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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1991
Matsuei Ueda, Aichi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner includes: a skin temperature sensor for collecting information about the temperature sensation of a person inside a room or compartment; a temperature sensation-estimating computer for estimating the temperature sensation from the hysteresis of the information provided by the skin temperature sensor within a given period; a control pattern storage computer in which a predetermined control pattern for reaching a desired temperature sensation is stored; a correction amount-determining computer for determining amounts of corrections of the flow rate and the temperature of air blown into the room or compartment in such a way that the control pattern stored in the storage computer agrees with the temperature sensation estimated by the temperature sensation-estimating computer; a conditioning air temperature control computer for controlling the temperature of the air according to the output signal from the correction amount-determining computer; and a blower for controlling the flow rate of the air according to the output signal from the correction amount-determining computer. The temperature sensation is accurately estimated according to the hysteresis of the information about the temperature sensation, and the room or compartment is air-conditioned according to the estimated sensation.