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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jun Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Sangwoo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungjin Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyeongkyu Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An air conditioner including an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan; an outdoor unit including a compressor; and a processor configured to, based on identification of an event occurring for cleaning the indoor heat exchanger, control a heat-up operation to be performed to increase a temperature of a surface of the indoor heat exchanger, control at least one from among the indoor fan and the compressor to perform a pre-freezing operation to form dew at the surface of the indoor heat exchanger, control at least one from among the indoor fan and the compressor to perform a freezing operation to freeze the dew formed at the surface of the indoor heat exchanger to form an ice-capsule at the surface of the indoor heat exchanger, and control the indoor fan to perform a defrosting operation to defrost the surface of the indoor heat exchanger.