Indoor unit and air conditioner

Abstract

An embodiment of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to the present disclosure includes: a housing having an exhaust port formed thereon; a heat exchanger housed on an inside of the housing; a blower that is housed on the inside of the housing, and that blows air to the exhaust port, and a biometric sensing device that detects biometric information regarding a living body, where the living body is located inside of a detection range thereof. A shutter that opens and closes at least a portion of the exhaust port, is provided in the exhaust port. The biometric sensing device is accommodated on the inside of the housing. The detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided outside a movable range of the shutter.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An indoor unit of an air conditioner comprising:
 a housing having an exhaust port formed thereon;   a heat exchanger housed on an inside of the housing;   a blower that is housed on the inside of the housing, and that blows air to the exhaust port, and   a biometric sensing device that detects biometric information regarding a living body, where the living body is located inside of a detection range thereof,   wherein   a shutter that opens and closes at least a portion of the exhaust port, is provided in the exhaust port,   the biometric sensing device is accommodated on the inside of the housing, and transmits a transmission signal that passes through a wall of the housing to detect the biometric information, and   the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided outside a movable range of the shutter.   
     
     
         2 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1  further comprising:
 an indoor unit information sensing device which detects information regarding an indoor environment in which the indoor unit is installed, wherein 
 the indoor unit information sensing device has a sensor main body that is relatively movable with respect to the housing, and 
 the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided outside a movable range of the sensor main body in the indoor unit information sensing device. 
 
     
     
         3 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 wind adjusting members that adjust a direction of air being discharged from the exhaust port are provided on the exhaust port, and   the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided outside of a movable range of the wind adjusting members.   
     
     
         4 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1  further comprising:
 a cleaning device that cleans a filter, wherein 
 the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided on an outside of a movable range of the cleaning device. 
 
     
     
         5 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the indoor unit is a wall-mounted type indoor unit,
 the exhaust port is located to the bottom, more than the blower,   the biometric sensing device is located on a front of the blower, and   the detection range of the biometric sensing device expands to the front, from the biometric sensing device.   
     
     
         6 . The indoor unit according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the detection range of the biometric sensing device expands to the front and diagonally to a bottom direction, from the biometric sensing device.   
     
     
         7 . The indoor unit according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the biometric sensing device is located to a top, more than a center part in a vertical direction of the housing.   
     
     
         8 . The indoor unit according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the biometric sensing device is located on the bottom, more than the center in the vertical direction of the housing.   
     
     
         9 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided on an outside of a movable range of all movable parts, out of the parts that configure the indoor unit. 
     
     
         10 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the detection range of the biometric sensing device is provided on a region that is on an outside of the heat exchanger.   
     
     
         11 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the biometric sensing device has a Doppler type sensor.   
     
     
         12 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1  further comprises
 a controller, wherein 
 the controller controls at least a portion of parts that configure the indoor unit, based on biometric information detected using the biometric sensing device. 
 
     
     
         13 . The indoor unit according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the detection range of the biometric sensing device, is a range of a preset design value.   
     
     
         14 . An air conditioner comprising:
 the indoor unit according to  claim 1 , and   an outdoor unit. an outdoor unit.