| US 7,513,125 B2 | ||
| Method for controlling air conditioner | ||
| Do Yong Ha, Anyang-si (Korea, Republic of); Jin Ha Choi, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Si Kyong Sung, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Jae Sik Kang, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Young Min Park, Incheon-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/204,167. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0105330 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0123813 A1, Jun. 15, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F25D 17/00 (2006.01); F25B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 62—179 [62/199; 62/200] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling an air conditioner including an outdoor unit, a plurality of indoor units corresponding to the
outdoor unit, and a plurality of refrigerant lines for connecting the indoor units to the outdoor unit, the method comprising:
measuring respective states of the refrigerant lines using a measurement sensor;
determining if a measured respective state of a first refrigerant line of the refrigerant lines is lower than a first predetermined
value causing frost to be formed on an outer surface of the first refrigerant line; and
increasing a blowing speed of a first indoor fan associated with a first indoor unit of the plurality of indoor units connected
to the first refrigerant line when the determined measured respective state of the first refrigerant line is lower than the
first predetermined value.
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