Air conditioner and method for controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJu Youn Lee, Baik Young Chung, Jae Dong Jang
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Abstract
An air conditioner and a method for controlling the air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an air-conditioning device having a variety of components that provide air-conditioning of an indoor space, an input device that receives signals to manipulate the air-conditioning device and signals to select a sleep mode, and a controller that, when the input device receives a signal to select the sleep mode, controls the air-conditioning device to perform a rapid eye movement sleep operation at least one time to air-condition the indoor space at a temperature higher than a temperature that is set in accordance with the sleep mode.
Claims21
An air conditioner, comprising:
- an air-conditioning device that air-conditions an indoor space;
- an input device configured to receive signals for manipulating the air-conditioning device and a signal for selecting a sleep mode;
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- a controller that, when the input device receives the signal for selecting the sleep mode, controls the air-conditioning device to perform a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep operation at least one time to air-condition the indoor space at a temperature higher than a temperature set in accordance with the sleep mode, wherein the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep operation comprises:
- a first rapid eye movement (REM) sleep operation that is performed at least one time at an interval of a predetermined time during a process for performing the sleep mode;
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- a second rapid eye movement (REM) sleep operation that is performed at least one time at an interval of a predetermined time after the first rapid eye movement sleep operation is finished, and wherein the second rapid eye movement (REM) sleep operation is performed when a remaining sleep time at present is less than the first rapid eye movement (REM) sleep time.
A method for controlling an air conditioner comprising an air-conditioning device that air-conditions an indoor space, an input device configured to receive signals for setting an air-conditioning temperature and time for the indoor space, and a controller that controls operation of the air-conditioning device, the method comprising:
- controlling the air-conditioning device to air-condition the indoor space at a temperature less than the air-conditioning temperature during a sleep entry operation;
- controlling the air-conditioning device to air-condition the indoor space at the air-conditioning temperature during a sleep operation;
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- controlling the air-conditioning device to air-condition the indoor space at a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep temperature higher than the air-conditioning temperature during a REM sleep operation, wherein the REM sleep operation comprises:
- performing a first REM sleep operation if a first REM sleep time is reached;
- determining that a remaining sleep time at present is less than the first REM sleep time;
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- performing a second REM sleep operation if the remaining sleep time at present is less than the first REM sleep time.
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