Method and apparatus for commanding temperatures targeted by air conditioner
AssigneeDenso Wave Incorporated
InventorWataru Sugiyama
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Abstract
On the screen of a display unit, period border lines are displayed. The period border lines divide hours (for example 24 hours) for a user's desired one day into a plurality of periods and present line segments movable on the screen in a predetermined direction. Each of the line segments acts as a border lien between mutually adjacent periods. On the screen, target temperatures which are set for the respective periods are also displayed. Dragging the period border liens (K1 to K4) so as to move on the screen makes it possible to move a start time and a stop time of mutually adjacent periods are changed simultaneously. In addition to this change, target temperatures which were set before the change are reset for changed periods.
Claims10
An operation apparatus for an air conditioner, comprising:
- a display,
- a touch panel arranged on the display, the touch panel having a screen;
- and
- a controller controlling the screen in response to a control inputted into the touch panel,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- display on the screen (i) a target temperature which is set for each period among a plurality of time periods formed by dividing one day, the one day being defined as a user's desired time period, (ii) a plurality of period border lines dividing the one day, the period border lines being movable by a user's dragging operation in a predetermined direction on the screen, and (iii) a control mark assigned to the plurality of period border lines and provided to visually identify that the period border lines are movable and to show a position at which the user's dragging operation is performed to move each of the period border lines;
- simultaneously change a start time and a stop time of mutually adjacent periods among the plurality of time periods, by dragging a designated period border line among the period border lines to move on the screen;
- and
- automatically reset the target temperature which has been set to the period before the start time and the stop has been changed, for the period after the change;
- display a target temperature line which is a dividing line segment showing the set target temperature for each of the periods, which is movable in an orthogonal direction from the period border line on the display;
- and
- change the target temperature by dragging the target temperature line to move therein, and as a result, the target temperature for a period corresponding to the target temperature line which is moved is thus changed.
A method for operating an operation apparatus for an air conditioner, wherein the operation apparatus comprises:
- a display,
- a touch panel corresponding to the display, the touch panel having a screen, and
- a controller,
- the method comprising:
- displaying, by processes performed in the controller, on the screen i) a target temperature which is set for each period among a plurality of time periods formed by dividing one day into a plurality of periods, the one day being defined as a user's desired time period, ii) a plurality of period border lines dividing the one day, the period border lines being movable by a user's dragging operation in a predetermined direction on the display, and iii) a control mark assigned to the plurality of period border lines and provided to visually identify that the period border lines are movable and to show a position at which the user's dragging operation is performed to move each of the period border lines,
- simultaneously changing, by processes performed in the controller, a start time and a stop time of mutually adjacent periods among the plurality of periods, by dragging a designated period border line among the period border line lines to move on the screen;
- automatically resetting, by processes performed in the controller, the target temperature which has been set to the period before the start time and the stop time has been changed, for the period after the change;
- display a target temperature line which is a dividing line segment showing the set target temperature for each of the periods, which is movable in an orthogonal direction from the period border line on the display;
- and
- change the target temperature by dragging the target temperature line to move therein, and as a result, the target temperature for a period corresponding to the target temperature line which is moved is thus changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.