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US 10,519,586 B2Granted
Sensing device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsChansung Jeon, Jonghoon Shim, Sangjun Cha
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Abstract
A sensing device includes a first unit which includes a sensing module, a battery, and a connector for charging the battery, and a second unit to which the first unit is detachably coupled. The connector is accommodated in the second unit and thus is blocked from being exposed to the outside in a state where the first unit is coupled to the second unit.
Claims16
A sensing device, comprising:
- a first unit that includes a sensing module, a battery, a connector that is configured to charge the battery, and an inserting portion;
- and
- a second unit defining a space that receives the inserting portion of the first unit,
- wherein the connector is located at the inserting portion of the first unit,
- wherein the sensing module includes an acceleration sensor,
- wherein the first unit further includes:
- a communication module that is configured to receive information from the sensing module and that includes a processor and memory, and
- a battery that is configured to supply power to the processor,
- wherein the acceleration sensor is configured to activate the processor in response to detecting vibration that is greater than a reference vibration for activation based on the processor not being active,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- detect starting of a washing apparatus based on the processor being active,
- be active during a first reference period of time and is configured to be in a sleep state during a second reference period of time, and
- distinguish a washing cycle from a spin-drying cycle of the washing apparatus based on vibration detected by the acceleration sensor, and
- wherein each one of first reference periods of time during the washing cycle is different than each one of second reference periods of time during the spin-drying cycle.
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A sensing device that is connected to a washing apparatus, the sensing device comprising:
- an acceleration sensor;
- a communication module that is configured to communicate with an external device and that includes (i) a processor that is configured to determine a state of the washing apparatus based on information from the acceleration sensor and (ii) memory;
- and
- a battery that is configured to supply power to the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- distinguish a washing cycle from a spin-drying cycle of the washing apparatus based on vibration detected by the acceleration sensor,
- in the washing cycle, be active during a first reference period of time and be in a sleep state during a second reference period of time,
- in the spin-drying cycle, be active during a third reference period of time and be in a sleep state during a fourth reference period of time,
- wherein:
- the first reference period is different than the third reference period,
- the second reference period is different than the fourth reference period, or
- the first reference period is different than the third reference period, and the second reference period is different than the fourth reference period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.