Air conditioner and method of controlling the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9784496
APP PUB NO 20150114014A1
SERIAL NO

14301619

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An air conditioner includes an indoor unit, an outdoor unit including an outdoor fan, a sensor unit mounted at an upper portion of the outdoor unit to sense snow piled up on the outdoor unit, and a control unit to determine whether snow is piled up or not based on an output from the sensor unit and control an operation of the outdoor fan to remove snow when snow is piled up based on the determination. The sensor unit includes a photo sensor and a temperature sensor.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD129 SAMSUNG-RO YEONGTONG-GU SUWON-SI GYEONGGI-DO 16677 16677

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choi, Byung Ik Seoul, KR 8 44
Choi, Jun Hoe Hwaseong-si, KR 14 85
Ha, Ji Hoon Suwon-si, KR 17 72
Han, Jeong Su Suwon-si, KR 51 230
Hong, Jong Soo Suwon-si, KR 6 13
Noh, Tae Gyoon Suwon-si, KR 10 42
Son, Hyung Min Suwon-si, KR 4 33

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