IP Library Granted Patent US 9,388,997
Granted Patent B2
US 9,388,997 · App. 13/017,720 · Granted Jul 12, 2016

Air-conditioning control apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,388,997
App. No.
13/017,720
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air-conditioning control apparatus for controlling an air conditioner configured to supply conditioned air into a space to be air-conditioned so that a temperature of a predetermined section in a plurality of sections in the space to be air-conditioned becomes a set temperature, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising: a detecting device configured to determines the number of people in the predetermined section; and a controller configured to correct the set temperature so as to be decreased if the number of people is increased and so as to be increased if the number of people is decreased.

Claims (18)

1. An air-conditioning control apparatus of an air-conditioning system including a plurality of air conditioners disposed respectively in a plurality of sections in a space to be air-conditioned in order to set a temperature of each of the plurality of sections at a desired temperature, and a plurality of inlets for sucking air outside of the space to be air-conditioned into the space to be air-conditioned, the air-conditioning control apparatus comprising:

a detecting device configured to detect presence of a person in each of the plurality of sections; and

a controller configured to

control the plurality of air conditioners so that a difference between a temperature of a section where a person is detected among the plurality of sections and an outside temperature outside of the space to be air-conditioned is larger than a difference between a temperature of a section where a person is not detected among the plurality of sections and the outside temperature, and

control an intake amount through the plurality of inlets so that a intake amount through the inlet, which is far from the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of inlets is larger than a intake amount through the inlet, which is close to the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of inlets.

2. The air-conditioning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the detecting device determines the number of people detected in each of the plurality of sections, and

the controller controls the intake amount through each of the plurality of inlets in accordance with the number of people in the section where a person is detected.

3. The air-conditioning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller controls the intake amount through the inlet, which is close to the section where a person is detected, so as to becomes zero or substantially zero.

4. The air-conditioning control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller controls the intake amount through the inlet, which is the farthest from the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of inlets.

5. The air-conditioning control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a plurality of outlets for exhausting air in the space to be air-conditioned to the outside, wherein

the controller controls air exhaust amount through each of the plurality of outlets so that the air exhaust amount through the outlet, which is far from the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of outlets is larger than the air exhaust amount through the outlet, which is close to the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of outlets.

6. The air-conditioning control apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising

a plurality of outlets for exhausting air in the space to be air-conditioned to the outside, wherein

the controller controls air exhaust amount through each of the plurality of outlets so that the air exhaust amount through the outlet, which is far from the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of outlets is larger than the air exhaust amount through the outlet, which is close to the section where a person is detected, among the plurality of outlets.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2011
From: YOSHII, KATSUJI; OKADA, SHIGERU; SEKUGUCHI, KAZUHIRO; TERA, SHIGEO; NAKASONE, JUNYA; YAMANA, KOICHI; GOUDA, YOSHIAKI; MEGURO, MASAAKI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026054/0557 →