Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Nobuhiro Imada

Mitsuhiko Yamamoto

Akira Murai

Yoshihiro Nakagawa

Koichi Ishida

Naofumi Takenaka

Kenji Nagashima

Masamitsu Kitagishi

Hidetaka Nakane

A facility working apparatus includes objects (), a management apparatus (), and an exterior information source () such as a weather company, a power company or the like. Each object () and the management apparatus (), the exterior information source () and the management apparatus () are connected via a network. Each object () includes a facility () such as a heat storage air conditioner, power storage air conditioner or the like, and a controlling apparatus () for working and controlling the facility () and for extracting facility information of the facility () and user determination information. The management apparatus () includes a database () and a data processing section (). The data processing section () in the management apparatus () carries out processing based upon facility information, user determination data, and exterior information, and generates working and controlling information. The information is transferred to corresponding controlling apparatus (). Performance required for the control apparatus for controlling each facility can be suppressed to be low performance, and sufficient working accuracy of each facility can be maintained.

Facility operating method and apparatus, facility operating system, managing method and apparatus, and facility

A control system for an air conditioner is configured that can wirelessly transmit control signals, and allow the output power settings of transceiver units arranged in the outdoor unit and indoor units to be reduced. The air conditioner control system includes an outdoor unit transceiver unit, indoor unit transceiver units, and a center. The outdoor unit transceiver unit is arranged in an outdoor unit, and transmits and receives control signals. The indoor unit transceiver units are respectively arranged in the indoor units, and transmit and receive control signals. The center wirelessly relays control signals between the outdoor unit transceiver unit and the indoor unit transceiver units.

Control system for air conditioner and air conditioner

Connection is established from a communication device having a plurality of platforms, such as a push-button-type telephone, a personal computerand a cellular phone, to a base stationthrough a public line networkand the Internet, and an operation guidance is given by means of a voice guidance or a Web page from base station, so that the base stationremote-controls an electric apparatusin accordance with the user's operation on the communication devicesto. The guide program, voice guidance and Web pages in the base stationare made to be updateable in storing operationsin the base station, so that it is possible to easily add a function thereto and also change the functions. It becomes possible to correspond to various platforms, easily add various functions, and also to easily update the operation menu.

Remote operation system for air conditioning apparatuses, remote operating method for air conditioning apparatuses and base station for performing remote operation of air conditioning apparatuses

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Osaka, Japan

Nobuhiro Imada