Air-conditioning control device

Abstract

An object is to provide an air-conditioning control device capable of operating appropriate air-conditioning setting for a user. An air-conditioning control device is the air-conditioning control device that controls an air-conditioning device that performs air conditioning indoor. The air-conditioning control device includes an arithmetic device and a display device. The arithmetic device includes an airflow analysis unit configured to perform airflow analysis based on at least one air-conditioning setting candidates selected by a user. The display device includes a result display unit and an operation unit. The result display unit displays an analysis result obtained by the airflow analysis unit. The operation unit receives an operation related to an air-conditioning setting of the air-conditioning device that the user performs based on the analysis result displayed on the result display unit.

1 . An air-conditioning control device configured to control an air-conditioning device configured to perform air conditioning indoor, comprising:
 an arithmetic device including airflow analysis circuitry configured to perform airflow analysis based on at least one air-conditioning setting candidates selected by a user;   an output unit configured to output an airflow analysis result obtained by the airflow analysis circuitry to a result display configured to display the airflow analysis result; and   an input unit configured to receive operation regarding an air-conditioning setting for the air-conditioning device that the user performs based on the airflow analysis result displayed on the result display wherein   the air-conditioning control device is connected to a sensor configured to detect an environmental condition of the indoor or outdoor via a control network,   the arithmetic device further includes data acquisition circuitry configured to acquire the environmental condition detected by the sensor.   the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to perform the airflow analysis using the environmental condition acquired by the data acquisition circuitry as a boundary condition.   the sensor is an infrared sensor configured to acquire a thermal image of the indoor,   the environmental condition is a surface temperature of an object in the indoor detected from the thermal image.   the data acquisition circuitry has a function of acquiring weather data and weather forecast data, and   the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to learn a relationship between the weather data and the surface temperature of the object. and perform the airflow analysis using the surface temperature of the object after a certain period of time has passed, which is predicted using the learned relationship and the weather forecast data, as the boundary condition.   
     
     
         2 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to calculate data indicating an indoor environment after a certain period of time has passed as the airflow analysis.   
     
     
         3 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the data indicating the indoor environment represents distributions of at least one of a temperature, an airflow speed, a humidity, a CO 2  concentration, and a particle concentration.   
     
     
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         7 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the result display is configured to switch and display a plurality of the airflow analysis results respectively corresponding to a plurality of the air-conditioning setting candidates selected by the user.   
     
     
         8 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to perform the airflow analysis at least at two points in time from a present time until after a certain period of time has passed, and   the result display is configured to display the airflow analysis results at the at least two points in time.   
     
     
         9 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the air-conditioning device includes a ventilation device configured to exchange air in the indoor and outside air, and   the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to calculate an air age from an air outlet through which outside air is introduced into the indoor by the ventilation device to an exhaust port through which the indoor air is exhausted to the outdoor, and add the obtained air age in the airflow analysis.   
     
     
         10 . The air-conditioning control device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the sensor is a person detection sensor configured to detect the number of people in the indoor,   the environmental condition is the number of people in the indoor, and   the airflow analysis circuitry is configured to calculate at least one value among an amount of heat generated, an amount of water generated, an amount of CO 2  generated, and an amount of generated droplets corresponding to the number of people in the indoor, based on an amount of heat generated, an amount of water generated, an amount of CO 2  generated, and an amount of generated droplets corresponding to a predetermined per person, and perform the airflow analysis using the obtained value as the boundary condition.