Building air conditioning control system and control method thereof

• US 10,527,309 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2016
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Carrier Corporation (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhao, Jianwei, Li, Qiang, Zhao, Lijia, Wen, Sanming, Zhou, Jiahuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Everett, Christopher E.
• Application Number:
  US15/760,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20180259215A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,223 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/64 using pre-stored data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/10 Occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/12 Position of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2614 HVAC, heating, ventillation, climate control

Abstract

A building air conditioning control system for controlling the comfort degree of air in at least one floor area of the building, and includes: a first head counting module to acquire first head count change data of a floor area according to a weight change of a cabin of an elevator when passing the corresponding floor area; a second head counting module to acquire second head count change data of the floor area according to data acquired by an image sensor mounted in the corresponding floor area; and an air conditioning control module to correct head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data, and control the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the corrected head count change data. The building air conditioning control system and control method provide accurate control and good user experiences.

Claims

1. A building air conditioning control system, for controlling the comfort degree of air in at least one floor area of the building, comprising:

a first head counting module, for calculating to acquire first head count change data of the floor area according to a weight change of a cabin of an elevator when passing the corresponding floor area;

a second head counting module, for calculating to acquire second head count change data of the floor area according to data acquired by an image sensor mounted in the corresponding floor area; and

an air conditioning control module, for receiving the first and second head count change data, and configured to;

correct head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data, and control the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the corrected head count change data;

wherein, the air conditioning control module is configured to;

calculate a weighted average of the head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data and control the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the weighted average, wherein weights respectively corresponding to the first head count change data and the second head count change data are determined according to relative sizes of the first head count change data and the second head count change data.

2. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 1, wherein, the air conditioning control module is further configured to:

when a difference between the first head count change data and the second head count change data is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, a weight corresponding to the second head count change data is 1 or a weight corresponding to the second head count change data is greater than a weight corresponding to the first head count; and

when a difference between the second head count change data and the first head count change data is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, a weight corresponding to the first head count change data is 1 or a weight corresponding to the first head count change data is greater than a weight corresponding to the second head count.

3. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 2, wherein, when the difference between the first head count change data and the second head count change data is less than the first predetermined value and the difference between the second head count change data OD and the first head count change data is less than the second predetermined value, the weight corresponding to the first head count change data is equal to the weight corresponding to the second head count.

4. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 1, wherein, the air conditioning control module is configured to comprise:

a comparative calculation sub-module, for performing comparative calculation on the first head count change data and the second head count change data to acquire the relative sizes of the first head count change data and the second head count change data; and

a head count correction sub-module, for calculating the weighted average of the head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data.

5. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 4, wherein, the building air conditioning control system further comprises a database, for storing the weighted average of the head count change data corresponding to time to acquire historical data reflecting a head count value of the corresponding floor area.

6. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 5, wherein, the air conditioning control module is further configured to comprise:

a head count prediction sub-module, for acquiring the historical data from the database to predict a head count value at a certain time;

and the air conditioning control module is further configured to control the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the predicted head count value.

7. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 1, wherein, the weight change is acquired by a weight sensor mounted on the cabin.

8. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 1, wherein, the image sensor is a 3D sensor or a 2D smart IP camera mounted at a position applicable to acquire head count change conditions of the corresponding floor area.

9. The building air conditioning control system according to claim 1, wherein, the air conditioning control module is coupled with an HVAC of an air conditioning system.

10. A control method of a building air conditioning control system, comprising:

calculating to acquire first head count change data of a floor area according to a weight change of a cabin of an elevator when passing the corresponding floor area;

calculating to acquire second head count change data of the floor area according to data acquired by an image sensor mounted in the corresponding floor area; and

correcting head count change data based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data, and controlling the comfort degree of air in the floor area based on the corrected head count change data;

wherein, in the process of correction, a weighted average of the head count change data is calculated based on the first head count change data and the second head count change data, and the comfort degree of air in the floor area is controlled based on the weighted average, wherein weights respectively corresponding to the first head count change data and the second head count change data are determined according to relative sizes of the first head count change data and the second head count change data.

11. The control method according to claim 10, wherein:

when a difference between the first head count change data and the second head count change data is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value, a weight corresponding to the second head count change data is 1 or a weight corresponding to the second head count change data is greater than a weight corresponding to the first head count; and

when a difference between the second head count change data and the first head count change data is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, a weight corresponding to the first head count change data is 1 or a weight corresponding to the first head count change data is greater than a weight corresponding to the second head count.

12. The control method according to claim 11, wherein:

when the difference between the first head count change data and the second head count change data is greater than the second predetermined value and the difference between the second head count change data and the first head count change data is less than the second predetermined value, the weight corresponding to the first head count change data is equal to the weight corresponding to the second head count.

13. The control method according to claim 11, wherein, the size of the first predetermined value is determined according to a head count statistical error condition caused when the elevator carries goods;

and the size of the second predetermined value is determined according to a head counting error condition acquired by the image sensor in a special environment condition.

14. The control method according to claim 10, further comprising storing the weighted average of the head count change data corresponding to time to acquire historical data reflecting a head count values of the corresponding floor area.

15. The control method according to claim 14, wherein, the historical data is acquired from the database to predict a head count value at a certain time, and the comfort degree of air in the floor area is controlled based on the predicted head count value.