DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE SAME

• US 20140102664A1
• Filed: 06/07/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hyunjung Kim, Jisun Lee, Jongsun Jeon, Moonsung Kim
• Inventors: KIM, Hyunjung, JEON, Jongsun, KIM, Moonsung, RYU, Grami, LEE, Jisun
• Granted Patent: US 9,080,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 165/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/005 mounted on the floor; standing on the floor
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/523 for displaying temperature data
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air

Abstract

A display device of an air conditioner and an air conditioner having the same are provided. The display device may include a display including a film configured to allow display of an image corresponding to operation information of the air conditioner and that enables a touch input; a controller that controls display of the image; and a light emitting device that emits light toward the film. The controller may display the image on the display, receive a command concerning the operation information via the touch input, and change the image according to the touch input.

Claims

1. A display device for an air conditioner, comprising:

a display including a film configured to allow display of an image corresponding to operation information of the air conditioner and that enables a touch input;

a controller that controls display of the image; and

a light emitting device that emits light toward the film, wherein the controller controls the display to display the image on the display, receives a command concerning the operation information via the touch input, and controls a change of the image on the display according to the touch input.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to be provided on a panel of the air conditioner.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the display comprises an input interface provided on the film and having a circular or elliptical shape.

11. The display device of claim 3, wherein the wheel input interface comprises an input area that corresponds to an air discharge direction of an air flow of the air conditioner, and wherein the input area comprises a plurality of direction adjusting interfaces, which are divided and disposed at positions corresponding to a plurality of discharge directions of the air flow.

12. The display device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of patterns is printed on the film, the plurality of patterns forming a wheel input interface and a mode input interface for input of the command concerning the operation information.

13. The display device of claim 12, wherein the plurality of patterns includes a plurality of lattice that senses the touch input and communicate with the controller.

14. An air conditioner comprising the display device of claim 1.

4. The display device of claim 4, wherein a display area and an input area are disposed at an inner area of the wheel input interface.

5. The display device of claim 4, wherein the wheel input interface comprises:

a first line that extends in a first direction from a center of the wheel input interface toward an outer circumference of the wheel input interface; and

a second line that extends in a second direction from the center of the wheel input interface toward the outer circumference, and wherein the input area is defined by the first line and the second line.

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein first information on the operation of the air conditioner is displayed on the first line, and wherein second information on the operation of the air conditioner is displayed on the second line.

7. The display device of claims 6, wherein the first information is movably displayed on the first line and the second information is movably displayed on the second line.

8. The display device of claim 6, wherein the first information is one of a set temperature of the air conditioner or an intensity of an air flow discharged from the air conditioner, and the second information is the other of the set temperature of the air conditioner or the intensity of an air flow discharged from the air conditioner.

9. The display device of claim 5, wherein the image displayed on the display includes an image corresponding to an operation mode defined in the air conditioner.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the operation mode comprises a plurality of operation modes, and wherein when an inside of the input area is touched, the image is changed in a predetermined sequence.

15. A display device for an air conditioner, comprising:

a display that displays content corresponding to an operation of the air conditioner; and

a controller that changes the content displayed on the display on the basis of information input via the display, wherein the display comprises;

a wheel input interface;

an input area defined within the wheel input interface to input information on the operation of the air conditioner; and

a display area defined within the wheel input interface, on which a displayed content is changed according to content input in the input area.

16. The display device of claim 15, wherein the wheel input interface has a circular or elliptical shape.

17. The display device of claim 15, wherein the display area forms at least a portion of an inside of the input area.

18. The display device of claim 15, wherein the input area is defined by a plurality of lines that extend in a radial direction from a center of the wheel input interface toward an outer circumference of the wheel input interface.

19. The display device of claim 15, wherein when the input area is touched, the information displayed on the display area is changed.

20. The display device of claim 19, wherein when the input area is touched one time, the information displayed on the display area is changed in a predetermined sequence.

21. The display device of claim 19, wherein when the input area is touched for at least a predetermined period of time or more, the information displayed on the display area is changed in a predetermined sequence.

22. An air conditioner comprising the display device of claim 15.