Method for displaying status of power consumption and portable device thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-kyu JIN, Young-ho LEE, II-ku CHANG, Young-shil JANG
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Abstract
Provided is a method for displaying electricity use status and a portable device thereof by identifying at least one electronic appliance in an image on a screen captured through a camera, receiving electricity use information of the at least one electronic appliance, determining the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance using the received electricity use information, and displaying one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), wherein each GUI corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance
Claims22
A method for displaying electricity use status, comprising the steps of:
- identifying at least one electronic appliance in an image on a screen captured through a camera;
- receiving electricity use information of the at least one electronic appliance;
- determining the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance using the received electricity use information;
- and
- displaying one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), wherein each GUI corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance.
A portable device comprising:
- a photographing unit comprising a camera that captures an image of at least one electronic appliance;
- a communicating unit that receives electricity use information of the at least one electronic appliance;
- a Graphical User Interface (GUI) generating unit that generates a GUI;
- a display unit;
- and
- a control unit that identifies the at least one electronic appliances in the image on a screen, determines the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance using the received electricity use information, and displays one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), wherein each GUI corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.