Indoor unit of air conditioner and air conditioner

Abstract

An indoor unit of air conditioner, and the air conditioner are provided. The indoor unit includes a human detection sensor for detection of a predetermined range, and a plurality of desired ranges by using general purpose human detection sensors and lenses. The indoor unit of air conditioner includes a plurality of outlet ports through which air is blown to an interior of a room in different directions, and a human detection unit for detecting a human in the room. The human detection unit includes a plurality of human detection sensors installed in the plurality of outlet ports correspondingly, and lenses provided for the human detection sensors, respectively. The plurality of human detection sensors detect ranges corresponding to the different outlet ports, respectively.

1 . An indoor unit of air conditioner, comprising a plurality of outlet ports through which air is blown to an interior of a room in different directions, and a human detection unit for detecting a human in the room, wherein:
 the human detection unit includes a plurality of human detection sensors installed in the plurality of outlet ports correspondingly, and lenses provided for the human detection sensors, respectively; and   the plurality of human detection sensors detect ranges corresponding to the different outlet ports, respectively.   
     
     
         2 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the human detection unit includes a shielding cover that shields a light ray incident on the human detection sensor in a part of the range. 
     
     
         3 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein the human detection unit includes a shielding cover that shields a light ray incident on the human detection sensor, which is incident on a range other than an air condition range of the outlet port corresponding to the human detection sensor. 
     
     
         4 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 1 , comprising a shielding cover that shields a range as an overlapped part between a detection range of one of the plurality of human detection sensors and an air condition range of the outlet port corresponding to the other human detection sensor. 
     
     
         5 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the human detection unit includes a shielding cover for shielding a light ray incident on the human detection sensor; and   the shielding cover has openings at positions corresponding to the plurality of human detection sensors, respectively.   
     
     
         6 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 2 , wherein the human detection unit includes an infrared transmission cover that is made of an infrared transmitting material for covering the plurality of human detection sensors, the lenses, and the shielding cover. 
     
     
         7 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 1 , comprising a decorative panel applied to a part of a housing as a main body part of the indoor unit, which is exposed to the interior of the room, a plurality of corner covers provided for corners of the decorative panel, and a plurality of mount portions to which the corner covers are attached, wherein:
 the human detection unit is installed in any one of the plurality of corner covers; and   each of the plurality of corner covers is allowed to be mounted on any one of the mounted portions.   
     
     
         8 . The indoor unit of air conditioner according to  claim 7 , comprising a control unit which controls an arrangement correlation between the human detection sensors and the outlet ports. 
     
     
         9 . An air conditioner comprising the indoor unit according to  claim 1 .