Home appliance and controlling method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Poong Lee, Chang Ho Ha
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Abstract
A home appliance includes a tactile signal generator and a controller. The tactile signal generator has a first function which allows the home appliance to perform a predetermined function and a second function to generate a tactile signal. The controller determines whether an event is generated and controls the generation of the tactile signal generated by the tactile signal generator upon determination that the event is generated.
Claims23
A home appliance comprising:
- a tactile signal generator configured to perform a first function comprising a predetermined operation of the home appliance and a second function to generate a tactile signal providing notice of an event;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether the event is generated and to control the generation of the tactile signal generated by the tactile signal generator to provide a user with tactile feedback,
- wherein the event comprises at least one event selected from the group consisting of an input event generated by a setting input for the home appliance, a driving event generated during driving of the home appliance, and an inspection event generated related to an inspection of the home appliance, and
- the controller determines whether the setting input the home appliance is a normal input, and determines that an input event is generated upon determination that the input is an abnormal input.
A method of controlling a home appliance comprising a tactile signal generator configured to perform a first function comprising a predetermined operation of the home appliance and a second function to generate a tactile signal providing notice of an event;
- the method comprising:
- determining whether the event is generated;
- and
- generating a tactile signal by driving the tactile signal generator to provide a user with tactile feedback according to the generated event,
- wherein the event comprises at least one event selected from the group consisting of an input event generated by a setting input, a driving event generated during driving of the home appliance, and an inspection event generated related to an inspection of the home appliance, and
- the determining of whether the event is generated comprises determining that a setting input the home appliance is a normal input and determines that an input event is generated upon determination that the input is an abnormal input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.