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Operating terminal for air conditioner

  • US 9,829,208 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2013
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operating terminal that is capable of controlling an air conditioner including an indoor device and an outdoor device, wherein each of the indoor device and the outdoor device is provided with a control substrate that holds therein as setting information at least settings of functions used in the indoor device and the outdoor device, the operating terminal comprising:

  • an operation unit that remotely controls driving of the air conditioner;

    a display unit that displays at least state information of the air conditioner;

    a memory that stores therein the setting information recorded on the control substrate;

    a communication unit that performs information communication with the indoor device; and

    an information processing unit that downloads the setting information from the control substrate through the communication unit to forcibly allow display of the setting information on the display unit without the operation unit being operated when the air conditioner is powered on for a first time after the setting information is set in the control substrate, and records the setting information in the memory wherein;

    an external-memory insertion port is provided in the operating terminal, and the information processing unit records setting information read from the control substrate in an external memory inserted into the external-memory insertion port, and causes the display unit to display the setting information; and

    when a predetermined operation is performed by the operation unit, the information processing unit writes setting information read from the external memory on a substrate used instead of the control substrate.

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