US 12,130,034 B2
Server, heat pump system, and method of authenticating installation of heat pump system
Seok Hyun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Jae-Yang Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Dong Han Ko, Suwon-si (KR); Yong Sang Kong, Suwon-si (KR); Suk Ho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Min Chang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,600.
Application 17/542,600 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/007250, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0066646 (KR), filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0090809 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F24F 11/49 (2018.01); F24F 11/58 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC F24F 11/49 (2018.01) [F24F 11/58 (2018.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat pump system including a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, the heat pump system comprising:
an input interface configured to receive an input of an authentication code;
a display configured to display the authentication code input through the input interface; and
a controller in which a control program for controlling an operation of the heat pump system is installed and configured to identify whether to activate the control program based on the authentication code input through the input interface,
wherein the controller comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing a unique installation authentication code of the heat pump system,
wherein the controller is configured to:
compare the authentication code input through the input interface to the unique installation authentication code stored in the at least one memory, and
activate the control program in response to the authentication code input through the input interface matching the unique installation authentication code of the heat pump system,
wherein the unique installation authentication code of the heat pump system is identical to an installation authentication code that is issued by a server when an installation environment of the heat pump system satisfies a predetermined condition, the server being configured to authenticate an installation of the heat pump system,
wherein the installation environment comprises an amount of the refrigerant and the predetermined condition comprises a condition for the amount of the refrigerant.