An air conditioner system according to an aspect of the present disclosure is operated in an operation mode corresponding to whether a user enters building or whether the user is in a predetermined space, and thus, can be operated in an optimal operation mode by combining whether the user enters the building and whether the user is in the predetermined space.

In one embodiment, a ventilation control system includes a processor; a memory; a calculation module to calculate an inverse protection factor for a structure using a lumped element model, the inverse protection factor being an inverse of a protection factor which is a ratio of contaminant which the one or more infected individuals exhale in the structure and contaminant which the uninfected individual inhales in the structure; and a ventilation control module to control a ventilation system to modify air flowing in the structure. The inverse protection factor is calculated based on operating parameters of the ventilation system, arrangement of spaces of the structure, and locations and relative positions of the infected and uninfected individuals in the structure with respect to air flowing in the structure and influenced by the ventilation system. The ventilation control module is configured to control the ventilation system based on the calculated inverse protection factor.

Air-cleaning control is performed in accordance with a situation of motion of a person and brightness in a room. An air-cleaning device (100) includes: a first determination unit (11) that determines, from a detection signal from a person detection sensor (31), whether a state of an air-cleaning target room is at least any of a state where a person is absent in the air-cleaning target room, a state where a person is present and a motion amount is small, and a state where a person is present and the motion amount is large; a second determination unit (12) that determines, from a detection signal from as illuminance sensor (32), whether the state of the air-cleaning target room is at least any of a state where it is bright inside the air-cleaning target room and a state where it is dark inside the air-cleaning target room; and an operation control unit (13) that controls an operation of an air-cleaning function by using determination results of the first determination unit (11) and the second determination unit (12).

A camera takes an image of a user. A room environment information sensor detects room environment information about an environment in a room where the user is present. An estimation unit estimates a concentration degree of the user based on the image of the user taken by the camera and the room environment information sensed by the room environment information sensor.

A droplet range control system includes a first obtainer that obtains environment information indicating at least wind speed in a space, wind direction in the space, temperature in the space, humidity in the space, or spatial scale, a second obtainer that obtains target information indicating positions and directions of faces of a first target and a second target in the space, an estimator that estimates a range of droplets from the first target on a basis of the environment information and the target information, and a controller that, if a respiration area of the second target exists within the range, conditions an environment in the space such that the respiration area gets out of the range.

A control apparatus (100) includes a user zone estimation unit (120) and a system control unit (130). The user zone estimation unit (120) receives user position information indicating a position in an air-conditioning zone where an air-conditioner performs air-conditioning, at which one of at least one user who utilizes the air-conditioner has stayed; estimates a user zone with using the user position information, the user zone being a zone within the air-conditioning zone and including a plurality of positions at which one of said at least one user has stayed; and generates user zone information indicating the user zone. The system control unit (130) generates, with using the user zone information, system control information used for controlling an air-conditioning system having the air-conditioner.

A spatial temperature estimation system includes a thermal image acquisition unit and a space temperature estimation unit. The thermal image acquisition unit is configured to detect a temperature of at least one surface of a ceiling, a floor, or a plurality of walls of a room. The space temperature estimation unit is configured to estimate a temperature of air in an interior space of a room with reference to a CRI coefficient relating to the at least one surface and the temperature detected by the thermal image acquisition unit.

An air-conditioning apparatus includes a casing provided with an air inlet through which air is sucked and an air outlet through which the air is blown out, a plurality of heat exchangers being connected in parallel, and causing heat exchange to be performed between the air sucked from the air inlet and refrigerant, a plurality of fans each sending the air to a corresponding one of the plurality of heat exchangers, and a controller configured to control the plurality of fans so that they have different rotational speeds.

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a localized heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system comprising a moveable air delivery system comprising. The moveable air delivery system further comprising an air inlet configured to receive air and an air outlet configured to output the air into a space. The localized HVAC further comprising a movement system configured to move the air outlet in a generally planar manner. The movement system further comprising an air delivery support system configured to support the air outlet, the air delivery support system configured to move the air outlet in an air delivery plane.

A smart artificial intelligence based mobile robot having an air purification, humidification, dehumidification, and ultraviolet cleaning-based system to remove pathogens is disclosed. The robot also acts as an emergency alert system for break-ins and human fall detection using AI algorithm. The mobile robot operates and navigates intelligently using real time data collected from the environment through various sensors and input devices. An object detection module may use inputs from the camera to recognize people, pets, and others by pre-trained machine learning data set. The mobile purification, humidity management and sanitizing robot includes a ball bearing for balance and a motor controller, which drives two motors and wheels. The central controller of the smart mobile robot system has memory and processor to handle navigation, communication, notifications, and air handling system through real time data collection.