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Air conditioner control system, sensor device control method, and program

  • US 10,145,575 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2014
  • Issued: 12/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system comprising:

  • one or more facility apparatuses configured to condition an environment in a target space;

    an integrated controller configured to communicate with the one or more facility apparatuses;

    a plurality of sensor devices configured to communicate with the integrated controller; and

    a relay device configured to relay communication between each of the plurality of sensor devices and the integrated controller, wherein;

    each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a battery,the plurality of sensor devices are configured to be put, according to remaining charge amounts of the batteries, in a sleep mode in which power consumption is lower than in a normal mode so that at least two of the plurality of sensor devices run out of battery charge around the same time,the relay device comprises a sleep time decider configured to decide a first interval or a second interval according to the remaining charge amounts of the batteries, the first interval and the second interval differing from each other;

    each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a sleep controller configured to put a target sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices in the sleep mode at the first interval or the second interval decided by the sleep time decider,the integrated controller comprises an apparatus controller configured to control the one or more facility apparatuses based on control parameter data,each of the plurality of sensor devices further comprises a measurer configured to measure an environment value of the target space and send measurement data including the measured environment data to the relay device,the relay device further comprises a control parameter creator configured to create the control parameter data based on the measurement data received from each of the plurality of sensor devices, andthe control parameter creator further comprises;

    a determiner configured to determine whether measurement data including a most recent environment value measured within a predetermined time period is received from each of the plurality of sensor devices;

    a complementer configured to create, when there is at least one sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices for which the determiner determined to not receive the measurement data including the most recent environment value, the control parameter data for the at least one sensor device by complementation using measurement data including environment values measured prior to the predetermined time period, among the measurement data received from the sensor device; and

    a creator configured to create, when there is at least one sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices for which the determiner determined to receive the measurement data including the most recent environment value, the control parameter data including the most recent environment value for the at least one sensor device.

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