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WO2017134803A1
WO2017134803A1 PCT/JP2016/053417 JP2016053417W WO2017134803A1 WO 2017134803 A1 WO2017134803 A1 WO 2017134803A1 JP 2016053417 W JP2016053417 W JP 2016053417W WO 2017134803 A1 WO2017134803 A1 WO 2017134803A1
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佳典 ▲高▼田
片山 和幸
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  • the present invention relates to an air conditioner having an alarm function.
  • Some conventional air conditioners with a wake-up function urge the user to wake up by raising the room temperature to such a high temperature that the user becomes uncomfortable at the scheduled wake-up time (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an air conditioner that can be operated to greatly reduce the risk of oversleeping by a user.
  • the present invention detects an operation of a user in a room in which an indoor unit is installed in an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit and having a heating function.
  • a human sensor and a controller that is connected to the human sensor and controls the operation of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit.
  • the control unit operates the human sensor during the period of the sleep state detection mode including the scheduled wake-up time set by the user, and determines whether the user is in the sleep state based on the detection result of the human sensor.
  • the indoor unit and the outdoor unit are caused to perform a heating operation in an uncomfortable mode that targets a room temperature such that the discomfort index is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room. .
  • the air conditioner according to the present invention has an effect that it can be operated to greatly reduce the risk of oversleeping the user.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a microcomputer according to a first embodiment.
  • Explanatory drawing which shows the specification of the software control by the microcomputer concerning Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the specification of the software control by the microcomputer concerning Embodiment 2.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an arrangement of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the air conditioner 10 includes an indoor unit 2 and an outdoor unit 4 and has a heating function.
  • FIG. 1 shows a state where the user 5 is sleeping on the bedding 6 in the room 1 in which the indoor unit 2 is installed.
  • the outdoor unit 4 is installed outside the room 1.
  • the indoor unit 2 is equipped with a human sensor 3 that detects the operation of the user 5 in the room 1 and a microcomputer 100 that is a control unit.
  • the microcomputer 100 controls the operations of the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 based on a program.
  • the microcomputer 100 is connected to the human sensor 3, and acquires data from the human sensor 3 for the microcomputer 100 to determine how the user 5 is performing in the room 1.
  • the detection result data acquired by the human sensor 3 is used as information for the microcomputer 100 to determine whether the user 5 is in a sleep state or in a wake-up state.
  • the bedding 6 includes a bed, a futon, and a sofa, and the user 5 sleeps in a place that can be detected by the human sensor 3. Further, it is assumed that there is no shielding object between the human sensor 3 and the user 5 so that the human sensor 3 cannot detect the user 5.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of the microcomputer 100 according to the first embodiment.
  • the microcomputer 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that executes calculation and control of the air conditioner 10, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that the CPU 101 uses as a work area, and a ROM (Read Only) that stores programs and data.
  • CPU Central Processing Unit
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM Read Only
  • (Memory) 103, I / O (Input / Output) 104 that is hardware for exchanging signals with the human sensor 3, and a peripheral device 105 including an oscillator that generates a clock.
  • FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of software control specifications performed by the microcomputer 100 according to the first embodiment.
  • the specification of control by the microcomputer 100 is defined by a program stored in the ROM 103 or other portions, that is, software.
  • the microcomputer 100 executes the program, it is uncomfortable for creating an uncomfortable environment by heating operation based on the setting information 20, the room temperature and humidity information 13 and the human sensor information 14 by the user.
  • An operation mode 15, a timer function 16 that accepts a wake-up timer setting described later including a wake-up time setting by the user, and a sleep state detection mode 17 for determining the user's sleep state are realized.
  • the setting information 20 by the user is information set by the user 5 via a remote controller (not shown) of the indoor unit 2 and includes a scheduled wake-up time 11 and a duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode.
  • the room temperature and humidity information 13 is the room temperature and humidity information of the room 1 acquired by the room temperature sensor and humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2 (not shown).
  • the human sensor information 14 is the above-described detection result data acquired by the human sensor 3.
  • the air conditioner is operated by three functions of the sleep state detection mode 17, the timer function 16, and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 based on the scheduled wake-up time 11 set by the user 5 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode. 10 can perform the heating operation in an unpleasant mode.
  • the unpleasant driving mode 15 is a mode executed under the sleep state detection mode 17, and the microcomputer 100 controls the air conditioner 10, that is, the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 in the unpleasant driving mode 15, and performs heating in the unpleasant mode. Let's drive.
  • Discomfort mode is a mode that creates an uncomfortable environment where people feel uncomfortable.
  • the unpleasant environment is set using setting data such as temperature and humidity corresponding to the environment by deriving an environment in which a person feels unpleasant based on the discomfort index.
  • the discomfort index is an index derived from an environment in which a person feels uncomfortable from two parameters, temperature and humidity, and by measuring the humidity of the room 1, a temperature at which the discomfort index increases at the humidity can be derived.
  • the uncomfortable environment is assumed to be an environment at room temperature in which the discomfort index is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room 1 measured by the humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2.
  • the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is assumed to be a heating operation targeting a room temperature that causes an uncomfortable environment in the humidity of the room 1.
  • the temperature of the living room of the room 1 where the user 5 is sleeping that is, the room temperature is increased, and the air conditioner 10 adjusts to an environment in which the user 5 feels uncomfortable, so that the user 5 maintains the sleeping state or It can make it difficult to sleep again.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment.
  • the operation of the microcomputer 100 in this flowchart is executed by the microcomputer 100 executing a program.
  • the microcomputer 100 receives setting information 20 by the user such as the scheduled wake-up time 11 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode set by the user 5 by operating the remote controller (step S1).
  • the setting of the scheduled wake-up time 11 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode is referred to as a wake-up timer setting. That is, in step S1, a wake-up timer setting is accepted.
  • the user 5 sets the wake-up timer before the scheduled wake-up time 11 such as before going to bed.
  • the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode is set in advance, and the user 5 may set only the scheduled wake-up time 11 in the wake-up timer setting.
  • the microcomputer 100 causes the air conditioner 10 to start the sleep state detection mode 17 only a set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S2). Specifically, the microcomputer 100 starts the operation of the human sensor 3 by starting the sleep state detection mode 17.
  • the sleep state detection mode 17 is started by a set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11, and specifically, the sleep state detection mode 17 is started 5 minutes before. It is predetermined or how long the sleep state detection mode 17 is started from the scheduled time 11 before the scheduled wake-up time 11 or may be set by the user 5 operating the remote controller. It is not limited and can be 10 minutes or any other desired value. In the above description, it is assumed that the scheduled wake-up time 11 is included in the period of the sleep state detection mode 17, but in some cases, the start of the sleep state detection mode 17 may be set after the scheduled wake-up time 11. .
  • the microcomputer 100 determines whether or not the user 5 is in a sleep state based on the human sensor information 14 acquired by the human sensor 3 (step S3).
  • the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is in a sleep state, and the user 5 starts up. If the human sensor information 14 indicates a sitting state or an active state while sitting, the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is not in a sleeping state but in a rising state.
  • step S3 if it is determined that the user 5 is in a sleep state just before the set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S3: Yes), the microcomputer 100 enters the uncomfortable operation mode 15, and the air conditioner 10, i.e., the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 start the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4), and the room 1 is made an unpleasant environment in which the user 5 hardly keeps sleeping.
  • the microcomputer 100 includes the indoor unit 2 so that the room temperature of the room 1 becomes the first temperature at which the discomfort index is a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room 1 measured by the humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2. And the outdoor unit 4 is controlled and heating operation is performed.
  • step S3 If it is determined that the user 5 is not in the sleep state but is in the wake-up state (step S3: No), the microcomputer 100 puts the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 into the operation stop state or the operation state set by the user 5 (Step S5). Therefore, when it is determined that the user 5 is in the wake-up state only before the set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11, the microcomputer 100 causes the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 to keep the operation stopped or the user 5 The operation state set by 5 is newly started.
  • step S4 and step S5 the microcomputer 100 determines whether or not the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode has elapsed since the sleep state detection mode 17 was entered (step S6). And unless it has passed the continuation time 12 of sleep state detection mode after becoming sleep state detection mode 17 (step S6: No), determination (step S3) whether the user 5 is a sleep state is repeated.
  • step S6 No
  • the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is performed when the user 5 is in the wake-up state.
  • the process continues until the microcomputer 100 determines (No at Step S3). Further, even if it is determined that the user 5 is once in the wake-up state (step S3: No) and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 is terminated, the user 5 remains in the state where the sleep state detection mode 17 continues thereafter. If the user sleeps again, based on the human sensor information 14 from the human sensor 3, the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is in the sleep state (step S3: Yes), and uncomfortable driving. It becomes mode 15 and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4) is started again.
  • step S6 When the sleep state detection mode 17 has elapsed and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode has elapsed (step S6: Yes), the microcomputer 100 stops the operation of the human sensor 3 (step S7) and detects the sleep state. Mode 17 is terminated. If the sleep state detection mode 17 is followed by the sleep state detection mode duration 12 and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 is reached, the microcomputer 100 also sets the unpleasant driving mode 15 together with the sleep state detection mode 17. The air conditioner 10 is released and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is terminated.
  • FIG. 5 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment.
  • the air starts at 5:55 5 minutes before 6:00, which is the planned wake-up time 11.
  • the harmony machine 10 starts when the sleep state detection mode 17 is turned on (step S2) and starts the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4). More specifically, when the sleep state detection mode 17 is entered at 5:55 (step S2), it is immediately determined whether or not the user 5 is in a sleep state (step S3).
  • step S3 If the user 5 is still sleeping, Then, it is determined that the user 5 is in the sleep state (step S3: Yes), and the sleep state detection determination value becomes a value indicating the sleep state from the undecided state. As a result, the unpleasant operation mode 15 is entered, the operation of the air conditioner 10 is turned on, and the unpleasant mode heating operation (step S4) is started from 5:55.
  • the air conditioner 10 starts the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode (step S4), and the room temperature of the room 1 rises.
  • the room temperature of the room 1 is the first temperature.
  • the room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment. If the room 1 in which the user 5 sleeps becomes an uncomfortable environment and the user 5 wakes up and gets up at 6:10 and is determined to be in the wake-up state (step S3: No), the air conditioner 10 The operation is stopped (OFF) and the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode is completed, or the operation state set by the user 5 is started although not shown in FIG. 5 (step S5).
  • step S3: Yes when the user goes to sleep twice at 6:25, and it is determined again that the microcomputer 100 is in a sleep state (step S3: Yes), the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is again performed (step S4). Will be started.
  • step S4 when the user 5 gets up and gets up at 6:35, it is determined that the user 5 is in the rising state (step S3: No), and the air conditioner 10 The operation is stopped (OFF), and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode ends.
  • the sleep state detection mode 17 continues, by controlling the air conditioner 10 so that the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is repeated even if the user 5 sleeps many times, the user 5 Creates a comfortable sleep environment.
  • the uncomfortable environment continues until the user 5 surely wakes up, and the risk of oversleeping of the user 5 due to bedtime such as sleeping twice can be greatly reduced.
  • the air conditioner 10 performs the heating operation in the unpleasant mode at the scheduled wake-up time 11 when the user 5 wants to wake up, the user 5 wants to sleep again after waking up once.
  • An uncomfortable environment can be created.
  • the state in which the user 5 cannot sleep deeply can be maintained by making the room 1 an uncomfortable environment again.
  • the uncomfortable operation mode 15 can be canceled.
  • FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of software control specifications performed by the microcomputer 100 according to the second embodiment.
  • a weekly timer function 18 that can be set so that the timer function 16 works at a predetermined time for each day of the week is added to FIG.
  • the weekly timer function 18 is realized.
  • the configuration other than the weekly timer function 18 is the same as that in FIG.
  • the air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment can cope with a case where the user 5 gets up at a predetermined time for each day of the week.
  • the user 5 can set the scheduled wake-up time 11 for each day of the week.
  • the weekly timer function 18 if the user 5 once sets the scheduled wake-up time 11 for each day of the week and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode, the scheduled wake-up time for each day of the week may be set without setting the wake-up timer every day.
  • step S1 of FIG. 4 is executed once using the weekly timer function 18, it is not necessary to execute step S1 every night, and step of FIG. S2 to S7 are executed every day based on the wake-up timer setting for each day of the week.
  • the air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment has the continuation time 12 of the sleep state detection mode after the user 5 gets up or becomes the sleep state detection mode 17 as in the first embodiment.
  • the air conditioner 10 can stop the heating operation in the unpleasant mode. Therefore, once the user 5 sets the wake-up timer setting for each day of the week using the weekly timer function 18, it is not necessary to change the setting. As a result, by forgetting the wake-up timer setting before the user 5 sleeps, the user 5 can be prevented from falling asleep without performing the heating operation in the unpleasant mode.
  • Embodiment 3 In the first and second embodiments, only one unpleasant environment realized in the room 1 by the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is set.
  • the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment provides a plurality of unpleasant environments. That is, by providing a plurality of unpleasant environments at different room temperatures, a stage of unpleasant environments is created, and by providing an unpleasant environment that is more unpleasant than the initial unpleasant environment, the user 5 can be more easily woken up.
  • the flowchart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment is also basically the same as that in FIG. 4, but a transition from the first unpleasant environment to a more unpleasant unpleasant environment is added as described below. Is done.
  • the environment in which the room temperature is the first temperature at which the discomfort index is 1 is the discomfort environment 1, and the discomfort index is 2
  • An environment where the room temperature is the second temperature is defined as an unpleasant environment 2.
  • the discomfort index 2 is larger than the discomfort index 1, and both are threshold values for a predetermined discomfort index.
  • the unpleasant environment 1 is an unpleasant environment at the scheduled wake-up time 11.
  • FIG. 7 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment.
  • the user 5 sets 6:00 as the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S ⁇ b> 1 in FIG. 4)
  • the user 5 sleeps at 5:55 5 minutes before 6:00, which is the scheduled wake-up time 11.
  • the state detection mode 17 is entered (step S2)
  • the unpleasant operation mode 15 is entered, the operation of the air conditioner 10 is turned on, and the unpleasant mode heating operation (step S4) is started from 5:55.
  • the air conditioner 10 starts the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode (step S4), and the room temperature of the room 1 rises.
  • the room temperature of the room 1 is the first temperature.
  • the room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment 1.
  • the microcomputer 100 sets the set room temperature, which is the target of the heating operation in the unpleasant mode, to the second temperature so that the uncomfortable environment 2 on the first stage, which is an environment having a larger discomfort index, is obtained. Raise.
  • the microcomputer 100 raises the target room temperature for the heating operation in the unpleasant mode to a second temperature that is several degrees higher than the first temperature of the unpleasant environment 1.
  • the microcomputer 100 determines that the period during which the user 5 is continuously in a sleep state without getting up has reached a certain time or longer, the microcomputer 100 is uncomfortable with the second temperature at which the discomfort index becomes the discomfort index 2.
  • the predetermined time may be set in advance by the user 5 or may be set in the program of the microcomputer 100. After a while from 6:10, the room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment 2 and the environment is maintained.
  • step S5 since it is determined that the user 5 is in the wake-up state at 6:35 (step S3: No), is the air conditioner 10 in the operation stop state (OFF) and is the heating operation in the unpleasant mode terminated? Or although not shown in FIG. 7, the driving
  • the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment gradually makes the room 1 an uncomfortable environment having a higher room temperature as time passes from the scheduled wake-up time 11, thereby making the air conditioner 10 higher than the scheduled wake-up time 11.
  • the environment becomes uncomfortable for the user 5 and it becomes difficult to stay asleep, so it becomes easier to get up.
  • the risk of oversleeping of the user 5 can be further reduced than in the first and second embodiments.
  • the stage of the unpleasant environment is described as two stages, the unpleasant environment 1 and the unpleasant environment 2.
  • the threshold of the unpleasant index is set to 3 or more, the unpleasant environment can be defined in three or more stages accordingly. There may be three or more stages of unpleasant environment.
  • the configuration described in the above embodiment shows an example of the contents of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and can be combined with other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is also possible to omit or change the part.

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An air conditioner provided with an indoor device (2) and an outdoor device (4) and having a heater function, wherein the air conditioner is provided with: a human sensor (3) for sensing the action of a user (5) in a room (1) in which the indoor device (2) is installed; and a control unit (100) for controlling the operation of the indoor device (2) and the outdoor device (4), the control unit (100) being connected to the human sensor (3). The control unit (100) operates the human sensor (3) during a sleeping state sensing mode including a scheduled wake-up time set by the user (5), determines on the basis of the sensing result of the human sensor (3) whether or not the user (5) is in a sleeping state, and upon determining that the user (5) is in a sleeping state, causes the indoor device (2) and the outdoor device (4) to perform a heating operation in discomfort mode, in which a room temperature at which the discomfort index at the humidity of the room (1) is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is the target.

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空気調和機Air conditioner
 本発明は、目覚まし機能を備えた空気調和機に関する。 The present invention relates to an air conditioner having an alarm function.
 従来の目覚まし機能付き空気調和機には、ユーザーの起床予定時刻になるとユーザーが不快になるような高い温度に室温をすることで目覚めを促すものがある(例えば、特許文献1参照)。 Some conventional air conditioners with a wake-up function urge the user to wake up by raising the room temperature to such a high temperature that the user becomes uncomfortable at the scheduled wake-up time (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
特開2003-329285号公報JP 2003-329285 A
 しかしながら、従来の目覚まし機能付き空気調和機においては、ユーザーがリモコン操作などにより運転を停止するもしくはユーザーが快適と感じる室温になるように運転を変更することにより、目を覚ますための不快な環境から簡単に快適な室温に戻すことができたために二度寝をした場合の寝坊を防げないという問題点があった。 However, in conventional air conditioners with wake-up function, the user can stop driving by remote control operation or change the driving so that the user feels comfortable room temperature. There was a problem that it was impossible to prevent oversleeping when sleeping twice because it was possible to easily return to a comfortable room temperature.
 本発明は、上記に鑑みてなされたものであって、ユーザーの寝坊のリスクを大幅に低減する運転が可能な空気調和機を得ることを目的とする。 The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to obtain an air conditioner that can be operated to greatly reduce the risk of oversleeping by a user.
 上述した課題を解決し、目的を達成するために、本発明は、室内機および室外機を備えて暖房機能を有した空気調和機において、室内機が設置された部屋におけるユーザーの動作を検知する人感センサと、人感センサに接続され、室内機および室外機の動作を制御する制御部と、を備える。制御部は、ユーザーが設定した起床予定時刻を含んだ睡眠状態検知モードである期間の間に人感センサを動作させ、人感センサの検知結果に基づいてユーザーが睡眠状態であるか否かを判定し、ユーザーが睡眠状態であると判定した場合は、部屋の湿度において不快指数が予め定めた閾値以上となるような室温を目標とする不快モードの暖房運転を室内機および室外機に実行させる。 In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention detects an operation of a user in a room in which an indoor unit is installed in an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit and having a heating function. A human sensor, and a controller that is connected to the human sensor and controls the operation of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit. The control unit operates the human sensor during the period of the sleep state detection mode including the scheduled wake-up time set by the user, and determines whether the user is in the sleep state based on the detection result of the human sensor. If it is determined that the user is in a sleep state, the indoor unit and the outdoor unit are caused to perform a heating operation in an uncomfortable mode that targets a room temperature such that the discomfort index is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room. .
 本発明に係る空気調和機は、ユーザーの寝坊のリスクを大幅に低減する運転が可能になるという効果を奏する。 The air conditioner according to the present invention has an effect that it can be operated to greatly reduce the risk of oversleeping the user.
本発明の実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機の配置を示す図The figure which shows arrangement | positioning of the air conditioner concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. 実施の形態1にかかるマイクロコンピュータの構成を示すブロック図1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a microcomputer according to a first embodiment. 実施の形態1にかかるマイクロコンピュータによるソフトウェア制御の仕様を示す説明図Explanatory drawing which shows the specification of the software control by the microcomputer concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. 実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機の動作を説明するフローチャートFlowchart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner according to the first embodiment. 実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機の動作を説明するタイミングチャートTiming chart explaining operation | movement of the air conditioner concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. 実施の形態2にかかるマイクロコンピュータによるソフトウェア制御の仕様を示す説明図Explanatory drawing which shows the specification of the software control by the microcomputer concerning Embodiment 2. FIG. 実施の形態3にかかる空気調和機の動作を説明するタイミングチャートTiming chart explaining operation | movement of the air conditioner concerning Embodiment 3. FIG.
 以下に、本発明の実施の形態に係る空気調和機を図面に基づいて詳細に説明する。なお、この実施の形態によりこの発明が限定されるものではない。 Hereinafter, an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.
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 図1は、本発明の実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機10の配置を示す図である。空気調和機10は、室内機2および室外機4を備えて、暖房機能を有している。図1は、室内機2が設置された部屋1でユーザー5が寝具6の上で睡眠をとっている状態を示している。室外機4は、部屋1の外に設置されている。また、室内機2には部屋1におけるユーザー5の動作を検知する人感センサ3および制御部であるマイクロコンピュータ100が搭載されている。マイクロコンピュータ100は、室内機2および室外機4の動作をプログラムに基づいて制御する。マイクロコンピュータ100は、人感センサ3に接続されており、部屋1の室内においてユーザー5がどのような行動をしているのかをマイクロコンピュータ100が判断するためのデータを人感センサ3から取得することができる。人感センサ3が取得した検知結果のデータは、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であるかまたは起床状態であるかをマイクロコンピュータ100が判定するための情報として使用するものとする。ここで、寝具6は、ベッド、布団およびソファを含み、ユーザー5は人感センサ3により検知可能な場所で睡眠をとるものとする。また、人感センサ3とユーザー5との間には、人感センサ3がユーザー5を検知できなくなるような遮へい物がないことを前提とする。
Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an arrangement of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The air conditioner 10 includes an indoor unit 2 and an outdoor unit 4 and has a heating function. FIG. 1 shows a state where the user 5 is sleeping on the bedding 6 in the room 1 in which the indoor unit 2 is installed. The outdoor unit 4 is installed outside the room 1. The indoor unit 2 is equipped with a human sensor 3 that detects the operation of the user 5 in the room 1 and a microcomputer 100 that is a control unit. The microcomputer 100 controls the operations of the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 based on a program. The microcomputer 100 is connected to the human sensor 3, and acquires data from the human sensor 3 for the microcomputer 100 to determine how the user 5 is performing in the room 1. be able to. The detection result data acquired by the human sensor 3 is used as information for the microcomputer 100 to determine whether the user 5 is in a sleep state or in a wake-up state. Here, the bedding 6 includes a bed, a futon, and a sofa, and the user 5 sleeps in a place that can be detected by the human sensor 3. Further, it is assumed that there is no shielding object between the human sensor 3 and the user 5 so that the human sensor 3 cannot detect the user 5.
 図2は、実施の形態1にかかるマイクロコンピュータ100の構成を示すブロック図である。マイクロコンピュータ100は、演算および空気調和機10の制御を実行するCPU(Central Processing Unit)101と、CPU101がワークエリアに用いるRAM(Random Access Memory)102と、プログラムおよびデータを記憶するROM(Read Only Memory)103と、人感センサ3と信号をやりとりするハードウェアであるI/O(Input/Output)104と、クロックを生成する発振子を含む周辺装置105と、を備える。 FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the configuration of the microcomputer 100 according to the first embodiment. The microcomputer 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that executes calculation and control of the air conditioner 10, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 that the CPU 101 uses as a work area, and a ROM (Read Only) that stores programs and data. (Memory) 103, I / O (Input / Output) 104 that is hardware for exchanging signals with the human sensor 3, and a peripheral device 105 including an oscillator that generates a clock.
 図3は、実施の形態1にかかるマイクロコンピュータ100によるソフトウェア制御の仕様を示す説明図である。マイクロコンピュータ100による制御の仕様は、ROM103またはその他の箇所に記憶されるプログラムすなわちソフトウェアにより規定される。 FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of software control specifications performed by the microcomputer 100 according to the first embodiment. The specification of control by the microcomputer 100 is defined by a program stored in the ROM 103 or other portions, that is, software.
 図3に示すように、マイクロコンピュータ100がプログラムを実行することにより、ユーザーによる設定情報20、室温及び湿度情報13および人感センサ情報14に基づいて、暖房運転により不快な環境を作るための不快運転モード15、ユーザーによる起床時間の設定を含んだ後述する起床タイマー設定を受け付けるタイマー機能16、およびユーザーの睡眠状態を判定するための睡眠状態検知モード17を実現する。 As shown in FIG. 3, when the microcomputer 100 executes the program, it is uncomfortable for creating an uncomfortable environment by heating operation based on the setting information 20, the room temperature and humidity information 13 and the human sensor information 14 by the user. An operation mode 15, a timer function 16 that accepts a wake-up timer setting described later including a wake-up time setting by the user, and a sleep state detection mode 17 for determining the user's sleep state are realized.
 ユーザーによる設定情報20は、室内機2の図示していないリモートコントローラを介してユーザー5により設定される情報であって、起床予定時刻11および睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を含んでいる。室温及び湿度情報13は、図示していない室内機2の室温センサおよび湿度センサにより取得される部屋1の室温及び湿度の情報である。人感センサ情報14は、人感センサ3が取得した上述した検知結果のデータである。 The setting information 20 by the user is information set by the user 5 via a remote controller (not shown) of the indoor unit 2 and includes a scheduled wake-up time 11 and a duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode. The room temperature and humidity information 13 is the room temperature and humidity information of the room 1 acquired by the room temperature sensor and humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2 (not shown). The human sensor information 14 is the above-described detection result data acquired by the human sensor 3.
 ユーザー5によって設定される起床予定時刻11および睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12に基づいて、睡眠状態検知モード17、タイマー機能16および不快運転モード15の3つの機能が動作することで、空気調和機10は不快モードの暖房運転を行うことが可能となる。不快運転モード15は睡眠状態検知モード17の下で実行されるモードであり、マイクロコンピュータ100は、不快運転モード15において空気調和機10すなわち室内機2および室外機4を制御して不快モードの暖房運転を行わせる。 The air conditioner is operated by three functions of the sleep state detection mode 17, the timer function 16, and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 based on the scheduled wake-up time 11 set by the user 5 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode. 10 can perform the heating operation in an unpleasant mode. The unpleasant driving mode 15 is a mode executed under the sleep state detection mode 17, and the microcomputer 100 controls the air conditioner 10, that is, the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 in the unpleasant driving mode 15, and performs heating in the unpleasant mode. Let's drive.
 不快モードは人が不快と感じる不快環境を作るモードである。不快環境は、具体的には、不快指数に基づいて人が不快と感じる環境を導き出して、その環境に対応する温度および湿度といった設定データを用いて設定される。不快指数は、温度と湿度の2つのパラメータから人が不快と感じる環境を導いた指数であり、部屋1の湿度を計測することにより、当該湿度において不快指数が高くなる温度を導くことができる。ここで、不快環境とは、室内機2の湿度センサが測定した部屋1の湿度において、不快指数が予め定めた閾値以上となるような室温の環境であるとする。そして、不快モードの暖房運転は、部屋1の湿度において不快環境となるような室温を目標とする暖房運転であるとする。 Discomfort mode is a mode that creates an uncomfortable environment where people feel uncomfortable. Specifically, the unpleasant environment is set using setting data such as temperature and humidity corresponding to the environment by deriving an environment in which a person feels unpleasant based on the discomfort index. The discomfort index is an index derived from an environment in which a person feels uncomfortable from two parameters, temperature and humidity, and by measuring the humidity of the room 1, a temperature at which the discomfort index increases at the humidity can be derived. Here, the uncomfortable environment is assumed to be an environment at room temperature in which the discomfort index is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room 1 measured by the humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2. The heating operation in the unpleasant mode is assumed to be a heating operation targeting a room temperature that causes an uncomfortable environment in the humidity of the room 1.
 人は高温多湿の環境下では簡単には眠りにつくことができない。したがって、ユーザー5が睡眠している部屋1の居室の温度すなわち室温を高くして、ユーザー5が不快と感じる環境に空気調和機10が調整することで、ユーザー5が睡眠状態を維持することまたは再び眠ることを困難にできる。 People cannot fall asleep easily in a hot and humid environment. Therefore, the temperature of the living room of the room 1 where the user 5 is sleeping, that is, the room temperature is increased, and the air conditioner 10 adjusts to an environment in which the user 5 feels uncomfortable, so that the user 5 maintains the sleeping state or It can make it difficult to sleep again.
 次に、実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機10の動作について説明する。図4は、実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機10の動作を説明するフローチャートである。なお、このフローチャートにおけるマイクロコンピュータ100の動作は、マイクロコンピュータ100がプログラムを実行することにより実行される。 Next, the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment. The operation of the microcomputer 100 in this flowchart is executed by the microcomputer 100 executing a program.
 まず、リモートコントローラを操作することによりユーザー5が設定する起床予定時刻11および睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12といったユーザーによる設定情報20をマイクロコンピュータ100が受け付ける(ステップS1)。起床予定時刻11および睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12の設定を、起床タイマー設定と呼ぶ。すなわち、ステップS1では、起床タイマー設定が受け付けられる。ユーザー5は、就寝前といった起床予定時刻11の前に起床タイマー設定を行う。なお、睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12は予め設定されていて、起床タイマー設定において、ユーザー5は起床予定時刻11のみを設定するようにしてもよい。 First, the microcomputer 100 receives setting information 20 by the user such as the scheduled wake-up time 11 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode set by the user 5 by operating the remote controller (step S1). The setting of the scheduled wake-up time 11 and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode is referred to as a wake-up timer setting. That is, in step S1, a wake-up timer setting is accepted. The user 5 sets the wake-up timer before the scheduled wake-up time 11 such as before going to bed. The duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode is set in advance, and the user 5 may set only the scheduled wake-up time 11 in the wake-up timer setting.
 そして、マイクロコンピュータ100は、空気調和機10に起床予定時刻11より設定時間だけ前に睡眠状態検知モード17を開始させる(ステップS2)。マイクロコンピュータ100は、具体的には、睡眠状態検知モード17の開始により人感センサ3の動作を開始させる。睡眠状態検知モード17が開始されるのは、起床予定時刻11より設定時間だけ前、具体例としては5分前に睡眠状態検知モード17が開始される。睡眠状態検知モード17が起床予定時刻11よりどれくらいの設定時間だけ前から開始されるかについては、予め定められているか、またはユーザー5がリモートコントローラを操作して設定してもよく、5分に限定されず、10分その他の所望の値にすることができる。なお、上記では、睡眠状態検知モード17である期間の間に起床予定時刻11が含まれるとしたが、場合によっては、睡眠状態検知モード17の開始を起床予定時刻11の後に設定してもよい。 Then, the microcomputer 100 causes the air conditioner 10 to start the sleep state detection mode 17 only a set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S2). Specifically, the microcomputer 100 starts the operation of the human sensor 3 by starting the sleep state detection mode 17. The sleep state detection mode 17 is started by a set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11, and specifically, the sleep state detection mode 17 is started 5 minutes before. It is predetermined or how long the sleep state detection mode 17 is started from the scheduled time 11 before the scheduled wake-up time 11 or may be set by the user 5 operating the remote controller. It is not limited and can be 10 minutes or any other desired value. In the above description, it is assumed that the scheduled wake-up time 11 is included in the period of the sleep state detection mode 17, but in some cases, the start of the sleep state detection mode 17 may be set after the scheduled wake-up time 11. .
 その後、マイクロコンピュータ100は、人感センサ3が取得した人感センサ情報14に基づいて、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であるか否かを判定する(ステップS3)。判定方法の具体例としては、ユーザー5が横になっている状態を人感センサ情報14が示しているならば、マイクロコンピュータ100は、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であると判定し、ユーザー5が立ち上がっている状態または座った状態で活動している状態を人感センサ情報14が示しているならば、マイクロコンピュータ100は、ユーザー5が睡眠状態ではなく起床状態であると判定する。 Thereafter, the microcomputer 100 determines whether or not the user 5 is in a sleep state based on the human sensor information 14 acquired by the human sensor 3 (step S3). As a specific example of the determination method, if the human sensor information 14 indicates that the user 5 is lying down, the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is in a sleep state, and the user 5 starts up. If the human sensor information 14 indicates a sitting state or an active state while sitting, the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is not in a sleeping state but in a rising state.
 ステップS3において、起床予定時刻11の上記した設定時間だけ前においてユーザー5が睡眠状態であると判定されれば(ステップS3:Yes)、マイクロコンピュータ100は不快運転モード15になって、空気調和機10、すなわち室内機2および室外機4に不快モードの暖房運転を開始させて(ステップS4)、部屋1をユーザー5が眠り続けにくい不快環境にする。具体的には、室内機2の湿度センサが測定した部屋1の湿度において、不快指数が予め定めた閾値となる第一温度に部屋1の室温がなるように、マイクロコンピュータ100は、室内機2および室外機4を制御して暖房運転を実行させる。 In step S3, if it is determined that the user 5 is in a sleep state just before the set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S3: Yes), the microcomputer 100 enters the uncomfortable operation mode 15, and the air conditioner 10, i.e., the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 start the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4), and the room 1 is made an unpleasant environment in which the user 5 hardly keeps sleeping. Specifically, the microcomputer 100 includes the indoor unit 2 so that the room temperature of the room 1 becomes the first temperature at which the discomfort index is a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room 1 measured by the humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2. And the outdoor unit 4 is controlled and heating operation is performed.
 ユーザー5が睡眠状態ではなく起床状態であると判定されれば(ステップS3:No)、マイクロコンピュータ100は室内機2および室外機4を運転停止状態にするか、またはユーザー5が設定した運転状態にする(ステップS5)。したがって、起床予定時刻11の上記した設定時間だけ前においてユーザー5が起床状態であると判定された場合は、マイクロコンピュータ100は室内機2および室外機4に運転停止状態を保たせるか、またはユーザー5が設定した運転状態を新たに開始させることになる。 If it is determined that the user 5 is not in the sleep state but is in the wake-up state (step S3: No), the microcomputer 100 puts the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 into the operation stop state or the operation state set by the user 5 (Step S5). Therefore, when it is determined that the user 5 is in the wake-up state only before the set time before the scheduled wake-up time 11, the microcomputer 100 causes the indoor unit 2 and the outdoor unit 4 to keep the operation stopped or the user 5 The operation state set by 5 is newly started.
 ステップS4およびステップS5の後、マイクロコンピュータ100は、睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経たか否かを判定する(ステップS6)。そして、睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経ていない限り(ステップS6:No)、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であるか否かの判定(ステップS3)が繰り返される。 After step S4 and step S5, the microcomputer 100 determines whether or not the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode has elapsed since the sleep state detection mode 17 was entered (step S6). And unless it has passed the continuation time 12 of sleep state detection mode after becoming sleep state detection mode 17 (step S6: No), determination (step S3) whether the user 5 is a sleep state is repeated.
 その結果、睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経ていない限り(ステップS6:No)、不快モードの暖房運転は、ユーザー5が起床状態であると室内機2のマイクロコンピュータ100が判定する(ステップS3:No)まで継続される。また、ユーザー5が一度起床状態であると判定され(ステップS3:No)、不快運転モード15を終了した場合であっても、その後、睡眠状態検知モード17が継続している間に、ユーザー5が再び睡眠してしまった場合には、人感センサ3からの人感センサ情報14に基づいて、マイクロコンピュータ100はユーザー5が睡眠状態であると判定して(ステップS3:Yes)、不快運転モード15になって不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)が再度開始される。 As a result, unless the sleep state detection mode duration 12 has passed since the sleep state detection mode 17 was entered (step S6: No), the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is performed when the user 5 is in the wake-up state. The process continues until the microcomputer 100 determines (No at Step S3). Further, even if it is determined that the user 5 is once in the wake-up state (step S3: No) and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 is terminated, the user 5 remains in the state where the sleep state detection mode 17 continues thereafter. If the user sleeps again, based on the human sensor information 14 from the human sensor 3, the microcomputer 100 determines that the user 5 is in the sleep state (step S3: Yes), and uncomfortable driving. It becomes mode 15 and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4) is started again.
 睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経た場合は(ステップS6:Yes)、マイクロコンピュータ100は人感センサ3の動作を停止させて(ステップS7)、睡眠状態検知モード17を終了させる。なお、睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経たときに、不快運転モード15であったときは、マイクロコンピュータ100は、睡眠状態検知モード17と共に不快運転モード15も解除して空気調和機10に不快モードの暖房運転を終了させる。 When the sleep state detection mode 17 has elapsed and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode has elapsed (step S6: Yes), the microcomputer 100 stops the operation of the human sensor 3 (step S7) and detects the sleep state. Mode 17 is terminated. If the sleep state detection mode 17 is followed by the sleep state detection mode duration 12 and the uncomfortable driving mode 15 is reached, the microcomputer 100 also sets the unpleasant driving mode 15 together with the sleep state detection mode 17. The air conditioner 10 is released and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is terminated.
 図5は、実施の形態1にかかる空気調和機10の動作を説明するタイミングチャートである。図5に示すように、ユーザー5が、6:00を起床予定時刻11と設定した場合(図4のステップS1)、起床予定時刻11である6:00の5分前の5:55から空気調和機10は睡眠状態検知モード17がONになって開始される(ステップS2)と共に不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)を開始する。より詳細には、5:55に睡眠状態検知モード17になる(ステップS2)と、ただちにユーザー5が睡眠状態であるか否かが判定され(ステップS3)、ユーザー5がまだ寝ている場合は、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であると判定されて(ステップS3:Yes)、睡眠状態検知判定値が未判定状態から睡眠状態を示す値になる。その結果、不快運転モード15になり空気調和機10の運転がONになって5:55から不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)が開始される。 FIG. 5 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, when the user 5 sets 6:00 as the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S <b> 1 in FIG. 4), the air starts at 5:55 5 minutes before 6:00, which is the planned wake-up time 11. The harmony machine 10 starts when the sleep state detection mode 17 is turned on (step S2) and starts the heating operation in the unpleasant mode (step S4). More specifically, when the sleep state detection mode 17 is entered at 5:55 (step S2), it is immediately determined whether or not the user 5 is in a sleep state (step S3). If the user 5 is still sleeping, Then, it is determined that the user 5 is in the sleep state (step S3: Yes), and the sleep state detection determination value becomes a value indicating the sleep state from the undecided state. As a result, the unpleasant operation mode 15 is entered, the operation of the air conditioner 10 is turned on, and the unpleasant mode heating operation (step S4) is started from 5:55.
 5:55に空気調和機10が不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)を開始したことにより部屋1の室温は上昇し、起床予定時刻11である6:00には部屋1の室温は第一温度になって部屋1は不快環境になる。ユーザー5が眠る部屋1が不快環境となったことで、6:10にユーザー5が起床して起き上がることで、起床状態であると判定されれば(ステップS3:No)、空気調和機10は運転停止状態(OFF)になって不快モードの暖房運転が終了するか、または図5では示さないがユーザー5が設定した運転状態を開始する(ステップS5)。 At 5:55, the air conditioner 10 starts the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode (step S4), and the room temperature of the room 1 rises. At 6:00, which is the scheduled wake-up time 11, the room temperature of the room 1 is the first temperature. The room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment. If the room 1 in which the user 5 sleeps becomes an uncomfortable environment and the user 5 wakes up and gets up at 6:10 and is determined to be in the wake-up state (step S3: No), the air conditioner 10 The operation is stopped (OFF) and the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode is completed, or the operation state set by the user 5 is started although not shown in FIG. 5 (step S5).
 しかしその後、ユーザーが6:25に二度寝に入ることによって、再びマイクロコンピュータ100に睡眠状態であると判断された場合(ステップS3:Yes)には、再び不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)が開始されることとなる。二度目の不快モードの暖房運転が行われた結果、その後6:35の時点でユーザー5が起床して起き上がると、起床状態であると判定されて(ステップS3:No)、空気調和機10は運転停止状態(OFF)になって不快モードの暖房運転が終了する。 However, after that, when the user goes to sleep twice at 6:25, and it is determined again that the microcomputer 100 is in a sleep state (step S3: Yes), the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is again performed (step S4). Will be started. As a result of the heating operation in the second unpleasant mode, when the user 5 gets up and gets up at 6:35, it is determined that the user 5 is in the rising state (step S3: No), and the air conditioner 10 The operation is stopped (OFF), and the heating operation in the unpleasant mode ends.
 以上述べたように、睡眠状態検知モード17が続いている間は、ユーザー5が何度寝直しをしても不快モードの暖房運転を繰り返すように空気調和機10を制御することにより、ユーザー5が快適な睡眠をとれない環境を作り出す。不快モードの暖房運転を終了させるためには、ユーザー5が起床して行動し続けるか、リモートコントローラを操作することにより起床タイマー設定を解除する必要がある。ボタン一つの操作ではなく、複数の操作をしなければ起床タイマー設定の変更をできないようなリモートコントローラの仕様とすることで、ユーザー5が睡眠状態もしくは半分眠った状態で起床タイマー設定を解除することが困難なものとする。これにより、ユーザー5が確実に起きるまで不快環境が継続することとなり、二度寝といった寝直しによるユーザー5の寝坊のリスクを大幅に低減することができる。 As described above, while the sleep state detection mode 17 continues, by controlling the air conditioner 10 so that the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is repeated even if the user 5 sleeps many times, the user 5 Creates a comfortable sleep environment. In order to end the heating operation in the unpleasant mode, it is necessary for the user 5 to wake up and continue to act or to cancel the wake-up timer setting by operating a remote controller. Releasing the wake-up timer setting when the user 5 is asleep or half-sleep by adopting a remote controller specification that cannot change the wake-up timer setting without a single button operation Is difficult. As a result, the uncomfortable environment continues until the user 5 surely wakes up, and the risk of oversleeping of the user 5 due to bedtime such as sleeping twice can be greatly reduced.
 以上説明したように、ユーザー5が起きたいと考えている起床予定時刻11に空気調和機10が不快モードの暖房運転を行うことにより、ユーザー5が一度目覚めた後で寝直しをしたいと思わせないような不快環境をつくることができる。また、もしユーザー5が寝直しをしてしまった場合でも、部屋1を再度不快環境にすることでユーザー5が深く寝付くことができない状態を保つことができる。これにより、ユーザー5が起床予定時刻11に対して大幅な寝坊をすることを予防することが可能となる。さらに、室内機2のマイクロコンピュータ100がユーザーの起床を判定する機能を備えているので、不快運転モード15を解除することが可能である。 As described above, when the air conditioner 10 performs the heating operation in the unpleasant mode at the scheduled wake-up time 11 when the user 5 wants to wake up, the user 5 wants to sleep again after waking up once. An uncomfortable environment can be created. Moreover, even if the user 5 falls asleep, the state in which the user 5 cannot sleep deeply can be maintained by making the room 1 an uncomfortable environment again. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user 5 from overly sleeping with respect to the scheduled wake-up time 11. Furthermore, since the microcomputer 100 of the indoor unit 2 has a function of determining the user's wake-up, the uncomfortable operation mode 15 can be canceled.
実施の形態2.
 実施の形態2にかかる空気調和機10の配置は図1と同じであり、実施の形態2にかかるマイクロコンピュータ100の構成は図2と同じである。図6は、実施の形態2にかかるマイクロコンピュータ100によるソフトウェア制御の仕様を示す説明図である。図6では、曜日毎の予め定めた時間にタイマー機能16が働くように設定できるウィークリータイマー機能18が図3に追加されている。マイクロコンピュータ100がプログラムを実行することにより、ウィークリータイマー機能18が実現される。ウィークリータイマー機能18以外の構成は、実施の形態1で説明した図3と同じであるので説明を省略する。実施の形態2にかかる空気調和機10は、ユーザー5が曜日毎の予め定めた時間に起床する場合に対応することができる。
Embodiment 2. FIG.
The arrangement of the air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment is the same as that in FIG. 1, and the configuration of the microcomputer 100 according to the second embodiment is the same as that in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of software control specifications performed by the microcomputer 100 according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 6, a weekly timer function 18 that can be set so that the timer function 16 works at a predetermined time for each day of the week is added to FIG. When the microcomputer 100 executes the program, the weekly timer function 18 is realized. The configuration other than the weekly timer function 18 is the same as that in FIG. The air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment can cope with a case where the user 5 gets up at a predetermined time for each day of the week.
 図6に示すように、ウィークリータイマー機能18を実装することで、ユーザー5は、曜日毎に起床予定時刻11を設定することができる。ウィークリータイマー機能18を使うことで、曜日毎の起床予定時刻11および睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12をユーザー5が一度設定すれば、毎日起床タイマー設定をしなくても、曜日毎の起床予定時刻11になると空気調和機10に不快モードの暖房運転をさせることが可能となる。従って、実施の形態2にかかる空気調和機10の動作においては、図4のステップS1をウィークリータイマー機能18を用いて一度実行すれば、ステップS1を毎晩実行することは不要となり、図4のステップS2からS7が曜日毎の起床タイマー設定に基づいて毎日実行されることになる。 As shown in FIG. 6, by installing the weekly timer function 18, the user 5 can set the scheduled wake-up time 11 for each day of the week. By using the weekly timer function 18, if the user 5 once sets the scheduled wake-up time 11 for each day of the week and the duration 12 of the sleep state detection mode, the scheduled wake-up time for each day of the week may be set without setting the wake-up timer every day. When it becomes 11, it becomes possible to make the air conditioner 10 perform heating operation in an unpleasant mode. Therefore, in the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment, if step S1 of FIG. 4 is executed once using the weekly timer function 18, it is not necessary to execute step S1 every night, and step of FIG. S2 to S7 are executed every day based on the wake-up timer setting for each day of the week.
 また、実施の形態2にかかる空気調和機10は、実施の形態1と同様にユーザー5が起床することまたは睡眠状態検知モード17になってから睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間12を経たことにより、空気調和機10に不快モードの暖房運転を停止させることができる。従って、ウィークリータイマー機能18を利用して、曜日毎の起床タイマー設定をユーザー5が一度設定してしまえば、設定を変更する必要がない。その結果、ユーザー5が睡眠をとる前に起床タイマー設定を忘れることによって、不快モードの暖房運転が実施されずにユーザー5が寝坊することを防ぐことができる。 In addition, the air conditioner 10 according to the second embodiment has the continuation time 12 of the sleep state detection mode after the user 5 gets up or becomes the sleep state detection mode 17 as in the first embodiment. The air conditioner 10 can stop the heating operation in the unpleasant mode. Therefore, once the user 5 sets the wake-up timer setting for each day of the week using the weekly timer function 18, it is not necessary to change the setting. As a result, by forgetting the wake-up timer setting before the user 5 sleeps, the user 5 can be prevented from falling asleep without performing the heating operation in the unpleasant mode.
実施の形態3.
 実施の形態1および2では、不快モードの暖房運転により部屋1に実現する不快環境を1つのみ設定していたが、実施の形態3にかかる空気調和機10では複数の不快環境を設ける。すなわち、室温を変えた複数の不快環境を設けることにより不快環境の段階を作り、最初の不快環境より更に不快な不快環境を設けることで、ユーザー5が更に起床し易くすることができる。実施の形態3にかかる空気調和機10の動作を説明するフローチャートも基本的には図4と同様であるが、以下に説明するように初の不快環境から更に不快な不快環境への移行が追加される。
Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the first and second embodiments, only one unpleasant environment realized in the room 1 by the heating operation in the unpleasant mode is set. However, the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment provides a plurality of unpleasant environments. That is, by providing a plurality of unpleasant environments at different room temperatures, a stage of unpleasant environments is created, and by providing an unpleasant environment that is more unpleasant than the initial unpleasant environment, the user 5 can be more easily woken up. The flowchart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment is also basically the same as that in FIG. 4, but a transition from the first unpleasant environment to a more unpleasant unpleasant environment is added as described below. Is done.
 以下では、室内機2の湿度センサが測定した部屋1の湿度において、不快指数が不快指数1となるような室温が第一温度の環境を不快環境1とし、不快指数が不快指数2となるような室温が第二温度の環境を不快環境2とする。不快指数1より不快指数2は大きく、共に予め定めた不快指数の閾値である。不快環境1は、起床予定時刻11における不快環境である。 In the following, in the humidity of the room 1 measured by the humidity sensor of the indoor unit 2, the environment in which the room temperature is the first temperature at which the discomfort index is 1 is the discomfort environment 1, and the discomfort index is 2 An environment where the room temperature is the second temperature is defined as an unpleasant environment 2. The discomfort index 2 is larger than the discomfort index 1, and both are threshold values for a predetermined discomfort index. The unpleasant environment 1 is an unpleasant environment at the scheduled wake-up time 11.
 図7は、実施の形態3にかかる空気調和機10の動作を説明するタイミングチャートである。図7に示すように、ユーザー5が、6:00を起床予定時刻11と設定した場合(図4のステップS1)、起床予定時刻11である6:00の5分前の5:55に睡眠状態検知モード17になる(ステップS2)と、ただちにユーザー5が睡眠状態であるか否かが判定され(ステップS3)、ユーザー5がまだ寝ている場合は、ユーザー5が睡眠状態であると判定されて(ステップS3:Yes)、睡眠状態検知判定値が未判定状態から睡眠状態を示す値になる。その結果、不快運転モード15になり空気調和機10の運転がONになって5:55から不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)が開始される。 FIG. 7 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, when the user 5 sets 6:00 as the scheduled wake-up time 11 (step S <b> 1 in FIG. 4), the user 5 sleeps at 5:55 5 minutes before 6:00, which is the scheduled wake-up time 11. When the state detection mode 17 is entered (step S2), it is immediately determined whether or not the user 5 is sleeping (step S3). If the user 5 is still sleeping, it is determined that the user 5 is sleeping. (Step S3: Yes), the sleep state detection determination value changes from the undecided state to the value indicating the sleep state. As a result, the unpleasant operation mode 15 is entered, the operation of the air conditioner 10 is turned on, and the unpleasant mode heating operation (step S4) is started from 5:55.
 5:55に空気調和機10が不快モードの暖房運転(ステップS4)を開始したことにより部屋1の室温は上昇し、起床予定時刻11である6:00には部屋1の室温は第一温度になり、部屋1は不快環境1になる。しかしその後、不快運転モード15になって空気調和機10が不快モードの暖房運転を開始してから一定時間が経過した6:10になってもユーザー5が起床せず継続して睡眠状態と判定されたので(ステップS3:Yes)、マイクロコンピュータ100は、さらに不快指数が大きな環境である1段階上の不快環境2になるように不快モードの暖房運転の目標とする設定室温を第二温度に上昇させる。すなわち、マイクロコンピュータ100は、不快モードの暖房運転の目標とする室温を不快環境1の第一温度より数℃高い第二温度に上昇させる。このように、マイクロコンピュータ100は、ユーザー5が起床せず継続して睡眠状態である期間が一定時間以上になったと判定した場合に、不快指数が不快指数2となるような第二温度を不快モードの暖房運転の室温の目標に変更する。上記一定時間は、ユーザー5があらかじめ設定してもよいしマイクロコンピュータ100のプログラムにおいて設定されていてもよい。そして、6:10から暫く経つと部屋1は不快環境2になりその環境が維持される。その結果、6:35にはユーザー5が起床状態であると判定されたので(ステップS3:No)、空気調和機10は運転停止状態(OFF)になって不快モードの暖房運転が終了するか、または図7では示さないがユーザー5が設定した運転状態を開始する(ステップS5)。 At 5:55, the air conditioner 10 starts the heating operation in the uncomfortable mode (step S4), and the room temperature of the room 1 rises. At 6:00, which is the scheduled wake-up time 11, the room temperature of the room 1 is the first temperature. The room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment 1. However, after that, the user 5 does not get up and is determined to be in a sleep state even after 6:10 when a certain time has elapsed since the air conditioner 10 started the heating operation in the unpleasant mode after entering the unpleasant operation mode 15. (Step S3: Yes), the microcomputer 100 sets the set room temperature, which is the target of the heating operation in the unpleasant mode, to the second temperature so that the uncomfortable environment 2 on the first stage, which is an environment having a larger discomfort index, is obtained. Raise. In other words, the microcomputer 100 raises the target room temperature for the heating operation in the unpleasant mode to a second temperature that is several degrees higher than the first temperature of the unpleasant environment 1. Thus, when the microcomputer 100 determines that the period during which the user 5 is continuously in a sleep state without getting up has reached a certain time or longer, the microcomputer 100 is uncomfortable with the second temperature at which the discomfort index becomes the discomfort index 2. Change to room temperature target for mode heating operation. The predetermined time may be set in advance by the user 5 or may be set in the program of the microcomputer 100. After a while from 6:10, the room 1 becomes an uncomfortable environment 2 and the environment is maintained. As a result, since it is determined that the user 5 is in the wake-up state at 6:35 (step S3: No), is the air conditioner 10 in the operation stop state (OFF) and is the heating operation in the unpleasant mode terminated? Or although not shown in FIG. 7, the driving | running state which the user 5 set is started (step S5).
 以上説明したように、実施の形態3にかかる空気調和機10は、起床予定時刻11よりも時間が経つほど徐々に部屋1をより高い室温の不快環境とすることで、起床予定時刻11よりも時間が経つほどユーザー5にとっては不快で寝苦しく眠り続けることが困難な環境となっていくため、起床し易い状態となっていく。この結果、実施の形態1および2より、ユーザー5の寝坊のリスクをさらに低減することができる。 As described above, the air conditioner 10 according to the third embodiment gradually makes the room 1 an uncomfortable environment having a higher room temperature as time passes from the scheduled wake-up time 11, thereby making the air conditioner 10 higher than the scheduled wake-up time 11. As time passes, the environment becomes uncomfortable for the user 5 and it becomes difficult to stay asleep, so it becomes easier to get up. As a result, the risk of oversleeping of the user 5 can be further reduced than in the first and second embodiments.
 なお、上の説明では不快環境の段階を不快環境1および不快環境2の2段階として説明したが、不快指数の閾値を3以上設定すれば、それに応じて不快環境も3段階以上定義できるので、不快環境の段階を3段階以上にしてもかまわない。 In the above description, the stage of the unpleasant environment is described as two stages, the unpleasant environment 1 and the unpleasant environment 2. However, if the threshold of the unpleasant index is set to 3 or more, the unpleasant environment can be defined in three or more stages accordingly. There may be three or more stages of unpleasant environment.
 以上の実施の形態に示した構成は、本発明の内容の一例を示すものであり、別の公知の技術と組み合わせることも可能であるし、本発明の要旨を逸脱しない範囲で、構成の一部を省略、変更することも可能である。 The configuration described in the above embodiment shows an example of the contents of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and can be combined with other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is also possible to omit or change the part.
 1 部屋、2 室内機、3 人感センサ、4 室外機、5 ユーザー、6 寝具、10 空気調和機、11 起床予定時刻、12 睡眠状態検知モードの継続時間、13 室温及び湿度情報、14 人感センサ情報、15 不快運転モード、16 タイマー機能、17 睡眠状態検知モード、18 ウィークリータイマー機能、20 ユーザーによる設定情報、100 マイクロコンピュータ、101 CPU、102 RAM、103 ROM、104 I/O、105 周辺装置。 1 room, 2 indoor unit, 3 human sensor, 4 outdoor unit, 5 user, 6 bedding, 10 air conditioner, 11 wake-up time, 12 sleep state detection mode duration, 13 room temperature and humidity information, 14 human impression Sensor information, 15 uncomfortable driving mode, 16 timer function, 17 sleep state detection mode, 18 weekly timer function, 20 user setting information, 100 microcomputer, 101 CPU, 102 RAM, 103 ROM, 104 I / O, 105 peripheral devices .

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  1.  室内機および室外機を備えて暖房機能を有した空気調和機において、
     前記室内機が設置された部屋におけるユーザーの動作を検知する人感センサと、
     前記人感センサに接続され、前記室内機および前記室外機の動作を制御する制御部と、
     を備え、
     前記制御部は、前記ユーザーが設定した起床予定時刻を含んだ睡眠状態検知モードである期間の間に前記人感センサを動作させ、前記人感センサの検知結果に基づいて前記ユーザーが睡眠状態であるか否かを判定し、前記ユーザーが睡眠状態であると判定した場合は、前記部屋の湿度において不快指数が予め定めた閾値以上となるような室温を目標とする不快モードの暖房運転を前記室内機および前記室外機に実行させる
     ことを特徴とする空気調和機。
    In an air conditioner having an indoor unit and an outdoor unit and having a heating function,
    A human sensor for detecting a user's operation in a room where the indoor unit is installed;
    A controller that is connected to the human sensor and controls operations of the indoor unit and the outdoor unit;
    With
    The control unit operates the human sensor during a period of a sleep state detection mode including a scheduled wake-up time set by the user, and the user is in a sleep state based on a detection result of the human sensor. When it is determined whether or not the user is in a sleep state, the heating operation in the discomfort mode targeting the room temperature such that the discomfort index is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold in the humidity of the room is performed. An air conditioner that is executed by an indoor unit and the outdoor unit.
  2.  前記制御部は、前記ユーザーが睡眠状態であると判定した場合は、前記部屋の湿度において不快指数が前記閾値となるような第一温度を室温の目標とする不快モードの暖房運転を前記室内機および前記室外機に実行させる
     ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の空気調和機。
    When the control unit determines that the user is in a sleep state, the indoor unit performs a heating operation in a discomfort mode in which the first temperature at which the discomfort index is the threshold value in the humidity of the room is set as a room temperature target. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the air conditioner is executed by the outdoor unit.
  3.  前記制御部は、前記ユーザーが睡眠状態である期間が一定時間以上となった場合に、不快指数が前記閾値より大きな値となるような第二温度を室温の目標とする不快モードの暖房運転を前記室内機および前記室外機に実行させる
     ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の空気調和機。
    The control unit performs a heating operation in an unpleasant mode in which a second temperature at which the discomfort index is larger than the threshold is set as a room temperature target when the period in which the user is in a sleep state becomes a certain time or more. The air conditioner according to claim 2, wherein the air conditioner is executed by the indoor unit and the outdoor unit.
  4.  前記制御部は、前記ユーザーが睡眠状態ではないと判定した場合は、前記室内機および前記室外機を運転停止または設定した運転状態にする
     ことを特徴とする請求項1から3のいずれか1つに記載の空気調和機。
    The said control part makes the driving | running state which stopped or set the said indoor unit and the said outdoor unit, when it determines with the said user not being in a sleep state. Any one of Claim 1 to 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Air conditioner as described in.
  5.  前記ユーザーが曜日毎に前記起床予定時刻を設定することができるウィークリータイマー機能を備える
     ことを特徴とする請求項1から3のいずれか1つに記載の空気調和機。
    The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a weekly timer function that allows the user to set the scheduled wake-up time for each day of the week.
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