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Air conditioner

  • US 9,342,081 B2
  • Filed: 01/17/2012
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An air conditioner comprising:

  • an air-conditioner main body; and

    a remote controller configured to perform bidirectional communication using radio waves and to control operation of the air-conditioner main body, whereinthe air-conditioner main body includes;

    a main-body receiver that receives a control signal to control operation from the remote controller, anda main-body transmitter that transmits operating information of the air-conditioner main body to the remote controller, andthe remote controller includes;

    a remote-control transmitter that transmits the control signal of operation control to the air-conditioner main body,a remote-control receiver that receives the operating information transmitted from the air-conditioner main body,a display unit that displays control content of the operation control or the operating information,a display controller that controls display content of the display unit, anda reception-time limiting unit that sets the remote-control receiver in a reception standby state when the remote-control transmitter transmits the control signal and that cancels the reception standby state in a predetermined length of time, andthe display controller displays the operating information on the display unit when the display controller has received the operating information from the main-body transmitter, and displays an error indication of communication being not available on the display unit when the display controller has failed to receive the operating information, when communication between the remote controller and the air-conditioner main body is not established during the reception standby state.

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