Abstract:
A home appliance and a home appliance system are disclosed. Product information and status information of the home appliance are converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal, and a sound corresponding to the at least one transmission acoustic signal is output to the outside. The product information and status information are formed as a digital signal and stored in a storage device. The digital signal is encoded through a conversion device, and converted into at least one transmission acoustic signal. The at least one transmission acoustic signal is formed as an analog signal. Meanwhile, the at least one transmission acoustic signal can be dividedly formed.
Abstract:
A system and method for diagnosing a home appliance are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, and transmits the sound signal over a communication network, such that a service center of a remote site easily checks a status of the home appliance. The home appliance outputs the sound signal including a large amount of product information, and the diagnostic server of the service center diagnoses a status of the home appliance using a large amount of product information contained in the sound signal, such that it recognizes a detailed cause of a fault of the home appliance and greatly increases the diagnosis accuracy.
Abstract:
A home appliance and home appliance system are provided. The home appliance may include an input device, through which an input signal is received from a user, and a control panel, into which the input device is inserted and connected, including a sound through-hole through which sound information passes. The home appliance may further include a sound output device disposed on a rear surface of the control panel that outputs the sound information corresponding to product information of the home appliance through the sound through-hole to outside of the home appliance. A gap may be formed between the input device and the sound through-hole into which the input device is inserted. Therefore, the sound information output from the sound output device may be transmitted to the outside through the gap. The home appliance may further include a sound guide, such that the sound information transmitted from the sound output device may be efficiently transmitted to the sound through-hole.
Abstract:
A home appliance and a home appliance system are provided which control a sound output from an output device upon receipt of an external command signal of ON or OFF. Further, the home appliance and home appliance system control a sequence of output of an acoustic signal output from a conversion device. Accordingly, it may be possible to notify a user of the outputting of the acoustic signal by controlling the sequence of output of the acoustic signal, thereby increasing user convenience.
Abstract:
A new concept drying machine, which not only functions as a pedestal for a washing machine or a drying machine, but also performs a drying function, is disclosed. The disclosed pedestal drying machine includes a container having a space for containing an object to be dried, in an interior of the container, the container allowing a laundry drying machine or a laundry washing machine to be laid on an outer top surface of the container, an air supplier for forcibly supplying air to the space, an input unit provided at the container, to receive an operating command from a user, a display unit provided at the container, to display an operation state, and a controller provided at the container, to control the air supplier based on the command from the input unit.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a time period display at the steam spray type washing machine with a steam generator for washing laundry by using a high temperature steam, in which a preliminary set time required for display in the steam spray cycle is determined, not only with reference to a set temperature, but also with reference to a laundry amount, to minimize an error between the time displayed and an actual time. According to this, since a difference between the preliminary set time displayed in the steam spray cycle and the actual time reached to the set temperature is small, there will be no error which is liable to make the user misunderstood that the washing machine is out of order, According to this, reliability of the product, and convenience of the user is enhanced.
Abstract:
A multiple laundry treating machine, in which an auxiliary laundry treating device is coupled to a general laundry treating device, is disclosed. The multiple laundry treating machine includes a main laundry treating device for washing or drying laundry contained in an interior of the main laundry treating device, an auxiliary laundry treating device arranged at one side of the main laundry treating device, the auxiliary laundry treating device having a volume and a height respectively smaller than a volume and a height of the main laundry treating device, and having a laundry container formed in an interior of the auxiliary laundry treating device, and a connecting unit for connecting the main and auxiliary laundry treating devices, to enable communication or control operations between the main and auxiliary laundry treating devices. In accordance with the multiple laundry treating machine, it is possible to achieve a convenience in use and to save energy because a small amount of clothes or shoes can be dried by the auxiliary laundry treating device, without driving a laundry treating device having a relatively-large capacity.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a home appliance diagnosis system and to a method for operating same, wherein product information is output in a predetermined signal sound by a home appliance product, and the signal sound is transmitted via a communication network connected to a remote service center to enable the service center to easily check the state of the home appliance product. In addition, the product information is encoded into a predetermined format and modulated to enable sound to be outputted by the home appliance product, thereby preventing noise or signal errors. The present invention enables stable signal modulation and accurate sound output, and enables the easy recovery of the sound transmitted to the service center via the communication network.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method control dewatering in a drum-type washer so that a dewatering cycle can be selectively modified by a user selection and so that noise and vibration on a dewatering cycle can be reduced. the apparatus includes a key input for selecting a wash course, the selected wash course corresponding to one of a plurality of selectable dewatering courses; memory for storing at least one eccentricity detection reference value per the selectable dewatering course; and a controller for performing the selected wash course based on the stored at least one eccentricity detection reference value. The method includes selecting a wash course, the selected wash course corresponding to one of a plurality of selectable dewatering courses; storing in memory at least one eccentricity detection reference value per the selectable dewatering course; and performing the selected wash course based on the stored at least one eccentricity detection reference value.
Abstract:
A home appliance and a home appliance system are provided. The home appliance receives input of a sound including update information, and updates a product operating program. The home appliance system receives a sound including product information from the home appliance, judges whether to update the product operating program of the home appliance, and transmits update information.