Air conditioner

• US 20060161305A1
• Filed: 12/22/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Il Dong
• Granted Patent: US 7,324,874 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/276
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/62 characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/50 Air quality properties
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/20 Feedback from users
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 30/70 Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating

Abstract

Air conditioner including a temperature sensor for sensing a room temperature, a humidity sensor for sensing room humidity, a control unit for controlling to calculate well-being indices according to the room temperature or the room humidity sensed at the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor with reference to well-being index calculating data stored already, and to present the well-being index calculated thus, and well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index, and output means for presenting the well-being index calculated thus, and the well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index under the control of the control unit, thereby readily calculating well-being indices and providing information thereof by using an air conditioner provided to houses or offices without exception without requiring any extra equipment.

Claims

1. An air conditioner comprising:

a temperature sensor for sensing a room temperature;

a control unit for controlling to calculate well-being indices according to the room temperature sensed at the temperature sensor with reference to well-being index calculating data stored already, and to present the well-being index calculated thus, and well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index; and

output means for presenting the well-being index calculated thus, and the well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index under the control of the control unit.

2. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output means includes a display unit for displaying the well-being index, and the well-being index related information in a form of an image.

3. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the output means includes a voice output means for presenting the well-being index, and the well-being index related information in a form of voice.

4. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an input unit for user'"'"'s application of an order for presenting the well-being index, and the control unit controls to present the well-being index and the well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index according to a user'"'"'s order for presenting the well-being index.

5. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage unit having well-being index calculating data which is reference data for calculating the well-being index, and well-being index related information for each kind of well-being indices stored therein.

6. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the well-being index is a food poisoning index of a room, and the well-being index related information is at least one kind of a level of the food poisoning, an estimated time period of putrefaction of food, and matters to be attended to, corresponding to the food poisoning index calculated thus.

7. An air conditioner comprising:

a temperature sensor for sensing a room temperature;

a humidity sensor for sensing room humidity;

a control unit for controlling to calculate well-being indices according to the room temperature or the room humidity sensed at the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor with reference to well-being index calculating data stored already, and to present the well-being index calculated thus, and well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index; and

output means for presenting the well-being index calculated thus, and the well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index under the control of the control unit.

8. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output means includes a display unit for displaying the well-being index, and the well-being index related information in a form of an image.

9. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output means includes a voice output means for presenting the well-being index, and the well-being index related information in a form of voice.

10. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an input unit for user'"'"'s application of an order for presenting the well-being index, and the control unit controls to present the well-being index and the well-being index related information corresponding to the well-being index according to a user'"'"'s order for presenting the well-being index.

11. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is a food poisoning index calculated according to a room, and the well-being index related information is at least one kind of a level of the food poisoning, an estimated time period of putrefaction of food, and matters to be attended to, corresponding to the food poisoning index calculated thus.

12. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is a food poisoning index, and the air conditioner further comprises a storage unit having food poisoning calculation data for each room temperature for calculating the food poisoning index, and food poisoning related information for each index stored therein.

13. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is a discomfort index calculated according to a room temperature and room humidity, and the well-being index related information is at least one of a level of discomfort corresponding to the discomfort index calculated thus, and user'"'"'s countermeasure.

14. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is the discomfort index, and the air conditioner further comprises a storage unit having an equation defined taking a room temperature and room humidity as parameters for calculating the discomfort index, and discomfort index related information for each discomfort index stored therein.

15. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is the putrefaction index, and the well-being index related information is at least one of a level of putrefaction corresponding to the putrefaction index calculated thus, and matters to be attended to by the user.

16. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index is the putrefaction index, and the air conditioner further comprises a storage unit having an equation defined taking a room temperature and room humidity as parameters for calculating the putrefaction index, and putrefaction index related information for each index.

17. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the well-being index includes a food poisoning index, a discomfort index, and a putrefaction index, and the air conditioner further comprises an input unit for user'"'"'s application of an order for presenting all of, or some of the food poisoning index, the discomfort index, and the putrefaction index.