Air processing system and method
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsCornelis Reinder Ronda, Koray Karakaya, Michiel Johannes Jongerius
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Abstract
An air processing system comprises an air purifier (10) and/or an air quality sensor (12). One or both is controlled (14), or else sensor information is interpreted, in dependence on activity status information received from a plurality of home appliances (16, 8, 20, 22). This enables the operational life time of components in system to be extended, specifically the sensors and/or air purifier filters. Alternatively or additionally, it enables the air quality sensor information to be interpreted more reliably.
Claims20
An air processing system, comprising:
- a controller for controlling the air processing system,
- an air quality sensor having a sampling rate that relates to a frequency with which sensor readings are taken,
- wherein the controller comprises an input adapted to receive activity status information from a home appliance, and
- wherein the controller is arranged for:
- determining from the activity status information operational settings of the air processing system;
- and
- operating the air processing system using the determined operational settings, wherein operating the air processing system using the determined operational settings comprises:
- reducing the sampling rate of the air quality sensor from a base sampling rate in response to the activity status information being indicative of the home appliance being active or ON;
- and
- increasing the sampling rate of the air quality sensor to the base sampling rate in response to the activity status information being indicative of the home appliance being non-active or OFF.
A method for controlling an air processing device, comprising:
- receiving at a controller activity status information from a plurality of home appliances;
- determining from the activity status information operational settings of an air processing device;
- and
- operating the air processing device at the determined operational settings, wherein operating the air processing device at the determined operational settings comprises:
- reducing a sampling rate of an air quality sensor from a base sampling rate in response to the activity status information being indicative of the home appliance being active or ON;
- and
- increasing the sampling rate of the air quality sensor to the base sampling rate in response to the activity status information being indicative of the home appliance being non-active or OFF, wherein the sampling rate relates to a frequency with which sensor readings are taken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.