Air conditioning apparatus
First Claim
1. A system for conditioning the air of a room, comprising:
- means for discharging warm or cold air and directing the discharged air to various areas of the room;
means provided with a restricted field of view for sweeping the room within the restricted field of view, said sweeping means being coordinated with said air discharging means so that said warm or cold air is being directed in the same direction to which said sweeping means is directed;
means for detecting thermal radiation in the areas of the room within the restricted field of view of said sweeping means and generating first detection signals which correspond to a temperature distribution of the room; and
means for adjusting the amount of warm or cold air directed toward the respective areas from said air discharging means in accordance with the first detection signals.
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Abstract
In an air conditioning apparatus of the separate-type, an indoor unit is mounted on a wall of a room. The indoor unit is provided with an infrared ray detection unit which has an infrared ray sensor for sensing infrared rays, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature in the detection unit, and a slit window for restricting a field of view of the detection unit. The detection unit is horizontally swung with a discharge opening of the indoor unit, from which warm or cold air is discharged, so that the room is swept by the field of view and the air. The room temperature distribution is obtained from the output signal from the detection unit and, the amount of the discharged air directed to the respective areas of the room is adjusted in accordance with the room temperature distribution.
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1. A system for conditioning the air of a room, comprising:
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means for discharging warm or cold air and directing the discharged air to various areas of the room; means provided with a restricted field of view for sweeping the room within the restricted field of view, said sweeping means being coordinated with said air discharging means so that said warm or cold air is being directed in the same direction to which said sweeping means is directed; means for detecting thermal radiation in the areas of the room within the restricted field of view of said sweeping means and generating first detection signals which correspond to a temperature distribution of the room; and means for adjusting the amount of warm or cold air directed toward the respective areas from said air discharging means in accordance with the first detection signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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