(19)
(11) EP 2 930 444 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.10.2015 Bulletin 2015/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.10.2015 Bulletin 2015/42

(21) Application number: 15159147.6

(22) Date of filing: 16.03.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 11/00(2006.01)
F24F 1/00(2011.01)
(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
Designated Validation States:
MA

(30) Priority: 10.04.2014 JP 2014081305

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Kanada, Hiromitsu
    Tokyo, 100-8310 (JP)

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

   


(54) INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONER


(57) An indoor unit (30) of an air conditioner, includes: a first detection unit (2) that detects a human present in a space where the indoor unit of an air conditioner is provided, using audio data detected by a sound collecting unit (3); a second detection unit (21) that detects a human present in the space using imaging data from an imaging unit (11) that captures an image of the space; a signal reception unit (7) that receives an operation signal from a remote control unit (40) of the indoor unit; and a control unit (20) that controls an operation of the indoor unit on a basis of detection information from the first detection unit, detection information from the second detection unit, and an operation signal from the signal reception unit, and causes audio guidance indicating that the air conditioner is to be shifted to a power saving state to be output from an audio output unit (1), when any of the detection information from the first detection unit, the detection information from the second detection unit, and an operation signal from the signal reception unit is not input before a first time elapses from a point in time when both the first detection unit and the second detection unit no longer detect a human present in the space after the air conditioner starts operating.







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