US 12,169,074 B2
Heat-pump system, indicator, usage-side unit, and information output method
Kazuya Fukuda, Oostend (BE)
Assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka (JP); and DAIKIN EUROPE N.V., Ostend (BE)
Appl. No. 17/794,515
Filed by DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and DAIKIN EUROPE N.V., Oostend (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/000139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/157267, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20155631 (EP), filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134009 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/36 (2018.01); F24F 11/38 (2018.01); F24F 11/526 (2018.01)
CPC F24F 11/36 (2018.01) [F24F 11/38 (2018.01); F24F 11/526 (2018.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicator for outputting information relating to a heat-pump system including a plurality of usage-side units which form a communication network, the indicator comprising:
a mode management section configured to accept selection from a plurality of operation modes of the indicator including a first mode;
a unit-side communication section configured to receive or acquire a first unit signal and a second unit signal from a predetermined usage-side unit of the usage-side units, the first unit signal being used for information originated by the predetermined usage-side unit, and the second unit signal being used for information not originated by the predetermined usage-side unit; and
an indicator output section configured to, when alarm information has been received or acquired via the second unit signal while the indicator is operating in a first mode, output the alarm information; and
a unit signal processing section configured to, when information has been received or acquired via the second unit signal while the indicator is not operating in the first mode, restrain the information from being outputted by the indicator output section.