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US 10,107,849 B2Granted
Diagnostic system for a home appliance and method for diagnosing a home appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorChansung Jeon
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Abstract
A diagnostic system for a home appliance, and a method for diagnosing the home appliance, the method according to one aspect including collecting consumed electric power information of the home appliance by a power measuring part; transmitting the collected electric power information to an external server; and receiving operation state information of the home appliance analyzed from the external server by the home appliance.
Claims14
A method for diagnosing a home appliance, comprising:
- collecting consumed electric power information of the home appliance by using a power measuring device of a smart plug connected to the home appliance;
- transmitting, by the smart plug, the collected electric power information to an external server;
- and
- receiving operation state information of the home appliance based on analysis of the collected electric power information from the external server by the home appliance,
- wherein when the home appliance receives a request for a self-diagnosis from the external server or a terminal which is able to communicate with the home appliance, the home appliance performs the self-diagnosis using a diagnostic device provided in the home appliance.
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A diagnostic system for a home appliance, comprising:
- the home appliance;
- and
- a smart plug having a power measuring device which is connected with a plug of the home appliance to detect electric power information of the home appliance,
- wherein the smart plug transmits the detected electric power information to an external server, and receives a state result of the home appliance determined based on the detected electric power information from the external server,
- wherein the home appliance comprises a communication device which receives a request for a diagnosis from the external server or an external terminal and a diagnostic device Which performs the diagnosis.
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A method for diagnosing a home appliance, comprising:
- collecting consumed electric power information of the home appliance by using a power measuring device;
- transmitting the collected electric power information to an external server;
- comparing the collected electric power information with a predetermined reference power value stored in a memory;
- detecting an abnormal operation of the home appliance using an abnormal operation detector and the compared electric power information;
- providing abnormal operation information and a user manual to a user terminal or the home appliance;
- and
- performing a diagnosis of a problem of the home appliance using a diagnostic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.