Operation device and method to control an air conditioner based on weather change patterns
US11029052B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/2614
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an operation control device (10), a plan selection unit (15) determines, at a time point midway through a time zone where an operation of an air conditioner (54) is controlled along one control plan among a plurality of control plans, whether a weather change pattern corresponding to the one control plan deviates from an actual weather change pattern, based on weather data. If deviates, the plan selection unit (15) selects a weather change pattern that is different from the weather change pattern corresponding to the one control plan, from among a plurality of weather change patterns, in accordance with the weather data. During a rest of the time zone, the plan selection unit (15) controls the operation of the air conditioner (54) along a control plan corresponding to the different weather change pattern, among the plurality of control plans.
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