(19)
(11) EP 2 395 291 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.07.2016 Bulletin 2016/27

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.12.2011 Bulletin 2011/50

(21) Application number: 11001408.1

(22) Date of filing: 21.02.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 11.06.2010 JP 2010134139

(71) Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Shiba, Hirokuni
    Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Kubo, Kazuya
    Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Yamamoto, Masayuki
    Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)
  • Mori, Yasunori
    Tokyo 102-0073 (JP)
  • Nishida, Kazunori
    Tokyo 100-8310 (JP)

(74) Representative: Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Theresienhöhe 11a
80339 München
80339 München (DE)

   


(54) Air conditioner


(57) An air conditioner is provided with an outdoor unit (Y) having a compressor, an indoor unit (X) connected to the outdoor unit (Y) through extended pipelines (A and B), an indoor control section (X1) that starts an infrared sensor disposed in the indoor unit (X) when an instruction to detect a human body from a remote controller (Z) is received, generates an indoor image on the basis of detection information of the infrared sensor, determines whether a human body is present or not from the image and also determines the number of people if a human body is present, and calculates an operating frequency on the basis of information of the determination result, and an outdoor control section (Y1) that controls the compressor on the basis of the operating frequency calculated by the indoor control section (X1).







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