CN108344087B - Air conditioner control method and air conditioner - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an air conditioning control method, which belongs to the field of air conditioning. The indoor unit includes lighting equipment, and the method includes: when receiving a control instruction, detecting the opening and closing state of the lighting equipment; adjusting the state of the lighting equipment or the operation of the air conditioner according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction state. In the embodiment of the present invention, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, which can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting requirements, and reduce the need for users to perform operations on the air conditioner and lighting equipment. Adjust the complexity and improve the user experience. The invention also discloses an air conditioner.

Description

Air conditioner control method and air conditioner

technical field

The invention relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to an air conditioner control method and an air conditioner.

Background technique

In daily life, many people like to place a bedside lamp at the bedside of the bedroom to meet the lighting needs of reading at night, getting up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, or turning on the light to sleep. In order to meet the different lighting needs of users, some of the existing night lights can adjust the brightness, and even some can adjust the angle, and at the same time, they are equipped with a remote control for convenient adjustment.

Many users choose to install the bedside lamp above the bedside in the bedroom, while the general household wall-mounted air conditioner is installed above the bedside in the bedroom. No matter in the process of installing the bedside lamp or the installation of the household wall-mounted air conditioner, it is necessary to drill holes on the wall to place screws. Too many installation holes will cause the wall to be untidy. And the air conditioner is also equipped with an air conditioner remote control. When adjusting the bedside lamp or the air conditioner at night, it is inevitable that confusion will occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiments of the present invention aim to provide an air conditioner control method and an air conditioner, so as to solve the problems existing in the application process of bedside lamps and household wall-mounted air conditioners in the prior art. In order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments, a brief summary is given below. This summary is not intended to be an extensive review, nor is it intended to identify key/critical elements or delineate the scope of protection of these embodiments. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the detailed description that follows.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an air conditioner control method, wherein the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes a lighting device, and the control method includes: when a control instruction is received, detecting an on-off state of the lighting device; The opening and closing state and the control command are used to adjust the state of the lighting device or the operating state of the air conditioner.

Optionally, the adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the on-off state and the control instruction includes: if the lighting device is in an off state, adjusting the operating state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction; When the lighting device is in an on state, the state of the lighting device is adjusted according to the control instruction.

Optionally, after detecting the opening and closing state of the lighting device, the method further includes: detecting the adjustment state of the lighting device; the adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction includes: If the lighting device is in an off state, the operating state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the control instruction; if the lighting device is in an on state and the adjustment state is in an active state, the lighting device is adjusted according to the control command state; if the lighting device is in an on state and the adjustment state is in a locked state, the operating state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the control instruction.

Optionally, the state of the lighting device includes: a horizontal position, a vertical position, a horizontal swing angle, a vertical swing angle, a brightness, and an open/close state of the lighting device.

Optionally, the control instructions include: mode switching control instructions, temperature adjustment control instructions, wind speed adjustment control instructions and swing wind control instructions.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an air conditioner is provided, including an indoor unit and a microcontroller; the indoor unit includes a lighting device; the microcontroller includes: a receiving unit for receiving a control instruction; a first detection a unit for detecting the opening and closing state of the lighting device; a first adjusting unit for adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction; a second adjusting unit for adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction; The opening and closing state and the control command adjust the operating state of the air conditioner.

Optionally, the second adjustment unit is used to adjust the operating state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction when the lighting device is in an off state; the first adjustment unit is used when the lighting device is in an on state , and adjust the state of the lighting device according to the control instruction.

Optionally, the air conditioner further includes: a second detection unit for detecting the adjustment state of the lighting device after detecting the open/close state of the lighting device; the second adjustment unit for detecting the adjustment state of the lighting device; When the lighting device is in an off state, or the lighting device is in an on state, and the adjustment state is in a locked state, the operating state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the control instruction; the first adjustment unit is used for the lighting device When in the on state and the adjustment state is in the activated state, the state of the lighting device is adjusted according to the control instruction.

Optionally, the state of the lighting device includes: a horizontal position, a vertical position, a horizontal swing angle, a vertical swing angle, a brightness, and an open/close state of the lighting device.

Optionally, the control instructions include: mode switching control instructions, temperature adjustment control instructions, wind speed adjustment control instructions and swing wind control instructions.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention may include the following beneficial effects:

In the embodiment of the present invention, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, which can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting requirements, and reduce the need for users to perform operations on the air conditioner and lighting equipment. Adjust the complexity and improve the user experience.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of an air conditioning control method according to an exemplary embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an air conditioning control method according to an exemplary embodiment;

3 is a structural block diagram of an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 4 is a structural block diagram of an air conditioner according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

The following description and drawings sufficiently illustrate specific embodiments of the invention to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may include structural, logical, electrical, process, and other changes. The examples represent only possible variations. Unless expressly required, individual components and functions are optional and the order of operations may vary. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in or substituted for those of other embodiments. The scope of embodiments of the invention includes the full scope of the claims, along with all available equivalents of the claims. Various embodiments may be referred to herein by the term "invention," individually or collectively, for convenience only, and are not intended to automatically limit the scope of this application to any if more than one invention is in fact disclosed. A single invention or inventive concept. Herein, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation and do not require or imply any actual relationship between these entities or operations or order. Moreover, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method or apparatus comprising a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also others not expressly listed elements, or also include elements inherent to such a process, method or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, or device that includes the element. The various embodiments herein are described in a progressive manner, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments, and it is sufficient to refer to each other for the same and similar parts between the various embodiments. For the method structures, products, etc. disclosed in the embodiments, since they correspond to the method parts disclosed in the embodiments, the description is relatively simple, and the relevant parts can be referred to the description of the method part.

The air conditioning system provided in the embodiment of the present invention includes lighting equipment, and the lighting equipment is mainly used to meet the user's demand for bedside lamps.

In daily life, bedside lamps are widely used. Different from common lighting lamps, the light of bedside lamps is softer and suitable for use at night. For different application scenarios, the requirements for the brightness of the light are different. For example, when the user is reading a book at night, the light should not be too dark, so as not to hurt the eyes; The light stimulates the eyes; when the user sleeps with the light on or takes care of the baby at night, the light should be dimmed to avoid affecting the quality of sleep. Therefore, the brightness of the lighting device in this application can be adjusted.

For different application scenarios, the requirements for the angle of the bedside light are different. For example: when the user is reading a book at night, the angle of the bedside light is just near the pillow; when the user is used to get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, the bedside light The angle of the light should not be near the pillow to avoid the light irritating the eyes; when the user uses the light to sleep or take care of the baby at night, the angle of the bedside light should avoid irradiating the baby. In some optional embodiments, the angle of the lighting device is adjustable in order to meet the user's requirements for different angles. In order to realize the adjustment of the angle, in some optional embodiments, the position of the lighting device is adjustable, for example, the vertical position can be adjusted, and the horizontal position can be adjusted. In some optional embodiments, the lighting device may swing, eg, at the current position, the lighting device may swing horizontally, or swing vertically.

In some optional embodiments, in order to facilitate the control of the lighting equipment and the control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner, control buttons related to the lighting equipment are set on the remote control, for example: brightness adjustment buttons, position adjustment buttons, angle adjustment buttons on the remote control Adjust button.

In some embodiments, at least a switch control button for the lighting mode is added. In order to avoid adding too many buttons to increase the volume of the remote controller, inconvenient to take and increase the manufacturing cost, some of the current buttons are selected to carry out the lighting equipment. control.

As shown in FIG. 1 is an air conditioning control method according to an embodiment, including:

Step S101 , when a control instruction is received, the on-off state of the lighting device is detected.

Step S102, according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction, adjust the state of the lighting device or the operating state of the air conditioner.

In this example, the air conditioner is provided with lighting equipment. In order to avoid adding too many buttons and increasing the volume of the remote control, inconvenient access and increasing manufacturing costs, some of the current buttons are selected to control the lighting equipment.

In order to determine that the received control instruction is used to control the state of the lighting device or adjust the operating state of the air conditioner, the on-off state of the lighting device is determined after the control command is received.

Optionally, when the lighting device is turned on, the state of the lighting device is controlled according to the control instruction, and when the lighting device is turned off, the operating state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the control command.

Wherein, adjusting the operation state of the air conditioner is consistent with the adjustment state of the air conditioner without lighting equipment, and is used to adjust the mode, wind speed, temperature, etc. of the air conditioner.

In this embodiment, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, which can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting requirements, and reduce the user's adjustment to the air conditioner and lighting equipment. complexity and improve user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to meet the user's requirements for indoor temperature comfort and lighting, when the air conditioner is in cooling or heating operation, the lighting device is simultaneously turned on. In some embodiments, in the process of turning on the lighting equipment, it is necessary to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner, the scavenging state, etc., so as not to affect the lighting state, as an additional device, in the control process, increase the control state of the lighting equipment. control.

Optionally, the control state of the lighting device includes an activated state and a locked state. Among them, in the activated state, the state of the lighting equipment is variable, and at this time, the state of the lighting equipment is controlled according to the control instruction; in the locked state, the state of the lighting equipment is not changeable, at this time, according to the control instruction, the operating state of the air conditioner is controlled Take control. As shown in FIG. 2 is an air conditioning control method according to an embodiment, including:

Step S201 , when a control instruction is received, the on-off state of the lighting device is detected.

Step S202, it is judged whether the lighting device is in an on state, if so, step S203 is performed to determine whether the adjustment state of the lighting device is in an activated state; otherwise, step S205 is performed.

Wherein, in step S203, when it is determined that the adjustment state of the lighting equipment is in the activated state, step S204 is performed to adjust the state of the lighting equipment according to the control instruction; otherwise, step S205 is performed to adjust the air conditioner according to the control instruction operating status.

When the lighting device is not needed, that is, when it is determined in step 202 that the lighting device is in an off state, at this time, the operating state of the air conditioner is directly adjusted according to the control instruction.

In some optional embodiments, on the control panel of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, the remote control of the air conditioner or the mobile terminal corresponding to the lighting device is provided with a button or option for turning on the lighting device. Corresponding control instructions, for example: lighting mode control instructions.

In some optional embodiments, the method further includes: when the current lighting device is in an off state, a lighting mode control instruction is received, and at this time, the lighting device is controlled to be turned on.

When the lighting device is turned on, that is, when it is determined in step 202 that the lighting device is in the on state, it is necessary to determine whether the control command is used to control the state of the lighting device or the operating state of the air conditioner. Control the state of the lighting equipment is also used to control the operating state of the air conditioner.

In step S203, the adjustment state of the lighting device includes an activated state and a locked state. Therefore, in the determination process, if the adjustment state of the lighting device is in the activated state, the control instruction is used to adjust the state of the lighting device; otherwise, the lighting device The adjustment state is in the locked state, and the control command is used to adjust the running state of the air conditioner.

In this implementation, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, and during the process of turning on the lighting equipment, the operation status of the air conditioner can be controlled without affecting the lighting state. It can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting needs, reduce the complexity of the user's adjustment of air conditioners and lighting equipment, and improve the user experience.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the state of the lighting device includes a variety of states, such as the position, swing angle, brightness, or open/close state of the lighting device, wherein the position of the lighting device includes a horizontal position and a vertical position, and the swing angle includes a horizontal position. The swing angle and the vertical swing angle, the brightness includes increasing the brightness and decreasing the brightness, and the adjustment of the opening and closing state includes turning on the lighting device and turning off the lighting device.

Among them, to realize the adjustable position or swing angle of the lighting equipment, a driving device is required. In order to save costs, according to different application scenarios of the lighting equipment, different numbers of driving devices can be selected. Therefore, in different embodiments, the way in which the lighting device can be adjusted is different. For example: in some optional embodiments, the brightness of the lighting device is adjustable, but the position and swing angle are not adjustable; in some optional embodiments, the brightness and position of the lighting device are adjustable, but the swing angle is not adjustable; In an optional embodiment, the brightness and swing angle of the lighting device are adjustable, but the position is not adjustable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to avoid increasing the volume of the remote controller caused by adding too many buttons, inconvenient to take and increase the manufacturing cost, some of the current buttons are selected to control the lighting device. Commonly used air conditioning control instructions include: mode switching control instructions, temperature adjustment control instructions, wind speed adjustment control instructions and swing wind control instructions. According to the different adjustable modes of the aforementioned lighting equipment, different control commands are selected to control the lighting equipment correspondingly. Wherein, according to different driving devices, corresponding to different air-conditioning systems, a correspondence table between different control commands and the states of the lighting equipment is provided. When the air conditioner receives a control command, the corresponding table of Control of lighting equipment.

In some optional embodiments, the horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, vertical swing angle and brightness of the lighting device can be adjusted; the remote control buttons include: a cooling mode button and a heating mode button; the temperature adjustment buttons include: "Temperature" +" button and temperature "-" button; wind speed adjustment buttons include: high wind button, middle wind button and low wind button; swing wind buttons include: up and down swing air buttons and left and right swing air buttons. Optionally, select the high-wind button, the high-wind control command issued by the middle-wind button and the low-wind button, the middle-wind control command and the low-wind control command are respectively used to adjust the different brightness levels of the lighting equipment; The control command is used to adjust the horizontal position of the lighting device, the control command issued by the temperature "-" button is used to adjust the vertical position of the lighting device; the control command issued by the up and down swing button is used to adjust the vertical swing angle of the lighting device, and the left and right swing angle is used to adjust the vertical swing angle of the lighting device. The control command issued by the wind button is used to adjust the horizontal swing angle of the lighting device.

Among them, there are multiple nodes corresponding to the horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, and vertical swing angle. When the corresponding control command is received, it is adjusted from the current node to the next node. When the current node is the last node, then Adjust to the first node after receiving the corresponding control instruction. For example: the horizontal position adjustment process is divided into five nodes, the first node is the leftmost position, and the fifth node is the rightmost position. When the horizontal position is at the first node, it is adjusted to the first node after receiving the corresponding control command. Two nodes; when the horizontal position is at the fifth node, it is adjusted to the first node after receiving the corresponding control instruction.

In some optional embodiments, the adjustment of the brightness of the lighting device can also be controlled through a control command issued by a certain button. As described in the foregoing embodiments, during the brightness adjustment process, different nodes are set from the darkest to the brightest, and are adjusted step by step according to corresponding control instructions. Optionally, in some embodiments, when the current brightness is the brightest, the brightness is adjusted to the darkest after receiving the corresponding control instruction; in some embodiments, when the current brightness is the brightest, after receiving the corresponding control instruction Adjust the lighting device off after the command.

In some optional embodiments, corresponding to the adjustment states of the lighting device: the activated state and the locked state, different control commands are selected. For example, the control command issued by the cooling mode button is selected to control the lighting device to be in a locked state, and the control command issued by the heating mode button is selected to control the lighting device to be in an activated state.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the air conditioner 100 includes: a microcontroller 301 and a lighting device 302 . The microcontroller 301 includes a receiving unit 3011 , a first detecting unit 3012 , a first adjusting unit 3013 and a second adjusting unit 3014 .

The receiving unit 3011 is used for receiving a control instruction.

The first detection unit 3012 is configured to detect the on-off state of the lighting device.

A first adjustment unit 3013, configured to adjust the state of the lighting device according to the open/close state and the control instruction.

The second adjusting unit 3014 is configured to adjust the operating state of the air conditioner according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction.

Wherein, the control command comes from the remote controller of the air conditioner, the control panel of the indoor unit of the air conditioner, or other mobile terminals that have a remote control function for the air conditioner. The receiving unit 3011 can acquire the control instruction sent by the mobile terminal through wireless communication.

In some optional embodiments, the first adjustment unit 3013 is configured to adjust the state of the lighting device according to the control instruction when the lighting device is in an on state; the second adjustment unit 3014 is configured to adjust the state of the lighting device when the lighting device is in an off state , and adjust the operating state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction.

In this embodiment, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, which can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting requirements, and reduce the user's adjustment to the air conditioner and lighting equipment. complexity and improve user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to meet the user's requirements for indoor temperature comfort and lighting, when the air conditioner is in cooling or heating operation, the lighting device is simultaneously turned on. In some embodiments, in the process of turning on the lighting equipment, it is necessary to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner, the scavenging state, etc., so as not to affect the lighting state, as an additional device, in the control process, increase the control state of the lighting equipment. control.

Optionally, the control state of the lighting device includes an activated state and a locked state. Among them, in the activated state, the state of the lighting equipment is variable, and at this time, the state of the lighting equipment is controlled according to the control instruction; in the locked state, the state of the lighting equipment is not changeable, at this time, according to the control instruction, the operating state of the air conditioner is controlled Take control.

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an air conditioner according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, the air conditioner 200 includes: a microcontroller 401 and a lighting device 402 . The microcontroller 401 includes a receiving unit 4011 , a first detecting unit 4012 , a second detecting unit 4013 , a first adjusting unit 4014 and a second adjusting unit 4015 .

The receiving unit 4011 is used for receiving a control instruction.

The first detection unit 4012 is configured to detect the open/close state of the lighting device.

The second detection unit 4013 is configured to detect the adjustment state of the lighting device.

The first adjustment unit 4014 is configured to adjust the operation state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction when the lighting device is in an off state, or when the lighting device is in an on state and the adjustment state is in a locked state.

The second adjustment unit 4015 is configured to adjust the state of the lighting device according to the control instruction when the lighting device is in an on state and the adjustment state is in an activated state.

In this implementation, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes lighting equipment. During the use process, unified control of the operating parameters of the air conditioner and the lighting equipment can be realized, and during the process of turning on the lighting equipment, the operation status of the air conditioner can be controlled without affecting the lighting state. It can not only adjust the indoor temperature but also meet the lighting needs, reduce the complexity of the user's adjustment of air conditioners and lighting equipment, and improve the user experience.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the state of the lighting device includes a variety of states, such as the position, swing angle, brightness, or open/close state of the lighting device, wherein the position of the lighting device includes a horizontal position and a vertical position, and the swing angle includes a horizontal position. The swing angle and the vertical swing angle, the brightness includes increasing the brightness and decreasing the brightness, and the adjustment of the opening and closing state includes turning on the lighting device and turning off the lighting device.

Among them, to realize the adjustable position or swing angle of the lighting equipment, a driving device is required. In order to save costs, according to different application scenarios of the lighting equipment, different numbers of driving devices can be selected. Therefore, in different embodiments, the way in which the lighting device can be adjusted is different. For example: in some optional embodiments, the brightness of the lighting device is adjustable, but the position and swing angle are not adjustable; in some optional embodiments, the brightness and position of the lighting device are adjustable, but the swing angle is not adjustable; In an optional embodiment, the brightness and swing angle of the lighting device are adjustable, but the position is not adjustable.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to avoid increasing the volume of the remote controller caused by adding too many buttons, inconvenient to take and increase the manufacturing cost, some of the current buttons are selected to control the lighting device. Commonly used air conditioning control instructions include: mode switching control instructions, temperature adjustment control instructions, wind speed adjustment control instructions and swing wind control instructions. According to the different adjustable modes of the aforementioned lighting equipment, different control commands are selected to control the lighting equipment correspondingly.

In some optional embodiments, the horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, vertical swing angle and brightness of the lighting device can be adjusted; the remote control buttons include: a cooling mode button and a heating mode button; the temperature adjustment buttons include: "Temperature" +" button and temperature "-" button; wind speed adjustment buttons include: high wind button, middle wind button and low wind button; swing wind buttons include: up and down swing air buttons and left and right swing air buttons. Optionally, select the high-wind button, the high-wind control command issued by the middle-wind button and the low-wind button, the middle-wind control command and the low-wind control command are respectively used to adjust the different brightness levels of the lighting equipment; The command is used to adjust the horizontal position of the lighting device, the control command issued by the temperature "-" button is used to adjust the vertical position of the lighting device; the control command issued by the upper and lower swing wind button is used to adjust the vertical swing angle of the lighting device, and the left and right swing wind The control command issued by the button is used to adjust the horizontal swing angle of the lighting device.

Among them, there are multiple nodes corresponding to the horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, and vertical swing angle. When the corresponding control command is received, it is adjusted from the current node to the next node. When the current node is the last node, then Adjust to the first node after receiving the corresponding control instruction.

In some optional embodiments, the adjustment of the brightness of the lighting device can also be controlled through a control command issued by a certain button. As described in the foregoing embodiments, during the brightness adjustment process, different nodes are set from the darkest to the brightest, and are adjusted step by step according to corresponding control instructions. Optionally, in some embodiments, when the current brightness is the brightest, the brightness is adjusted to the darkest after receiving the corresponding control instruction; in some embodiments, when the current brightness is the brightest, after receiving the corresponding control instruction Adjust the lighting device off after the command.

In some optional embodiments, corresponding to the adjustment states of the lighting device: the activated state and the locked state, different control commands are selected. For example, the control command issued by the cooling mode button is selected to control the lighting device to be in a locked state, and the control command issued by the heating mode button is selected to control the lighting device to be in an activated state.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, such as a memory including instructions, executable by a processor to perform the aforementioned method. The above-mentioned non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be a read only memory (Read Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic tape, an optical storage device, and the like.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can realize that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may use different methods of implementing the described functionality for each particular application, but such implementations should not be considered beyond the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that, for the convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the above-described systems, devices and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

In the embodiments disclosed herein, it should be understood that the disclosed methods and products (including but not limited to apparatuses, devices, etc.) may be implemented in other ways. For example, the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented. On the other hand, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms. The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment. In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the processes and structures that have been described above and shown in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (6)

1. An air conditioner control method is characterized in that an indoor unit of an air conditioner comprises a lighting device, and the control method comprises the following steps:

detecting an on-off state of the lighting device when a control instruction is received;

according to the on-off state and the control instruction, adjusting the state of the lighting equipment or the running state of an air conditioner comprises the following steps:

if the lighting equipment is in the off state, adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction;

if the lighting equipment is in the on state, adjusting the state of the lighting equipment according to the control instruction;

the control instructions include: a mode switching control instruction, a temperature adjusting control instruction, a wind speed adjusting control instruction and a wind swinging control instruction.

2. The method of claim 1, after detecting the on-off state of the lighting device, further comprising:

detecting a regulation state of the lighting device;

the adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the on-off state and the control instruction comprises:

if the lighting equipment is in the off state, adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction;

if the lighting equipment is in an on state and the adjusting state is in an activated state, adjusting the state of the lighting equipment according to the control instruction;

and if the lighting equipment is in an on state and the adjusting state is in a locked state, adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the state of the lighting device comprises:

horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, vertical swing angle, luminance and on-off state of the lighting device.

4. An air conditioner comprises an indoor unit and a microcontroller; characterized in that the indoor unit comprises a lighting device; the microcontroller comprises:

a receiving unit for receiving a control instruction;

a first detection unit for detecting an open/close state of the illumination apparatus;

a first adjusting unit for adjusting the state of the lighting device according to the on-off state and the control instruction;

the second adjusting unit is used for adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the opening and closing state and the control instruction; the method comprises the following steps:

when the lighting equipment is in the off state, the running state of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the control instruction;

the first adjusting unit is used for adjusting the state of the lighting equipment according to the control instruction when the lighting equipment is in the on state;

the control instructions include: a mode switching control instruction, a temperature adjusting control instruction, a wind speed adjusting control instruction and a wind swinging control instruction.

5. The air conditioner according to claim 4, further comprising:

a second detection unit for detecting an adjustment state of the illumination apparatus after detecting an on-off state of the illumination apparatus;

the second adjusting unit is used for adjusting the running state of the air conditioner according to the control instruction when the lighting equipment is in a closed state or the lighting equipment is in an open state and the adjusting state is in a locked state;

the first adjusting unit is used for adjusting the state of the lighting equipment according to the control instruction when the lighting equipment is in an on state and the adjusting state is in an activated state.

6. The air conditioner according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the state of the lighting device includes:

horizontal position, vertical position, horizontal swing angle, vertical swing angle, luminance and on-off state of the lighting device.

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