US 10,371,402 B2 · Sensor mounting device

Abstract

A sensor mounting device (100) of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit (110) configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor (120) configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit (130) configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (120); and a second control unit (150) configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit (130). Power to the sensor (120) and the first control unit (130) is directly supplied from the power supply unit (110). Power to the second control unit (150) is supplied from the power supply unit (110) via a switching unit (140) whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit (130).

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Dependent claims

An air conditioning appliance equipped with a sensor, the air conditioning appliance comprising:

the sensor configured to acquire information regarding temperature distribution of a space in which the air conditioning appliance is provided;
and
a controller (i) configured to detect whether or not a person in the space is in a sleeping state from the information, (ii) configured to, when it has been detected that the person is in a sleeping state, control the air conditioning appliance such that an operation sound indicating that the air conditioning application is starting up or shutting down generated when starting up or shutting down the air conditioning appliance is not produced, and (iii) configured to, when it has been detected that the person is not in the sleeping state, control the air conditioning appliance such that the operation sound indicating that the air conditioning application is starting up or shutting down generated when starting up or shutting down the air conditioning appliance is produced.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sensor mounting device

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Abstract

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