RU2757946C1 - System for conditioning control - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: controlling.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used in air conditioning systems in residential, office, and other buildings. The proposed system for conditioning control involves the presence of a wireless service for interaction of the wireless controller with the mobile apparatus of the user, wherein the mobile apparatus of the user is equipped with an application, program or other hardware for receiving or sending parameters, status commands, controlling conditioning, and the air conditioner control unit is made from the condition of executing commands received only from the wireless controller.

EFFECT: implementation of the invention provides a possibility of blocking unauthorised control of the air conditioner via a remote control.

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Description

The invention can be used in air conditioning systems in residential, office, etc. premises.

Today, the traditional means of remotely switching air conditioner operating modes is a remote control (RC), through which, by pressing the appropriate buttons, the user sets the required air conditioner operating mode (see, for example, https://airsystema.ru/articles/pult -upravleniya-kondicionerom). Depending on the configuration, the remote control can be both wired and wireless, while the air conditioner itself must contain a unit (board) for controlling and monitoring air conditioning parameters, which is an element of direct receipt of commands from the remote control and transmitting them to the corresponding executive bodies of the air conditioner ...

The problem solved by the creation of the proposed air conditioning control system is to further improve the methods of remote control of household, etc. air conditioners, while the technical result achieved when solving the problem is the ability to block unauthorized control of the air conditioner through the remote control.

To achieve this result, an air conditioning control system is proposed, including:

- an air conditioner with a control unit connected to / equipped with a wireless (Wi-Fi) controller;

- a user's mobile device with wireless communication capability;

- wireless service of interaction of the said controller and the user's mobile device with each other;

- while the user's mobile device is equipped with an application, program or other hardware for receiving / sending parameters / commands for the state / control of the air conditioner;

- the control unit is made from the condition of executing commands received only from the wireless (Wi-Fi) controller.

The user's mobile device can be a smartphone, tablet computer (tablet), etc. a mobile wireless communication device with the ability to interact with the Internet, including, such a mobile device is equipped with a pre-installed and / or downloadable application or program serving to receive / send parameters / commands for the status / control of the air conditioner. It is obvious to a specialist that specific models of mobile devices, including their technical characteristics, for the purpose of the practical implementation of the declared system are determined by the end user from personal preferences and the assortment available on the market, are not subject to independent legal protection within the framework of the stated claims and are considered in this application. exclusively at the functional level. Similarly, the corresponding application or program can be either specially created / written applications for specific models of air conditioners, including specially created / written by air conditioner manufacturers, as well as other applications created / written by third parties, while it is obvious to a specialist that the choice of such applications are also determined by the end user based on the technical parameters and the operating system used by the corresponding mobile device. It is also obvious to the skilled person that the corresponding mobile application can be either a pre-installed application on the user's mobile device, for example, in the order of cooperation of manufacturers of mobile devices and air conditioners, or be a downloadable application in accordance with conventional protocols.

An example of a wireless communication service can be a cloud data storage, while it is obvious to a specialist that both services specially created by manufacturers of air conditioners and services operating on the basis of existing cloud storages, with configuration, parameters, technical, etc., can act as such storages. NS. the characteristics of such services are not subject to independent legal protection within the framework of the stated claims and are considered in this application exclusively at the functional level.

The invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 with the displayed schematic block diagrams, respectively, of the claimed system as a whole and of the wireless (Wi-Fi) controller.

With reference to FIG. 1, practical aspects of the implementation of the claimed air conditioning control system assume the presence of a wireless (Wi-Fi) controller that receives and sends control signals to the air conditioning control unit (see the air conditioning control and monitoring unit in FIG. 2). In turn, the application on the user's mobile device is actually a means of interacting with the "control unit - wireless (Wi-Fi) controller" link, communicating via the Internet with a wireless (cloud) interaction service, and either receives signals from the controller and displays the operating parameters air conditioner on the screen of a mobile device, or sends user commands to the controller and, then, to the control unit, which changes (regulates) the condition of the air conditioner.

The proposed system may not have a traditional infrared sensor for controlling the air conditioner via a remote control (RC), and if it is present, it is connected only via a wireless (Wi-Fi) controller, excluding any other connection options. Similarly, in the case of using a wired remote control to control the air conditioner, the latter can also be connected only via a wireless (Wi-Fi) controller. In other words, the described configuration, according to which the link "control unit - wireless (Wi-Fi) controller" is a priority, with the ability to prohibit the execution of commands from other sources of control signal, and allows you to achieve the ability to block unauthorized control of the air conditioner via the remote control while maintaining all other control and monitoring functions, i.e. achieve the set result (the most obvious example of blocking unauthorized control and other restrictions is the function of the so-called "parental control").

An additional aspect contributing to the implementation of the possibility of the described blocking is the fact that the user's mobile device itself has built-in access restriction functions - the need to unlock the input of a passcode, fingerprint identification, and the like. actions, which, in essence, enhances the control (blocking) options of the system (in other words, in order to send a control signal, it is necessary to initially unlock the user's device).

In accordance with the above, as well as with reference to Fig. 2, the wireless (Wi-Fi) controller is configured for direct and feedback communication with the control unit. For a specialist, it is obvious that technical means make it possible to implement the controller as an independent functional construct, remotely located from the air conditioner, and its direct inclusion into the air conditioner, for example, by placing the control unit on the electronic board. A variant of the technical means that makes it possible to implement the condition of the exclusivity of the link "control unit - wireless (Wi-Fi) controller" is the multiplexing unit, which is part of the controller. The specified unit is essentially a device with several inputs for signals from the IR sensor of the remote control, wireless controller, etc., and one output - a control signal to the control unit. It should also be noted that the technical aspects of the implementation of the claimed system do not exclude the use of other sources of control signals, for example, the elimination of the traditional remote control, however, it is mandatory to provide for the establishment of the initial connection of such sources with the wireless controller, which, in turn, subsequently transmits signals from such sources to the control unit - see the corresponding connections in Fig. 2.

Claims (7)

1. Air conditioning control system, including: - an air conditioner with a control unit equipped with or connected to a wireless controller; - a user's mobile device with wireless communication capability; - wireless service of interaction of the said controller and the user's mobile device with each other; - while the user's mobile device is equipped with an application, program or other hardware for receiving or sending parameters or commands for the status or control of the air conditioner; - the control unit is executed from the condition of executing commands received only from the wireless controller. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein a Wi-Fi controller is used as the wireless controller.

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