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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Takashi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kage, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikuni Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hirosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kage, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikuni Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hirosaki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air conditioner provided with a spatial recognition and detection function for deciding the room shape by integrally determining based on a temperature difference information between the floor and the walls occurring during the air conditioning operation, a human body detection position log, and a capacity zone of the air conditioner. The air conditioner provides an infrared sensor and a control unit that controls the air conditioner by detecting a presence of heat generating device and human with the infrared sensor, wherein the control unit acquires a thermal image data of the room by scanning with the infrared sensor, and integrates to calculate a floor dimension inside the air conditioning area, and calculates the wall position within the air conditioning area on the thermal image data.