Air conditioner and method for controlling same

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United States of America

PATENT NO 11371742
APP PUB NO 20200326090A1
SERIAL NO

15733323

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The disclosure relates to an air conditioner and a control method thereof, the air conditioner including: a housing including an inlet and an outlet through which air is introduced and discharged; a fan driver configured to drive air introduced through the inlet to be discharged through the outlet; a filter configured to filter the introduced air; a sensor configured to detect a foreign material in air; a storage configured to store information; and a processor configured to control the storage to store information about mass concentration of the foreign material in air detected by the sensor, and calculate a remaining life of the filter based on the information stored in the storage. Thus, the air conditioner can identify proper time to replace the filter by calculating the remaining life of the filter.

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  • SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choe, Won Yongin-si, KR 10 173
Chu, Euy-sung Suwon-si, KR 2 4
Jeong, Se-kwan Osan-si, KR 1 0
Ko, Jae-kwon Uiwang-si, KR 1 0
Lee, Ji-su Suwon-si, KR 1 0
Lee, Kwang-seung Suwon-si, KR 4 6
Shin, Moon-sun Suwon-si, KR 3 11
Yun, In-chul Yongin-si, KR 3 0

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