Staas & Halsey LLP
Air conditioner and method of controlling the same
An air conditioner includes an indoor unit, an outdoor unit including an outdoor fan, a sensor unit mounted at an upper portion of the outdoor unit to sense snow piled up on the outdoor unit, and a control unit to determine whether snow is piled up or not based on an output from the sensor unit and control an operation of the outdoor fan to remove snow when snow is piled up based on the determination. The sensor unit includes a photo sensor and a temperature sensor.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Choi Son Hong Noh Han Choi Ha