Patent ID: 11874026
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. An air conditioner, comprising:
an indoor unit;
an outdoor unit; and
a processor configured to control the indoor unit and the outdoor unit,
wherein the indoor unit or the outdoor unit includes:
a carbon dioxide remover configured to filter carbon dioxide from indoor air to supply clean air into a room, and discharge the filtered carbon dioxide; and
an oxygen generator configured to separate oxygen from outdoor air introduced from an outside to supply the separated oxygen into the room, and discharge residues from which the oxygen is separated to the outside,

wherein the air conditioner further comprises:
an air discharge pipe configured to provide into the room the clean air from which the carbon dioxide has been removed from the indoor air;
a first exhaust pipe configured to discharge the filtered carbon dioxide;
a second exhaust pipe configured to discharge the residues by the oxygen generator; and
a third exhaust pipe configured to join the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe, and

wherein the processor is configured to control the carbon dioxide remover and the oxygen generator to discharge the filtered carbon dioxide and the residues to the outside together via the third exhaust pipe.