Air conditioning apparatus, control method for same, and control program

Abstract

An air purifier (10) that purifies air includes a comparing unit (11c) that compares indoor environment data acquired by an indoor environment acquiring unit (11a) with outdoor environment data that an outdoor environment acquiring unit (11b) has acquired via a communication network and a communication unit (15), and a speech control unit (11d) that controls speech of the air purifier (10) based on the comparison result.

1 . An air conditioning apparatus that executes air conditioning where a state of indoor air is adjusted, the air conditioning apparatus comprising:
 a detecting unit that detects a state of indoor air;   an acquiring unit that acquires information of a state of outdoor air via a communication network;   a comparing unit that compares the state of indoor air that the detecting unit has detected with the state of outdoor air that the acquiring unit has acquired; and   an operation control unit that controls operations of the air conditioning apparatus based on a comparison result from the comparing unit.   
     
     
         2 . The air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the operation control unit controls annunciation to a user, based on a comparison result from the comparing unit. 
     
     
         3 . The air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein, in a case where the state of indoor air is better than the state of outdoor air, the operation control unit stops annunciation for ventilation. 
     
     
         4 . The air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a human-presence sensor that detects a person; and   a storage device that stores annunciation correlation information, where content of the annunciation, and urgency information indicating whether the content has urgency, are correlated,   wherein the operation control unit references the annunciation correlation information, and annunciation of content without urgency is performed in a case where the human-presence sensor detects a person.   
     
     
         5 . The air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the comparing unit measures a time lag between change of the state of indoor air and change of the state of outdoor air, and   wherein, when the state of outdoor air changes, the operation control unit executes air conditioning corresponding to the change at a timing based on the time lag.   
     
     
         6 . The air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein, based on a difference between a steady state of outdoor air and a steady state of indoor air, the comparing unit determines airtightness of indoors as to outdoors, and   wherein the operation control unit takes the airtightness into consideration when the operation control unit executes air conditioning corresponding to change in the state of outdoor air.   
     
     
         7 . A control program that causes a computer to function as the air conditioning apparatus according to  claim 1 , the control program causing the computer to function as the units. 
     
     
         8 . A control method for an air conditioning apparatus that executes air conditioning where a state of indoor air is adjusted, the method comprising:
 a detecting step of detecting a state of indoor air;   an acquiring step of acquiring information of a state of outdoor air via a communication network;   a comparing step of comparing the state of indoor air detected in the detecting step with the state of outdoor air acquired in the acquiring step; and   a control step of controlling operations of the air conditioning apparatus based on a comparison result from the comparing step.