Patent ID: 7881827

Claim:
An air conditioner, comprising: a human body detection unit configured to rotatably operate and to detect a person within an indoor area; a position determination unit configured to use data detected by the human body detection unit to: determine a position of the person, from among a plurality of areas within the indoor area, and set at least one of the plurality of areas as a reference area to which a current of air will be provided according to a frequency of detection of the person within each of the plurality of areas; and a control unit configured to control the current of air based on the determination results by the position determination unit so that the current of air is discharged toward the reference area, wherein, if the human body detection unit detects the person by a reference frequency or more, the position determination unit calculates a total of frequencies of detection of the person in each of the plurality of areas and sets an area having a highest frequency as the reference area.