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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Kilsoo Son, Suwon-si, KR;
Sukho Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Taewoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Seungjun Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeongjoon Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Wonfa Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Younguk Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Byoungguk Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Youngju Joo, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner and a method for controlling same are disclosed. An air conditioner according to the disclosure comprises: an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an outdoor unit including a compressor; at least one sensor; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor to execute the instructions to identify a freezing process to form ice-capsules on a surface of the indoor heat exchange according to a first relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor, control the indoor fan and the compressor to operate in the identified freezing process so that the ice-capsules are formed, identify a thawing process to thaw the formed ice-capsules according to a second relative humidity sensed through the at least one sensor while the indoor fan and the compressor are operating in the identified freezing process, and control the indoor fan to operate in the identified thawing process.