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US 11,111,158 B2Granted
Control device of liquid dispenser, liquid dispenser, and control system of liquid dispenser
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJongho Park, Kiwon Yu
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Abstract
Provided are a control device of a water purifier, a water purifier, and a control system of a water purifier. The control device of a water purifier includes a communication module transmitting operation information regarding an operation of the water purifier to a central server and receiving control information regarding control of the water purifier from the central server, and a control module generating the operation information and transmitting the generated operation information to the central server through the communication module and controlling an operation of the water purifier on the basis of the control information received from the central server.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a liquid dispenser including;
- an ejector unit;
- and
- a flow channel unit having;
- a liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of liquid to the ejector unit without temperature modification;
- a cooling unit in series with a cooled liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of cooled liquid to the ejector unit;
- and
- a heating unit in series with a flow rate adjusting valve to selectively allow flow of heated liquid to the ejector unit;
- and
- a control device including:
- a transceiver to:
- transmit operation information regarding an operation of the liquid dispenser to a server provided separately from the control device, and
- receive control information regarding control of the liquid dispenser from the server;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- generate the operation information,
- transmit the generated operation information to the server through the transceiver, and
- control an operation of the liquid dispenser based on the control information received from the server,
- wherein the controller controls the liquid ejection valve, the cooled liquid ejection valve, the flow rate adjusting valve, the cooling unit, and the heating unit based on the control information to adjust a flow rate and a temperature of the ejected liquid from the ejector unit,
- wherein the operation information includes:
- history information regarding usage history of the liquid dispenser, operating information of the flow channel unit, and ejection information of the liquid ejected from the liquid dispenser, wherein the operating information relates to operation status of the liquid ejection valve, the cooled liquid ejection valve, the flow rate adjusting valve, the cooling unit and the heating unit,
- wherein at least one of the history information or the ejection information includes information indicating respective aggregate amounts of ejected liquid by times within a prescribed period of at least one day, and
- wherein the ejected liquid includes at least one of a flow of liquid without temperature modification, a flow of cooled liquid, or a flow of heated liquid.
20 more elements
A liquid dispenser comprising:
- an inlet through which liquid is introduced into the liquid dispenser;
- an ejector to output liquid out of the liquid dispenser;
- a flow channel unit in a flow channel extending between the inlet and the ejector, the flow channel unit including:
- a liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of liquid to the ejector without temperature modification,
- a cooling unit in series with a cooled liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of cooled liquid to the ejector, and
- a heating unit in series with a flow rate adjusting valve to selectively allow flow of heated liquid to the ejector;
- and
- a controller configured to control an operation of the liquid dispenser by operating the inlet, the ejector, the liquid ejection valve, the cooled liquid ejection valve, the flow rate adjusting valve, the cooling unit, and the heating unit based on the control information to adjust a flow rate and a temperature of the ejected liquid outputted by the ejector,
- wherein the controller is connected to a transceiver to transmit operation information regarding an operation of the liquid dispenser to a server provided separately from the controller and to receive control information regarding control of the liquid dispenser from the server;
- and
- wherein the controller generates the operation information, transmits the generated operation information to the server through the transceiver, and controls the liquid dispenser based on the control information received from the server through the transceiver,
- wherein the operation information includes:
- history information regarding a usage history of the liquid dispenser,
- operating information of the flow channel unit, and
- ejection information of liquid ejected from the liquid dispenser,
- wherein at least one of the history information or the ejection information includes information indicating respective aggregate amounts of ejected liquid by times within a prescribed period of at least one day, and
- wherein the ejected liquid includes at least one of a flow of liquid without temperature modification, a flow of cooled liquid, or a flow of heated liquid.
14 more elements
A control system of a liquid dispenser, the control system comprising:
- a liquid dispenser to generate operation information regarding an operation of the liquid dispenser;
- and
- a server to receive the operation information from the liquid dispenser, generate control information regarding control of the liquid dispenser based on the operation information, and transmit the control information to the liquid dispenser,
- wherein the liquid dispenser includes:
- an ejector unit;
- a flow channel unit having:
- a liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of liquid to the ejector unit without temperature modification;
- a cooling unit in series with a cooled liquid ejection valve to selectively allow flow of cooled liquid to the ejector unit, and
- a heating unit in series with a flow rate adjusting valve to selectively allow flow of heated liquid to the ejector unit;
- and
- a controller configured to generate operation information regarding the operation of the liquid dispenser,
- wherein the liquid ejection valve, the cooled liquid ejection valve, the flow rate adjusting valve, the cooling unit, and the heating unit of the flow channel based on the control information received from the server to adjust a flow rate and a temperature of the ejected liquid from the ejector unit,
- wherein the operation information includes:
- history information regarding a usage history of the liquid dispenser,
- operating information of the flow channel unit, and
- ejection information of liquid ejected from the liquid dispenser,
- wherein the operating information relates to an operation status of the liquid ejection valve, the cooled liquid ejection valve, the flow rate adjusting valve, the cooling unit and the heating unit,
- wherein at least one of the history information or the ejection information includes information indicating respective aggregate amounts of ejected liquid by times within a prescribed period of at least one day, and
- wherein the ejected liquid includes at least one of a flow of liquid without temperature modification, a flow of cooled liquid, or a flow of heated liquid.
16 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.