Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Akira Shindo

Keiji Nishida

Yuichi Suzuki

Atsushi Niizato

Masahiro Hiura

Masayuki Ishizeki

An air conditioner having a pleasant sleep driving mode including a parameter changing unit () for independently changing the respective values of plural parameters for determining a variation pattern of the set room temperature, and a controller () for receiving the changed parameters from the parameter changing unit () and controlling the operation of the air conditioner according to the pleasant sleep driving mode having the variation pattern of the set room temperature determined by the changed parameters.

Air conditioner having pleasant sleep driving mode

An operating device provided to equipment such as an indoor unit of an air conditioner is equipped with an analog operating member for setting a set temperature of the equipment and outputting an indication value that is associated with the set temperature and continuously varies in accordance with an operation of the analog operating member, and a set temperature adjusting unit for changing a variable range of the set temperature corresponding to a variable range of the indication value on the basis of at least one of an operation mode of the equipment and the type of the equipment.

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Ota, Japan

Akira Shindo