Home appliance, home appliance system and method of controlling home appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMikyung Ha, Junpil Park, Byunggee Sung
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Abstract
Disclosed is a home appliance system including a home appliance and a mobile terminal. The home appliance includes a tag unit, a communication unit, a memory, a display unit, an input unit, a drive control unit and a controller to control general operations of the home appliance, the home appliance including a washing machine. The mobile terminal includes a communication unit, a storage unit, a display unit, an input unit, a speaker and a terminal controller.
Claims20
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a tag communication module configured to perform data transmission/reception via tagging with a tag unit included in a washing machine, wherein tagging is based on near field communication (NFC);
- a display unit configured to display a menu related to the washing machine;
- and
- a terminal controller configured to:
- transmit a washing information request signal to the washing machine via the tag communication module upon a first tagging;
- receive washing information from the washing machine via the tag communication module upon the first tagging;
- display the washing information;
- select an operating mode of the washing machine based on the washing information;
- and
- transmit an operating command based on the operating mode to the washing machine via the tag communication module upon a second tagging.
A method of operating a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal includes a tag communication module configured to perform data transmission/reception via tagging with a tag unit included in a washing machine, wherein tagging is based on near field communication(NFC), the method comprising:
- transmitting a washing information request signal to the washing machine via the tag communication module upon a first tagging;
- receiving washing information from the washing machine via the tag communication module upon the first tagging;
- displaying the washing information;
- selecting an operating mode of the washing machine based on the washing information;
- and
- transmitting an operating command based on the operating mode of the washing machine via the tag communication module upon a second tagging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.