Patent 7857235 was granted and assigned to Daikin Industries, Ltd. on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In the air conditioning system (1), switching is selectively made between a normal operation where air is dehumidified by the humidity controller (10) alone according to operating conditions and a simultaneous dehumidifying operation where air is dehumidified by the humidity controller (10), while at the same time air is dehumidified by the air conditioner (20) by condensing moisture in the air.