Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control apparatus and method for controlling the same
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Application No.: US15109961Application Date: 2015-01-06
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Publication No.: US10608837B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Ji Hyun Jeon , Hye Jung Chang , Young Sun Shin , Kwang Seok Kang , Hyun Cheol Oh , Sun Young Seo , Ji Yoon Yoon , Eun Kyung Hong , So Young Yun
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Jefferson IP Law, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0001555 20140106
- International Application: PCT/KR2015/000109 WO 20150106
- International Announcement: WO2015/102469 WO 20150709
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F3/0481 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L12/12 ; G06F3/0482 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a control device for controlling an operation of at least one electric device. The control device includes a user interface unit configured to display a first screen having an icon corresponding to the at least one electric device and a state window of the at least one electric device, and receive an operation command for the at least one electric device; and a control unit configured to, when an icon of any one electric device is selected, perform control such that a control screen for controlling the selected any one electric device is displayed on the user interface, and when a state window of any one electric device is selected, perform control such that a current operation of the selected any one electric device is switched. It is possible to allow easy identification by utilizing icons to display a plurality of home electric devices and it is also possible to check operation states of the home electric devices by utilizing speech bubbles to display the operation states of the electric devices in the vicinity of the icons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160330040A1 CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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