AN AIR CONDITIONER AND A CONTROL METHOD THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to an air conditioner. The air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an indoor unit for discharging air to the indoor space; a voice input unit provided in the indoor unit to collect voices generated around the air conditioner; a memory unit for storing voice information which can be matched with the voices collected through the voice input unit; a main control unit for controlling the operation of the indoor unit based on the voice information collected through the voice input unit; and a voice output unit for outputting a voice related with the operation of the indoor unit. The control unit determines whether or not the voice information collected in the voice input unit is matched with at least some of the voice information stored in the memory unit and controls the voice output unit to output a voice when the stored voice information is matched with the collected voice information. [Reference numerals] (115) Filtering unit; (120) Main control unit; (130) Memory unit; (140) Driving unit; (150) Display control unit; (160) Voice output unit