifying and humidifying in a movable form in a room.

Interest and efforts to manage the quality of the indoor air are increasing, not only at the government level but also at the individual level. In order to protect the health from various pollutants and fine dusts and to create a pleasant environment, various indoor air control devices are increasingly relied upon. In any case, the basic function of the indoor air conditioner is to maintain the proper temperature and humidity together with the air cleanliness. In the future, it is expected that the society will be required to design in accordance with the aging of the aging society.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2016-0027395 (Prior Art 1) and Korean Patent Registration No. 1325669 (Prior Art 2) are known as prior art documents which can be referred to in this connection.

The prior art document 1 has a docking station having an air cleaning function and accommodating a docking module; A docking module mounted on and detachable from the docking station and performing an air cleaning function of a predetermined function; And a sensing module for measuring air quality and providing measurement results to the docking station. Therefore, it is expected to improve the utilization of the air cleaner and the satisfaction of the customer.

The prior art document 2 includes a main body having a traveling wheel, a dust collecting and passing fan motor, a vacuum cleaner consisting of an air cleaner, a humidifying humidifier, and a controller. When contamination of indoor air is detected, a cleaner, a humidifier and an alarm Respectively. Therefore, we expect the effect of creating a comfortable and convenient residential environment in accordance with the trend of digital convergence of home appliances.

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, since the autonomy of driving is insufficient and the cleaning function is essential, there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of labor saving for cleaning indoor air.

1. Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2016-0027395 entitled " Modular Air Purifier " (Open date: 2016.03.10.) 2. Korean Patent Registration No. 1325669 entitled " Combined Cleaner Based on Wireless Communication " (Published on Feb. 14, 2013).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] 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 conditioner, And to provide an indoor air conditioner equipped with artificial intelligence.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an apparatus for controlling indoor air for a plurality of object areas, the apparatus comprising: a body having an integrally divided structure; A traveling means provided on each of the divided main bodies to cause traveling and independent rotation of the main body while avoiding obstacles; A docking means provided to induce coalescence of the divided bodies; And control means for controlling the traveling means and the docking means with an established algorithm.

As a detailed configuration of the present invention, the main body is formed by a structure in which one cylinder is divided into a clean module, a humidification module, and an auxiliary module.

The docking means may include a latching protrusion formed on one side of the main body, a knocking groove formed on the other side of the main body, a hook provided so as to be able to go out on the knocking groove, a driver connected to cause the hook to enter and exit, And a docking detector for guiding a docking position of the hammer and the hammer groove.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the control means includes a microcom-based main control unit installed in one of a plurality of target areas, a microcomputer-based sub control unit mounted on the main body, And an environment detecting unit.

According to a further embodiment of the present invention, the control means outputs an optimal signal for movement of an object area and air conditioning through a predetermined calculation based on input / output data accumulated in a memory.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform autonomous processing based on the information obtained in the divided space of the room in the function of air cleaning, humidification, etc., .

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the main part of the device according to the invention
2 is a schematic view showing a docking means of the device according to the present invention;
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the control means of the device according to the invention
4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of use of the device according to the present invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention proposes an apparatus for controlling indoor air for a plurality of subject areas. A plurality of target areas mean an indoor space constituting an individual house or a collective building. The indoor air conditioning is intended to be a cleaning function for removing dust or foreign matter, a humidifying function for supplying moisture, but is not limited thereto.

The body 10 according to the present invention has an integrally partitioned structure. The main body 10 is configured to be separated or combined with a clean function, a humidification function, and other air control functions. Coalescing is described as simply combining multiple functions, but it is not necessarily limited thereto and may be linked to each other organically.

The main body 10 is formed by a structure in which one cylinder is divided into a clean module 11, a humidification module 12, and an auxiliary module 13. In the present embodiment, In FIG. 1, a state in which the main body 10 is divided by one third based on the cylindrical structure is illustrated. The clean module 11 filters dust or foreign matter in the air based on a filter medium such as a filter. The humidification module 12 generates water by applying ultrasonic vibration to water supplied from a water bottle. The auxiliary module 13 is configured to selectively include a sterilizing function by a UV-LED, a perfume function by a perfume, and an anion function.

In addition, according to the present invention, the traveling means (20) has independent traveling machines on the divided main body (10) to cause movement and rotation of the main body (10) while avoiding obstacles. 1, a first traveling device 21, a second traveling device 22, and a third traveling device 23 are provided at the lower ends of the clean module 11, the humidification module 12, and the auxiliary module 13, respectively State. These traveling devices 21, 22, and 23 cause autonomous traveling like a robot cleaner. The traveling implement implements movement or rotation of the main body 10 through a traveling wheel provided on the bottom surface. The rotation includes a motion that goes back into place in addition to the steering off the straight line.

At this time, the traveling unit uses signals of the traveling detector 25 together with the power of the battery 15 for autonomous traveling. The battery 15 is installed in a chargeable manner with sufficient capacity for traveling, air conditioning, and the like. The travel detector 25 includes a plurality of infrared sensors, ultrasonic sensors, proximity sensors, and the like so as to detect the approach of the obstacle.

Further, according to the present invention, the docking means 30 is provided to cause the main body 10 to be united. The main body 10 of the clean module 11, the humidification module 12 and the auxiliary module 13 may be connected to each other through a respective docking means 30 in a cylindrical shape or separately. The docking means 30 is installed on the inner surface (planar surface) of the divided main body 10, not on the outer surface (curved surface) of the divided main body 10, to perform detachment.

The docking means 30 includes a locking protrusion 31 formed on one side of the main body 10, a locking groove 32 formed on the other side of the main body 10, And a docking detector 37 for guiding the docking position of the locking groove 31 and the docking groove 32. The hook 33 is provided to allow the hook 33 to move in and out, . 2 (b), when the engaging projection 31 and the engaging groove 32 are engaged with each other as shown in Fig. 2 (b), the engaging projection 31 and the engaging groove 32 are engaged with each other, State.

2, the locking protrusion 31 forms a head protruding from the outer surface of the main body 10, and the key groove 32 forms a groove for receiving the locking protrusion 31 on the outer surface of the main body 10 And the hook 33 is provided so as to be able to move in and out of the inner surface of the clamping groove 32 toward and away from the locking projection 31. The actuator 35 causes a movement of the hook 33 using a solenoid, (37) is a light emitting / light receiving sensor and is provided at the same height in the locking projection (31) and the blade groove (32).

A docking means 30 for attaching and detaching the humidification module 12 and the auxiliary module 13, a docking means 30 for attaching and detaching the humidification module 12 and the auxiliary module 13, an auxiliary module 13, The docking means 30 for attaching and detaching the main body 11 may be provided at mutually different heights. This effectively works when the clean module 11, the humidification module 12, and the auxiliary module 13 are guided to be attached and detached only at the set position.

Further, according to the present invention, the control means (40) controls the traveling means (20) and the docking means (30) with the set algorithm. The control means 40 performs the control of the indoor air while moving, merging and separating among the clean module 11, the humidification module 12 and the auxiliary module 13 into a plurality of target areas. The main control objects of the control means 40 are the first traveling device 21, the second traveling device 22, the third traveling device 23 and the driver 35 of the docking means 30. [

The control means 40 includes a main controller 41 based on a microcomputer installed in one of a plurality of target regions, a subcomponent 42 based on a microcomputer mounted on the main body 10, And an environment detecting unit 45 installed in the target area and detecting a signal related to the environment. The main control unit 41 and the sub control unit 42 are all based on a microprocessor, a memory, and a microcomputer circuit having an input / output interface. The main control unit 41 includes an algorithm for performing overall control on the sub control unit 42 and the sub control unit 42 includes an algorithm for performing local control for each divided main body 10. [ The communication unit 27 of the sub control unit 42 performs communication with each other and communication with the main control unit 41. The communication unit 47 of the main control unit 41 communicates with the external wireless network Lt; / RTI > The environment detecting unit 45 is appropriately distributed in the target area and inputs signals for environmental variables such as air pollution, relative humidity, and temperature.

As an example of the operation, assuming that air contamination and abnormal drying are detected in the first space and the second space of the target area through the environment detecting unit 45, the clean module 11 and the humidification module 12 are separated from each other The auxiliary module 13 is movable in a state of being combined with one of the clean module 11 and the humidification module 12. [ As shown in FIG. 4, in the state where the clean module 11 and the auxiliary module 13 are combined, either one of them drives the movement, and the priority of the main power is set to be fixed or the remaining amount of the battery 15 can be set to be large. When the main body 10 is incorporated, it can perform a complex function, occupies a relatively small space, and improves space utilization.

Under the control of the main control unit 41, when the two modules are recognized as being adjacent to each other within a predetermined distance through the communicator 27, the rotation of the one of the modules causes the rotation of the one module And actuates the driver 35 to engage.

In the detailed configuration of the present invention, the control means 40 outputs an optimum signal for movement of an object area and air conditioning through a predetermined calculation based on input / output data stored in a memory. It is possible to maintain the shortest path by learning by computation when the main body 10 moves through a plurality of spaces and to anticipate a change of environmental variables by season or by time zone and to wait for the corresponding module in advance, The filling state may be alarmed in advance.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended that such variations and modifications fall within the scope of the appended claims.

10: main body 11: clean module
12: Humidification module 13: Auxiliary module
15: Battery 20: Driving means
21, 22, 23: traveling machine 25: traveling detector
27: communicator 30: docking means
31: engaging projection 32: engaging groove
33: Hook 35: Actuator
37: docking detector 40: control means
41: main control unit 42:
45: environment detecting unit 47: communication unit

Claims (5)

An apparatus for controlling indoor air for a plurality of target areas, comprising:
A body (10) having an integrally partitioned structure;
Travel means 20 having independent travel units on the divided main body 10 and causing movement and rotation of the main body 10 while avoiding obstacles;
A docking means (30) provided to cause the divided bodies (10) to coalesce; And
And control means (40) for controlling the traveling means (20) and the docking means (30) with a predetermined algorithm. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the main body (10) is formed by a structure in which one cylinder is divided into a clean module (11), a humidification module (12), and an auxiliary module (13). The method according to claim 1,
The docking means 30 includes a locking protrusion 31 formed at one side of the main body 10, a locking groove 32 formed at the other side of the main body 10, a hook And a docking detector (37) for guiding a docking position of the locking protrusion (31) and the locking groove (32) Indoor air conditioner equipped with intelligence. The method according to claim 1,
The control means 40 includes a microcomputer-based main control unit 41 installed in one of a plurality of target regions, a microcomputer-based sub control unit 42 mounted on the main body 10, And an environment detecting unit (45) for detecting a related signal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control means (40) outputs an optimal signal for movement of the target region and air conditioning through a predetermined calculation based on input / output data stored in the memory.

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