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Menu driven remote control for a room air conditioner

  • US 5,590,831 A
  • Filed: 11/23/1994
  • Issued: 01/07/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control unit for an air conditioner comprising:

  • a programmable processor capable of receiving user selections in the form of signals;

    a display operatively associated with the processor and which is capable of displaying a multiple-way arrow icon; and

    a directional controller operatively associated with the processor by means of which a user can enter selections which are received by the processor,the processor being programmed to display the multiple-way arrow icon on the display, to associate different selectable functions with arrows of the arrow icon and the directional controller and to display with the multiple-way arrow icon labels identifying the functions associated with arrows of the arrow icon.

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