Patent ID: 7647785

Claim:
An air conditioning system comprising: a first indoor unit configured and arranged to air condition a space, said first indoor unit including a first temperature adjusting unit configured and arranged to adjust temperature in said space; and a second indoor unit configured and arranged to air condition said space, said second indoor unit including a second temperature adjusting unit configured and arranged to adjust the temperature in said space and a humidity adjusting unit configured and arranged to adjust humidity in said space, said first indoor unit being configured and arranged to switch between thermo-on/thermo-off control based on said temperature in said space when an operation state of said first indoor unit is a cooling operation state and when said operation state of said first indoor unit is a heating operation state, said second indoor unit being further configured and arranged to humidify said space with said humidity adjusting unit upon determining that said operation state of said first indoor unit is said heating operation state, to cool said space with said second temperature adjusting unit upon determining that said operation state of said first indoor unit is said cooling operation state, to control output of said second indoor unit based on said humidity in said space independently of said thermo-on/thermo-off control of said first indoor unit upon determining that said operation state of said first indoor unit is a heating operation state, and to switch between thermo-on/thermo-off control of said second indoor unit to perform cooling based on the temperature in said space upon determining that said operation state of said first indoor unit is said cooling operation state.