Air conditioner
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsGiyeong Gyeong, Jungwon Lee, Byeongjin Choi, Mingu Kwon, Kangyoung Kim, Seongkuk Mun, Junseok Bae, Kyuyeol Shin
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Abstract
An air conditioner including a sliding door, which forms a front surface part thereof and moves in a lateral direction to be opened and closed; a sliding door motor for enabling movement of the sliding door; a sliding door position sensor which may include a first position sensor and second position sensor for detecting the position of the sliding door, and a control part for controlling an opening/closing operation of the sliding door based on sensing data of the sliding door position sensor and a rotational speed of the sliding door motor.
Claims12
An air conditioner comprising:
- a main body including a sliding door configured to move leftwards and rightwards to be opened and closed, and a cabinet to which the sliding door is movably coupled;
- a water vessel for humidification configured to be exposed outwards as the sliding door moves;
- an upper end proximity sensor disposed at the main body and configured to sense whether a user approaches;
- a lower end proximity sensor disposed further downwards than the upper end proximity sensor and configured to sense whether the user approaches;
- a sliding door motor configured to supply power to the sliding door;
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- a controller configured to control the sliding door motor such that the sliding door is opened allowing the water vessel for humidification to be exposed outwards, based on the upper end proximity sensor sensing the user, and then, the lower end proximity sensor sensing the user or a control input by the user being received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.