Air Conditioner Lighting Interface for Mode and Mood Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air conditioners with integrated lighting lack versatility in function and user interaction, as the lighting primarily serves to indicate operation status without expanding its utility or providing intuitive feedback on operational modes or environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
An air conditioner with a movable lighting apparatus that uses a combination of light source elements and control units to display various illumination patterns, including active lighting, information description lighting, therapy lighting, and mood lighting, which can be controlled to reflect environmental conditions, operational states, and user preferences, enhancing user interaction and functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Shape
If the display means is minimized to improve aesthetic appearance, then the sense of beauty is improved, but the user cannot grasp display details and the functional utility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a remote controller as an intermediary device that receives user input and transmits control signals to the air conditioner. This allows the display means to be minimized on the air conditioner itself while maintaining full user interaction capability through the remote controller, thus resolving the contradiction between aesthetic appearance and user accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extends the user interface from a two-dimensional display on the air conditioner to a three-dimensional interaction space including the remote controller and user hand movements. This dimensional expansion allows display details to be viewed remotely while maintaining aesthetic simplicity of the air conditioner unit.
2Shape
If the display means is minimized to improve aesthetic appearance, then the sense of beauty is improved, but the functional utility for expanding usage range is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling the air conditioner to serve both as an air conditioning device and as a display terminal. Through the remote controller interface and minimized display means, the system can provide information display, control functions, and potentially integrate with mobile devices, thus expanding usage range while maintaining aesthetic appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The remote controller acts as a mediator that enables expanded functionality without adding physical complexity to the air conditioner unit. It facilitates additional uses such as remote monitoring, control, and integration with other devices, thereby enhancing adaptability while preserving the clean aesthetic design.
3Reliability
If conventional lighting is used to indicate operation status, then the lighting function is simple and reliable, but the versatility and user interaction capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the lighting system from a simple operation indicator into a multi-functional communication interface. The lighting apparatus can display various patterns, colors, and intensities to convey different operational states, provide user feedback, guide user interactions, and even serve as a decorative element, thus achieving both reliability and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color changes in the lighting apparatus to convey different information and states. By varying color hues, intensities, and patterns, the lighting system can indicate different operational modes, alert users to specific conditions, and provide intuitive feedback without requiring complex display components, thereby maintaining reliability while enhancing versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables the air conditioner to provide intuitive feedback and expand its utility beyond basic lighting, enhancing user experience by conveying operational information and influencing mood and environment through customizable lighting patterns, improving user interaction and comfort.
Implementation Method 1
a lighting unit (70) to be lighted according to the illumination pattern information
Data Source
AI summary
An air conditioner is provided that may include a setting unit to set a predetermined function to be embodied or displayed with lighting, a storing unit to store at least one illumination pattern information, a control unit to connect the function input by the setting unit to an illumination pattern stored in the storing unit, and a lighting unit to be lighted according to the illumination pattern information connected to the function by the control unit.