Air conditioner, air-conditioning system, communication system, control system, device control system, device management system, and sound information analysis system

An air conditioner (1010) including an indoor unit (1012, 1012′) having a main body (1100, 1100′) having formed therein a blow-out port (1120, 1120′) through which air-conditioned air is blown out toward a space to be air-conditioned, the air conditioner comprising:

• an operation unit (1200) including a voice acceptance section (1210) that accepts input of a voice instruction, the operation unit being arranged outside the main body;
• a cable unit (1300) that communicably connects the indoor unit and the operation unit to each other;
• a transmission unit (1230a) that transmits a signal (1000S) that is based on the voice instruction accepted by the voice acceptance section to an outside;
• a reception unit (1230b) that receives a command (1000C) corresponding to the signal transmitted from the transmission unit from the outside;
• and
• an air conditioner control unit (1018) that controls an operation of the air conditioner in accordance with the command.

An air-conditioning system (2010a) comprising:

• an air conditioner (2010) including a controller (2150);
• and
• a voice acceptance unit (2200) including a voice acceptance section (2210) that accepts a voice instruction for the air conditioner, and a first information transmission unit (2250) that transmits first information (2000S1) corresponding to the voice instruction accepted by the voice acceptance section to the controller via wireless communication,
• the controller including
• a first information reception unit (2160) that receives the first information transmitted from the first information transmission unit,
• a processing unit (2180) that executes specific processing on the first information accepted by the first information reception unit to generate second information (2000S2) having a smaller information amount than the first information,
• a second information transmission unit (2170a) that transmits the second information to an outside,
• a command receiving unit (2170b) that receives a command (2000C) corresponding to the second information transmitted from the second information transmission unit from the outside, and
• an air conditioner control unit (2190) that controls an operation of the air conditioner in accordance with the command.

A control system (4001) comprising:

• an input acceptance unit (4060) that accepts input of a control instruction for a controlled device (4010, 4020) at least by voice input;
• an input selection unit (4121) that, in a case where the input acceptance unit accepts a plurality of inputs indicating control instructions for one device, selects one of the plurality of inputs;
• and
• a control unit (4130, 4135) that transmits an output signal to the controlled device in accordance with only a control instruction corresponding to the input selected by the input selection unit.

A sound information analysis system (7001, 7001S, 7001T) comprising:

• a first air conditioner (7020, 7020S, 7020T) installed outside an air conditioned space (7000S), the first air conditioner including a first microphone (7028) that acquires an external sound outside the air conditioned space;
• a second air conditioner (7040, 7040S, 7040T) installed inside the air conditioned space, the second air conditioner including a second microphone (7048) that acquires an internal sound inside the air conditioned space;
• and
• a sound information analysis unit (7075, 7105) that analyzes information on the external sound and information on the internal sound.