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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Matthew Smithson, Cypress, CA (US);

Rodney Olson, Cypress, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 1/00 (2019.01); F24F 11/30 (2018.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 110/10 (2018.01); F24F 11/66 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 11/30 (2018.01); F24F 11/61 (2018.01); F24F 11/62 (2018.01); F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 11/65 (2018.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); F24F 11/66 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01); F24F 2221/54 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method of controlling an operational mode of an outdoor unit connected to a plurality of indoor units, the method including: determining an operational mode of an outdoor unit; determining, at a master decision unit, a target outdoor mode for the outdoor air-conditioning unit based on the priority, the current area mode, the current area temperature, and the set point for each of the indoor units, the maximum actual standby duration and the maximum allowable standby duration of each of the indoor units, and the minimum active duration and the current active duration for the outdoor unit; and systematically controlling the operational mode to become the target outdoor mode when the target outdoor mode is different from the operational mode.


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