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Panasonic Corp. announced that it has developed a method of estimating wind chill using a Grid-EYE infrared formation sensor, capable of recognizing a person's thermal comfort, to allow the air conditioner to be individualized.
The wind chill estimation method is a unique technology designed to recognize human sensations of heat and cold by calculating heat loss based on the difference between human surface temperature and ambient temperature.
Panasonic's solution consists of a super-resolution algorithm using the Grid-EYE, an infrared array sensor, to detect the human body and objects and measure the temperature distribution in detail, thus achieving the right air conditioning for the temperature perceived by that person. In addition, Panasonic has developed software that maximizes performance for various applications.
The company explained that when used for air conditioning for homes, offices and vehicles, this solution is expected to help optimize both energy conservation and comfort. Looking to the future, Panasonic plans to improve the algorithm and introduce it in fields that require security, such as nursing and surveillance, which require the detection of the state of a person lying in bed, and the diagnosis of anomalies in a facility, which requires the detection of heat generated as a result of a problem with a device, computer, server, etc.
