CN101650848A - Card controlled air conditioner system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a card control air conditioner system, which is characterized in that a card reader is electrically connected with an air conditioner, the card reader comprises a memory, a timer and a communication interface besides a controller, and a first identification code is stored in the memory. The control card inserted into the card reader stores a plurality of information including a second identification code, a time limit and a current stock. The card reader controller reads the information of the control card and compares whether the first identification code is consistent with the second identification code, so as to control the starting of the air conditioner through the communication interface, and the card reader controller periodically reads and controls the time limit information and the current stock information of the card according to the timing of the timer. Therefore, the power manager can set different use authorities given to different users through different cards, and can effectively limit the power consumption of the cold air.

Description

Card control refrigerator system

Technical field

The present invention relates to the air conditioner technology, refer to especially a kind of according to read the information on the card and change the air conditioner of running.

Background technology

Using air conditioner has been the means of the reduction environment temperature very generally used in the present society, no matter be commercial company, factory, public affair office, school even general family etc., purchases air conditioner equipment more.

With reference to figure 1, it is existing air conditioner synoptic diagram.Existing refrigerator system mainly is to utilize a telepilot 2 with the controller in the wireless mode order air conditioner 1 (figure does not show), control the cold air facility (figure do not show) of actual performance cold air effect by controller, exercises such as make its startup, intensification, lower the temperature, close.

No matter existing air conditioner adopts wire controlled or distance type, and the user has the authority of any control air conditioner running, can't carry out effective cold air condition managing by a management of power use person.Therefore also existing a potential bad phenomenon, is exactly that the user does not know blindly to use air conditioner temperately and consume electric power, for example always temperature is transferred very low or leaves but closing cool air machine etc. not of air conditioner surroundings.Especially in enterprises now, cold air conditioner is main current consuming apparatus, if can't provide an effective means to solve the problems referred to above, will cause that electricity consumption is excessive, electricity charge expenditure is huge, and then infringement enterprise income balance.

Summary of the invention

The object of the invention provides a kind of card control refrigerator system, it is the card control refrigerator system that a kind of card with different rights setting starts air conditioner, management of power use person is the keyholed back plate electricity consumption flexibly, prevents that general user from wasting the cold air electricity consumption arbitrarily, to reach purpose of saving.

Card control refrigerator system of the present invention comprises an air conditioner, a card reader, reaches a control card.Card reader is electrically connected with air conditioner, and includes a card reader controller, a card reader internal memory, a timer, an and communication interface, and wherein the card reader stored has one first identification code.

Above-mentioned control card stores most information, comprise at least one second identification code, a time limit the quantity of, an and present storage.The card reader controller reads most information of control card, and whether compare first identification code consistent with second identification code, and then sees through the startup of communication interface control air conditioner.Limit the quantity of information, and present storage information of the time of reading the card reader controller cycle and also changing control card according to the timing of timer, when time limit the quantity of information, and the value of present storage information representative when being zero, the card reader controller is promptly controlled air conditioner and is shut down.

Above-mentioned most information can also comprise user's password, and card reader also can comprise an input panel, all be electrically connected on the card reader controller with a display, by this user is carried out re-authentication, that is except the checking of above-mentioned authentication code, also need the user to see through the correct user's password of input panel input, air conditioner could start.

Above-mentioned present storage information can be represent that Stored Value is counted, the information of the amount of money or available power.Control card can also store a temperature limitation information so that the cold air design temperature of card reader controller control air conditioner not low a particular value, to reach really, effectively to use control.

Communication interface between above-mentioned card reader and air conditioner can be universal asynchronous receiving-transmitting transmitter (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter; UART) interface.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is that existing air conditioner uses synoptic diagram.

Fig. 2 is that the air conditioner of a preferred embodiment of the present invention uses synoptic diagram.

Fig. 3 is the refrigerator system calcspar of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the refrigerator system operation workflow figure of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[main element symbol description]

Air conditioner 1,10telepilot 2,40

Air conditioner controller 11 cold air facility 12

Communication transmission line 13card reader 20

Card reader controller 21 card reader internal memories 22

First identification code, 22 1 timers 23

Communication interface 24input panel 25

Display 26control cards 30

Second identification code, 31 temperature limitation 32

The time 33 user's passwords 34 of limiting the quantity of

Present storage 35

Embodiment

At first with reference to figure 2.In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, refrigerator system mainly comprises anair conditioner 10, acard reader 20, is used to be plugged on acontrol card 30 of card reader 20.Seeing through acommunication transmission line 13 betweenair conditioner 10 and thecard reader 20 links up.Expose oncard reader 20bodies input panel 25 is arranged, an and display 26.

With reference to figure 3, be the refrigerator system calcspar that illustrates a preferred embodiment.Thecontrol card 30 that refrigerator system comprisesair conditioner 10,card reader 20 and is used to provide information to handle to card reader, as previously mentioned.Air conditioner 10 includes an air conditioner controller 11, and the cold air facility 12 of electrical connection, and the running of air conditioner controller 11 control cold air facility 12,12 runnings of cold air facility refer to start, regulate temperature, action such as close.

Deposit most information in thecontrol card 30, comprised limit the quantity of 33, one user's password 34, an and present storage 35 of one second identification code 31, a temperature limitation 32, a time.At present storage 35 information can represent that Stored Value is counted, the amount of money, available power one of them.

Card reader 20 includes a card reader controller 21, a card reader internal memory 22, a timer 23, a communication interface 24, aninput panel 25, an anddisplay 26, and above-mentioned card reader controller 21 all is with other element and is electrically connected.Card reader internal memory 22 also stores onefirst identification code 221 in advance except that in order to store card reader controller 21 pending reaching the data of having handled.

Communication connects 24 in order to link up air conditioner controller 11 and card reader controller 21, is preferably universal asynchronous receiving-transmitting transmitter (UART) interface of the present intelligent appliance standard of direct utilization.

Timer 23 is to be used to calculate the 10 actual operation times of air conditioner.The used timer of embodiment is one to be clock (Real-Time Clock; RTC), and chronograph mechanism is to see through the start that detects compressor in the facility whether to judge whetherair conditioner 10 is in operating condition, and calculate the electricity consumption time, the modification that card reader controller 21 is promptly deducted 33 information of limiting the quantity of of the time in thecontrol card 30 according to this electricity consumption time with this.

On the other hand, if there is the enumeration of employing mechanism in system, it judges it then is with a specific corresponding specific button point value of air conditioner running time, and see through equally card reader controller 21 according to this button point value to the modification that storage information deducts of counting of the Stored Value in thecontrol card 30.

Input panel 25 is to allow user'sreading card machine 20 carry out the instrument of external information input behavior, is an operation keyboard in this example, and a keyboard with numerical key particularly certainly also can be with letter orfunction button.Display 26 mainly allows the user be checked its input information correctness and/or shows that specific message gives the user.

Below cooperate Fig. 3 calcspar, and the process flow diagram of Fig. 4 the operation workflow of card control refrigerator system one embodiment of the present invention is described.At first in step SA, be under the holding state atair conditioner 10, the user will store thecontrol card 30 that has configured each information earlier and insert in thecard reader 20, make card reader controller 21 read each information, the information that wherein comprises have second identification code 31, temperature limitation 32, time limit the quantity of 33, user's password 34 and the present storage 35 of representing Stored Value to count.

In step SB and SC, whether consistent with theidentification code 221 ofcard reader 20 card reader controller 21 read second identification code 31 the judgement of carrying out control card after each information earlier, if the errorless user's password 34 that then carries out of card checking is verified, this moment, the user must be input tocard reader 20 with proper password throughinput panel 25, but whether by mistaketransmission display device 26 confirms input in input process.User's password authentification step also can be guaranteed the security when control card is lost or is stolen.Then in step SD and SE, respectively judgement time limit the quantity of 33 with the present storage 35 of counting about Stored Value whether greater than zero.

Among the step SF, when all checking actions finish and define the time limit the quantity of 33 and Stored Value count exist after, card reader controller 21 is just given an order signal to air conditioner controller 11, makes 12 entrys into service of air conditioner controller 11 control cold air facility.

Among the step SG,card reader 20 can limit 32 information according to said temperature can not be lower than a particular value with the cold air design temperature that suppressesair conditioner 10, to reach temperature control effect really, if for example temperature limitation 32 information restrictions user to use the minimum temperature ofair conditioner 10 are 24 degree C, then the user carries out just can't transferring to than 24 when temperature is set toair conditioner 10 and spends the also low setting value of C.

Among the step SH, card reader controller 21 is limited the quantity of the time in thecontrol card 30 accordingly according to the clocking information of timer 23 and 33 is counted with 35 one specific service times of deduction of storage and use at present in the card reader 20.Inaddition card reader 20 still repeatedly the supervision time limit the quantity of 33 with present storage information 35, see pot life and Stored Value are counted to deduct whether to nothing (step SI).If the time limit the quantity of 33 or the Stored Value points information any one make zero, then card reader controller 21 is given an order signal with closing cool air machine 10 (step SJ).If the two all still greater than zero, then is back to step SH,air conditioner 10 continues running.

Certainly, the sequence of steps of above-mentioned checking, inspection is also non-limiting, knows the skill personage when can carry out the combination in any arrangement on demand after considering previous embodiment in light of actual conditions.In addition, whenair conditioner 10 aftercard reader 20 control starts, still can utilize a telepilot 40 (as shown in Figure 2) to carry out the adjustment of general air conditioner function, but, still be subject to the said temperature restriction and can guarantee electricity consumption control effect adjusting aspect the cold air design temperature.

In addition,, then install an electric-power metering unit additional in air conditioner, reach to detect the actual power consumption mode if desire is complied with the deduction that actual power consumption carries out present storage information.

From the above, start air conditioner with the card that has different set information, make the air conditioner operating state be decided by the setting of card, the card of different set is equivalent to have different rights of using.By this, management of power use person is able to effective control air conditioner and uses, and for example under the setting of limiting the quantity of in the time, (or available power) is enough even Stored Value is counted, and also can't overtime sets and continues to use air conditioner; In addition, the mode of present storage back-off is also reached the purpose of accurate monitoring behaviour in service, user charge, so under the policy of emphasizing carbon reduction now, the present invention also sees its excellent place.

The foregoing description only is to give an example for convenience of description, and the interest field that the present invention advocated should be as the criterion so that claim is described certainly, but not only limits to the foregoing description.

Claims (8)

Translated fromChinese

1、一种卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于包括：1. A card-controlled air conditioner system, characterized in that it comprises:一冷气机；an air conditioner;一读卡机，电连接于该冷气机，包括有一读卡机控制器、一读卡机内存、一计时器、及一通讯接口，其中该读卡机内存储存有一第一识别码；以及A card reader, electrically connected to the air conditioner, including a card reader controller, a card reader memory, a timer, and a communication interface, wherein the card reader memory stores a first identification code; and一控制卡片，储存有多数信息，该多数信息至少包括一第二识别码、一时间限量、及一目前存量，A control card, storing a plurality of information, the plurality of information at least includes a second identification code, a time limit, and a current stock,其中，该读卡机控制器读取该控制卡片的该多数信息，并比对该第一识别码与该第二识别码是否一致，进而透过该通讯接口控制该冷气机启动，且该读卡机控制器周期地读取并依据该计时器的计时还改该控制卡片的该时间限量信息、及该目前存量信息。Wherein, the card reader controller reads the majority information of the control card, and compares whether the first identification code is consistent with the second identification code, and then controls the start of the air conditioner through the communication interface, and the reader The card machine controller periodically reads and changes the time limit information and the current stock information of the control card according to the timing of the timer.2、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该多数信息还包括一使用者密码，该读卡机还包括一输入面板是电连接于该读卡机控制器。2. The card-controlled air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of information further includes a user password, and the card reader further includes an input panel electrically connected to the card reader controller.3、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该读卡机还包括一显示器是电连接于该读卡机控制器。3. The card-controlled air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the card reader further comprises a display electrically connected to the card reader controller.4、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该目前存量信息包括一储值点数。4. The card-controlled air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the current inventory information includes a stored value point.5、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该目前存量信息包括一金额。5. The card-controlled air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the current inventory information includes an amount.6、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该目前存量信息包括一可用电量。6. The card-controlled air conditioner system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the current inventory information includes an available electric quantity.7、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该通讯接口为一通用异步收发传输器(UART)接口。7. The card-controlled air conditioner system of claim 1, wherein the communication interface is a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) interface.8、如权利要求1所述的卡控冷气机系统，其特征在于，该控制卡片还储存有一温度限制信息，以使该读卡机控制器控制该冷气机的冷气设定温度不低于一特定值。8. The card-controlled air conditioner system according to claim 1, wherein the control card also stores a temperature limit information, so that the card reader controller controls the set temperature of the air conditioner of the air conditioner to not be lower than a certain temperature. specific value.

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