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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Suk Ho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang Yong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Hun Hur, Suwon-si, KR;
Min Chang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dae Chui Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Jong Won Bak, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong Il Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner and control method of determining duration to be maintained at a reference temperature of a mode change based on an outdoor temperature. The air conditioner includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, a four-way valve configured to guide refrigerant compressed in the compressor to either the outdoor heat exchanger or the indoor heat exchanger according to a cooling mode or a heating mode, and a controller configured to determine duration corresponding to a measured outdoor temperature, change the heating mode to the cooling mode when the measured indoor temperature is maintained at a first reference indoor temperature or greater for the determined duration, and change the cooling mode to the heating mode when a measured indoor temperature is maintained at a second reference indoor temperature or less for the determined duration.