CONTROL METHOD FOR AIR CONDITIONER, AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE
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Abstract
A navigation device (100) estimates a time when a user utilizing the navigation device (100) comes home, and transmits the estimated expected arrival time to a control device (203) in association with the user identifier of the user. In response to receiving the expected arrival times from a plurality of the navigation devices (100), the control device (203) transmits, to an air conditioner (201), a reservation instruction for setting the room temperature at the home to a predetermined target temperature by the estimated arrival time of the earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest. The air conditioner (201) is turned on in accordance with the transmitted reservation instruction among the users.
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34 Claims
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18. An air conditioning device control method for use in an air conditioning control system provided with a navigation device which guides a user home, a control device which controls an air conditioning device installed at the home, and the air conditioning device, wherein
the navigation device estimates a time when the user utilizing the navigation device comes home, and transmits the estimated expected arrival time to the control device in association with a user identifier of the user; -
the control device, in response to receiving the expected arrival times from a plurality of the navigation devices, transmits, to the air conditioning device, a reservation instruction for setting a room temperature at the home to a predetermined target temperature by an expected arrival time of an earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest among the users; the air conditioning device is turned on in accordance with the transmitted reservation instruction; the navigation device causes a display device to display a confirmation screen for allowing the user to choose whether to cancel activation reservation of the air conditioning device, and in response to the user'"'"'s choosing the activation reservation cancellation, cancellation notification is transmitted to the control device; and in response to receiving the cancellation notification, the control device determines the earliest user from among the users other than the user who cancels the activation reservation. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An air conditioning control system provided with a navigation device which guides a user home, a control device which controls an air conditioning device installed at the home, and the air conditioning device, wherein
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an estimation unit which estimates a time when the user utilizing the navigation device comes home; and a first communication unit which transmits the estimated expected arrival time to the control device in association with a user identifier of the user, the control device includes; a second communication unit; and a setting unit, in response to receiving the expected arrival times from a plurality of the navigation devices by the second communication unit, transmits a reservation instruction to the air conditioning device via the second communication unit, the reservation instruction being an instruction for setting a room temperature at the home to a predetermined target temperature by the expected arrival time of an earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest among the users, the air conditioning device is turned on in accordance with the transmitted reservation instruction, the navigation device further includes a display device which displays a confirmation screen for allowing the user to choose whether to cancel activation reservation of the air conditioning device, in response to the user'"'"'s choosing the activation reservation cancellation, the first communication unit of the navigation device transmits cancellation notification to the control device, and in response to receiving the cancellation notification, the setting unit of the control device determines the earliest user from among the users other than the user who cancels the activation reservation.
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33. A navigation device for use in an air conditioning control system provided with a navigation device which guides a user home, a control device which controls an air conditioning device installed at the home, and the air conditioning device, comprising:
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an estimation unit which estimates a time when the user utilizing the navigation device comes home; a communication unit which transmits the estimated expected arrival time to the control device in association with a user identifier of the user; and a display device which displays a confirmation screen for allowing the user to choose whether to cancel activation reservation of the air conditioning device, wherein in response to the user'"'"'s choosing the activation reservation cancellation, the communication unit transmits cancellation notification to the control device so as to cause the control device to determine the earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest from among the users other than the user who cancels the activation reservation.
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34. A control device for use in an air conditioning control system provided with a navigation device which guides a user home, a control device which controls an air conditioning device installed at the home, and the air conditioning device, comprising:
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a communication unit; and a setting unit, in response to receiving the expected arrival times from a plurality of the navigation devices by the communication unit, transmits a reservation instruction to the air conditioning device via the communication unit, the reservation instruction being an instruction for setting a room temperature at the home to a predetermined target temperature by the expected arrival time of an earliest user who is supposed to come home earliest among the users, wherein when a display device of the navigation device displays a confirmation screen for allowing the user to choose whether to cancel activation reservation of the air conditioning device, and in response to the user'"'"'s choosing the activation reservation cancellation, cancellation notification is transmitted from the navigation device, the setting unit determines the earliest user from among the users other than the user who cancels the activation reservation.
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