3D User-Distribution Mapping for Intensive Cooling and Heating Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooling and heating control devices struggle to effectively manage temperature in areas where users are densely distributed, leading to inefficiencies in cooling or heating, as they rely on temperature sensors and do not account for the three-dimensional distribution of people within a space.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus that uses an image photographing device to acquire a 3D indoor map, sets specific areas as 'hotspot' areas based on user distribution, and controls cooling or heating by analyzing temperature differences between hotspot and non-hotspot areas, adjusting the operation of cooling or heating units accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional cooling or heating control devices use temperature sensors mounted in the device to control temperature, then the device can maintain a set temperature, but the temperature control does not reflect the actual temperature felt by users in different areas of the space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from single-point temperature measurement (0D/1D) to three-dimensional thermal field mapping (3D) by deploying multiple temperature sensors throughout the space. This dimensional expansion enables comprehensive capture of temperature distribution and user thermal sensation across different locations, resolving the information loss problem.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the indoor space into multiple measurement zones with distributed temperature sensors. Each sensor captures local temperature conditions, and the system integrates these segmented measurements to create a comprehensive thermal map, thereby accurately reflecting user thermal sensation in different areas.
2Temperature
If cooling or heating is applied uniformly across the entire indoor space, then the overall temperature can be maintained, but energy is wasted in areas where users are not present or do not require cooling/heating
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differential temperature control by zone rather than uniform control across the entire space. Each region with detected user presence receives customized cooling or heating based on local conditions and user density, while areas without users maintain minimal operation, significantly reducing energy waste.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts cooling or heating parameters (temperature setpoints, equipment runtime) based on real-time user distribution data. When users are detected in specific zones, the system increases cooling/heating intensity in those zones while reducing or stopping operation in unoccupied areas, optimizing energy consumption.
3Ease of operation
If the system uses infrared camera thermal images to control spray direction of air conditioning wind, then the direction can be adjusted based on user location, but the system cannot intensively cool or heat dense areas effectively without three-dimensional space mapping
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances the two-dimensional thermal image data from infrared cameras by integrating it with three-dimensional spatial information from depth sensors or LiDAR. This creates a 3D thermal map that preserves automatic control capabilities while enabling accurate identification of dense user areas for intensive cooling or heating operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple sensing modalities (infrared thermal imaging, depth sensing, spatial mapping) into a unified three-dimensional thermal field model. This combination preserves the automatic control advantage of infrared detection while adding the capability to identify and intensively treat dense user areas through 3D spatial analysis.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus capable of managing cooling or heating and a controlling method thereof capable of operating even in the Internet of Things environment through a 5G communication network, and the electronic apparatus of the present disclosure can intensively control cooling or heating in an area where users are dense. The electronic apparatus capable of managing cooling or heating of the present disclosure can acquire a space where the user is located as a 3D structure, learn a distribution of the user distributed in the acquired 3D structure, and then control cooling or heating intensively in the area where the user can be distributed, thereby enabling efficient cooling or heating based on an area requiring the cooling or heating.