Patent ID: 8239065

Claim:
A method of controlling an air conditioning system comprising an air conditioner main unit and a remote controller to function in accordance to a user-defined curve, comprising a plurality of steps of: setting the user-defined curve via a keypad of the remote controller; storing data of the user-defined curve data into a memory chip of the remote controller; transmitting in a coded format data of the user-defined curve from an infrared signal emission unit of the remote controller to an infrared signal receiving unit of the air conditioner main unit; and storing data of the user-defined curve in a random access memory of microcontroller unit of the air conditioner main unit, setting a plurality of preset operating parameters corresponding to a time period according to data of the user-defined curve stored in the random access memory and controlling the air conditioner main unit to operate based on the plurality of operating parameters; and wherein the user-defined curve is a user-defined sleep curve, wherein the remote controller has a time interval setting function, and wherein setting the user-defined sleep curve further comprises a plurality of steps of: a) entering into a user-defined setting state; b) setting one of a plurality of temperature values during one of a plurality of time intervals into the remote controller; c) incrementing the one of the plurality of time intervals in step b while maintaining the one of the plurality of temperature values; d) adjusting the one of the plurality of temperature values of step b to another one of the plurality of temperature values if a change of the temperature value of step b is needed; e) confirming if there is no need to change the any of the one of the plurality of temperature values of step b; and f) repeating steps b, c, d and e until temperature setting for all of the plurality of intervals is completed, thus completing the setting of the user-defined sleep curve.