US 2025/0369643 A1 · AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME BASED ON INDOOR SPACE IMAGE INCLUDING RELATIVE POSITIONS OF WALLS, CEILING, AND FLOOR

Abstract

Provided are an air conditioner and a control method thereof. The air conditioner may include a wind direction controller that changes the direction of air being discharged, an air volume controller that changes the amount of air being discharged, a camera that obtains an image of indoor space and provides an indoor space image, and a control unit that controls the wind direction controller and the air volume controller, wherein the control unit finds indoor space information based on the indoor space image, and controls at least one of the wind direction controller and the air volume controller based on the indoor space information.

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Dependent claims

A control method of an air conditioner, comprising:

obtaining an indoor space image of an indoor space;
obtaining an indoor structure image based on the indoor space image, the indoor structure image includes interwall boundaries within the indoor space;
setting a basic wind direction based on at least one of the interwall boundaries included in the indoor structure image;
and
operating the air conditioner based on the basic wind direction,
wherein the setting of the basic wind direction includes:
determining a shortest interwall boundary among the interwall boundaries included in the indoor structure image;
and
setting a direction of the shortest interwall boundary as the basic wind direction.

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Facts

Application

19/297,746Filed 12 Aug 2025

Priority

KR 10-2019-017294423 Dec 2019

Published

4 Dec 2025

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

F24F 11/63
Characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values: electronic…
F24F 11/79
For controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure: for controlling the direction of the supplied air
F24F 11/74
For controlling the supply of treated air, e.g. its pressure: for controlling air flow rate or air velocity
G05B 19/042
Program control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers: using digital processors

Air conditioner and method for controlling same based on indoor space image including relative positions of walls, ceiling, and floor

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Air conditioner and method for controlling same based on indoor space image including relative positions of walls, ceiling, and floor

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