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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025158848-A1
Application number	US-202318725570-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 7, 2023
Priority date	Oct 11, 2022
Publication date	May 15, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An information processing system may include 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. The information processing apparatus may be configured to receive basic information on changes of a schedule of a user, confirm user's schedule information from the basic information by using the individual service, confirm a first state of the at least one home appliance, which is a current state of the at least one home appliance, and change the at least one home appliance from the first state into a second state in response to the user's schedule information.

First claim

1 . An information processing system, 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 on changes of a schedule of a user;
confirm the user's schedule information from the basic information by using the individual service;
confirm a first state of the at least one home appliance, which is a current state of the at least one home appliance; and
change the at least one home appliance from the first state into a second state in response to the user's schedule information.

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

3 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the basic information is information related to a delay in the user returning to the at least one home appliance,
wherein the first state includes information on an operation of the at least one home appliance, and wherein the second state includes reservation information of the at least one home appliance to be changed in response to the user's schedule information.

4 . The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is further configured to transmit the user's schedule information to the terminal.

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

6 . An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a confirmation module configured to check an operation state of at least one home appliance in response to a node request; and an operation determination module configured to change the operation state of the at least one home appliance from a first state to a second state when there is a trigger signal containing a user's schedule information, wherein the user's schedule information contains information related to a delay of the user in returning to the at least one home appliance.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the operation determination module comprises an operation sequence determination part, and
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.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the operation determination module comprises an operation mode determination part, and
wherein the operation mode determination part is configured to determine an operation in a delay mode in which an operation of the at least one home appliance is delayed based on the user's schedule information.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the operation determination module comprises an operation time determination part,
wherein the operation time determination part is configured to change an operation time of the at least one home appliance based on the user's schedule information.

10 . An information processing method, comprising:
receiving a trigger signal from a node through an information processing apparatus; determining, by an individual service, a meaning of the trigger signal; identifying a first state of at least one home appliance through the information processing apparatus; and performing an application service that changes a state of the at least one home appliance from the first state to a second state in response to the meaning of the trigger signal determined by the individual service.

11 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising performing at least one of:
notifying, by the information processing apparatus to a terminal, the meaning of the trigger signal as a first result reply; notifying, by the information processing apparatus to the terminal, the first state of the at least one home appliance as a second result replay; or notifying, by the information processing apparatus to the terminal, the second state of the at least one home appliance as a third result replay.

12 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the trigger signal is a change in a user's schedule,
wherein the first state is a current operation state of the at least one home appliance, and wherein the second state is a change in operation state of the at least one home appliance in response to the change in the user's schedule.

13 . The information processing method according to claim 12 , wherein the change in the user's schedule is that the user is delayed in returning to the at least one home appliance, and
wherein the second state is in an operation state that that at least one home appliance operates with a delay.

14 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein, in the performing the application service that changes the state of the at least one home appliance from the first state to the second state, the second state comprises determining that an operation of a first home appliance of the at least one home appliance is performed prior to an operation of a second home appliance of the at least one home appliance.

15 . The information processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the first home appliance comprises a robot vacuum cleaner, and the second home appliance comprises an air purifier.

16 . The information processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the first state is a state in which an operation reservation is set.

17 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein, in the performing the application service that changes the state of the at least one home appliance from the first state to the second state, the first state is a state in which an operation reservation is not set, and the second state is a state in which an operation reservation is set.

18 . The information processing method according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one home appliance that is changed from the first state to the second state comprises a ventilation device.

19 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the meaning of the trigger signal is a delay in returning to the at least one appliance by a user,
wherein the at least one home appliance comprises a washing machine, and the first state is a current state of the washing machine, wherein, when the first state is a reservation operation, an operation of the washing machine is delayed in response to the delay in returning to the at least one appliance by the user; wherein, when the first state is a washing or rinsing operation, the second state is a delayed operation of the washing machine, and wherein, when the first state is a dehydration operation, tumbling is performed after the dehydration operation is completed.

20 . The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein, in the performing the application service that changes the state of the at least

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H04L2012/285

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

• H04L12/282

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

• H04L12/2823

  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

• H04L12/28

  characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks] (wireless communication networks H04W {; arrangements for dividing the transmission path H04W40/00}) · CPC title

• H04L12/2818 Primary

  from a device located outside both the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007) · CPC title