Air-conditioning system

Abstract

An air-conditioning system includes a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses that, in an indoor space that is divided into a plurality of air-conditioned areas, each condition air in a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioned areas, a wireless communication module that communicates with an information communication terminal to which pieces of setting information that are each set for a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and represent operational details of the air-conditioning apparatus are input, and a controller that controls the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on the basis of the pieces of setting information communicated via the wireless communication module.

1 . An air-conditioning system comprising:
 a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses configured to, in an indoor space that is divided into a plurality of air-conditioned areas, each condition air in a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioned areas;   a wireless communication module configured to communicate with an information communication terminal to which pieces of setting information that are each set for a corresponding one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and represent operational details of the air-conditioning apparatus are input; and   a controller configured to control the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on a basis of the pieces of setting information communicated via the wireless communication module, the pieces of setting information including pieces of automatic operation starting condition information that are a condition for determining, while one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses for which the pieces of setting information are each set is stopped, whether or not to cause an operation of the one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses to start,   the controller being configured to start an operation of the one of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on a basis of the pieces of automatic operation starting condition information received from the information communication terminal receiving a radio wave that is transmitted from the wireless communication module and has a strength of not less than a predetermined threshold value for a time period that has lasted for a predetermined threshold time period.   
     
     
         2 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the pieces of setting information include pieces of manual operation setting information that represent an operational method for a case where the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses are caused to operate when the pieces of setting information are input through the information communication terminal, and   wherein the controller is configured to control operations of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on a basis of the pieces of manual operation setting information.   
     
     
         3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the indoor space is divided into a plurality of detection areas that are areas that correspond to the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and where infrared rays are detected,   wherein the air-conditioning system further comprises an infrared sensor module configured to detect infrared rays in the plurality of detection areas, and   wherein the controller is configured to control the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses on a basis of detection results provided by the infrared sensor module.   
     
     
         5 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 4  comprising
 the infrared sensor module that serves as a single infrared sensor module configured to detect infrared rays in all the plurality of detection areas. 
 
     
     
         6 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 4 , wherein the infrared sensor module is installed on a ceiling that covers the indoor space by use of a leaf spring. 
     
     
         7 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 4 , wherein the infrared sensor module is an element separate from the controller. 
     
     
         8 . The air-conditioning system of  claim 4 , wherein the controller is connected to an external server, and
 wherein the controller is configured to transmit, to the external server, pieces of operating information of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses, information obtained from the information communication terminal, and information obtained from the infrared sensor module.