Air conditioner and method of controlling the same

An air conditioner comprising:

• a housing having a hollow substantially cylindrical shape and including a suction port provided along a central axis of the housing and configured to guide air into the housing, and a discharge port configured to discharge air through a substantially annular region between the housing and the suction port;
• a heat exchanger provided in the housing, the heat exchanger having a hollow partial cylindrical shape and configured to receive a refrigerant;
• a bridge extending in a radial direction of the housing across a portion of the discharge port;
• a display unit configured to provide a plurality of colors, wherein the display unit is aligned with the bridge in the radial direction of the housing;
• and
• a display unit cover configured to surround the display unit, wherein
• the display unit cover includes a pair of side surfaces disposed at opposite sides of the display unit cover in a circumferential direction of the housing, and
• the pair of side surfaces are arranged such that a width between the pair of side surfaces gradually narrows in the radial direction of the housing towards the central axis of the housing.

An air conditioner embeddable in a ceiling, the air conditioner comprising:

• a housing having a suction port to suction air into the air conditioner and an annular discharge port around the suction port to discharge air from the air conditioner;
• a bridge extending in a radial direction of the discharge port at least partially across the discharge port and having a width along a circumference of the discharge port that is 5% or larger and 40% or less of the circumference of the discharge port;
• and
• a display unit aligned with the bridge in the radial direction of the discharge port and configured to, with the air conditioner embedded in the ceiling, display information relating to operation of the air conditioner so as to be viewable from below the air conditioner.