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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seung Won Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Chi Wook Gu, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Hoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Tae Woo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeong Joon Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sun-Hee Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Hae Gyun Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong Kyo Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyo-Shin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Il Yong Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyoung Seo Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner including: a housing having a discharge port and a plurality of holes; a door capable of closing the discharge port; a heat exchanger provided in the housing; a compressor connected to the heat exchanger so as to circulate a refrigerant so that same passes through the heat exchanger; a fan for blowing air so that the air passes through the heat exchanger and is discharged through the discharge port and at least one of the plurality of holes. The air conditioner includes a humidity sensor provided inside the housing so as to sense the humidity of the air having passed through the heat exchanger; and a control unit for controlling the door so as to open or close the discharge port and rotating the fan, on the basis of the humidity sensed by the humidity sensor when the compressor has been stopped.