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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Gab-Youl Lee, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
A heating control apparatus of an air conditioner and method thereof are provided to control an indoor fan according to temperature of an indoor heat-exchanger at an initial heating stage of the heating operation, thereby preventing cool air from being discharged indoors, the air conditioner having an indoor heat-exchanger to heat-exchange the room air circulated by an indoor fan and a compressor to circulate a coolant for being heat-exchanged at the heat-exchanger, the apparatus comprising: a temperature detecting unit to detect the changing temperature of the indoor heat-exchanger with the compressor being maintained at the operation state during the heating operation; a controlling unit to control the operation of the indoor fan by counting the time according to the temperature of the indoor heat-exchanger detected by the temperature detecting unit; and an indoor fan motor driving unit to turn the indoor fan off according to the control of the controlling means in order to prevent cool air from being discharged when the temperature of the indoor heat-exchanger detected by the temperature detecting unit is under the predetermined temperature for the predetermined time duration.