Title:
AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/069961
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an air conditioning apparatus that is capable of appropriately blowing conditioned air in accordance with the age group of a user, without being affected by the height of the user. Therefore, this air conditioning apparatus is provided with: an air blowing mechanism that is provided in a housing, generates air flow by sucking in air from an intake port and blowing conditioned air from a blowing port, and is capable of changing the wind direction of the conditioned air blowing from the blowing port; a temperature detection means that detects the surface temperature within a preset detection range; and a control device that controls the air blowing mechanism in accordance with a detection result of the temperature detection means, wherein, in the case where a human body has been identified from the distribution of the surface temperature detected by the temperature detection means, the wind direction of the conditioned air is set so as to be oriented toward the human body, and the wind direction of the conditioned air is maintained so as to be oriented toward the human body until the surface temperature of the human body reaches a reference temperature. The reference temperature is set in accordance with the amount of change in the surface temperature of the human body.
Inventors:
ORITO MARI (JP)
FURUHASHI TAKUYA (JP)
FURUHASHI TAKUYA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2016/080112
Publication Date:
April 19, 2018
Filing Date:
October 11, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
F24F11/79
Foreign References:
JP2006112680A | 2006-04-27 | |||
JP2009139010A | 2009-06-25 | |||
JP2015164844A | 2015-09-17 | |||
JPH05240488A | 1993-09-17 | |||
JP2010060250A | 2010-03-18 | |||
JP2013024534A | 2013-02-04 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3527904A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TAKADA, Mamoru et al. (JP)
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