US 12,435,895 B2
Wired remote controller and power saving method therefor
Rakchung Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Doyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Taebok Hur, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,066.
Application 17/980,066 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/006330, filed on May 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0081171 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055486 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/46 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/46 (2018.01) [F24F 11/52 (2018.01); F24F 11/56 (2018.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wired remote controller for controlling an indoor unit, the wired remote controller comprising:
a display panel;
a wired interface that is connected to the indoor unit by wire;
a memory in which information on a power capacity for each indoor unit model is stored; and
a processor that receives power from the indoor unit through the wired interface and communicates with the indoor unit through the wired interface,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive information on power consumption of the indoor unit through the wired interface,
identify a power capacity corresponding to the indoor unit based on the information on the power capacity stored in the memory, and
increase or decrease brightness of the display panel based on a relationship of a difference between the identified power capacity and the received information on power consumption of the indoor unit to a critical range.