Air conditioner using gas sensing data and control method therefor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air conditioners have limitations in improving indoor air quality beyond their installed area and require manual operation or multiple units to address varying pollution levels across different spaces, with no capability to detect and remove harmful gases like formaldehyde and toluene.
Innovation Solution
A movable air conditioner equipped with sensors and a processor that identifies target spaces, senses gas types, and performs air conditioning operations based on sensed data and reference learning patterns, enabling automatic air quality improvement and harmful gas removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a conventional air conditioner is installed in a fixed location, then it can maintain air quality in its installed area, but it cannot improve air quality in other spaces beyond its usable area
Solution Approach 1:
The air conditioner is transformed from a stationary fixed-location device to a movable robot-mounted unit that can autonomously navigate to different spaces. The moving unit includes a robot body with drive wheels and a processor that controls movement based on gas concentration data, allowing the air conditioning function to dynamically relocate and serve multiple areas sequentially
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple air conditioners are installed to address varying pollution levels across different spaces, then air quality in each space can be improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
A single air conditioner unit is designed to perform multiple functions: it can detect gas concentrations using integrated sensors, autonomously navigate to different locations using robot mobility, identify target spaces based on pollution data, and condition air in each location. This multi-functional design replaces the need for multiple dedicated air conditioners in different spaces
3Adaptability or versatility
If a user manually operates air conditioners to improve air quality in different spaces, then air quality can be addressed, but ease of operation decreases and user burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The air conditioner system performs self-service through autonomous operation. The processor automatically receives gas concentration data from sensors, identifies target spaces with high pollution levels, controls the robot's movement to those spaces, and activates air conditioning operations without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by making independent decisions based on real-time environmental data
4Object-generated harmful factors
If conventional air conditioners are used, then they can cool or heat air, but they cannot detect and remove harmful gases like formaldehyde and toluene
Solution Approach 1:
The air conditioner is merged with gas detection functionality by integrating sensors that detect harmful gases such as formaldehyde and toluene. The processor combines gas concentration data with air conditioning control, enabling the unit to both detect pollution levels and automatically activate air cleaning operations to remove harmful gases while maintaining thermal comfort
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for efficient and automatic improvement of air quality across multiple spaces using a single air conditioner, detecting and removing harmful gases without user intervention, maintaining pleasant indoor conditions through IoT device integration.
Implementation Method 1
obtain information about a gas type based on second gas sensing data sensed within the target space and reference data stored in the storage
Data Source
AI summary
An air conditioner is disclosed. The air conditioner comprises a storage, and a processor for identifying a target space on the basis of first gas sensing data, moving the air conditioner to the target space, acquiring information about a gas type on the basis of second gas sensing data sensed within the target space and reference data stored in the storage, and performing an air conditioning operation on the basis of the information about the gas type, wherein the gas sensing data is sensed by a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing modules that react to different gases.