Artificial intelligence air conditioner system and method of controlling an air conditioner system
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air conditioner systems face challenges in efficiently managing and controlling multiple units or zones due to limited control range and complex menu navigation, making it inconvenient to form, change, or add groups or zones, especially when using a central control device.
Innovation Solution
A decentralized air conditioner system with a terminal that connects to multiple air conditioner sites over a network, allowing for decentralized unit operation while enabling the terminal to group and control units regardless of their installation positions or connection states, using a user-friendly interface to set and apply control commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a central control device is used to manage multiple air conditioner units, then control capability is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to complex menu navigation and limited control range
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control system into multiple independent control terminals, each capable of autonomously managing specific air conditioner units. This allows the system to handle multiple units without requiring a single complex central control interface, thereby reducing menu complexity while maintaining control capability over multiple devices
Solution Approach 2:
The control terminal is designed with multi-functional capabilities, allowing a single terminal to control multiple air conditioner units across different locations and configurations. This universal control approach eliminates the need for separate control interfaces for each unit, simplifying the user interface while expanding control range
2Stability of the object's composition
If a central control device groups units into predetermined zones, then control organization is improved, but ease of operation worsens due to limitations in forming, changing, or adding groups
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic group management where control groups and zones can be flexibly created, modified, expanded, or dissolved based on user needs. The system allows real-time reconfiguration of group memberships without requiring predetermined fixed structures, enabling users to adapt the control organization dynamically while maintaining systematic control
3Measurement precision
If control is performed through a terminal with complex menu navigation, then control precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to troublesome and inconvenient object selection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs simplified virtual representations of air conditioner units and control groups within the terminal interface. These graphical or icon-based copies allow users to quickly identify and select target units without navigating through complex hierarchical menus, maintaining control precision through accurate representation while significantly improving selection convenience
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AI summary
An artificial intelligence air conditioner system and a method of controlling an air conditioner system are disclosed. The air conditioner system may include a plurality of air conditioner devices located or installed at a plurality of air conditioner sites in a decentralized fashion. A control setting having at least one of the plurality of air conditioner devices as a control device may be created irrespective of an installation position and a connection state of each air conditioner device, such that the control setting is immediately applied, or application of the control setting is released through simple manipulation, thereby providing an easy and rapid monitoring and controlling operation of the air conditioner system in a remote fashion.