CONTROLLER AND AIR CONDITIONER

• US 20120220212A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
• Original Assignee: Daikin Industries Ltd
• Inventors: Tsuji, Kaichi
• Granted Patent: US 9,410,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 454/333
• 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 for 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 the discharge direction of the air-conditioning air, comprising

a display section that displays at least two pieces of information of selected ones of the plurality of outlets and/or selected ones of the plurality of flaps.

2. The controller according to claim 1, further comprising an operation section that accepts an operation entered to control the position of the plurality of flaps,

wherein the display section simultaneously displays information indicative of the discharge directions of the air-conditioning air from selected ones of the plurality of outlets.

3. The controller according to claim 1, wherein, in the indoor unit, different sign sections are respectively provided either in the vicinity of the plurality of outlets or on the plurality of flaps;

and

the display section is capable of displaying information corresponding to the sign sections.

5. The controller according to claim 2, 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.

6. The controller according to claim 2, 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.

7. The controller according to claim 6, 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.

8. The controller according to claim 1, connected to an air conditioner via a wire

9. An air conditioner, comprising a controller according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein, in the indoor unit, different sign sections are respectively provided either in the vicinity of the plurality of outlets or on the plurality of flaps.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein the sign sections are three-dimensionally provided as raised portions or recessed portions.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 10, wherein the sign sections are provided by being printed or by attaching stickers.

13. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the sign sections are provided as characters, figures, or combinations of characters and figures.

4. The display section is capable of displaying information corresponding to the sign sections simultaneously with information indicative of the discharge directions of the air-conditioning air at the outlets indicated by the sign sections.