Patent ID: 6540017
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: F24F,G05D

Abstract:
An air conditioner, comprising:an entry portion for allowing a user of the air conditioner to enter a temperature set point, using a perception level of temperature or a degree of temperature; a clock portion for measuring time; a temperature set point memory portion for storing the temperature set point for each predetermined time interval in accordance with an entry time to said entry portion; and at least operating patterns of heating and cooling cycles, wherein air conditioning power thereof is controlled in accordance with an entry to said entry portion or a temperature stored in the temperature set point memory portion, wherein said temperature set point memory portion stores a temperature for each predetermined time interval for each of said at least operating patterns, and wherein when a user has entered a temperature set point twice or more using said entry portion during a predetermined time interval, a temperature equal to or greater than a mean temperature and equal to or less than the maximum temperature of the entered temperature set points is stored in the temperature set point memory portion in the case of a cooling cycle operation, and whereas a temperature equal to or greater than the minimum temperature and equal to or less than a mean temperature of the entered temperature set points is stored in the temperature set point memory portion in the case of a heating cycle operation.