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US 6,145,328 AGranted
Air conditioner having power cost calculating function
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKwang-soo Choi
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Abstract
An air conditioner enables a user to input a desired monthly power cost for all electrical appliances, including the air conditioner. A microcomputer is able to calculate the accumulated power cost of operating the air conditioner for the month, as well as an expected power cost for operating all of the appliances. If the desired power cost for the month is below the expected power cost, the air conditioner is automatically operated in a power saving mode.
Claims10
A method of controlling an air conditioner comprising the steps of:
- A. driving an air conditioner in accordance with operation commands manually inputted;
- B. detecting a power consumption of the air conditioner and displaying an estimated and accumulated power cost thereof;
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- C. calculating an expected power cost of all electrical appliances for the current month and displaying the same.
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An air conditioner comprising:
- an input section enabling a user to manually input commands;
- a temperature detector for detecting a room temperature;
- a load driving section for carrying out cooling/heating operation in accordance with the commands;
- a power detector for detecting a consumption of power consumed by the load driving section;
- a microcomputer for operating the load driving section in accordance with the commands, the microcomputer being operable to calculate an accumulated power cost from the power consumption detected by the power detector and an expected power cost for operating all electrical appliances for the current month;
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- a display for displaying the accumulated power cost for the air conditioner and the current month's expected power cost for all electrical appliances.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.