User terminal and control method for same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsAhhyun Kim, Jikyoung Kim, Kyoungae Lim, Jimin Hong, Kyungsoo Kim, Heejung Kim
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory in which an application is stored, a display, a position sensor, and a processor which executes the application to acquire user position information corresponding to a user terminal position sensed by the position sensor, and control a display to provide a user interface (UI) for controlling a cycle time of a washing apparatus, the UI being provided on the basis of information related to the cycle time of the washing apparatus and the user position information.
Claims18
A user terminal for controlling a washing machine by executing an application, the user terminal comprising:
- memory storing therein the application;
- a display;
- a communication module;
- a position sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- obtain, by executing the application, user position information corresponding to a position of the user terminal sensed by the position sensor,
- control the display to provide a user interface (UI) for controlling a cycle time of a washing machine based on information associated with the cycle time of the washing machine and the user position information,
- obtain the position information of the user terminal before a predetermined time prior to a start time of a preset cycle of the washing machine,
- determine a time of arrival of the user arriving at a location where the washing machine is positioned,
- upon determining that the time of arrival of the user is late by a threshold time or more than a completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine, control the display to display a first UI asking whether to change the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine,
- based on a user command for changing the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine being input through the first UI, control the communication module to transmit a control signal corresponding to the user command to the washing machine, and
- maintain remote control of the washing machine regardless of completing the preset cycle of the washing machine,
- wherein the first UI includes information guiding to change the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine and an item for changing the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine.
A control method of a user terminal controlling a washing machine by executing an application, the control method comprising:
- obtaining user position information corresponding to a position of the user terminal sensed by a position sensor;
- providing a user interface (UI) for controlling a cycle time of the washing machine in an execution screen of the application based on information associated with the cycle time of the washing machine and the user position information;
- obtaining the position information of the user terminal before a predetermined time prior to a start time of a preset cycle of the washing machine;
- determining a time of arrival of the user arriving at a location where the washing machine is positioned;
- upon determining that the time of arrival of the user is late by a threshold time or more than a completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine, displaying a first UI asking whether to change the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine;
- based on a user command for changing the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine being input through the first UI, transmitting a control signal corresponding to the user command to the washing machine;
- and
- maintaining remote control of the washing machine regardless of completing the preset cycle of the washing machine,
- wherein the first UI includes information guiding to change the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine and an item for changing the completion time of the preset cycle of the washing machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.