(19)
(11) EP 2 395 291 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
29.02.2012 Bulletin 2012/09

(43) Date of publication:
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 GbR 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Theresienhöhe 13
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).