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

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 is 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 operating modes in a case where the air conditioner is in a stopped state, i) time information indicating a time from when the air conditioner switches from the 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 a plurality of running buttons corresponding to 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;
• and
• 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,
• wherein the plurality of operating modes includes
• a normal mode, and
• an eco mode which consumes less electric power than the normal mode for the room temperature to reach the set temperature, and
• wherein, in a case where a monetary amount indicated by the first charges information corresponding to the eco mode is not smaller than a monetary amount indicated by the first charges information corresponding to the normal mode by a predetermined monetary amount or more, a running button corresponding to the eco mode is displayed in a different form from a running button corresponding to the normal mode.

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 is 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 operating modes in a case where the air conditioner is in a stopped state, i) time information indicating a time from when the air conditioner switches from the 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 a plurality of running buttons corresponding to 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;
• and
• 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,
• wherein the plurality of operating modes includes
• a normal mode, and
• a powerful mode which takes less time than the normal mode for the room temperature to reach the set temperature,
• and wherein, in a case where a duration indicated by the time information corresponding to the powerful mode is shorter than a duration indicated by the time information corresponding to the normal mode by a predetermined amount of time or more, a running button corresponding to the powerful mode is displayed.

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 is 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 operating modes in a case where the air conditioner is in a stopped state, i) time information indicating a time from when the air conditioner switches from the 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 a plurality of running buttons corresponding to 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;
• and
• 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,
• wherein the plurality of operating modes includes
• a normal mode, and
• a powerful mode which takes less time than the normal mode for the room temperature to reach the set temperature, and
• wherein, in a case where a duration indicated by the time information corresponding to the powerful mode is not shorter than a duration indicated by the time information corresponding to the normal mode by a predetermined amount of time or more, a running button corresponding to the powerful mode is displayed in a different form from a running button corresponding to the normal mode.