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US 11,454,408 B2Granted
Air conditioner and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYongmin Kim, Sunyoung Moon, Hoojin Kim
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Abstract
An air conditioner includes a humidifying assembly and a control unit to control the humidifying assembly. The humidifying assembly includes a humidifying-receiving unit including a water tank configured to receive water and a humidifying-sterilizing unit configured to irradiate light to sterilize water received in the water tank. The control unit is configured to control a driving time of the humidifying-sterilizing unit based on an amount of water received in the water tank.
Claims20
An air conditioner comprising:
- a case that defines an inlet and an outlet;
- a fan configured to generate air flow from the inlet to the outlet;
- a filter assembly disposed inside the case and configured to allow air introduced through the inlet to pass therethrough;
- a humidifying assembly disposed inside the case and configured to humidify filtered air to be discharged through the outlet, the humidifying assembly comprising:
- a humidifying-receiving unit comprising a water tank configured to receive water,
- a humidifying-producing unit configured to generate water vapor from water supplied from the humidifying-receiving unit,
- a humidifying-supplying unit configured to receive the water vapor produced from the humidifying-producing unit and supply the water vapor to the outlet, and
- a humidifying-sterilizing unit configured to irradiate light to water received in the water tank;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the fan and the humidifying assembly,
- wherein the control unit is configured to:
- based on a remaining amount of water in the water tank, control a driving time of the humidifying-sterilizing unit corresponding to a sterilizing duration for water in the water tank,
- based on the remaining amount of water being greater than or equal to a first reference value that is preset, determine the sterilizing duration to be inversely proportional to the remaining amount of water;
- and
- based on the remaining amount of water being less than the first reference value, determine the sterilizing duration to be proportional to the remaining amount of water.
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An air conditioner comprising:
- a case that defines an inlet and an outlet;
- a fan configured to generate air flow from the inlet to the outlet;
- a filter assembly disposed inside the case and configured to allow air introduced through the inlet to pass therethrough;
- a humidifying assembly disposed inside the case and configured to humidify filtered air to be discharged through the outlet, the humidifying assembly comprising:
- a humidifying-receiving unit comprising a water tank configured to receive water,
- a humidifying-producing unit configured to generate water vapor from water supplied from the humidifying-receiving unit,
- a humidifying-supplying unit configured to receive the water vapor produced from the humidifying-producing unit and supply the water vapor to the outlet, and
- a humidifying-sterilizing unit configured to irradiate light to water received in the water tank;
- a residual water sensor configured to measure a remaining amount of water, wherein the humidifying-sterilizing unit and the residual water sensor are positioned at an upper portion of the water tank;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the fan and the humidifying assembly,
- wherein the control unit is configured to, based on the remaining amount of water in the water tank, control a driving time of the humidifying-sterilizing unit corresponding to a sterilizing duration for water in the water tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.