Information processing method, processing system, and processing apparatus for a home appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025150298-A1
Application number	US-202318725521-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 7, 2023
Priority date	Oct 11, 2022
Publication date	May 8, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing system may include a plurality of home appliances, a terminal configured to process information of the plurality of home appliances, an individual service area configured to provide an individual service, and an information processing apparatus connected to the terminal and the plurality of home appliances through a network and configured to provide an application service using the individual service. The information processing apparatus may be configured to receive basic information including that a user using the plurality of home appliances is going out, confirm a user's schedule information indicating the user is going out from the basic information by using the individual service, confirm a first state of the of the plurality of home appliances, and change a first home appliance of the plurality of home appliances from the first state to a second state.

First claim

1 . An information processing system for a home appliance, comprising:
at least one home appliance; a terminal configured to process information of the at least one home appliance; an individual service area configured to provide an individual service; and an information processing apparatus connected to the terminal and the at least one home appliance through a network and configured to provide an application service using the individual service, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to:
receive basic information that a user using that at least one home appliance is going out;
confirm user's schedule information indicating the user's outgoing from the basic information by using the individual service;
confirm a first state of the at least one home appliance; and
change a first home appliance of the at least one home appliance from the first state to a second state in response to the schedule information and maintain a second home appliance of the at least one home appliance in the first state in response to the schedule information.

2 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the basic information is input from the terminal.

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second home appliance comprises any one of a first group of the home appliances that operate and shut down normally according to the prior reservation information, and a fourth of home appliances that operate normally in spite of the schedule information,
wherein the first home appliance comprises any one of a second group of home appliances that no longer require operation according to the schedule information, and a third group of home appliances for which a forced lock is set according to the schedule information.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to transmit information of the third home appliance belonging to the fifth group that requires additional action by the user in response to the schedule information.

5 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein, in the information processing apparatus, at least one of the first state or the second state of the at least one home appliance is transmitted to the terminal.

6 . An information processing system for a home appliance, comprising:
at least one home appliance; a terminal configured to process information of the at least one home appliance; an individual service area configured to provide an individual service; and an information processing apparatus connected to the terminal and the at least one home appliance through a network and configured to provide an application service using the individual service, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to perform: receiving of basic information for requesting care of a companion animal from a user using the at least one home appliance; confirming of schedule information indicating the user's companion animal care request using the individual service; confirming of a first state of the at least one home appliance; changing of a first home appliance of the at least one home appliance from the first state to a second state in response to the schedule information; and determining of an operation of a second home appliance of the at least one home appliance using the acquired information of the first home appliance.

7 . The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the first home appliance is a camera, and
the second home appliance is at least one of an air purifier, a robot vacuum cleaner, or an air conditioner.

8 . An information processing apparatus for a home appliance, comprising:
a confirmation module configured to confirm an operation state of at least one home appliance in response to a node request; and an operation determination module configured to perform, when there is a trigger signal containing schedule information comprising user's outgoing; changing of an operation state of any one of the at least one home appliance from a first state to a second state; maintaining of the operation state of any one of the at least one home appliance in the first state; and inquiring whether or not to maintain the operation state of any one of the at least one home appliance in the first state from a terminal.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the operation determination module comprises an operation sequence determination part,
wherein the operation sequence determination part is configured to determine that a first home appliance of the at least one home appliance operates before a second home appliance of the at least one home appliance in response to the schedule information.

10 . An information processing method for a home appliance, comprising:
allowing an information processing apparatus to receive a trigger signal indicating user's outgoing from a node; understanding meaning of the trigger signal using an individual service; allowing the information processing apparatus to identify a first state of at least one home appliance; and at least two of, corresponding to the meaning of the trigger signal;
performing an application service that changes an operation state of a first home appliance of the at least one home appliance from the first state to a second state;
performing an application service that maintains an operation state of a second home appliance of the at least one home appliance in the first state;
performing an application service that inquires whether or not to maintain an operation state of a third home appliance of the at least one home appliance to the user; and
performing an application service that determines an operation of a fifth home appliance of the at least one home appliance by using information acquired from the fourth home appliance of the at least one home appliance.

11 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the first home appliance comprises a heating and cooling appliance, and
the second state comprises a state in which the heating and cooling appliance is forcedly locked.

12 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the second home appliance comprises a washing machine, and
the first state comprises a state in which laundry completion is scheduled.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the third home appliance comprises an oven, and
the first state is a state in which food cooked in the oven is accommodated.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the fourth home appliance comprises a camera, and
the fifth home appliance comprises at least one of an air purifier, a robot vacuum cleaner, or an air conditioner that operates using photographing information from the camera.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the camera is mounted on at least one home appliance.

16 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the fourth home appliance comprises a camera, and
the fifth home appliance comprises an air purifier that operates using photographing information from the camera.

17 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising, while performing any one of the application services;
allowing the information processing apparatus to receive the trigger signal indicating the user's outgoing from the node; determining whether the user is an adult; and mainta

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yoo Hyunsun
• Kang Minjeong
• Oh Kyungin
• Lim Sukhyun
• Kim Hyeran

Classifications

• H04L12/2807

  Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• H04L12/282 Primary

  based on user interaction within the home (receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204) · CPC title

• H04L2012/285

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

• G16Y40/30

  Control · CPC title

• G16Y10/75

  Information technology; Communication · CPC title