Lg Electronics Inc.

Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Seungjin Han

Seonghun Lee

Dhang Kwon

Woojoo Choi

Seontaek Kim

Moonsun Choi

Seongjin Shin

Hangsup Cho

Jiun Sohn

An apparatus for controlling an air conditioner and a method for operating the same are provided. The apparatus may include a control apparatus that enables easy access to data for the air conditioner, to determine and control an operation state thereof visually, and for which a mode of reception of the data from the air conditioner may be different corresponding to connection modes and positions of a plurality of component devices of the air conditioner to which the control apparatus is connected, making the data received thus different from one another according to the connection modes. These differences in the data permit various data to be easily displayed, enabling a user to change the connection modes as required, and to provide various information on the air conditioner by producing the data of the air conditioner in a frame on an output different from one another.

Apparatus for controlling an air conditioner and a method for operating the same

A network system equipped with an air conditioner and a control method may be provided. The network system may include: the air conditioner operating for air conditioning of a set space; a control device for updating set data in the air conditioner, and a control unit equipped in the air conditioner and for receiving update data from the control device. The control unit may include: an external memory for storing update data received from the control device, and an internal memory for selectively storing the update data stored in the external memory based on whether an update execute signal is received from the control device.

Network system equipped with air conditioner and control method thereof

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Changwon-si, South Korea

Seungjin Han