Patent ID: 8689570

Claim:
An air conditioning apparatus, comprising: an indoor device including a heat exchanger; and a remote controller through which an operation condition of the indoor device is input, wherein the remote controller includes: a first sensor that senses a moving state of the remote controller; a first controller that determines the operation condition of the indoor device based on a result sensed by the first sensor; a display that shows at least an operation state of the indoor device; a second sensor that senses whether a user grips the remote controller; a lighting device that radiates light to the display when the user grips the remote controller; and a first signal transmitting and receiving device that transmits and receives a signal to and from the indoor unit device, and wherein the indoor device includes: a blower; a wind direction controller that controls a discharge direction of air discharged from the blower; a second signal transmitting and receiving device that transmits and receives a signal to and from the remote controller; and a second controller that controls driving of the blower and the wind direction controller in accordance with the operation condition received from the remote controller.