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Air conditioning control device, air conditioning control method and program

  • US 9,222,688 B2
  • Filed: 01/27/2011
  • Issued: 12/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An air-conditioning control device that controls a plurality of air-conditioners disposed at different locations within a predetermined living room space, the air-conditioning control device comprising:

  • a memory that stores location information for each air-conditioner;

    a distance calculator that calculates, among the plurality of air-conditioners, respective distances between an already-set air-conditioner for which a control order has already been set and remaining air-conditioners for which the control order has yet to be set, wherein the control order is for energy-saving control that controls respective air-conditioners for a predetermined time to reduce power consumption and wherein the respective distances are calculated based on the location information stored in the memory;

    a control order setter that sets, based on the distances calculated by the distance calculator, the control order for each air-conditioner in such a way that time spans for performing the energy-saving control in respective sections of the living room space are balanced; and

    a control executer that repeatedly executes the energy-saving control on each air-conditioner in accordance with the control order set by the control order setter, whereinthe control order setter repeats a process of obtaining a proximity order of the remaining air-conditioners relative to the already-set air-conditioner based on the calculated distances, and selecting, as a next control-target, the air-conditioner with the proximity order corresponding to a predetermined proportion of a number of the remaining air-conditioners until all air-conditioners have been selected as control-targets.

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