WO2022218032A1

WO2022218032A1 - Linkage method for air conditioner and heater, and air conditioner system linked with heater

Info

Publication number: WO2022218032A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/077120
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李学瑞; 张晓飞; 陈运东; 曹高华
Original assignee: 青岛海尔空调器有限总公司; 青岛海尔空调电子有限公司; 海尔智家股份有限公司
Priority date: 2021-04-13
Filing date: 2022-02-21
Publication date: 2022-10-20
Also published as: CN113091276A

Abstract

A linkage method for an air conditioner (10) and a heater (20), comprising: obtaining information, the information comprising operation information and/or environmental information of the heater (20); and controlling operation of the heater (20) and/or the air conditioner (10) according to the obtained information. Also provided is an air conditioner (10) system linked with the heater (20). The present application can provide a comfortable and adaptive sleeping environment for a user, thereby improving sleeping experience of the user.

Description

Linkage method of air conditioner and heater, and air conditioner system linked to heater

This application is based on the Chinese patent application with the application number of 202110394554.4 and the filing date of April 13, 2021, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to a linkage method of an air conditioner and a heater, and an air conditioner system linked to the heater.

Background technique

In winter, the air conditioner often runs at the same time as the electric blanket. However, if the electric blanket runs for a long time, there will be a large temperature difference and low humidity in the indoor space, which will affect people's sleep experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of this, the present invention provides a linkage method of an air conditioner and a heater, which can realize linkage control of the operation of the heater and/or the air conditioner, so as to provide a comfortable and adaptive sleeping environment for users, thereby Helps to improve the user's sleep experience.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A linkage method of an air conditioner and a heater, comprising:

Obtain information; the information includes: heater operation information and/or environmental information;

Based on the acquired information, control the operation of the heater and/or air conditioner.

Preferably, the obtaining information includes:

Get the heater surface temperature;

According to the obtained information, controlling the operation of the heater includes:

Adjust the heater to the corresponding operating mode according to the heater surface temperature.

Preferably, adjusting the heater to a corresponding operating mode according to the surface temperature of the heater, including:

If the surface temperature of the heater exceeds 35°C, adjust the heater to the standby state;

If the heater surface temperature is lower than 20℃, adjust the heater to high-grade heating mode;

If the surface temperature of the heater is higher than 20°C and less than 30°C, adjust the heater to the medium heating mode;

If the heater surface temperature is higher than 30°C and less than 35°C, adjust the heater to the low-grade heating mode.

Preferably, the obtaining information includes:

Obtain indoor temperature and user ambient temperature;

The controlling the operation of the air conditioner according to the acquired information includes:

The heating power of the air conditioner is controlled according to the temperature difference between the indoor temperature and the ambient temperature of the user.

Preferably, the method of acquiring the temperature around the user is to detect the temperature by an infrared imaging device.

Preferably, before the acquiring information, the method further includes:

Get the user's location;

Determine whether the user's position is within the use range of the heater, and if so, control the heater to be turned on.

Preferably, the obtaining information includes:

Get indoor humidity;

Adjust the heater to the corresponding operating mode according to the indoor humidity.

Preferably, before the acquiring information, the method further includes:

Determine whether the operation mode of the air conditioner is the heating mode, and if so, obtain information.

Preferably, the heater includes: an electric blanket.

An air conditioner system linked with a heater, an air conditioner body, the air conditioner body comprising:

An air conditioner acquisition module for acquiring operation information and/or environmental information of the heater;

An air conditioning control module for controlling the operation of the heater and/or the air conditioner according to the acquired information.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, in the linkage method of the air conditioner and the heater provided by the present invention, the operation information and/or environmental information of the heater are first obtained, and then the heater and/or the heater and/or the heater are controlled according to the obtained information. The operation of the air conditioner helps to realize the linkage control of the operation of the heater and/or the air conditioner, thereby providing a comfortable and adaptive sleeping environment for the user, thereby improving the sleeping experience of the user.

Description of drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a linkage method for an air conditioner and a heater provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of temperature and humidity control provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an air conditioner system linked with a heater according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is an air conditioner body, 11 is an air conditioner control module, 12 is a temperature acquisition module, 13 is an air conditioner heating module, 14 is a humidity acquisition module; 20 is a heater, 21 is a heater temperature sensor, and 22 is an instruction receiving module .

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The linkage method of the air conditioner and the heater provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 , includes:

In this solution, it should be noted that the operation information of the heater includes: heater surface temperature (see below for details); the environmental information of the heater includes: indoor temperature and user ambient temperature (see below for details); in addition , this scheme controls the operation of the heater and/or air conditioner according to the obtained information until the parameters of the use environment (including indoor temperature difference or indoor humidity, etc.) are within a reasonable range, such as adjusting the operation of the air conditioner until the indoor temperature difference is less than or equal to the preset temperature difference, or adjust the heater to a corresponding operating mode until the indoor humidity is greater than or equal to the preset humidity, etc., so as to help provide users with a comfortable experience effect. Of course, this solution can also take the air conditioner as the main body, obtain the above information through the air conditioner acquisition module of the air conditioner, and then use the air conditioner control module of the air conditioner to control the operation of the heater and/or the air conditioner according to the obtained information, so as to To achieve the effect of linkage control with high integration and low cost.

It can be seen from the above technical solutions that, in the linkage method between the air conditioner and the heater provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the operation information and/or environmental information of the heater are first obtained, and then the heater and the heater are controlled according to the obtained information. /or the operation of the air conditioner, thereby helping to realize the linkage control of the operation of the heater and the air conditioner, so as to provide a comfortable and adaptive sleeping environment for the user, thereby improving the sleeping experience of the user.

In this solution, in order to facilitate the heater to provide the user with a good and comfortable heating effect, so as to improve the experience of the heater, this solution requires the heater to have the function of adaptively selecting the operation mode; accordingly , the acquired information includes:

Get the heater surface temperature;

Specifically, in order to realize adaptive heating of the heater, so as to provide users with a comfortable and adaptive heating effect; accordingly, as shown in FIG. 2 , according to the surface temperature of the heater, the heater is adjusted to Corresponding operating modes, including:

In this solution, in order to prevent the indoor temperature difference from being too large and to ensure that the user has a comfortable sleeping experience with a good body temperature, this solution requires that the solution has an adaptive temperature difference adjustment function; specifically, the acquired information includes:

Obtain indoor temperature and user ambient temperature;

The heating power of the air conditioner is controlled according to the temperature difference between the indoor temperature and the ambient temperature of the user. More specifically, first determine whether the temperature difference between the indoor temperature and the user's ambient temperature is greater than the preset temperature difference, and if so, adjust the heating power of the air conditioner until the user's ambient temperature reaches the preset temperature. The preset temperature difference is 2°C. That is to say, if the deviation between the indoor temperature and the ambient temperature of the user is greater than 2°C, the ambient temperature of the user is transmitted to the control module of the air conditioner as the feedback temperature, that is, the control module of the air conditioner adjusts the control module according to the ambient temperature of the user. Its thermal power until the user's ambient temperature reaches the set temperature.

Specifically, in order to keep the temperature difference after adjustment in place within a reasonable range, this needs to be maintained by the wind force of the air conditioner; correspondingly, it is also necessary to control the air conditioner to turn on the uniform air mode. That is to say, the air conditioner is controlled to sweep the air with a large air volume in the indoor space. In addition, when the deviation between the ambient temperature of the user and the indoor temperature is less than 2°C, the air conditioner is controlled to turn on the direct blowing prevention mode.

Further, the method of acquiring the temperature around the user is to detect the temperature by an infrared imaging device. This solution is designed in this way, and has the characteristics of convenient temperature detection and accurate temperature detection. In addition, the indoor temperature can be detected by the air conditioner temperature sensor; the heater surface temperature can be detected by the temperature sensor on the heater surface.

Still further, in order to ensure that the heater is automatically turned on under the condition of being used by someone, and to avoid false start or empty start of the heater; correspondingly, before the information acquisition, it also includes:

Acquiring the user's location; wherein, the method of acquiring the user's location is recognition and acquisition by an infrared imaging device;

Determine whether the user's position is within the use range of the heater, and if so, control the heater to turn on and collect the surface temperature of the heater and the temperature around the user.

In this solution, in order to prevent the indoor humidity from being too low, so as not to affect the user's sleeping experience, this solution requires the solution to have a humidity adaptive adjustment function; specifically, the acquired information includes:

Get indoor humidity;

Adjust the heater to the corresponding operating mode according to the indoor humidity. More specifically, it is determined whether the indoor humidity is lower than the preset humidity, and if so, the heater is controlled to enter a standby state until the indoor humidity is within a reasonable range. Among them, humidification can also be performed by a linked humidifier. Further, the air conditioner will automatically detect the indoor air humidity during the operation of the heater. When the humidity is lower than the comfortable range of the human body, the air conditioner will automatically recognize and control the humidifier to humidify, and turn off the heater power, so that the It enters a standby state until the indoor air humidity reaches an appropriate range.

Further, before the acquiring information, it also includes:

Determine whether the operation mode of the air conditioner is the heating mode, and if so, obtain information. That is to say, the interlocking control process of the air conditioner and the heater in this solution only runs in the heating mode of the air conditioner. This solution is designed in this way to facilitate the auxiliary linkage regulation of the heating mode of the air conditioner, making it easier to form a sleeping environment with a suitable temperature difference and a pleasant humidity under the heating mode of the air conditioner.

Specifically, in order to better provide a heating effect with good body temperature, preferably, the heater includes: an electric blanket. Of course, the heater in this solution may also include other heaters, such as a heater, which will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a control device, including:

controller;

The memory is used to store the computer program; the controller executes the computer program stored in the memory to realize the steps of the method for linking the air conditioner and the heater as described above. Wherein, since the controller of the present solution executes the computer program stored in the memory to realize the steps of the above-mentioned method for interlocking the air conditioner and the heater, the present solution has the above-mentioned method for interlocking the air conditioner and the heater. For all the beneficial effects, reference may be made to the foregoing description, which will not be repeated here.

An embodiment of the present invention also provides a storage medium, which stores a computer program, including steps of implementing the above-mentioned method for linking an air conditioner and a heater when the computer program is executed by a processor. Wherein, since the computer program of the present solution is executed by the processor to realize the steps of the above-mentioned method for interlocking the air conditioner and the heater, the present solution has all the beneficial effects of the above-mentioned method for interlocking the air conditioner and the heater. , for details, reference may be made to the foregoing description, which will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides an air conditioner system linked with a heater, including: an air conditioner body, and the air conditioner body includes:

Since this solution adopts the above-mentioned linkage method between the air conditioner and the heater, it also has corresponding beneficial effects. For details, reference can be made to the previous description, which will not be repeated here.

This scheme is further introduced below in conjunction with specific embodiments:

The invention provides an air conditioner linked with the electric blanket, which can control the operation of the air conditioner and the electric blanket according to the temperature around the electric blanket (surface temperature of the electric blanket), the ambient temperature around the human body, the indoor temperature, and the indoor air humidity, so as to prevent the operation of the air conditioner and the electric blanket. Improve human comfort and improve sleep experience.

The air conditioner linked with the electric blanket provided by the present invention controls the rotation speed of the indoor fan, the heating capacity and the power of the electric blanket depending on the set temperature, indoor temperature, indoor humidity, ambient temperature of the human body and the surface temperature of the electric blanket. This control program only runs in the heating mode of the air conditioner, it can be interrupted by manual operation, and can be manually restarted again after interruption. Indoor temperature detection, indoor humidity detection, human body surrounding temperature detection, and electric blanket surface temperature detection are carried out at the same time. The indoor temperature detection is performed by the air conditioner temperature sensor, the temperature detection around the human body is performed by the infrared imaging device on the surface of the air conditioner, and the surface temperature detection of the electric blanket is performed by the temperature sensor on the surface of the electric blanket.

The air conditioner linked with the electric blanket provided by the present invention obtains the indoor infrared image through the infrared imaging device of the air conditioner, and determines the temperature data of multiple temperature regions according to the infrared thermal imaging, thereby identifying the position of the person and identifying the person in the electric blanket. When it is on, the electric blanket will be automatically turned on and the surface temperature of the electric blanket and the surrounding temperature of the human body will be collected. When the surface temperature of the electric blanket exceeds 35℃, the electric blanket will be adjusted to the standby state; when the surface temperature of the electric blanket is lower than 20℃, it will enter the high-grade heating mode; Mode, when the surface temperature of the electric blanket is higher than 30 ℃ and less than 35 ℃, it is a low-grade heating mode.

If the deviation between the average temperature around the human body and the temperature measured by the indoor temperature sensor is greater than 2°C, the average temperature around the human body is used as the feedback temperature to the air conditioner, that is, the heating power is adjusted according to the average temperature around the human body until the average temperature around the human body reaches the set temperature and turns on. Uniform air mode, sweeping air with large air volume in the indoor space; if the deviation between the average temperature around the human body and the temperature measured by the indoor temperature sensor is less than 2 °C, the anti-direct blowing mode is turned on.

The air conditioner will automatically detect the indoor air humidity during the operation of the electric blanket. When the humidity is lower than the comfortable range of the person, the air conditioner will automatically recognize and humidify, turn off the power of the electric blanket, and enter the standby state until the indoor air humidity reaches the appropriate range. .

In addition, the solution also provides an air conditioner system linked with a heater, as shown in FIG. 3 , including: an air conditioner body 10 , and the air conditioner body 10 includes:

a temperature acquisition module 12 for acquiring the ambient temperature of the heater 20;

Communication is connected to the air conditioning control module 11 of the temperature acquisition module;

The air-conditioning heating module 13 of the air-conditioning control module 11 is communicatively connected.

In this solution, it should be noted that the ambient temperature of the heater 20 is first acquired through the temperature acquisition module 12, wherein the ambient temperature of the heater 20 includes: the surface temperature of the heater 20, the temperature of the human body (the temperature around the user) and the ambient temperature of the air conditioner The temperature (indoor temperature), the details can be found below; then the air conditioning control module 11 controls the operation of the air conditioning heating module 13 according to the acquired information (mainly based on the temperature difference information between the human body temperature and the ambient temperature of the air conditioner). Details can be found below.

In this solution, this solution takes the air conditioner body 10 as the main body, obtains the information of the ambient temperature of the heater 20 through its temperature acquisition module 12, and then uses the air conditioning control module 11 to control the air conditioning and heating module according to the obtained information. operation, so as to realize the temperature adjustment linked with the heater. In this way, the solution has the characteristics of high integration, low cost (reducing the heater ambient temperature acquisition module), and good temperature adjustment effect; at the same time, this solution also helps to provide users with a good and comfortable sleep. Experience the effect.

In this solution, the temperature acquisition module 12 includes:

A temperature communication module for acquiring the surface temperature of the heater 20 ; the temperature communication module is used for communicating with the heater temperature sensor 21 on the surface of the heater 20 . This solution is designed in this way, so as to realize the acquisition of the surface temperature of the heater 20, and then adjust the heater 20 to the corresponding operation mode according to the surface temperature of the heater 20, so that the heater 20 can achieve the effect of adaptive heating, thereby This helps to further improve the user's sleep experience.

Further, the temperature acquisition module 12 includes:

Human body temperature detection module for detecting human body temperature. This solution is designed so as to realize the detection of human body temperature (the temperature around the user).

Specifically, the human body temperature detection module includes: an infrared imaging device. This solution is designed in this way, and has the characteristics of convenient temperature detection and accurate temperature detection.

Still further, the temperature acquisition module 12 includes:

An air conditioner temperature sensor for detecting the ambient temperature of the air conditioner body 10 . This solution is designed in this way, so as to realize the detection of the indoor temperature, and then it is convenient for the air-conditioning control module 11 to control the operation of the air-conditioning heating module 13 according to the temperature difference information between the indoor temperature and the human body temperature, that is, to control the heating of the air-conditioning heating module 13 power operation. More specifically, the air conditioning control module 11 determines whether the temperature difference between the human body temperature and the ambient temperature of the air conditioner is greater than the preset temperature difference, and if so, adjusts the heating power of the air conditioning heating module 13 until the human body temperature reaches the preset temperature. The preset temperature difference is 2°C. That is to say, if the deviation between the indoor temperature and the user's ambient temperature is greater than 2°C, the user's ambient temperature is transmitted to the air-conditioning control module 11 as the feedback temperature, so that the air-conditioning control module 11 can adjust the air-conditioning and heating module according to the user's ambient temperature. The thermal power of 13 reaches the set temperature until the ambient temperature of the user reaches the set temperature, which can realize the temperature linkage adjustment taking into account the ambient temperature of the heater 20, avoid the ambient temperature difference from being too large, and thus help provide the user with a good and comfortable sleeping experience effect.

In this solution, in order to prevent the indoor humidity from being too low and to prevent the effect of affecting the user's sleep experience, this solution requires the solution to have an adaptive humidity adjustment function; accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3 , the air conditioner body 10 further includes :

The humidity acquisition module 14 for acquiring the ambient humidity of the heater 20; that is, to acquire the indoor humidity through the humidity acquisition module 14; the humidity acquisition module 14 is communicatively connected to the air conditioning control module 11;

The air conditioner humidification module is communicatively connected to the air conditioner control module 11 . More specifically, after the humidity acquisition module 14 acquires the indoor humidity, the air conditioning control module 11 determines whether the indoor humidity is lower than the preset humidity, and if so, controls the air conditioning humidification module to humidify until the indoor humidity is within a reasonable range. That is to say, the air conditioner will automatically detect the indoor air humidity during the operation of the heater. When the humidity is lower than the comfortable range of the human body, the air conditioner will automatically recognize and humidify. Of course, the power of the heater can be turned off to make it enter the Standby state until the indoor air humidity reaches an appropriate range, so as to achieve the effect of humidity linkage adjustment.

In this solution, as shown in FIG. 3 , the air conditioner system linked with the heater provided by the embodiment of the present invention further includes: a heater 20;

The heater 20 includes: an instruction receiving module 22 ; the air conditioning control module 11 is communicatively connected to the instruction receiving module 22 . This solution is designed so as to realize the linkage control of the heater 20 . That is, the air-conditioning control module 11 adjusts the heater 20 to the corresponding operation mode according to the acquired information (surface temperature of the heater 20), so that this solution has the function of adaptively selecting the operation mode of the heater, thereby helping Provides users with a comfortable and comfortable heating effect. That is to say, this solution takes the air conditioner body 10 as the main body, obtains the heater surface temperature through the temperature acquisition module 12, and then controls the heater to operate in the corresponding mode through the air conditioner control module according to the heater surface temperature. Then the linkage control effect of high integration and low cost is achieved.

Further, the air conditioner body 10 further includes: a wireless communication module;

The air-conditioning control module 11 is communicatively connected to the command receiving module 22 through the wireless communication module. This scheme adopts the method of wireless communication connection, and has the characteristics of simplified structure, convenient communication, economical and practical and so on.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 , the heater 20 further includes: a heater temperature sensor 21, so as to realize the acquisition of the surface temperature of the heater; the temperature acquisition module includes: a temperature communication module; the temperature communication module is communicatively connected to the heater temperature sensor 21. This solution is designed so that the air conditioning control module 11 can adjust the heater 20 to a corresponding operation mode according to the surface temperature of the heater, so as to facilitate the adaptive heating of the heater 20 .

The various embodiments in this specification are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts between the various embodiments can be referred to each other.

The above description of the disclosed embodiments enables any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

A linkage method for an air conditioner and a heater, comprising:

Obtain information; the information includes: heater operation information and/or environmental information;

Based on the acquired information, control the operation of the heater and/or air conditioner.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring information comprises:

Get the heater surface temperature;

According to the obtained information, controlling the operation of the heater includes:

Adjust the heater to the corresponding operating mode according to the heater surface temperature.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 2, wherein the adjusting the heater to a corresponding operation mode according to the surface temperature of the heater comprises:

If the surface temperature of the heater exceeds 35°C, adjust the heater to the standby state;

If the heater surface temperature is lower than 20℃, adjust the heater to high-grade heating mode;

If the surface temperature of the heater is higher than 20°C and less than 30°C, adjust the heater to the medium heating mode;

If the heater surface temperature is higher than 30°C and less than 35°C, adjust the heater to the low-grade heating mode.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring information comprises:

Obtain indoor temperature and user ambient temperature;

The controlling the operation of the air conditioner according to the acquired information includes:

The heating power of the air conditioner is controlled according to the temperature difference between the indoor temperature and the ambient temperature of the user.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 4, wherein the method of acquiring the temperature around the user is to detect the temperature by an infrared imaging device.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein before the acquiring information, further comprising:

Get the user's location;

Determine whether the user's position is within the use range of the heater, and if so, control the heater to be turned on.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring information comprises:

Get indoor humidity;

According to the obtained information, controlling the operation of the heater includes:

Adjust the heater to the corresponding operating mode according to the indoor humidity.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein before the acquiring information, further comprising:

Determine whether the operation mode of the air conditioner is the heating mode, and if so, obtain information.
The method for linking an air conditioner and a heater according to claim 1, wherein the heater comprises: an electric blanket.
An air conditioner system linked with a heater, an air conditioner body, characterized in that the air conditioner body comprises:

An air conditioner acquisition module for acquiring operation information and/or environmental information of the heater;

An air conditioning control module for controlling the operation of the heater and/or the air conditioner according to the acquired information.