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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a communication unit, a sensor, and a controller. The communication unit receives a radio signal from a portable terminal The sensor detects detailed information including information indicating presence or absence of a person in a detection target region that is a target region for detection of whether a person is present or not. The controller causes, when the communication unit receives a radio signal having a radio field intensity higher than or equal to a predetermined radio field intensity and a detection process by the sensor to detect the detailed information is in a stopped state, the sensor to start the detection process to detect the detailed information and control an air-conditioning operation based on the detailed information detected by the sensor.