METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER

• US 20110296857A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 12/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ho Jung, Jang, Jae Dong, Kim, Kyung Hwan
• Application Number:
  US13/141,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20110296857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 62/89
• 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 11/62 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 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/10 Occupancy
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/12 Position of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2120/14 Activity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2221/38 Personalised air distribution

Abstract

Provided is a method for controlling an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes an air-conditioning unit having a plurality of components constituting a heat exchange cycle, a location detecting sensor detecting a location of a learner in an indoor space, and a control unit controlling the air-conditioning unit. The control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the air-conditioning unit repeatedly generates a direct or indirection wind directing toward the learner detected by the location detecting sensor by at least one time as time has elapsed.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an air conditioner comprising an air-conditioning unit having a plurality of components constituting a heat exchange cycle, a location detecting sensor detecting a location of a learner in an indoor space, and a control unit controlling the air-conditioning unit,

wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the air-conditioning unit repeatedly generates a direct or indirection wind directing toward the learner detected by the location detecting sensor by at least one time as time has elapsed.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the air-conditioning unit alternately repeatedly generates the direct and indirection winds.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the direct and indirect winds are generated for respective preset times.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the direct wind is generated when the air conditioning initiates and the indirect wind is generated when the air conditioning is finished.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that a temperature of the direct wind is equal to or less than the indirect wind.

6. A method of controlling an air conditioner comprising an air-conditioning unit having a heat exchange cycle air-conditioning an indoor space, a location detecting sensor detecting a location of a learner in the indoor space, and a control unit controlling the air-conditioning unit, the method comprising:

allowing the location detecting sensor to detect a location of the learner in a location detecting step;

allowing the control unit to control the air-conditioning unit such that cool wind used for the air conditioning is generated in the form of a direct wind that is directly directed toward the learner in a learning preparation step;

allowing the control unit to control the air-conditioning unit such that cool wind used for the air conditioning is generated in the form of a direct wind that is directly directed toward the learner in a learning step; and

allowing the control unit to control the air-conditioning unit such that cool wind used for the air conditioning is generated in the form of an indirect wind that is indirectly directed toward the learner in a break step.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step and a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step are less than a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is less than a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step;

and

the temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is less than the direct wind of the learning preparation step.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the direct wind of the learning step and the indirect wind of the break step are alternately repeatedly generated.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the learning step starts when a preset learning preparation air-conditioning time has elapsed after the learning preparation step initiates.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the break step starts when a preset learning air-conditioning time has elapsed after the learning preparation step initiates.

12. The method according to claim 6, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step is equal to or greater than 24°

C. and less than 28°

C.;

a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is equal to or greater than 22°

C. and less than 26°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is equal to or greater than 23°

C. and less than 27°

C.

13. The method according to claim 6, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is set to be less than a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step by 2°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is set to be less than the direct wind of the learning preparation step by 1°

C.

14. The method according to claim 6, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step is 26°

C.;

a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is 24°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is 25°

C.

15. The method according to claim 6, further comprising allowing the control unit to control the air-conditioning unit such that cool wind used for the air conditioning is generated in the form of an indirect wind in a learning finish step.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein a temperature of the indirect wind in the learning finish step is equal to or greater than a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the control unit controls the air-conditioning unit such that the learning finish step starts when a preset break air-conditioning time has elapsed after the break step initiates.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step is equal to or greater than 24°

C. and less than 28°

C.;

a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is equal to or greater than 22°

C. and less than 26°

C.;

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is equal to or greater than 23°

C. and less than 27°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the learning finish steep is equal to or greater than 24°

C. and less than 28°

C.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is set to be less than a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step by 2°

C.;

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is set to be less than the direct wind of the learning preparation step by 1°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the learning finish step is set to be same as a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein a temperature of the direct wind in the learning preparation step is 26°

C.;

a temperature of the direct wind in the learning step is 24°

C.; and

a temperature of the indirect wind in the break step is 25°

C.