Command input device and controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSeonghun Lee, Hwanyong Kim, Sooyong Park
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for controlling a command input device. The method includes: sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device; based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device; and based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance.
Claims16
A method for controlling a command input device, the method comprising:
- sensing contact between a home appliance and the command input device;
- based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determining the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device;
- based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, activating a remote controller provided by the command input device and configured to control the target home appliance;
- and
- based on sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, transmitting power wirelessly from the target home appliance to the command inpu t device,
- wherein activating the remote controller comprises outputting, to a display of the command input device, an object that represents the remote controller for controlling the target home appliance,
- wherein the command input device is configured to connect to a mobile terminal through wireless communication, and
- wherein activating the remote controller comprises outputting, to the mobile terminal, a control signal for activating the remote controller.
A command input device, comprising:
- a contact sensing module configured to sense contact between a home appliance and the command input device;
- a communication module configured to transmit data to the home appliance and to receive data from the home appliance;
- a display configured to output an object representing a remote controller that is provided by the command input device and that is configured to control the home appliance;
- an input module configured to receive, from a user, a control command for controlling the home appliance;
- and
- a controller configured to control operation of the command input device, wherein the controller is further configured to:
- based on the contact sensing module sensing the contact between the home appliance and the command input device, determine the home appliance as a target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device,
- based on the determination of the home appliance as the target home appliance to be controlled by the command input device, output, to the display, a control signal for activating the remote controller,
- based on the contact between the target home appliance and the command input device, output a first control signal for transmitting power from the home appliance to the command input device, and
- based on a release of the contact between the target home appliance and the command input device, output a second control signal for stopping transmission of power from the home appliance to the command input device,
- wherein the controller is further configured to activate the remote controller based on outputting, to a display of the command input device, an object that represents the remote controller for controlling the target home appliance,
- wherein the command input device is configured to connect to a mobile terminal through wireless communication, and
- wherein the controller is further configured to activate the remote controller based on outputting, to the mobile terminal, a control signal for activating the remote controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.