Abstract:
An electric product includes a recognition device to obtain an image of a recognition object, a control unit to recognize item information from the image obtained by the recognition device and compare the recognized item information with information stored in a memory unit, and a display unit to display a result of the comparison, wherein the control unit displays, on the display unit, category information corresponding to the recognized item information when the recognized item information matches the information stored in the memory unit.
Abstract:
A home appliance includes a first module to communicate with a communication module of a terminal; a second module to communicate with a router; and a control unit controlling a communication connection between the second module and the router by using information stored in the first module. The first module includes a module recognition unit recognizing whether the communication module of the terminal is within a preset distance; and a memory unit storing network configuration information to be used when the second module accesses the router.
Abstract:
An electric appliance includes a driving unit operating on the basis of energy information including information with respect to an energy price, a communication unit requesting the energy information to an external component, a memory unit for storing the energy information received through the communication unit, and a control unit controlling the communication unit such that the communication unit receives first energy information corresponding to a present time of the energy information and receives second energy information that is information except for the first energy information.
Abstract:
Provided is a network system. The network system includes: at least one unit selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. An energy usage amount or energy usage rate of the energy receiving unit is adjusted; an energy usage amount or usage rate when the unit is controlled based on information relating to at least an energy rate is less than that when the unit is controlled without the base of information relating to at least an energy rate; the energy receiving unit comprises a plurality of components; and an operation of one component among the plurality of components is controlled based on the energy rate related information.
Abstract:
An electric product which includes a recognition device obtaining information about a food item to be added to a storage compartment, and a display unit displaying information about a food item stored in the storage compartment. The electric product further includes a memory unit storing the information about the food item stored in the storage compartment, and a control unit controlling the display unit. The recognition device obtains information about a food item to be added. The control unit stores the information about the food to be added in the memory unit and displays the information about the food added to the memory unit on the display unit.
Abstract:
A mobile terminal, a home appliance and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a display configured to display a predetermined screen, a near field communication (NFC) module configured to transmit or receive information related to the screen to or from a home appliance by tagging to the home appliance, and a controller configured to control display of the information received from the home appliance on the display. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit information between the home appliance and the mobile terminal via NFC.
Abstract:
A home appliance includes an input unit arranged on one side of a main body of the home appliance and to receive a designation command for at least one product, a communication unit to transmit information to a server related to a purchase site or receive information from the server related to the purchase site, an output unit to display, on a display screen, a purchase list according to the designation command, and a control unit to control the output unit to display on the display screen.
Abstract:
An operation method of a mobile terminal includes determining a home appliance not registered with a server, displaying an object indicating the retrieved unregistered home appliance on a screen, and, upon receiving an input to register the unregistered home appliance, transmitting product information of the unregistered home appliance to the server. Consequently, product registration for the home appliance is easily and conveniently performed.
Abstract:
A system for managing home appliances can provide a push service with respect to status information of a home appliance. Further, push service can be stably implemented using a response message to a push message. This can allow home appliances to be managed efficiently.