Temperature Persuasive Air Conditioning System

項目	內容
所屬技術領域	Temperature Persuasive Air Conditioning System
所欲解決之問題	Since we want to save energy, more and more organizations limit the temperature of their offices. Most people do not feel comfort with the given temperature. Most employees dare not to complain. Many people configure to the regulation temperature only when being audited and will configured back after check. Therefore, we need a comfortable and green air-conditioning system.
解決問題之技術手段	Boiling frog syndrome ~ by Human Nature. Most people can gradually accept the uncomfortable condition. So we can design an air conditioning system that train users to accept the suitable and comfortable temperature gradually.
對照先前技術之功效	Temperature control device of a heating or cooling apparatus for saving energy. US Patent 5678758. Slow adjustment: Adjust the temperature in an imperceivable way. This patent does not consider the human reaction. In our patent, we take the user action as one of the system input. Comfortable: human comfort is taken into consideration. Train human: let user get used to the target temperature. Train system: let system know the adaptive quality of each user.
實施方式	The First Step: Satisfy the users' need. The Second Step: Gradually move to the target temperature. In every change time interval, move a temperature gap toward the target until meeting the target. If users feel uncomfortable, they will express their opinion by resetting the temperature. Satisfy users again. Slow down the change rate. Increase the change interval.. Decrease the temperature gap. Agent Temperature Changing Unit: Adjust the temperature according to the command from the controller. Temperature Sensing Unit: Report the current temperature to the controller. Temperature Input Unit: If an user feels uncomfortable, this is the interface that he can set the temperature User Sensing Unit: Report the user id to the controller to let controller know which profile should be used. Controller Decision Unit: Adjust the temperature to the target temperature. If an user feels uncomfortable by setting the temperature: Satisfy the need of the user first. Then adjust to the target temperature more imperceivablely. Get the default parameters from the user profile and record each user's habit Target Temperature Input Unit: Set by the administrator. User Profile Unit: Store the user profile. EX: temperature changing gap, temperature changing interval, User Priority ...