公开(公告)号：US20220146130A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17436404

申请日：2020-03-02

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Mingu KWON ,  Kyungmok YEO ,  Young Gu LEE ,  Jaeyong SONG

IPC: F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F11/77 ,  F24F6/18 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/26 ,  A61L9/03

Abstract: Provided are an indoor unit of an air conditioner and a method for controlling the same, the air conditioner includes a humidification module to generate steam, mix the generated steam with filtered air to generate humidified air, and spray the humidified air at a discharge outlet through an independent flow path to provide the humidified air to an indoor space, in a smart care mode, performs a humidification operation during a heating operation to discharge the humidified air together with heat-exchanged air, automatically switches a mode between a high speed mode and a comfortable mode to prevent frequent on and off, thereby saving energy, and automatically switches an operation mode thereof according to a temperature and humidity to control discharged air and the humidified air, thereby effectively supplying air with adjusted temperature and humidity.