Clothes treating system and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10487437-B2
Application number	US-201515325821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2015
Priority date	Aug 1, 2014
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothes treating system and a control method therefore and, more particularly, to a clothes treating system comprising an external terminal and a clothes treating device formed to be able to communicate with the external terminal, wherein the clothes treating device comprises a power input unit, a course selection unit formed for selecting a course among preconfigured courses, and an execution input unit for driving the clothes treating device according to the selected course; and the external terminal is formed to display information on an external environment and one or more recommended courses preconfigured on the basis of the information on the external environment, after power is input to the clothes treating device and before an execution command is input through the execution input unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A clothes treating system comprising:
an external terminal including a display; and
a clothes treating device formed to be able to communicate with the external terminal, the clothes treating device including:
a power button;
a course selector configured to select one of a plurality of predetermined courses; and
an execution button to drive the clothes treating device in accordance with the selected course, wherein the external terminal is configured to display information on an external environment including season, weather, humidity, temperature, and at least one of dust concentration or pollen index and one or more recommended courses previously set on the basis of the information on the external environment, after a power command is input through the power button, but before an execution command is input through the execution button, and the external terminal is configured to display drying recommended information on one of indoor drying, outdoor drying, or drying based on a drying function of the clothes treating device on the basis of the information on the external environment.

2. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , wherein the clothes treating device includes a holder to hold the external terminal.

3. The clothes treating system according to claim 2 , wherein the clothes treating device is powered ON if a power source is input through the power button or the external terminal is held in the holder.

4. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the clothes treating device and the external terminal includes an NFC module for NFC communication.

5. The clothes treating system according to claim 4 , wherein the clothes treating device includes a cabinet forming an external appearance, a tub received in the cabinet, and a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, and the external terminal is configured to receive at least one of a most recent washing time of the tub or the drum, and a number of driving times of the clothes treating device from the clothes treating device through NFC communication and display the received information.

6. The clothes treating system according to claim 5 , wherein the external terminal is configured to display information on a need of washing of the tub or the drum on the basis of at least one of the most recent washing time and the number of driving times of the clothes treating device.

7. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , further including an external server storing data of the information on the external environment and data on the previously set one or more recommended courses according to the external environment, wherein the external terminal is configured to enable Wi-Fi communication with the external server, and is configured to receive the data of the information on the external environment and the data on the previously set one or more recommended courses according to the external environment from the external server.

8. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the external environment and the previously set one or more recommended courses according to the external environment are displayed on the external terminal before the course selector is manipulated by a user.

9. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , wherein the external terminal is configured to display information on the course selected in accordance with a manipulation of the course selector on the display.

10. The clothes treating system according to claim 9 , wherein the information on the course includes at least one of a description of the course selected through the course selector, clothes treating effect by the selected course, notes during clothes treating according to the selected course, or clothes treating prediction time according to the selected course.

11. The clothes treating system according to claim 9 , wherein the information on the course is displayed on the display in accordance with the manipulation of the course selector in real time.

12. The clothes treating system according to claim 1 , wherein a use history of the clothes treating device is displayed on the external terminal if driving of the clothes treating device is completed.

13. The clothes treating system according to claim 12 , wherein the use history of the clothes treating device includes at least one of information on energy consumption, water consumption and the amount of a detergent at a use date of the clothes treating device, information on energy consumption, water consumption and a frequently selected course for a predetermined period, or information on energy consumption, water consumption and a frequently selected course according to a season.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Jayoen
• Oh Joohyeon
• Suh Mina

Classifications

• H04L12/2823 Primary

  Reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network (device-related reporting H04L43/065; arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• H04L2012/2841

  Wireless · CPC title

• H04L2012/285

  Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators · CPC title

• G06F3/01

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/31197

  Near field communication nfc · CPC title