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Air conditioner system with air treatment integration

  • US 9,945,573 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2015
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An air conditioner apparatus, comprising:

  • processing circuitry;

    a sensor array controlled by the processing circuitry, the sensor array including a motion detector; and

    at least one dispenser of at least one of an air treatment and a scent, the at least one of the air treatment and the scent including odorless pest repellant, the at least one dispenser being controlled by the processing circuitry,wherein the processing circuitry is configured to control the at least one dispenser to dispense the at least one of the air treatment and the scent into an air stream of the air conditioner apparatus in response to five of a plurality of triggering events, the plurality of triggering events including facial recognition, air contaminant detection, motion detection, light detection, and rodent detection,wherein the triggering event of facial recognition compares and maps recognized faces proximal the air conditioner apparatus to the at least one of the air treatment and the scent to map the recognized faces to a preferred air treatment and scent by a majority rule,wherein the triggering event of air contaminant detection determines whether an air contaminant is present proximal the air conditioner apparatus and performs the dispensing of the at least one of the air treatment and the scent via the processing circuitry in response to the presence of the air contaminant,wherein the triggering event of motion detection determines whether motion is present proximal the air conditioner apparatus and performs the dispensing of the at least one of the air treatment and the scent via the processing circuitry in response to the presence of the motion and based on a location of the motion,wherein the triggering event of light detection determines whether a change in a light level is present proximal the air conditioner apparatus and performs the dispensing of the at least one of the air treatment and the scent via the processing circuitry in response to the change, andwherein the triggering event of rodent detection identifies the presence of a rodent via the motion detector, wherein the processing circuitry controls the at least one dispenser to dispense the odorless pest repellant into the air stream of the air conditioner apparatus in response to identifying the presence of the rodent.

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