US5102230A
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Thermal environment sensor with means to estimate the wind velocity
Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1991-03-29
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Granted: 1992-04-07
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Expires: 2011-03-29
Abstract
Abstract A thermal environment sensor has a single temperature detector for detecting temperature and producing an output representative of the detected temperature, the temperature detector having, when heated by a predetermined constant power, a convective heat transfer coefficient giving it a wind velocity dependent temperature drop characteristic in close conformity with the wind velocity dependence of the effective temperature drop felt by a human body. A heater is provided for heating the temperature detector, and an electric power supply is connected to the heater for supplying the heater with a constant electric power corresponding to the predetermined constant power, and a temperature estimating circuit is connected to the temperature detector for correcting the output of the temperature detector by a predetermined constant temperature difference for thereby obtaining the effective temperature felt by a human body. Furthermore, a wind velocity estimating circuit is also connect to the temperature detector so that when the temperature detector is alternatingly supplied with a first and a second level of electric power, the absolute value of the wind velocity may be estimated from the heat transfer coefficient of the temperature detector obtained using the temperature of the temperature detector at the first and second levels of power and the respective first and second levels of power.
Inventors
- 👤 Masahiro Kobayashi
- 👤 Noboru Kobayashi
- 👤 Kazuhisa Shigemori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 04:15
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05D; G05D23/00; G05D23/19; G01; G01W; G01W1/00; G01W1/17
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
261 words
A thermal environment sensor, comprising: a single temperature detector for detecting temperature and producing an output representative of the detected temperature, said temperature detector having, when heated by a predetermined constant power, a convective heat transfer coefficient giving said temperature detector a wind velocity dependent temperature drop characteristic in close conformity with the effective temperature drop felt by a human body due to wind velocity; a heating means for heating said temperature detector; an electric power supplying means connected to said heating means for supplying said heating means with a first level of electric power which is a constant electric power corresponding to said predetermined constant power, and for alternatingly supplying said heating means with a second level of electric power different from said first level of electric power; a temperature estimating circuit connected to said temperature detector for correcting the output of said temperature detector by a predetermined constant temperature difference when said heating means is supplied by said first level of electric power for thereby obtaining the effective temperature felt by a human body; and wind velocity estimating means connected to said temperature detector for, when said heating means is alternatingly supplied with said first and second levels of electric power, determining from the respective temperatures of said temperature detector at said first and second levels of power and the amounts of the respective first and second levels of power the heat transfer coefficient of said temperature detector at the existing wind velocity and estimating from the thus determined heat transfer coefficient the absolute value of the wind velocity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
261 words
A thermal environment sensor, comprising: a single temperature detector for detecting temperature and producing an output representative of the detected temperature, said temperature detector having, when heated by a predetermined constant power, a convective heat transfer coefficient giving said temperature detector a wind velocity dependent temperature drop characteristic in close conformity with the effective temperature drop felt by a human body due to wind velocity; a heating means for heating said temperature detector; an electric power supplying means connected to said heating means for supplying said heating means with a first level of electric power which is a constant electric power corresponding to said predetermined constant power, and for alternatingly supplying said heating means with a second level of electric power different from said first level of electric power; a temperature estimating circuit connected to said temperature detector for correcting the output of said temperature detector by a predetermined constant temperature difference when said heating means is supplied by said first level of electric power for thereby obtaining the effective temperature felt by a human body; and wind velocity estimating means connected to said temperature detector for, when said heating means is alternatingly supplied with said first and second levels of electric power, determining from the respective temperatures of said temperature detector at said first and second levels of power and the amounts of the respective first and second levels of power the heat transfer coefficient of said temperature detector at the existing wind velocity and estimating from the thus determined heat transfer coefficient the absolute value of the wind velocity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
267 words
A thermal environment sensor, comprising: a single temperature detector for detecting temperature and producing an output representative of the detected temperature, said temperature detector having, when heated by a predetermined constant power, a convective heat transfer coefficient giving said temperature detector a wind velocity dependent temperature drop characteristic in close conformity with the effective temperature drop felt by a human body due to wind velocity, said detector being a detector which is self heating when supplied with electric power; an electric power supplying means connected to said temperature detector for supplying said temperature detector with a first level of electric power which is a constant electric power corresponding to said predetermined constant power, and for alternatingly supplying said temperature detector with a second level of electric power different from said first level of electric power; a temperature estimating circuit connected to said temperature detector for correcting the output of said temperature detector by a predetermined constant temperature difference when said temperature detector is supplied by said first level of electric power for thereby obtaining the effective temperature felt by a human body; and wind velocity estimating means connected to said temperature detector for, when said temperature detector is alternatingly supplied with said first and second levels of electric power, determining from the respective temperatures of said temperature detector at said first and second levels of power and the amounts of the respective first and second levels of power the heat transfer coefficient of said temperature detector at the existing wind velocity and estimating from the thus determined heat transfer coefficient the absolute value of the wind velocity.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
267 words
A thermal environment sensor, comprising: a single temperature detector for detecting temperature and producing an output representative of the detected temperature, said temperature detector having, when heated by a predetermined constant power, a convective heat transfer coefficient giving said temperature detector a wind velocity dependent temperature drop characteristic in close conformity with the effective temperature drop felt by a human body due to wind velocity, said detector being a detector which is self heating when supplied with electric power; an electric power supplying means connected to said temperature detector for supplying said temperature detector with a first level of electric power which is a constant electric power corresponding to said predetermined constant power, and for alternatingly supplying said temperature detector with a second level of electric power different from said first level of electric power; a temperature estimating circuit connected to said temperature detector for correcting the output of said temperature detector by a predetermined constant temperature difference when said temperature detector is supplied by said first level of electric power for thereby obtaining the effective temperature felt by a human body; and wind velocity estimating means connected to said temperature detector for, when said temperature detector is alternatingly supplied with said first and second levels of electric power, determining from the respective temperatures of said temperature detector at said first and second levels of power and the amounts of the respective first and second levels of power the heat transfer coefficient of said temperature detector at the existing wind velocity and estimating from the thus determined heat transfer coefficient the absolute value of the wind velocity.
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