Smart apparatus and home network system using the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJae Min LIM
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Abstract
A smart apparatus including: a storage unit that stores a current profile supplied to a home appliance according to an operation of the home appliance; a current detector that detects a current value supplied to the home appliance; and a controller that generates operating information of the home appliance based on the current value detected by the current detector and the current profile stored in the storage unit, wherein the smart apparatus determines an operation and an operation time of the home appliance based on current or power supplied to the home appliance without adding a new configuration to an existing home appliance.
Claims22
A smart apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores a current profile supplied to a home appliance;
- a current detector that detects a current value supplied to the home appliance;
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- a controller that generates operating information of the home appliance based on the current value detected by the current detector and the current profile stored in the storage unit.
A smart apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit that stores a power profile consumed by a home appliance;
- a current detector that detects a current value supplied to the home appliance;
- a voltage detector that detects a voltage value applied to the home appliance;
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- a controller that calculates power supplied to the home appliance based on the current value detected by the current detector and the voltage value detected by the voltage detector and generates operating information of the home appliance based on the calculated power and the power profile stored in the storage unit.
A home network system, comprising:
- a smart apparatus that determines an operation being currently performed by a home appliance and calculates an operation time at which the operation has been performed by the home appliance;
- a home server apparatus that receives the operation that is being currently performed by the home appliance and the operation time from the smart apparatus;
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- a terminal that receives the operation being currently performed by the home appliance and the operation time from the home server apparatus and displays the operation and the operation time on a display screen of the terminal.
A method of controlling a smart apparatus that generates operating information of a home appliance, the method comprising:
- detecting a current value supplied to the home appliance;
- comparing the current value with a current profile that has been stored in advance and is supplied to the home appliance;
- determining an operation being currently performed by the home appliance based on a comparison result of the current value and the current profile;
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- calculating an operation time of the home appliance based on a period of time at which the operation has been performed by the home appliance.
A method of controlling a home network system, the method comprising:
- detecting a current value supplied to a home appliance;
- comparing the current value with a current profile that has been stored in advance and is supplied to the home appliance;
- determining an operation being currently performed by the home appliance based on a comparison result of the current value and the current profile;
- calculating an operation time of the home appliance based on a period of time at which the operation has been performed by the home appliance;
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- displaying the operation being currently performed by the home appliance and the operation time on a display screen of a terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.