(19)
(11) EP 1 811 239 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.09.2007 Bulletin 2007/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/30

(21) Application number: 06123376.3

(22) Date of filing: 02.11.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F24F 11/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK YU

(30) Priority: 20.01.2006 KR 20060006266

(71) Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do (KR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Song, Myung Seob
    Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si Gyeonggi-do (KR)
  • Wu, Seong Je
    Dongan-gu, Anyang-si Gyeonggi-do (KR)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Method of controlling blowing direction in sleeping operation mode of air conditioner


(57) Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a blowing direction in a sleeping operation of an air conditioner. The air conditioner comprises a main body having at least one discharge port through which heat-exchanged air is discharged. The method comprises determining whether or not a current operation mode is the sleeping operation, determining whether or not a sleeping operation period is input if it is determined that the current operation mode is the sleeping operation, and controlling flow of air discharged through the discharge port according to subdivided modes of the sleeping operation if it is determined that the sleeping operation period is input, the subdivided modes comprising an initial sleeping mode corresponding to an initial stage of the sleeping operation, an in-sleeping mode corresponding to a middle stage of the sleeping operation, and an awaking mode corresponding to a final stage of the sleeping operation.







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