US 10,373,036 B2Granted

Remote control for air conditioner and air conditioner provided with same

AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.

InventorsRyousuke Yamamoto, Asuka Yagi, Yukio Inoue, Ryouji Inoue, Youta Katou, Tatsuya Higuchi, Takeshi Yoshimura, Yasuaki Kobayashi

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Abstract

A remote control for an air conditioner facilitates setting of various kinds of data without operation of a button. A remote control (30) includes an external communication unit (45) having an NFC circuit (42) and an NFC antenna (43). The external communication unit (45) is capable of wirelessly communicating with an external apparatus even when a microcomputer (36) in the remote control (30) is not supplied with power (i.e., in a non-operating state). Hence, through the wireless communication between the external communication unit (45) of the remote control (30) and the external apparatus, the various kinds of data is forwarded from the external device to the remote control (30), and stored in the remote control (30).

Claims6

Dependent claims

An air conditioner, comprising:

an external communication unit capable of communicating with an external apparatus even when a controller is not supplied with power, the external apparatus being different from the air conditioner;
an auxiliary storage unit in which communication data obtained by the external communication unit through communication with the external apparatus is stored;
and
a main storage unit storing remote control setup information,
wherein the controller, upon being supplied with power, is configured to
read data stored in the auxiliary storage unit,
store, when the read data is setting data for a remote control, the read data in the main storage unit, and
transmit, when the read data is not setting data for the remote control, the read data from the auxiliary storage unit to an indoor unit or outdoor unit of the air conditioner.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/558,619Filed 14 Mar 2016
Priority: JP 2015-0754791 Apr 2015
Published: US 2018/0080672 A122 Mar 2018
Granted: 6 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06K 19/0723
With integrated circuit chips: the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on…
F24F 11/30
Control or safety arrangements: for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
F24F 11/59
Remote control: for presetting
F24F 11/62
Control or safety arrangements: characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or…

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US 2018/0080672 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Mar 2018
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