Lg Electronics Inc.

Pusan National University

Hakrae Lee

Jinho Kim

Sunyoung Park

Kwonhyung Lee

Seontae Yoon

Chulmin Park

Donggi Eom

Kyongdo Lee

Hanbae Jeon

Sukchan Kim

Unsik Park

Seunghyo Kim

Yugu Kim

Sangduck Park

Kyungdo Lee

Jaehoon Woo

Disclosed is an air conditioner system comprising at least one outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units. The plurality of units may be grouped into one or more groups. A wireless communication module may be provided at each of the plurality of units and configured to perform wireless communication using a Sub-GHz frequency band. The wireless communication module may include an encoder configured to encode a predetermined signal, a modulator configured to modulate the encoded signal according to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) using multiple subcarriers, at least one antenna having an antenna pattern formed on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and configured to output a signal based on the modulated signal, a demodulator configured to demodulate a signal received at the at least one antenna, according to the OFDM, and a decoder configured to decode the demodulated signal. Accordingly, a high-quality wireless communication environment may be implemented.

Air conditioner system

A method for controlling an air conditioner system may include receiving, by one of an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units in a group, a command; transmitting, by the outdoor unit, a channel scan command to the plurality of indoor units; performing a channel scan by each of the outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units; transmitting, by the plurality of indoor units, channel scan results to the outdoor unit; determining, by the outdoor unit, a channel to be used among a plurality of pre-set channels of a particular group based on a result of the channel scan performed by the outdoor unit and the channel scan results received from the plurality of indoor units; and outputting, by the outdoor unit, information on the channel to the plurality of indoor units. According to this method, an optimal wireless communication channel may be set.

Method for controlling air conditioner system

A method for controlling an air conditioner system may include a preset reception rate degradation error occurs in one or more indoor unit, transmitting a channel switch request signal to an outdoor unit belonging to a particular group; performing a channel scan by each of the outdoor unit and the plurality of indoor units; transmitting, by the plurality of indoor units, channel scan results to the outdoor unit; determining, by the outdoor unit, a channel to be used by the particular group based on a result of a channel scan performed by the outdoor unit and the channel scan results received from the plurality of indoor units; and outputting, by the outdoor unit, information on the channel to the plurality of indoor units. Accordingly, the communication channel may be changed to an optimal communication channel according to a change a communication environment.

An air conditioner and a communication method for an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include an outdoor unit; an indoor unit; and a central controller connected to the indoor unit through a communication line. The indoor unit may perform periodic communication for transmitting a plurality of periodic packets to at least one of the outdoor unit or the central controller at predetermined periods, and change and transmit the plurality of periodic packets so as to decrease a load on the communication line.

Air conditioner and a communication method for an air conditioner

A mobile terminal includes a communication unit, a display, and a controller for performing a control operation to display a screen related to an electronic device, performing a control operation to request for diagnostic data based on an input for a diagnosis mode provided with the screen related to the electronic device, to display a screen of the diagnostic data, and performing a control operation to request for detailed diagnostic data based on an input for a detailed diagnosis mode, and to display a screen of detailed diagnostic data. Thus, the diagnostic data or detailed diagnostic data about the electronic device may be easily displayed.

Mobile terminal and electronic device

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Seoul, South Korea

Hakrae Lee