Control device, control system, and control method

Abstract

A server includes: a communicator that receives operation information indicating that a first apparatus starts a first operation of controlling an air temperature, the first apparatus being an air conditioner; an obtainer that obtains humidity information including a first humidity and a second humidity after the operation information has been received, the first humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the first apparatus, the second humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the second apparatus; and a processor that makes a determination on whether the first humidity and the second humidity obtained by the obtainer meet a condition indicating that a space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature is a same as a space in which the second apparatus is located, and outputs information indicating a result of the determination.

1 . A control device comprising:
 a communicator that receives operation information indicating that a first apparatus starts a first operation of controlling an air temperature, the first apparatus being an air conditioner;   an obtainer that obtains humidity information including a first humidity and a second humidity after the operation information has been received, the first humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the first apparatus, the second humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of a second apparatus; and   a processor that makes a determination on whether the first humidity and the second humidity obtained by the obtainer meet a condition indicating that a space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature is a same as a space in which the second apparatus is located, and outputs information indicating a result of the determination.   
     
     
         2 . The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the obtainer obtains the humidity information including at least one of a relative humidity or an absolute humidity measured by the humidity sensor of the first apparatus.   
     
     
         3 . The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first apparatus is a first air conditioner,   the second apparatus is a second air conditioner,   after receiving the operation information, the communicator transmits, to the second air conditioner, information for causing the second air conditioner to start a second operation of controlling an air humidity, and   the obtainer obtains the humidity information including the first humidity and the second humidity after the second air conditioner has started the second operation, the first humidity being measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner, the second humidity being measured by the humidity sensor of the second air conditioner.   
     
     
         4 . The control device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the first air conditioner is a stationary heater, and   the second air conditioner is a portable humidifier.   
     
     
         5 . The control device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 an absolute humidity as of a first time point measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner; and 
 an absolute humidity as of a second time point measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner after the first time point, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the humidity information, using the condition including a first condition that the absolute humidity as of the second time point is higher than the absolute humidity as of the first time point by a predetermined value or more.   
     
     
         6 . The control device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 a transition of a relative humidity measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner, and 
 the processor makes the determination based on the humidity information, using the condition including a second condition that the relative humidity is continuously higher than a threshold. 
   
     
     
         7 . The control device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 a first relative humidity as of a time point measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner; and 
 a second relative humidity as of the time point measured by the humidity sensor of the second air conditioner, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the humidity information, using the condition including a third condition that a value obtained by subtracting the first relative humidity from the second relative humidity is greater than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         8 . The control device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 a transition of at least one of a relative humidity or an absolute humidity measured by the humidity sensor of the first air conditioner, and 
   the processor makes the determination using information obtained by inputting the humidity information obtained by the obtainer and an attribute value of the first air conditioner into a determination model that receives, as input, the transition of the at least one of the relative humidity or the absolute humidity and the attribute value of the first air conditioner and outputs the information indicating whether the transition received meets the condition, the determination model being generated in advance by machine learning.   
     
     
         9 . The control device according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the obtainer further obtains temperature information indicating an air temperature after the second air conditioner has started the second operation, and   the processor further determines whether the air temperature indicated by the temperature information obtained by the obtainer meets the condition.   
     
     
         10 . The control device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the obtainer further obtains temperature information indicating an air temperature after the second air conditioner has started the second operation, and including a first temperature and a second temperature, the first temperature being a temperature as of the time point measured by a temperature sensor of the first air conditioner, the second temperature being a temperature as of the time point measured by a temperature sensor of the second air conditioner, and   the processor makes the determination based on the temperature information obtained by the obtainer, using the condition including a fourth condition that a value obtained by subtracting the second temperature from the first temperature is greater than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         11 . The control device according to  claim 8 , wherein
 the obtainer further obtains temperature information indicating an air temperature after the second air conditioner has started the second operation, and including a transition of a temperature measured by a temperature sensor of the first air conditioner, and   the processor makes the determination based on information output by inputting the humidity information and the temperature information obtained by the obtainer and the attribute value of the first air conditioner into the determination model that receives a transition of at least one of the relative humidity or the absolute humidity, the transition of the temperature, and the attribute value of the first air conditioner, and outputs information indicating whether the transition received meets the condition.   
     
     
         12 . The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the second apparatus is a portable sensing device including at least the humidity sensor, and   the obtainer obtains the humidity information including the first humidity and the second humidity, the first humidity being measured by the humidity sensor of the air conditioner, the second humidity being measured by the humidity sensor of the portable sensing device.   
     
     
         13 . The control device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 a third relative humidity as of a time point measured by the humidity sensor of the air conditioner; and 
 a fourth relative humidity as of the time point measured by the humidity sensor of the portable sensing device, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the humidity information, using the condition including a fifth condition that a difference between the fourth relative humidity and the third relative humidity at the time point is smaller than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         14 . The control device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the humidity information includes:
 a transition of a third relative humidity in a time period measured by the humidity sensor of the air conditioner; and 
 a transition of a fourth relative humidity in the time period measured by the humidity sensor of the portable sensing device, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the humidity information, using the condition including a sixth condition that a value obtained by subtracting the third relative humidity from the fourth relative humidity at each time point within the time period is smaller than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         15 . The control device according to  claim 12 , wherein
 the obtainer further obtains temperature information including a third temperature and a fourth temperature after the operation information has been received, the third temperature being measured by a temperature sensor of the air conditioner, the fourth temperature being measured by a temperature sensor of the portable sensing device, and   the processor further determines whether the third temperature and the fourth temperature indicated by the temperature information obtained by the obtainer meet the condition.   
     
     
         16 . The control device according to  claim 15 , wherein
 the temperature information includes:
 the third temperature as of a time point measured by the temperature sensor of the air conditioner; and 
 the fourth temperature as of the time point measured by the temperature sensor of the portable sensing device, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the temperature information obtained by the obtainer, using the condition including a seventh condition that a value obtained by subtracting the third temperature from the fourth temperature at the time point is greater than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         17 . The control device according to  claim 15 , wherein
 the temperature information includes:
 a transition of a third temperature in a time period measured by the temperature sensor of the air conditioner; and 
 a transition of a fourth temperature in the time period measured by the temperature sensor of the portable sensing device, and 
   the processor makes the determination based on the temperature information, using the condition including an eighth condition that a value obtained by subtracting the third temperature from the fourth temperature at each time point within the time period is smaller than or equal to a threshold.   
     
     
         18 . The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the condition includes a condition indicating that the space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature and the space in which the second apparatus is located are included in a same room or communicating rooms.   
     
     
         19 . The control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 when the condition is determined not to be met, the processor:
 (a) outputs an image indicating the result of the determination to a terminal to cause a display of the terminal to display the image output; or 
 (b) outputs audio information indicating the result of the determination to the terminal to cause a speaker of the terminal to output the audio information output. 
   
     
     
         20 . A control system comprising:
 the control device according to  claim 1 ;   the first apparatus that transmits the operation information to the control device; and   the second apparatus that provides the humidity information to the control device.   
     
     
         21 . A control method to be executed by a control device, the control method comprising:
 receiving operation information indicating that a first apparatus starts a first operation of controlling an air temperature, the first apparatus being an air conditioner;   after receiving the operation information, obtaining humidity information including a first humidity and a second humidity, the first humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the first apparatus, the second humidity being measured by a humidity sensor of the second apparatus; and   making a determination on whether the first humidity and the second humidity obtained in the obtaining meet a condition indicating that a space in which the first apparatus controls the air temperature is a same as a space in which the second apparatus is located, and outputting information indicating a result of the determination.