Air conditioner and method for controlling air conditioner

Abstract

Disclosed are an air conditioner and a method for controlling the air conditioner. The air conditioner according to the present disclosure comprises: a fan; a compressor; a temperature sensor; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to control the air conditioner to: turn on the compressor to cool air, discharge the cooled air to the outside of the air conditioner by driving an indoor fan based on an airflow mode among a plurality of airflow modes, correct a set temperature of the air conditioner based on a correction value corresponding to the airflow mode, and based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor matching the corrected set temperature, turn off the compressor in a state in which the driving of the indoor fan is maintained.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An air conditioner, comprising:
 an indoor fan;   a compressor;   a temperature sensor; and   at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively configured to control the air conditioner to:   cool air by turning-on the compressor,   discharge the cooled air to outside of the air conditioner by driving the indoor fan based on a wind volume mode from among a plurality of wind volume modes,   correct a setting temperature of the air conditioner based on correction values corresponding to the wind volume modes,   turn-off, based on a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor matching with the corrected setting temperature, the compressor while driving of the indoor fan is maintained,   wherein the correction values are different values from one another in the plurality of wind volume modes.   
     
     
         2 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein
 the plurality of wind volume modes comprises a strong wind mode, a medium wind mode, and a low wind mode.   
     
     
         3 . The air conditioner of  claim 2 , wherein
 at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to:   correct the setting temperature based on a first correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correct the setting temperature based on a second correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correct the setting temperature based on a third correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.   
     
     
         4 . The air conditioner of  claim 3 , wherein
 the first correction value is greater than the second correction value, and   the second correction value is greater than the third correction value.   
     
     
         5 . The air conditioner of  claim 4 , wherein
 the first correction value is 2,   the second correction value is 1.5, and   the third correction value is 1.   
     
     
         6 . The air conditioner of  claim 3 , wherein
 at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to:   correct the setting temperature by subtracting the first correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correct the setting temperature by subtracting the second correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correct the setting temperature by subtracting the third correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.   
     
     
         7 . The air conditioner of  claim 1 , wherein
 at least one processor, individually and/or collectively is configured to control the air conditioner to:   turn-on, based on the compressor being turned-off, the compressor based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor matching with the setting temperature.   
     
     
         8 . A method of controlling an air conditioner, comprising:
 cooling air by turning-on a compressor;   discharging the cooled air to outside of the air conditioner by driving an indoor fan based on a wind volume mode from among a plurality of wind volume modes;   correcting a setting temperature of the air conditioner based on correction values corresponding to the wind volume modes, and   turning-off, based on a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor matching with the corrected setting temperature, the compressor while driving of the indoor fan is maintained,   wherein the correction values are different values from one another in the plurality of wind volume modes.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein
 the plurality of wind volume modes comprises a strong wind mode, a medium wind mode, and a low wind mode.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein
 the correcting the temperature comprises:   correcting the setting temperature based on a first correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correcting the setting temperature based on a second correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correcting the setting temperature based on a third correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein
 the first correction value is greater than the second correction value, and   the second correction value is greater than the third correction value.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein
 the first correction value is 2,   the second correction value is 1.5, and   the third correction value is 1.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein
 the correcting the temperature comprises:   correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the first correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the second correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the third correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 turning-on, based on the compressor being turned-off, the compressor based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor matching with the setting temperature.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium including a program executes a controlling method of an air conditioner, the method comprising:
 cooling air by turning-on a compressor;   discharging the cooled air to outside of the air conditioner by driving an indoor fan based on a wind volume mode from among a plurality of wind volume modes;   correcting a setting temperature of the air conditioner based on correction values corresponding to the wind volume modes, and   turning-off, based on a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor matching with the corrected setting temperature, the compressor while driving of the indoor fan is maintained,   wherein the correction values are different values from one another in the plurality of wind volume modes.   
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in  claim 15 ,
 wherein the plurality of wind volume modes comprises a strong wind mode, a medium wind mode, and a low wind mode.   
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the correcting the temperature comprises:
 correcting the setting temperature based on a first correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correcting the setting temperature based on a second correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correcting the setting temperature based on a third correction value based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.   
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the first correction value is greater than the second correction value, and the second correction value is greater than the third correction value. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the first correction value is 2, the second correction value is 1.5, and the third correction value is 1. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the correcting the temperature comprises:
 correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the first correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the low wind mode, correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the second correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the medium wind mode, and correcting the setting temperature by subtracting the third correction value from the setting temperature based on the wind volume mode being in the strong wind mode.