Air information management apparatus

• US 10,415,843 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakajima, Hirobumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hartman, Jr., Ronald D
• Application Number:
  US15/511,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20170299217A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,470 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/72 for controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/50 Air quality properties
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2130/10 Weather information or forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2140/60 Energy consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

An air information management apparatus includes: an obtainer that obtains an air state of a target area from a sensor installed in the target area or an area surrounding the target area; storage in which an air state record that is a record of the air state obtained by the obtainer is stored; an information processor that derives, from the air state record stored in the storage, statistical information on the air state measured for the target area during a predetermined period; and a display controller that causes the display apparatus to display, as information indicating an air environment in the target area, the statistical information derived by the information processor.

Claims

1. An air information management apparatus, comprising:

an obtaining circuit that obtains a plurality of air states respectively measured during a plurality of periods from a sensor installed in a second dwelling in surroundings of a target area that is a first dwelling;

an information processing circuit that derives statistical information on the plurality of air states from the plurality of air states, and selects from among a plurality of recommendations a recommendation for use of the target area in accordance with the statistical information; and

a display control circuit that causes a display apparatus to display the statistical information derived by the information processing circuit and the recommendation selected by the information processing circuit,

wherein the statistical information includes at least one of a total number of times a predetermined event related to the plurality of air states occurs and an average value of the plurality of air states.

2. The air information management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recommendation selected includes at least one of a building type and a building floor plan that are recommended for use of the target area.

3. The air information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the information processing circuit further determines a property price using a price parameter selected from among a plurality of price parameters in accordance with the statistical information, and

the display control circuit further causes the display apparatus to display the property price determined by the information processing circuit.

4. The air information management apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the obtaining circuit further obtains an electricity usage for the target area or the area surrounding the target area,

the information processing circuit further derives, from the electricity usage obtained by the obtaining circuit, an electricity usage related to the plurality of air states, and

the display control circuit further causes the display apparatus to display the electricity usage derived by the information processing circuit.

5. An air information management method, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of air states respectively measured during a plurality of periods from a sensor installed in a second dwelling in surroundings of a target area that is a first dwelling;

deriving statistical information on the plurality of air states from the plurality of air states, and selecting from among a plurality of recommendations a recommendation for use of the target area in accordance with the statistical information; and

outputting the statistical information derived and the recommendation selected, to a display apparatus,

wherein the statistical information includes at least one of a total number of times a predetermined event related to the plurality of air states occurs and an average value of the plurality of air states.