| CPC F24F 11/46 (2018.01) [F24F 11/63 (2018.01); F24F 2110/10 (2018.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. An air conditioner comprising:
an outdoor unit;
a plurality of indoor units connected with the outdoor unit, to perform air conditioning with the outdoor unit;
a plurality of temperature sensors to detect a state relating to temperature;
a remote controller that controls the outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units, the remote controller is operable by a user, and receives an instruction on use of a prediction result obtained for each space of a plurality of spaces constituting a room;
at least one processor and/or circuit configured to
determine, as a determination result, whether or not all the prediction results are same; and
determine a manner how air conditioning is to be performed on the basis of the determination result obtained by determining whether or not all the prediction results are same, wherein
each indoor unit of the plurality of the indoor units is associated with respectively one space of the plurality of spaces,
each temperature sensor of the plurality of temperature sensors is associated with respectively one associated space of the plurality of spaces and detects a state relating to temperature of the associated space,
each space of the plurality of spaces is associated with respectively one of the indoor units and with respectively one of the temperature sensors,
the prediction result obtained for each space of the plurality of spaces is a predicted temperature of the each space associated with respectively one of the temperature sensors a predetermined time after the one of the temperature sensors has obtained a detection result, the temperature being predicted on the basis of the detection result,
all the prediction results are prediction results obtained for all of the plurality of spaces, each of the prediction results being obtained for respectively one of the spaces,
the at least one processor and/or circuit is further configured to
in response to all the prediction results being determined to be same, determine the manner how air conditioning is to be performed on the basis of any one of all the prediction results,
in response to all the prediction results being determined not to be same, determine the manner how air conditioning is to be performed on the basis of part or the whole of all the prediction results in accordance with the instruction received by the remote controller, and
the outdoor unit and the indoor units perform air conditioning of the room on the basis of the manner determined by the at least one processor and/or circuit.
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