# US 12,217,320 B2 · Space recommendation method, device, and system based on air conditioning system, and storage medium

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- Number: US 12,217,320 B2
- Document ID: US12217320B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/381,132
- Filed: 2023-10-17
- Published: 2024-02-08
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-12-15
- Assignees: Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd.; Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: GD Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd.; Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kongxiang Wu; Mingren Wang; Hongwei Li; Zekun Liang; Wei Wang; Dengsong Ou; Fan Tian
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217320B2

## CPC

- G06Q 50/12: Hotels or restaurants
- F24F 11/46: Improving electric energy efficiency or saving
- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/0285: {for lodging}
- G06Q 10/04: Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202)
- G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply
- F24F 2120/10: Occupancy
- F24F 2140/60: Energy consumption
- G06Q 30/0631: {Recommending goods or services}
- Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02)
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

A space recommendation method based on an air conditioning system includes: obtaining a user space usage request that includes demand information of a user for a space; and determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system. Each of the plurality of air conditioning units includes a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces; determining a candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount; and recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for space recommendation based on an air conditioning system, the method comprising:
obtaining a user space usage request, wherein the user space usage request includes demand information of a user for a space;
determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system, wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces, and wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of the air conditioning units comprises determining an operation state of an air conditioning terminal device of a currently occupied space in the plurality of spaces, a current temperature of the currently occupied space, a predetermined temperature of the air conditioning terminal device, and a temperature change rate in the currently occupied space; and determining the energy consumption amount of an air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate, comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an on-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature change rate and a temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature, wherein the temperature difference is positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, the temperature change rate comprises a temperature deviation change rate and a temperature approaching change rate, the temperature deviation change rate is negatively correlated with the energy consumption amount, and the temperature approaching change rate being positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, wherein the temperature deviation change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing away from the predetermined temperature, and the temperature approaching change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing close to the predetermined temperature;
automatically determining a candidate space from the plurality of spaces based on the current energy consumption amount;
recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space;
receiving a user selection of the recommended available space; and
in response to receiving the user selection of the recommended available space, optimizing an amount of energy-saving effect of the air conditioning system while providing air conditioning to the recommended available space.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises:
obtaining a number of spaces currently occupied in the plurality of spaces; and
determining the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit based on the number of spaces currently occupied and a maximum energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an off-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate comprises:
classifying the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device into different grades based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate; and
determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device based on an energy consumption amount corresponding to each grade.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein determining the candidate space based on the current energy consumption amount comprises:
determining the candidate space based on a deviation value between the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units and a predetermined preferred energy consumption range.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method for space recommendation based on an air conditioning system according to claim 5, wherein determining the candidate space based on the deviation value between the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units and the predetermined preferred energy consumption range comprises:
determining, in response to the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit being smaller than a lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range, a space corresponding to the air conditioning unit as the candidate space when a difference of the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit subtracted from the lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range is smaller than or equal to a maximum energy consumption amount of a single air conditioning terminal device; and
determining, in response to the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit being greater than the lower limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range and being smaller than an upper limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range, the space corresponding to the air conditioning unit as the candidate space when a difference of the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit subtracted from the upper limit value of the predetermined preferred energy consumption range is greater than or equal to the maximum energy consumption amount of the single air conditioning terminal device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein recommending the available space based on the demand information and the candidate space comprises:
determining one or more priority levels of one or more unoccupied spaces in the candidate space; and
determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the demand information in accordance with the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 7, wherein the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces in the candidate space are determined by one or more of:
determining the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces from high to low based on a deviation value between a current temperature of each unoccupied space and a predetermined temperature from small to great; and
determining the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces from high to low based on a distance of each unoccupied space from an occupied space from near to far.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 7, wherein determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the demand information in accordance with the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces comprises:
updating the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces based on a matching degree between space configuration information of each unoccupied space and the demand information; and
determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the updated priority levels of the unoccupied spaces.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 7, wherein the demand information comprises a number of spaces expected to be used, and determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the demand information in accordance with the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces further comprises:
determining the available space from the unoccupied spaces based on the number of spaces expected to be used in accordance with the priority levels of the unoccupied spaces.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein the space comprises a hotel room, the user space usage request comprises a check-in request of the user for the hotel room, and the demand information comprises a desired number of rooms and a usage time, and a desired hardware configuration condition of the user for the hotel room.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method for space recommendation based on the air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein recommending the available space based on the demand information and the candidate space comprises:
comparing the demand information with space configuration information of an unoccupied space in the candidate space; and
determining the available space from spaces beyond the candidate space when no space having space configuration information matching with the demand information is in the candidate space.

### Claim 13

A space recommendation system, comprising:
a space management terminal;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a user space usage request, wherein the user space usage request includes demand information of a user for a space;
determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system, wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces;
determining a candidate space from the plurality of spaces based on the current energy consumption amount, and wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of the air conditioning units comprises determining an operation state of an air conditioning terminal device of a currently occupied space in the plurality of spaces, a current temperature of the currently occupied space, a predetermined temperature of the air conditioning terminal device, and a temperature change rate in the currently occupied space; and determining the energy consumption amount of an air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate, comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an on-state, automatically determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature change rate and a temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature, wherein the temperature difference is positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, the temperature change rate comprises a temperature deviation change rate and a temperature approaching change rate, the temperature deviation change rate is negatively correlated with the energy consumption amount, and the temperature approaching change rate being positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, wherein the temperature deviation change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing away from the predetermined temperature, and the temperature approaching change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing close to the predetermined temperature;
recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space;
receiving a user selection of the recommended available space; and
in response to receiving the user selection of the recommended available space, optimizing an amount of energy-saving effect of the air conditioning system while providing air conditioning to the recommended available space.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The space recommendation system of claim 13, wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises:
obtaining a number of spaces currently occupied in the plurality of spaces; and
determining the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit based on the number of spaces currently occupied and a maximum energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The space recommendation system of claim 13, wherein determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an off-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature.

### Claim 16

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, the computer program, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a user space usage request, wherein the user space usage request includes demand information of a user for a space;
determining a current energy consumption amount of each of a plurality of air conditioning units of the air conditioning system, wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises a plurality of air conditioning terminal devices, the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices is respectively arranged in a plurality of spaces, and wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of the air conditioning units comprises determining an operation state of an air conditioning terminal device of a currently occupied space in the plurality of spaces, a current temperature of the currently occupied space, a predetermined temperature of the air conditioning terminal device, and a temperature change rate in the currently occupied space; and determining the energy consumption amount of an air conditioning terminal device of each currently occupied space based on the operation state, the current temperature, the predetermined temperature, and the temperature change rate, comprising:
in accordance with a determination that the operation state of the air conditioning terminal device is in an on-state, determining the energy consumption amount of the air conditioning terminal device in the space based on the temperature change rate and a temperature difference between the predetermined temperature and the current temperature, wherein the temperature difference is positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, the temperature change rate comprises a temperature deviation change rate and a temperature approaching change rate, the temperature deviation change rate is negatively correlated with the energy consumption amount, and the temperature approaching change rate being positively correlated with the energy consumption amount, wherein the temperature deviation change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing away from the predetermined temperature, and the temperature approaching change rate refers to a change rate at which the current temperature is changing close to the predetermined temperature;
automatically determining a candidate space from the plurality of spaces based on the current energy consumption amount;
recommending an available space based on the demand information and the candidate space;
receiving a user selection of the recommended available space; and
in response to receiving the user selection of the recommended available space, optimizing an amount of energy-saving effect of the air conditioning system while providing air conditioning to the recommended available space.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein determining the current energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning units comprises:
obtaining a number of spaces currently occupied in the plurality of spaces; and
determining the current energy consumption amount of the air conditioning unit based on the number of spaces currently occupied and a maximum energy consumption amount of each of the plurality of air conditioning terminal devices.