IP Library Granted Patent US 11,274,848
Granted Patent B2
US 11,274,848 · App. 16/352,035 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Terminal device, storage medium and air conditioning system

Inventors: Kenichi Fujiwara (Kawasaki, JP); Tomoshi Otsuki (Kawasaki, JP); Miho Sako (Kawasaki, JP); Takahiro Yamamoto (Fuchu, JP); Eiichi Sunagawa (Ota, JP); Shusaku Tsuge (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Patent No.
US 11,274,848
App. No.
16/352,035
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a terminal device used by a user in an indoor space in which an air conditioner is installed includes a processor. The processor is configured to input position information indicating a position of the user in the indoor space, input first bodily sensation information indicating an air conditioning state felt by the user, and output the input position information and the input first bodily sensation information to an external device.

Claims (50)

1. A terminal device used by a user in an indoor space in which an air conditioner is installed, the terminal device comprising:

a processor configured to:

input position information indicating a position of the user in the indoor space;

display a plurality of icons each representing a comfort level that the user feels and input first bodily sensation information indicating a comfort level represented by an icon selected by the user among the displayed icons; and

output the position information and the first bodily sensation information to an external device, wherein

a floor map of the indoor space is displayed,

a position indicated by the position information is designated by the user on the floor map, and

the plurality of icons is provided in the vicinity of the position information displayed on the floor map.

2. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the external device includes a control device configured to control an operation of the air conditioner, and

the control device is configured to control the operation of the air conditioner based on the position information and the first bodily sensation information.

3. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

display a message for checking the comfort level that the user feels after the operation of the air conditioner is controlled by the control device,

input second bodily sensation information indicating the comfort level that the user feels as a response to the displayed message, and

when the second bodily sensation information is not inputted within a predetermined period after the message is displayed, the operation of the air conditioner is stopped or restored to a predetermined control value.

4. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

display a message for checking the comfort level that the user feels after the operation of the air conditioner is controlled by the control device; and

input a time during which the air conditioner continues to operate as a response to the displayed message, and

the control device is configured to control the operation of the air conditioner based on the time.

5. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

receive air conditioner information indicating an operation state of the air conditioner after the operation of the air conditioner is controlled by the control device, and

display the received air conditioner information on the floor map.

6. The terminal device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

display on the floor map a time from when an operation of the air conditioner is controlled by the control device until air conditioning is performed in the air conditioner.

7. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the external device comprises a different terminal device used by a different user in the indoor space, and

the position information and the first bodily sensation information are displayed on the different terminal device.

8. The terminal device according to claim 1 , the processor is configured to display position information indicating a position of a different user in the indoor space and third bodily sensation information indicating a comfort level that the different user feels, the position information and the third bodily sensation information being inputted into a different terminal device used by the different user in the indoor space.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein

the processor is configured to display the third bodily sensation information indicating the comfort level that the different user feels when thermal sensation tolerance information of the user and that of the different user are identical.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8 , wherein the third bodily sensation information indicating the comfort level that the different user feels is corrected and displayed based on tolerance information indicating thermal sensation tolerances of the user and the different user.

11. The terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to display on the floor map of indoor space position information indicating a position of each of a plurality of different users in the indoor space and third bodily sensation information indicating a comfort level that each of the different users feels, the position information and the third bodily sensation information being inputted into each of a plurality of different terminal devices used by the different users in the indoor space, and

the third bodily sensation information inputted into each of the different terminal devices is displayed as a contour line based on the position information, on the floor map.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program which is executable by a computer of a terminal device used by a user in an indoor space in which an air conditioner is installed, the program comprising instructions capable of causing the computer to execute functions of:

inputting position information indicating a position of the user in the indoor space;

displaying a plurality of icons each representing a comfort level that the user feels and inputting bodily sensation information indicating a comfort level represented by an icon selected by the user among the displayed icons; and

outputting the position information and the bodily sensation information to an external device, wherein

a floor map of the indoor space is displayed,

a position indicated by the position information is designated by the user on the floor map, and

the plurality of icons is provided in the vicinity of the position information displayed on the floor map.

13. An air conditioning system comprising a terminal device used by a user in an indoor space in which an air conditioner is installed and an external device communicably connected to the terminal device, wherein

the terminal device comprises a processor configured to:

input position information indicating a position of the user in the indoor space;

display a plurality of icons each representing a comfort level that the user feels and input bodily sensation information indicating a comfort level represented by an icon selected by the user among the displayed icons; and

output the position information and the bodily sensation information to an external device,

the external device is configured to perform a process for improving a comfort level of the user based on the position information and the bodily sensation information,

a floor map of the indoor space is displayed on the terminal device,

a position indicated by the position information is designated by the user on the floor map, and

the plurality of icons is provided in the vicinity of the position information displayed on the floor map.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2019
From: FUJIWARA, KENICHI; OTSUKI, TOMOSHI; SAKO, MIHO; YAMAMOTO, TAKAHIRO; SUNAGAWA, EIICHI; TSUGE, SHUSAKU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 049357/0663 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2018-164612 · Sep 3, 2018 · national
JP JP2019-037732 · Mar 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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