Input device and air conditioner including the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorHongku Lee
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Abstract
An input device and an air conditioner including the same, wherein the input device receives operation input of an air conditioner including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit, and the input device includes a display unit, a communication unit to communicate with the indoor unit, an interface unit to provide an interface for exchanging data with an external device, and a controller to perform control such that a home screen including a plurality of icon items is displayed on the display unit and to perform control such that temperature information set through a temperature setting item in the home screen is transmitted to the external device through the interface unit.
Claims20
An input device for receiving operation input of an air conditioner comprising an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units, the input device comprising:
- a display unit;
- an input unit comprising a power button;
- a communication unit to communicate with each of the plurality of indoor units;
- an interface unit to provide an interface for exchanging data with an external device;
- and
- a controller to perform control such that a home screen comprising a plurality of icon items is displayed on the display unit and to perform control such that temperature information set through a temperature setting item in the home screen is transmitted to the external device through the interface unit, wherein the home screen is displayed as RGB color-based home screen in an operation mode,
- wherein when the power button is operated in a state in which the RGB color-based home screen is displayed in the operation mode, the controller is configured to enter the input device into a standby mode and display a part region of the home screen in the standby mode as a gray-based home screen,
- wherein the temperature setting item of the home screen in the standby mode is displayed as an RGB-based image, and luminance of the RGB-based image of the temperature setting item is lower than in the operation mode,
- wherein the controller further performs a control to display a wind direction setting screen including an upward-downward direction item,
- wherein when the upward-downward direction item is selected, the controller performs a control to display an upward-downward wind angle setting screen,
- wherein the upward-downward wind angle setting screen includes an individual control item, objects representing respective vanes of each of the plurality of indoor units, and objects indicating settings of the respective vanes.
An air conditioner comprising:
- an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units;
- and
- an input device connected to each of the plurality of indoor units,
- wherein the input device comprises:
- a display unit;
- an input unit comprising a power button;
- a communication unit to communicate with the indoor unit;
- an interface unit to provide an interface for exchanging data with an external device;
- and
- a controller to perform control such that a home screen comprising a plurality of icon items is displayed on the display unit and to perform control such that temperature information set through a temperature setting item in the home screen is transmitted to the external device through the interface unit,
- wherein the home screen is displayed as RGB color-based home screen in an operation mode,
- wherein when the power button is operated in a state in which the RGB color-based home screen is displayed in the operation mode, the controller is configured to enter the input device into a standby mode and display a part region of the home screen in the standby mode as a gray-based home screen,
- wherein the temperature setting item of the home screen in the standby mode is displayed as an RGB-based image, and luminance of the RGB-based image of the temperature setting item is lower than in the operation mode,
- wherein the controller further performs a control to display a wind direction setting screen including an upward-downward direction item,
- wherein when the upward-downward direction item is selected, the controller performs a control to display an upward-downward wind angle setting screen,
- wherein the upward-downward wind angle setting screen includes an individual control item, objects representing respective vanes of each of the plurality of indoor units, and objects indicating settings of the respective vanes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.