Control method of terminal device in air conditioning control system with selectable operating mode according to time and charges, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
InventorsNAOYUKI HARADA, TAKAMITSU SASAKI
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Abstract
Time information indicating a necessary amount of time for a room temperature to reach a set temperature, and charges information indicating electricity charges corresponding to an amount of electric power consumed that is necessary for the room temperature to reach the set temperature, are displayed correlated with each of a plurality of running buttons corresponding to each of a plurality of operating modes.
Claims23
A method for controlling a terminal device in an air conditioning control system that controls an air conditioner, the air conditioner having a plurality of operating modes to cause a room temperature of a room in which the air conditioner has been installed to reach a set temperature of the air conditioner,
- the method causing a computer of the terminal device to:
- acquire, for each of the plurality of the operating modes in a case where the air conditioner is in a stopped state, i) time information indicating time from when the air conditioner switches from a stopped state to a running state, till the room temperature of the room reaches the set temperature, and ii) first charges information indicating electricity charges corresponding to an amount of electric power consumed by the air conditioner from when the air conditioner switches from the stopped state to the running state, till the room temperature of the room reaches the set temperature;
- display each of a plurality of running buttons corresponding to each of the plurality of operating modes, in association with the time information and the first charges information corresponding to each of the plurality of running buttons;
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- upon detecting selection of one running button corresponding to one operating mode out of the plurality of operating modes, transmit a control command to the air conditioner, to control the air conditioner to run in the one operating mode.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program controlling a terminal device in an air conditioning control system that controls an air conditioner, the air conditioner having a plurality of operating modes to cause a room temperature of a room in which the air conditioner has been installed to reach a set temperature of the air conditioner,
- the program causing a computer of the terminal device to:
- acquire, for each of the plurality of operating modes in a case where the air conditioner is in a stopped state, i) time information indicating time from when the air conditioner switches from a stopped state to a running state, till the room temperature of the room reaches the set temperature, and ii) first charges information indicating electricity charges corresponding to an amount of electric power consumed by the air conditioner from when the air conditioner switches from the stopped state to the running state, till the room temperature of the room reaches the set temperature;
- displaying each of a plurality of running buttons corresponding to each of the plurality of operating modes, in association with the time information and the first charges information corresponding to each of the plurality of the running buttons;
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- upon detecting selection of one running button corresponding to one operating mode out of the plurality of operating modes, transmitting a control command to the air conditioner, to control the air conditioner to run in the one operating mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.