Air conditioner system with air treatment integration
First Claim
1. An air conditioner apparatus, comprising:
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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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Abstract
An air conditioning system which includes a controller having processing circuitry connected to a database and a dispenser is disclosed. The controller includes at least one memory, at least one processor, and at least one timer. The timer may be programmable to trigger the dispenser via the controller to dispense an air treatment or scent based on the time of day, morning or evening/night. The air conditioning system also includes a facial recognition camera or a sensor array each configured to cause the dispenser to dispense an air treatment or scent. The facial recognition camera is coupled to the controller to dispense an air treatment or scent based on the majority preference of the recognized faces. The sensor array includes a motion detector and a light detector configured to trigger the dispenser via the controller to dispense an air treatment or scent in an air stream of the air conditioner.
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17 Claims
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1. An air conditioner apparatus, comprising:
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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, and wherein 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method implemented by an air conditioner apparatus having processing circuitry and at least one dispenser controlled by the processing circuitry, the method comprising:
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controlling, via the processing circuitry, 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, the at least one of the air treatment and the scent including odorless pest repellant, 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, and 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, and wherein the triggering event of rodent detection identifies the presence of a rodent via a motion detector of a sensor array controlled by the processing circuitry, 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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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method implemented by an air conditioner apparatus having processing circuitry and at least one dispenser controlled by the processing circuitry, the method comprising:
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controlling 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, the at least one of the air treatment and the scent including odorless pest repellant, 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, and 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, and wherein the triggering event of rodent detection identifies the presence of a rodent via a motion detector of a sensor array controlled by the processing circuitry, 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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