DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20150012142A1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Azbil Corporation (Azbil BioVigilant Incorporated)
• Inventors: KOGA, Kei
• Application Number:
  US14/323,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/276
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/46 Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1902 characterised by the use of a variable reference value

Abstract

A displaying device used in an air-conditioning system includes a blowing vent with a variable airflow direction, that blows conditioned air, as supply air, into a subject space that is subject to air-conditioning, an occupant location detecting unit that detects a location of an occupant within the subject space, a controller that predicts, following a guideline that has been established in advance, an arrival region for the supply air so as to include the location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit, and adjusts at least a flow direction of the blowing vent so as to include the location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit, and a display that displays simultaneously, on a screen, the occupant location detected by the occupant location detecting unit and a predicted supply air arrival region, predicted by the controller.

Claims

1. A displaying device used in an air-conditioning system comprising:

a blowing vent with a variable airflow direction, that blows conditioned air, as supply air, into a subject space that is subject to air-conditioning;

an occupant location detecting unit that detects a location of an occupant within the subject space;

a controller that predicts, following a guideline that has been established in advance, an arrival region for the supply air so as to include the location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit, and adjusts at least a flow direction of the blowing vent so as to include the location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit; and

a display that displays simultaneously, on a screen, the occupant location detected by the occupant location detecting unit and a predicted supply air arrival region, predicted by the controller.

2. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, a location of the blowing vent.

3. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, an average temperature of the predicted supply air arrival region.

4. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, time-series data including at least the occupant location detected by the occupant location detecting unit and the predicted supply air arrival region that has been predicted by the controller, for each of the blowing vents.

5. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, an airflow speed distribution within the subject space.

6. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, a range of supply air arrival regions that are achieved by adjustments by the controller.

7. The displaying device as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the display displays, on a screen, a flow rate, an airflow speed, and an airflow direction of the supplied air from each blowing vent.

8. A displaying method applied to an air-conditioning system comprising a blowing vent with a variable airflow direction, for blowing conditioned air, as supply air, into a subject space that is subject to air-conditioning, occupant location detecting unit for detecting s location of an occupant within the subject space, and a controller for predicting, following a guideline that has been established in advance, an arrival region for the supply air so as to include a location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit, and for adjusting at least a flow direction of the blowing vent so as to include a location of an occupant detected by the occupant location detecting unit, the method comprising:

a displaying step for displaying simultaneously, on a screen, the occupant location detected by the occupant location detecting unit and a predicted supply air arrival region, predicted by the controller.