Controller and air conditioner

• US 9,410,714 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
• Original Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
• Inventors: Tsuji, Kaichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tighe, Dana
• Application Number:
  US13/504,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220212A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,111 Days
• Field of Search: 454/256, 454/292, 454/333
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 1/0047 mounted in the ceiling or at the ceiling
• 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 11/79 for controlling the direction of the supplied air

Abstract

A controller configured so that pieces of information relating to each outlet and each flap which are currently set can be collectively visible on the controller. A controller for an indoor unit provided with flaps having substantially the same shape, the flap being respectively disposed at the outlets and capable of individually changing the discharge directions of air-conditioning air. The controller is provided with a display section for simultaneously displaying information relating to an outlet selected out of the outlets and/or information relating to a flap selected out of the flaps.

Claims

1. A controller configured to be used with an indoor unit that includes a plurality of flaps of substantially the same shape respectively disposed at a plurality of outlets, and capable of individually changing a discharge direction of air-conditioning air by changing a position of the flaps, the indoor unit including different sign sections which are respectively provided either in a vicinity of the plurality of outlets or on the plurality of flaps, the controller comprising:

an operation section configured to accept an operation entered to control the position of the flaps, and

a display section configured to simultaneously display information, corresponding to two or more sign sections selected from the plurality of sign sections respectively provided either in the vicinity of the plurality of outlets or on the plurality of flaps, and information indicative of the discharge directions of the air conditioning air at the outlets indicated by the two or more sign sections.

2. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the operation section enables the positions of the plurality of flaps to be individually changed so as to change the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the plurality of outlets.

3. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the operation section enables the positions of the plurality of flaps to be changed at once so as to change the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the plurality of outlets.

4. The controller according to claim 3, wherein the operation section enables the positions of the selected ones of the plurality of flaps to be changed at once so as to change the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air at the plurality of outlets.

5. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the controller is connected to the indoor unit via a wire.

6. The controller according to claim 1, wherein the display section is configured to simultaneously display information indicative of the discharge directions of air-conditioning air at all of the plurality of outlets.

7. An air conditioner, comprising:

the controller according to any one of claims l, and 2 to 5; and

the indoor unit.

8. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the sign sections are three - dimensionally provided as raised portions or recessed portions.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the sign sections are provided by being printed or by attaching stickers.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 7, wherein the sign sections are provided as characters, figures, or combinations of characters and figures.