METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING A NIGHT MODE OF A HEATING SYSTEM AND/OR AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON AND OFF
First Claim
1. Method for switching on and off a night mode of a heating and/or air conditioning system,wherein energy consumption of the heating and/or air conditioning system is reduced when the night mode is switched on and increased when the night mode is switched off,wherein:
- an activity of a user of a smartphone is detected with the smartphone,with program code an activity state of the user is inferred if an activity is noticed and a state of rest of the user is inferred in the absence of activity, wherein the program code is stored in a non-volatile data memory, andelectronic control means switch on or off the night mode as a function of whether a state of rest or an activity state of the user has been noticed.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for switching on and off a night mode of a heating and/or air conditioning system, wherein an energy consumption of the heating and/or air conditioning system is reduced when the night mode is switched on and increased when the night mode is switched off. It is provided according to the invention that with a smartphone an activity of a user of the smartphone is detected, that with program code an activity state of the user is inferred when an activity is noticed and a state of rest of the user is inferred in the absence of activity, wherein the program code is stored in a non-volatile data memory, and that electronic control means switch on or off the night mode as a function of whether a state of rest or an activity state of the user has been noticed. The invention also relates to a corresponding control apparatus.
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20 Claims
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1. Method for switching on and off a night mode of a heating and/or air conditioning system,
wherein energy consumption of the heating and/or air conditioning system is reduced when the night mode is switched on and increased when the night mode is switched off, wherein: -
an activity of a user of a smartphone is detected with the smartphone, with program code an activity state of the user is inferred if an activity is noticed and a state of rest of the user is inferred in the absence of activity, wherein the program code is stored in a non-volatile data memory, and electronic control means switch on or off the night mode as a function of whether a state of rest or an activity state of the user has been noticed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. Control apparatus for switching on and off a night mode of a heating and/or air conditioning system,
wherein energy consumption of the heating and/or air conditioning system is reduced when the night mode is switched on and increased when the night mode is switched off, with a setting device which can be connected to the heating and/or air conditioning system to change the heating and/or cooling output thereof, wherein a non-volatile data memory with program code is provided which can be run by a smartphone, the program code is designed, when run on the smartphone, to: -
detect an activity of a user of the smartphone, infer an activity state of the user if an activity is noticed, infer a state of rest of the user in the absence of activity; and send information concerning whether a state of rest or an activity state has been noticed to electronic control means which are designed, as a function of this information, to send an instruction to change the heating and/or cooling output to the setting device in order to switch on or off the night mode, and the setting device has data transmission means to receive an instruction of the electronic control means.
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15. A method for switching on and off a night mode of a heating and/or air conditioning system, the method comprising:
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reducing energy consumption of the heating and/or air conditioning system when the night mode is switched on; and increasing the energy consumption when the night mode is switched off, wherein; an activity of a user of a smartphone is detected with the smartphone, with program code an activity state of the user is inferred if an activity is noticed and a state of rest of the user is inferred in the absence of activity, wherein the program code is stored in a non-volatile data memory, and electronic control means switch on or off the night mode as a function of whether a state of rest or an activity state of the user has been noticed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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