US 2026/0043571 A1 · AIR CONDITIONER HAVING LIGHTING MODULE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AIR CONDITIONER

Abstract

An air conditioner according to an embodiment includes: a main body frame, a panel frame facing a surface of the main body frame and comprising an inlet through which air is introduced into an inside of a main body portion and an outlet through which air is discharged to an outside of the main body portion, a grill panel arranged on a front surface of the panel frame, and a lighting module arranged between the panel frame and the grill panel and detachably coupled to a lighting module-coupling portion provided on a side of the panel frame at a specified height in a first direction perpendicular to a ceiling surface in a state in which the panel frame is installed on a ceiling.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An air conditioner comprising:

a main body frame;
a panel frame arranged to face a surface of the main body frame and comprising an inlet configured introduce air through the inlet into an inside of a main body portion and an outlet configured to discharge air to an outside of the main body portion;
a grill panel arranged on a front surface of the panel frame;
and
a lighting module comprising at least one case arranged between the panel frame and the grill panel and detachably coupled to a lighting module-coupling portion provided on a side of the panel frame at a specified height in a first direction perpendicular to a ceiling surface in a state in which the panel frame is installed on a ceiling.

2 more elements

A method of operating an air conditioner, the method comprising:

identifying a lighting mode of the air conditioner;
receiving an illuminance signal from an illuminance sensor;
determining an on/off operation a lighting module according to a recognition value of the illuminance sensor;
and
controlling a brightness of the lighting module based on the illuminance signal corresponding to a specified illuminance range,
wherein, based on the lighting mode being a main lighting mode,
in the determining of the on/off operation of the lighting module, based on the recognition value of the illuminance sensor being 0, the brightness of the lighting module is controlled to have a maximum value, and
in the determining of the brightness of the lighting module, based on the illuminance signal corresponding to a specified low-illuminance range, a lighting brightness is controlled to be dark, and based on the illuminance signal not corresponding to the specified low-illuminance range, a lighting is controlled to be off.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/361,600Filed 17 Oct 2025

Priority

KR 10-2023-006685024 May 2023

Published

12 Feb 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

F24F 11/70
Control or safety arrangements: control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof
F21V 19/00
Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
F21V 33/00
Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
F24F 1/0007
Room units for air-conditioning, e.g. separate or self-contained units or units receiving primary air from a central station: indoor units, e.g.…

Air conditioner having lighting module and method for operating air conditioner

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Air conditioner having lighting module and method for operating air conditioner

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Abstract

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