CN101105305A

CN101105305A - Air conditioner having image display function

Info

Publication number: CN101105305A
Application number: CNA2007101019382A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 权炳泰
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2006-07-13
Filing date: 2007-04-27
Publication date: 2008-01-16
Anticipated expiration: 2027-04-27
Also published as: CN101105305B; WO2008007840A2; WO2008007840A3; KR20080006757A; EP1878980A3; EP1878980A2

Abstract

The air conditioner according to the present invention, comprises: an air conditioning unit has at least one of the heat, cool and air purifying feature;and a display unit provided with an image panel, which is bonded to the air conditioning unit, on which at least one of the status of the air conditioning unit or the image is displayed.

Description

Air-conditioner with image display function

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of air-conditioner, and more particularly, relate to a kind of by have the air-conditioner of image display function at the front of indoor unit installation image display device.

Background technology

Usually, air-conditioner comprises heater, cooler and air purifier etc., and it is installed in indoor to heat, to cool off and to purify air, for the mankind generate comfortable environment.

Recently,, make the gross thickness minimum of air-conditioner indoor unit, thereby air-conditioner indoor unit frame frame is equally installed at home the wall by thin turbofan is installed in air-conditioner inside.

Simultaneously, use the thin display unit such as liquid crystal panel recently, this display unit replaces general CRT display unit.

Thus, such defective is arranged:, then will reduce because occupy too many space space availability ratio if air-conditioner indoor unit and image display device are installed on the position that separates in the room dividually.

And, produce and to satisfy user's the needs that the forward part of frame-type air-conditioner is used in hope in many ways.

Summary of the invention

Propose the present invention satisfying exclusive requirement,, increase space efficiency and also forwardly provide image display function in the branch, thereby forward part can be effectively utilized as above-mentioned problem with the target that image display and air-conditioner form as one.

And, have as the image display of one and the air-conditioner of air-conditioner in order to make and to provide, make erection space and shared portion minimum, so that manufacturing cost is minimum.

In order to address these problems, air-conditioner according to the present invention comprises: air-conditioning unit, and it has at least one of heating, cooling and air cleaning feature; And display unit, being provided with image panel, this display unit is attached to air-conditioning unit, shows the state of air-conditioning unit or at least one of image on this display unit.

Air-conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention comprises: display unit, and it comprises the signal receiver that receives picture signal and shows display floater from the reception picture signal of signal receiver; Air-conditioning unit, it is connected on the display unit, and comprises ventilation blower and heat exchanger; And controller, at least one of its control display unit and air-conditioning unit.

Air-conditioner according to another aspect of the present invention comprises: air-conditioning unit, at least one of its execution cooling, heating and air-cleaning function; Display unit is connected on the air-conditioning unit, and it shows the state of air-conditioning unit or at least one of image; Control module, at least one of its control display unit and air-conditioning unit; And operating unit, be used for importing at least one the order of operation that is used for display unit and air-conditioning unit.

The air-conditioner with image display function according to another aspect of the present invention comprises: casing is formed with import and outlet; Ventilation blower is provided in the casing, and this ventilation blower suction and discharge are used for the space air of air conditioning; Heat exchange unit is provided in the casing, this heat exchange unit and space air heat-shift; Display floater is installed in the casing, this display floater display of broadcast signal; Signal receiver, its receiving broadcast signal is to show on display floater; Signal adapter, its conversion is from the receiving broadcast signal of signal receiver; And control module, at least one of its control heat exchange unit, ventilation blower, display floater, signal receiver and signal adapter.

According to the present invention, the flat image display device such as LCD or PDP is embedded in the air-conditioner, and this will cause the increase of space efficiency.

And, according to the present invention, because air-conditioner is embedded with image display device, so an installation process is only arranged.

And, according to the present invention, the heat that mobile cooling is produced by image displaying part from the air of import, this causes the unnecessary property of required other cooler.

And, according to the present invention, owing to image display device is installed in the forward part, so will make the exposure minimum of air-conditioner.

And, according to the present invention, because the image display device in the forward part of air-conditioner can show a plurality of images, thus will increase the utilization rate of the forward part of air-conditioner, and it also will make outward appearance more good-looking.

And according to the present invention, owing to the air-conditioner state is presented on the image display device, so will easy state and air-conditioner state from check room, a distant place.

And according to the present invention, because air-conditioner and image display device control by single remote controllers, so do not need to buy the remote controllers that separate.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the calcspar of expression according to the structure of the air-conditioner with image display function of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of expression according to the connection relationship of display unit of the present invention and air-conditioning unit.

Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of expression according to the total of air-conditioner of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the front view that is illustrated in only air-conditioning unit under the situation of removing display unit.

The exploded perspective view of Fig. 5 display unit that to be expression be connected according to of the present invention and front panel air-conditioning unit.

Fig. 6 is the stereogram that shows according to the mode of operation of air-conditioner of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is when having only air-conditioning unit at the operation mode of operation figure in following time according to of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is when having only display unit and air-conditioning unit at the operation mode of operation figure in following time according to of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is the concrete instance according to the another kind of method of the state that shows air-conditioning unit on display floater of the present invention.

Figure 10 is the calcspar of expression according to the structure of the air-conditioner of second concrete instance of the present invention.

Figure 11 is the front perspective view according to the air-conditioner of the 3rd concrete instance of the present invention.

Figure 12 is the exploded perspective view according to the air-conditioner of the 3rd concrete instance of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

To describe the preferred embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to accompanying drawing hereinafter.

Fig. 1 is the calcspar of expression according to the structure of air-conditioner of the present invention.

With reference to Fig. 1, air-conditioner according to the present invention comprises having cooling and the air-conditioning unit 100 of Heating Characteristics and the display unit 200 of display image, and this air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200 are installed together.

Display unit 200 is arranged on the front side of air-conditioning unit 100, and makes the exposure minimum of air-conditioning unit for the user.

The display unit 200 that is installed on the air-conditioner can show public TV image, satellite/terrestrial ripple DMB image or film etc.

And the air-conditioning unit 100 of air-conditioner comprises exterior section and interior section, and realizes the air conditioning process, as example carried out hereto cooling, heating, dehumidifying, air cleaning etc.

Air-conditioning unit 100 according to the present invention comprises: compressor 11, its compression refrigerant; Outdoor heat exchange unit 12, the heat of its exchange extraneous air and refrigerant; Outdoor ventilator 13, it ventilates for outdoor heat exchange unit; Expansion valve 14, its injection condensing liquid cryogen; Indoor heat exchange unit 50, the heat of its exchange room air and refrigerant; Indoor ventilator 30, it ventilates to indoor heat exchange unit 50; And sensor unit 15, its detects temperature, and the indoor or outdoors temperature of the outflow pressure of compressor 11 and temperature, indoor heat exchange unit 50 or outdoor heat exchange unit 12.

And display unit 200 according to the present invention comprises: display floater 250, its display image; Audio output unit 260, its output audio; Signal receiver 210, its received signal; Signal adapter 220, it suitably is transformed into display floater or audio output unit to signal; And memory cell 270, it stores multiple information and data.

The frequency that signal receiver 210 receives from TV tuner, DMB or the like.In detail, signal receiver 210 is from satellite or base station or the like receiving digital broadcast service or analog broadcasting or the like, for example, about digital broadcast service, DMB (DMB), DVB-hand-held (DVB-H), media forward single-link (MediaFLO) or the like are arranged; About analog broadcasting, the public broadcasting from general base station is arranged.

Signal receiver 210 is the devices that are used for receiving from the frequency of DMB, DVB-H, MediaFLO or the like transmission.DMB is the new idea of wherein broadcasting and the CMMB that is connected of communicating by letter being served, and DMB is categorized into terrestrial DMB and satellite dmb by transport-type and network structure.And DMB can provide the voice and data service of CD quality, and watch multichannel multimedia broadcasting from mobile phone, PDA or vehicle in the receiver motion, and because this reason, it is called as broadcast service of future generation.

Simultaneously, terrestrial DMB and satellite dmb have following feature.Terrestrial DMB uses the technical standard Eureka-147 of European digital radio broadcasting (DAB) as standard.Current in 2004, but by using idle VHF the 12nd channel to move receiving multimedia broadcast, by dividing channel 3 pieces appear, and for each piece, produce so many video and voice-grade channel, use 174～216MHz frequency, and use the MPEG4 compress technique.Radio wave has the diffractive features that is suitable for long distance.KBS, MBC, SBS, YTN, CBS or the like are promoting their broadcast service to those people that use service usually in their vehicle.

On the other hand, satellite dmb is different with terrestrial DMB, uses satellite to be used for their broadcast service.So if the wherein lower place of reception is arranged, the TU Trunk Unit that is called the gap tucker is used for realizing the better reception for broadcasting.Frequency surpasses 2.605GHz, and it uses the identical compression the same with terrestrial broadcasting.The video channel that is lower than 20 is arranged and be lower than 50 voice-grade channel.

And DVB-H is the technical standard that strengthens for the reception of mobile ground DTV, and H representative ' handing '.It will be anywhere, any time, when travelling or walking, high quality audio and video CMMB are provided.

DVB-H is by the Nokia of European communications company exploitation, and it is better than terrestrial DMB aspect frequency utilization, and has the advantage of using the UHF bandwidth.But in January, 2004, draft standard forms, and now to ' ETSI ' that wait for the result.

On the other hand, terrestrial DMB is the technical standard of developing for the defective of the mobile reception of eliminating U.S. DTV, and terrestrial DMB is to use the technology of VHF frequency.

And MediaFLO is the new portable broadcast technology that is proposed by U.S. Qualcamm company, and this technology is used current VHF frequency broadband radio network, and this network is used by domestic terrestrial broadcasters, but is connected with the cdma mobile communication network.In detail, MediaFLO can create the communication business model of new broadcasting and merging, and wherein it is being suggested and is being used for domestic portable broadcast standard and terrestrial DMB and DBV-H.MediaFLO and stream, download and playing video montage DMB service competition mutually in real time.

And analog broadcast signal generally is mounted in the tuner on the TV receiver, and a kind of have a certain amount of coil that mixes and a device of capacitor.Usually, in most of the cases, the one or both sides that make coil and capacitor are adjustable, thereby it may be tuned to other frequency in the future.For example, on radio, tunable capacitor is used to receive the global broadcast frequency.The TV receiver, such as, be integrated to the intermediate frequency conversion portion from the importation of antenna and form enough electric shields, with as tuner work.

And the signal adapter 220 that amplifies the signal that receives with decoding becomes data signal to the analog signal conversion that receives.And audio output unit 260 outputs to the user to audio signal, and this signal comes the signal since signal adapter 220 conversions.

Thus, display unit 200 is the image display devices that comprise flat display floater, and its example is arranged, and as LCD (LCD) TV, Plasmia indicating panel (PDP) TV or the like, and audio output unit is connected (see figure 5) by casing with linkage unit 600.

On the other hand, air-conditioner according to the present invention also comprises: power subsystem 300, and it is to each component feeding power of air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200; Operating unit 400, its input is used for the order of air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200; And control module 500, it controls air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200 according to the order that utilizes controller unit to receive.

In detail, power subsystem 300 arrives air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200 to power supply.In detail, because air-conditioning unit 100 has different voltage with display unit 200, so power subsystem 300 must be controlled voltage, to such an extent as to its supplies to correct voltage air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200 each.For example, if the display floater 250 of display unit 200 is PDP panels, then power subsystem will and be kept each of control module that voltage is transported to control panel the resetting voltage that is used for discharge process, scanning voltage.And, power subsystem control: the voltage that activates the compressor 11 of air-conditioning unit 100; The voltage that is used for the motor 32 of inside and outside ventilation blower 13,30; Activate the voltage of outlet device and sensor unit 15; And the voltage of actuating expansion valve 14.

Operating unit 400 input is used for the user control command of air-conditioning unit 100 or display unit 200, example hereto, and operating unit 400 comprises: control panel 410, for display unit 200 casees are arranged; Wireless remote controller 420, it has radio communication function and supplies with in addition; And acceptor unit 430, it arrives control module 500 to transmission of wireless signals.

Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of expression according to the connection relationship of display unit of the present invention and air-conditioning unit; And Fig. 3 is the exploded perspective view of expression according to the total of air-conditioner of the present invention.

With reference to Fig. 2 and 3, as described, the present invention includes display unit 200 and air-conditioning unit 100.

In detail, the air-conditioning unit 100 in air-conditioner inside comprises exactly: casing 20, and it comprises front panel 22 and forms the pedestal 24 of external view; Indoor ventilator 30, it is installed in the casing 20; Aperture 40, it makes inner air flow to ventilation blower 30; Indoor heat exchange unit 50, it is installed in 40 fronts, aperture, thus it will make the air and the refrigerant heat-shift of internal flow; Control cabinet 70, it controls air-conditioning unit 100; Water-collecting tray 80, it is collected in the condensed water of condensation in the surface of indoor heat exchange unit; And filter 60, it is placed in the casing forward part, to filter aerial any unnecessary material.In detail, import 25 is formed in the casing 20, and import 25 usefulness filters 60 cover.And front panel 22 engages and is fixed on the pedestal 24, and a plurality of outlet 26 is formed in the pedestal 24.And, on pedestal 24, provide the outlet port unit 90 of optionally switching outlet 26.And outlet port unit 90 comprises the blade 92 of switching outlet and the drive motors (not shown) of driven vane.

And indoor ventilator 30 is installed on the pedestal 24, and is centrifugal blower, and this air blast will be discharged to radially by axial inhaled air.

And for the collision of the outlet air of a plurality of ventilation blowers of preventing to install on the comfortable pedestal, base interior is divided by dividing plate 24a.And air guide member 24b is installed on each upper side of base interior, is diverted from indoor ventilator and to the air that top side flows out at this place, and is directed to outlet on this side.

And pdp filter device 110 is installed on the surface of heat exchange unit 50, thus its air trapping dust and unnecessary material from flowing through import.

And duct cap 21 is installed on the edge of casing 20, and duct cap 21 is built on the edge of pedestal 24, to form the exterior section of air-conditioning unit 100.

Thus, duct cap 21 is formed on a plurality of local place at four edges of casing 20, in this example, is installed in 2 local places in the lower limb.And the external refrigerant pipeline passes duct cap 21, and is directed to the inside of casing 20.

On the other hand, the display unit of installing on the surface of air-conditioning unit 100 200 comprises: display floater 250, its display image; With housing 610, it places display floater.

In detail, on the part of housing 610, on the external boundary part of display floater 250, loudspeaker 616 is installed exactly at least.And acceptor unit 430 is provided on another part of housing 610, and this acceptor unit 430 is from control panel 410 and remote controllers 420 received signals.Thus, the operating unit in Fig. 1 400 comprises control panel 410, remote controllers 420 and acceptor unit 430.

In detail, control panel 410 provides: control button 411/412, and it connects and cuts off air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200; With ejector button 414, it switches on and off the state of air-conditioning unit 100 on display floater 250.Obviously, control button 421/422 and ejector button 424 offer remote controllers 420.And the accumulator groove 612 that connects external memory storage is installed on the opposite side of housing 610, and internal storage is installed on the inside of housing 610.And MMC/SD, CF, XD or MS or the like are included on the accumulator groove 612.

The course of work of description below air-conditioner and the course of work of air-conditioning unit.

At first, when the user passed through control panel 410 or remote controllers 420 input commands, control module 500 was controlled at least one of air-conditioning unit 100 or display unit 200 according to input command.

Thus, when the user imports the order that drives air-conditioning unit 100, control module 500 will drive air-conditioning unit 100 according to input command.

For example, when the user imports the cooling order, control module 500 detects the temperature of pipeline of room air, outdoor air, indoor heat exchange unit 50 or the like from sensor unit 15, will compare it with the desired temperature of air-conditioning unit 100 then, and will drive air-conditioning unit 100.

In detail, with compression refrigerant, and compression refrigerant is condensed in outdoor heat exchange unit 12 control module 500 with drive compression machine 11, and condensing refrigerant expand into low temperature and low-pressure when passing expansion valve 14 then.And the refrigerant that passes expansion valve 14 will vaporize by absorbing heat from space air, and the refrigerant of the vaporizing compressor 11 that will move back.

Thus, space air will lose its heat by indoor heat exchange unit, and room temperature will be reduced to temperature is set.

And when the user utilizes control command to drive display unit 200, control module 500 will drive display unit 200 according to user's control commands.Thus, but user's input command, to come temperature and humidity in the display room by the display packing of display.In detail, the signal by being received from the sensor unit 15 of air-conditioning unit 100 by control module 500 is shown to indoor temperature, humidity or the like on the display floater 250.

And when air-conditioning unit 100 and display unit 200 are driven simultaneously, display floater 250 will show the state of air-conditioning unit 100 and show from the image of signal receiver 210 by the picture-in-picture method.To explain in detail below.

Fig. 4 is the front view of expression according to the air-conditioning unit when removing display unit of the present invention; And Fig. 5 is the exploded perspective view of expression according to the display unit of the front panel binding of of the present invention and air-conditioner.

With reference to Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, front panel is attached on the surface of pedestal of the present invention, and in front on the inside of plate 22, forms the outlet of the fixed dimension that is covered by filter 60.And, between plate 22 and the pedestal 24, the various elements (with reference to Fig. 3) that are used for air conditioning are installed in front.

And display unit 200 comprises: housing 610, and it is detachable by linkage unit 600 for casing; With display floater 250, it is fixed on the inside of housing 61 0.And, audio output unit 260, signal receiver 210, and signal adapter 220 be installed on the inside of housing 610.And, outside input terminal 614 (for example DVI, RGB, Component, S-Video, Composite, Optical, AV terminal, HDMI etc.) is installed, to receive external signal on the inside of housing.And outside input terminal 614 is connected to signal adapter 220.

And in detail, housing 610 comprises: protecgulum 611 is mounted to the marginal surface that covers display floater 250; With preceding pedestal 613, it combines with protecgulum 611 and is positioned on the rear portion of protecgulum 611.

Thus, display floater 250 is installed between protecgulum 611 and the preceding pedestal 613, and pedestal 613 shields before being installed in signal receiver 210, signal adapter 220 and control module 500 on the rear portion of display floater 250 and utilizing.

And on housing 610, internal storage is installed in the inside of the accumulator groove 612 that is connected with external memory storage.

Thus, external memory storage and internal storage are the memory cells 270 in Fig. 1, and accumulator groove 612 or outside input terminal 614 can be installed in reference to the installation site of control module 500 on the casing 20 of air-conditioning unit 100.

And audio output unit 260 is as describing, and to user's output audio signal, the loudspeaker 616 and the outside outlet terminal (indication) that wherein are used for audio frequency output are installed in housing by the switching signal of passing through signal adapter 220.

On the other hand, display unit 200 utilizes linkage unit 600 combination that combines with front panel 22.In detail, linkage unit 600 is connected the housing of display unit 200 and the front panel 22 of air-conditioning unit 100, thereby when replacing or cleaning and filtering 60, perhaps when pulling down filter 60, easily finishes opening or closing of display unit 200.

In detail, linkage unit 600 comprises first hinge 620 and second hinge 630, and each hinge is connected on the rear surface and front panel 22 of housing 610.And second hinge 630 is arranged in the bottom part of first hinge 620, and forms longlyer than first hinge 620.And in this example, first hinge 620 is connected with all ends of second hinge 630, and wherein all ends will rotated on the direction up and down.

And, on the back of housing 610, support 622/632 is formed on each of an end of first hinge 620 and second hinge 630, but thereby two all hinge connections of hinge, and in front on the front portion of plate 22, support 623/633 is formed on each of the other end of first hinge 620 and second hinge 630, but make two hinges all hinge connect.And the other end of second hinge 630 combines with support 633, sliding with support.Particularly, when display unit 200 and air-conditioning unit 100 separately the time, the other end of second hinge 630 rises along support 633, and separates with front panel 22.

In addition, housing 610 and front panel 22 cooperate binding.In detail, hook 642 is formed on the back of housing 610, and hook support 644 is formed on the front panel 22, and this hook support 644 cooperates binding with hook 642.So when display unit 200 and casing 20 bindings, and when the housing 610 of display unit 200 cooperated binding with first hinge 620 and second hinge 630, hook 642 and hook support 644 cooperated and link.And grid 650 is formed on the back of housing 610, thereby housing 610 and front panel 22 are raised with fixed amount.

With reference to Fig. 6, when activating air-conditioning unit 100, actuation chamber ventilation blower 30, and space air passes casing 20 circulations from the indoor ventilator 30 of above actuating.

In detail, space air is passed in the import 25 that forms in the front panel 22 and flows into, and each outlet 26 of passing pedestal 24 is then flowed out.

Particularly, in this example,, flow into so space air passes the housing 610 and the space between the front panel 22 of display unit 200, and move to indoor ventilator 30 by filter 60 then because import 25 is formed in the front panel 22.

On the other hand, each outlet port unit 90 of installing in outlet 26 is by control module 500 controls, and and if only if air-conditioning unit 100 when activateding, outlet 26 just utilizes blade 92 rotations and opens.

Thus, when air-conditioning unit 100 activated, the air movement that flows from the rising space between plate 22 and the housing 610 in front contacted with the back of display unit 200 to import 25.So, will play the unit of the heat of cooling display unit 200 from the air of import.Be interpreted as in detail, when the air from import contacted the back of display unit 200, it absorbed the heat of being discharged by display floater 250 and electronic section.And, absorb air heat, that have high temperature, when passing the indoor heat exchange unit 50 of air-conditioning unit 100, be cooled.And, pass outlet 26 from the cooling air of indoor heat exchange unit 50 and go out and get back to the room.

So when display unit 200 and air-conditioning unit 100 were all worked, even in thermal environment, the temperature of display unit 200 did not raise yet.So the inlet air of cool room air also will play cooling display unit 200 simultaneously.

On the contrary, when activating heating function, inlet air absorbs main heat from display unit 200, and the air that passes indoor heat exchange unit 50 will be heated rapidly, increases the thermal efficiency.

And, because air-conditioning unit 100 is arranged in the back of display unit 200, so will make the exposed area minimum of air-conditioning unit 100 for the user.

And when utilizing control module 500 to have only display unit 200 work and when having only indoor ventilator 30 by control module 500 work in other element of air-conditioning unit 100, the heat unit of display unit 200 is cooled owing to air flows.So, the chiller unit that is used for display unit 200 needn't be installed, the element that causes being used for display unit requires minimum.

Fig. 7 is according to the mode of operation figure when having only air-conditioning unit in operation of the present invention.

With reference to Fig. 7, not work and air-conditioning unit when work when display unit 200, control module 500 shows the mode of operation of air-conditioning unit 100 on display floater 250.

For example, by control module 500, on display floater 250, show room temperature, humidity, desired temperature, outdoor temperature, air mass flow or the like.And the state of air-conditioning unit 100 can partly or entirely be presented in the display floater 250.

On the other hand, in the present invention, air-conditioning unit 100 comes the circulating cooling agent by the outdoor heat exchange unit 12 of the indoor heat exchange unit 50-of compressor 11-expansion valve 14-, and also driving is thermal cycle.

Fig. 8 is when display unit and the air-conditioning unit mode of operation during in operation according to of the present invention.

With reference to Fig. 8, in air-conditioning unit 100 work, if the user is input to display unit 200 to order by controller 400, then control module 500 will activate display unit 200 as the user has ordered.

Thus, when user command was connected TV, control module 500 by the signal conversion, showed the picture signal that receives by TV tuner received signal then on display floater 250.

Particularly, when display image when activating air-conditioning unit 100, the image of the state of air-conditioning unit 100 is presented in the part of display floater 250 with picture-in-picture (PIP) 251.

And when display unit 200 activated, the user utilized the control command by operating unit 400, and the state that can cut off air-conditioning unit 100 shows.In other words, by the ejector button 424/414 that provides on remote controllers 420 or control panel 410 is provided, show with the duty that is switched on or switched off the air-conditioning unit 100 on display floater 250.

With reference to Fig. 9, show that on display floater 250 status bar of the state of air-conditioning unit 100 can move upward in certain party.By this flexible motion of status bar, it makes the interference minimum of the image of watching with the user.

And when utilizing user control command only to activate display unit 200, control module 500 will be as only activating display unit 200 by user command.

And, by the user order is input to operating unit 400, can be picture-in-picture with room temperature and humidity display.And, on control module 500,, on display floater 250, show room temperature, humidity or the like by receiving signal from the sensor unit 15 of air-conditioning unit 100.

With reference to Figure 10, different with first example according to the air-conditioner of second example, wherein control module 500 comprises: be used for the control module 510 of air-conditioning unit 100, it controls air-conditioning unit 100; The control module 520 that is used for display floater 250, it controls display unit 200; And main control unit 530, its control is used for the control module 510 of air-conditioning unit, and receives input commands from the user with the control module 520 that is used for display floater.

Thus, because power subsystem 300 is controlled by main control unit 530 by user's order, it supplies to control module 510 that is used for air-conditioning unit or the control module 520 that is used for display unit to power supply.

And operating unit 400 as first example, comprises control panel 410, remote controllers 420 and user's control commands is transferred to the acceptor unit 430 of main control unit 530.

The back of the second example element will not described, because it is identical with first example.

Figure 11 is the front perspective view according to the air-conditioner of the 3rd concrete instance of the present invention, and Figure 12 is the exploded perspective view according to the air-conditioner of the 3rd concrete instance of the present invention.

With reference to Figure 11 and 12, air-conditioning unit 100 comprises: front panel 22, and display unit 200 is installed on it; With casing 20, it is made of the pedestal on the back that is assembled in front panel 22; With loudspeaker 616, it is provided on the both sides of casing 20; With indoor ventilator 30, it is installed in the casing 20; With aperture 40; Indoor heat exchange unit 50; And water-collecting tray 80.

And on the inside of plate 22 and pedestal 24, indoor heat exchange unit 50, aperture 40, indoor ventilator 30 or the like are fixed on inside in front, thereby it will rest on inside.

Thus, the display floater 250 that constitutes display unit 200 is installed on the surface of front panel 22, and a plurality of outlets are formed between the marginal portion of the marginal portion of display floater 250 and front panel 22.And display floater 250 is installed in front panel 22 inside, and wherein display floater 250 will be placed with and form and front panel 22 the same flat positions.

And, form import 25, on the back of pedestal 24, to suck air.In detail, Tu Chu projection 29 is formed on the back of pedestal 24 more, and import 25 be formed on projection 29 partly or entirely in.

And filter is provided on the front portion of import 25, with the clean rooms air.

And, on a side at the back of pedestal 24, provide: outside input terminal 614, it receives audio frequency outlet terminal 618, and receives external signal, as DVI, RGB, Component, S-Video, Composite, Optical, AV terminal, HDMI, DVI or the like; With conjugate foramen 806c, it is corresponding with the conjugate foramen 241 that forms on the gripper shoe 806 of support unit 800.And the accumulator groove 612 that connects external memory storage is installed on the lateral edges of pedestal 24.

Two of indoor ventilator 30 as centrifugal blower, be installed on the inboard of casing 20, and each indoor ventilator 30 comprise the motor 34 of fan 32 and drive fan 32.

On the other hand, on the front portion of plate 22, outlet 26/27 is formed on each left and right and upper and lower side in front.And dividing plate 20a is formed on the middle body at back of front panel 22, to prevent the outlet air collision from a plurality of indoor ventilator 30.And, be formed on outlet 26/27 on the front panel 22 and be connected to outlet glide path 36, flow to and be directed to the front by radial direction from the outlet air of fan 32.

Thus, front panel 22 comprises: protecgulum 21, and it installs display floater 250; With inner panel 23, it is positioned on the back of protecgulum 21, with the outlet air of guiding from indoor ventilator 30, and wherein forms outlet glide path 36.

In detail, cooperate the hole of display floater 250 and outlet 26 to be formed on the protecgulum 21.And, on inner panel 23, form drive motors constraint portions and dividing plate 20a and outlet glide path 36.

So, discharging in the radial direction from the inlet air of indoor ventilator 30, along the outlet glide path 36 that on inner panel 23, forms, to the outlet 26/27 of protecgulum.

Thus, outlet glide path 36 is formed by each edge of the inside of front panel 22, air is guided with respect to fixing curvature bending.

And, in outlet 26/27, the outlet port unit 90 (with reference to Figure 12) that opens and closes is installed, and outlet port unit 90 comprises: blade 92, it opens and closes outlet 26; With motor 94, its driven vane 92.In this example, outlet port unit 90 is installed on the inner panel 23 and in outlet 26/27, only exposes blade 92.

On the other hand, aperture 40 is installed between pedestal 24 and the indoor ventilator 30, and inlet air is directed to fan 32 from import 25.And heat exchange unit 50 is installed between pedestal 24 and the aperture 40, and in this example, heat exchange unit 50 is fixed on the aperture 40.

And on heat exchange unit 50, connecting pipe 52 is installed on the side, thereby can connect the refrigerant pipeline of installing from the outside (not indication), and connecting pipe 52 is passed the side or the formation of bottom part of heat exchange unit 50.And on aperture 40, parts 40a is outstanding and form the tube connector 52 that these parts 40a is separately crooked.

Thus, heat exchange unit 50 forms greatlyyer than the area of import 25, thereby incites somebody to action heat-shift efficiently from the inlet air of import 25.And, on the downside of heat exchange unit 50, water-collecting tray 80 is installed, with storage or eject condensed water from heat exchange unit 50, and water-collecting tray 80 also is fixed on the aperture 40, and the lower part of supporting heat exchange unit 50.

On the other hand, first hinge bracket 660 is formed on the side of front panel 22, and on a side of pedestal 24, second hinge bracket 670 is installed, and this second hinge bracket 670 and first hinge bracket, 660 hinges link.So the center at edge that is installed in front panel 22 on the display floater 250 and is a side that is positioned at pedestal 24 is rotatable.And user or attendant can discern the inside of indoor unit by opening front panel 22.

On the other hand, open cells 615 is formed on the inner panel 23, and is discharged to the back of inner panel 23 by open cells by the heat that display unit 200 produces.

Thus because ventilation blower 30 is installed on the inner panel 23 and works thereon, so open cells 615 form on the edge of fans 32, with when fan 32 rotations at the outlet air of the discharge of radiation efficiently in the radial direction.

So, produce from signal receiver 210, signal adapter 220 and the display floater 250 of the display unit 200 between inner panel 23 and protecgulum 21 and the heat of control module 500 by open cells 615.

Particularly, a plurality of open cells 615 are installed on the edge of fan 32, and the air between inner panel 23 and protecgulum 21 moves to the back of inner panel 23 effectively by the outlet pressure of outlet air.

And, when air-conditioning unit 100 work, form with the temperature lower than room temperature from the outlet air of indoor ventilator 30, form the cooling of display unit 200 efficiently.And when having only display unit 200 work, air-conditioning unit 100 is actuation chamber ventilation blower 30 only, rather than any other element, thereby can carry out the heating of display unit 200.

To not explain that according to the 3rd example other constitute below, because these formations have the feature identical with first example.

Claims

1. air-conditioner with image display function comprises:

Air-conditioning unit, it has heating, cooling, and at least one of air cleaning feature; With

Display unit is provided with image panel, and this display unit is attached on the air-conditioning unit, shows the state of air-conditioning unit or at least one of image on this display unit.

2. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises control module, and this control module optionally or is simultaneously controlled air-conditioning unit and display unit.

3. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises:

The control module that is used for air-conditioning unit, it controls air-conditioning unit,

The control module that is used for display unit, it controls display unit, and

Main control unit, its control are used for the control module of air-conditioning unit and are used for the control module of display unit, and receive the input command that is used for air-conditioning unit or display unit simultaneously.

4. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises at least one the operating unit of operational order that is used for importing air-conditioning unit or display unit.

5. air-conditioner according to claim 4, wherein, operating unit also comprises the control panel on the side that is provided at display unit.

6. air-conditioner according to claim 4, wherein, operating unit comprises: receiver, be provided on the side of display unit, and the receiving remote signal; And remote controllers, it wirelessly is transferred to operating unit to operational order.

7. according to claim 5 or the described air-conditioner of claim 6, wherein, operating unit also comprises the control button that switches on and off air-conditioning unit or display unit.

8. according to claim 5 or the described air-conditioner of claim 6, wherein, operating unit also comprises ejector button, and this ejector button switches on and off the screen that shows the state of air-conditioning unit on display floater.

9. air-conditioner according to claim 1 also comprises sensor unit, and this sensor unit is provided on the air-conditioning unit, and detects indoor temperature, indoor humidity, outdoor temperature and indoor heat exchange unit temperature at least one.

10. air-conditioner according to claim 9 wherein, is presented on the display unit to the Information Selection that is detected by sensor unit.

11. air-conditioner according to claim 1, wherein, partly or entirely can the separating of display unit from air-conditioning unit.

12. air-conditioner according to claim 1, wherein, display floater is LCD or PDP.

13. air-conditioner according to claim 1, wherein, space air is by the linking portion suction of display unit and air-conditioning unit.

14. the air-conditioner with image display function comprises:

Display unit, it comprises signal receiver that receives picture signal and the display floater that shows from the picture signal that receives of signal receiver;

Air-conditioning unit, it is connected on the display unit, and comprises ventilation blower and heat exchanger; And

Controller, at least one of its control display unit and air-conditioning unit.

15. air-conditioner according to claim 14, wherein, display unit is connected on the front portion of air-conditioning unit, separates with preset distance from air-conditioning unit.

16. air-conditioner according to claim 14, wherein, display floater is flat display floater.

17. air-conditioner according to claim 14, wherein, signal receiver is at least one of TV tuner, DMB, outside input terminal.

18. air-conditioner according to claim 14 also comprises:

Power subsystem, it supplies power at least one of display unit and air-conditioning unit.

19. air-conditioner according to claim 14 wherein, forms and utilizes the air flow channel that is cooled off display unit by the inlet air of ventilation blower suction.

20. air-conditioner according to claim 14 also comprises display unit is connected to linkage unit on the air-conditioning unit.

21. the air-conditioner with image display function comprises:

Air-conditioning unit, at least one of its execution cooling, heating and air-cleaning function;

Display unit is connected to air-conditioning unit, and it shows the state of air-conditioning unit or at least one of image;

Control module, at least one of its control display unit and air-conditioning unit; And

Operating unit is used for importing at least one the order of operation that is used for display unit and air-conditioning unit.

22. air-conditioner according to claim 21, wherein, operating unit provides the control panel on a side of display unit.

23. air-conditioner according to claim 22, wherein, control panel is provided with and is used for making air-conditioning unit and display unit optionally or the control button of side by side carrying out.

24. air-conditioner according to claim 21, wherein, display floater shows the state of air-conditioning unit and receives one of image or both.

25. air-conditioner according to claim 21 also comprises sensor unit, this sensor unit detects indoor temperature, indoor humidity, outdoor temperature, indoor heat exchange unit temperature,

Wherein, be shown on the display floater by PIP by the information of sensor unit detection or the state of air-conditioning unit.

26. air-conditioner according to claim 21, wherein, operating unit is to be used for wireless signal is input to the remote controllers of control module.

27. air-conditioner according to claim 21, wherein, the operating unit that is provided on the side of display unit is the receiver that receives wireless motor message.

28. the air-conditioner with image display function comprises:

Casing is formed with import and outlet;

Ventilation blower is provided in the casing, and this ventilation blower suction and discharge are used for the space air of air conditioning;

Heat exchange unit is provided in the casing, this heat exchange unit and space air heat-shift;

Display floater is installed in the casing, this display floater display of broadcast signal;

Signal receiver, its receiving broadcast signal is to be shown on the display floater;

Signal adapter, its conversion is from the receiving broadcast signal of signal receiver; And

Control module, at least one of its control heat exchange unit, ventilation blower, display floater, signal receiver and signal adapter.

29. air-conditioner according to claim 28 wherein, forms air flow channel, cools off at least one of display floater, signal receiver, signal adapter and control module by the suction air of ventilation blower with use.

30. air-conditioner according to claim 28, wherein, signal receiver is at least one of digit broadcasting receiver, TV tuner and external input device.

31. air-conditioner according to claim 30, wherein, external input device is at least one of composite, component, S-video, AV, HDMI, USB and DIV.

32. air-conditioner according to claim 28, wherein, from the conversion broadcast singal of signal adapter directly or by being transferred to display floater after the control module.

33. air-conditioner according to claim 28, wherein, control module shows air conditioning state and conversion one of broadcast singal or both simultaneously on display floater.

34. air-conditioner according to claim 28, wherein, control module uses the state that image shows air conditioning that ejects on display floater.

35. air-conditioner according to claim 34 wherein, ejects image and shows by the PIP method.

36. air-conditioner according to claim 28 also comprises operating unit,

Wherein, the CF in several receive frequencies is selected by the input command by operating unit.

37. air-conditioner according to claim 36, wherein, operating unit comprises at least one of control panel or remote controllers.

38. air-conditioner according to claim 28 also comprises the housing that supports display floater, wherein the casing hinge is connected to this housing.

39. air-conditioner according to claim 28, wherein, casing comprises the front panel that comprises display floater and is engaged to pedestal on this front panel rotationally.