AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL SYSTEM, SENSOR DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
First Claim
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; and
a plurality of sensor devices each comprising a battery supplying power for operation and configured to wirelessly communicate with the integrated controller, whereineach of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a battery, andthe 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.
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Abstract
An air conditioner control system comprises air conditioners configured to condition an environment in a target space, an integrated controller configured to control the air conditioners based on control parameter data, sensor devices configured to measure the temperature of the target space and transmit measurement data, and wireless master devices configured to create control parameter data based on the measurement data. The wireless master devices each determine sleep times so that at least two sensor devices run out of battery charge around the same time according to the remaining charge amount of each of the sensor devices. The sensor devices each will be in the sleep mode in which power consumption is lower than in the normal mode according to the sleep time decided by the wireless master devices.
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24 Claims
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1. A control system, comprising:
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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; and a plurality of sensor devices each comprising a battery supplying power for operation and configured to wirelessly communicate with the integrated controller, wherein each of the plurality of sensor devices comprises a battery, and 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A sensor device control method for controlling a plurality of sensor devices each comprising a battery, the sensor device control method comprising:
putting, according to remaining charge amounts of the batteries, a target sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices in a sleep mode in which power consumption is lower than in a normal mode, so that at least two sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices run out of battery charge around the same time.
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereof a program for a computer communicating with each of a plurality of sensor devices, each of the plurality of sensor devices comprising a battery, the program allowing the computer to execute the following:
putting, according to remaining charge amounts of batteries included in the plurality of sensor devices, a target sensor device of the plurality of sensor devices in a sleep mode in which power consumption is lower than in a normal mode so that at least two sensor devices of the plurality of sensor devices run out of battery charge around the same time.
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