公开(公告)号：US20250045038A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18717391

申请日：2022-03-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： In Sung JUNG ,  Ju Hyun PARK ,  Chan Sung JEON

IPC: G06F8/65

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a home appliance and a method for upgrading software, a management server and a method for providing software, and a system therefor. To this end, the home appliance for upgrading software, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, may comprise: a communication unit for communicating with a user terminal and a management server; a plurality of function control units for controlling each of the functions of the home appliance; and a main control unit electrically connected to the communication unit and the plurality of function control units. In addition, the main control unit can request, from the management server, software corresponding to each of the plurality of function control units through the communication unit, and store the software received from the management server in a storage unit. Therefore, the present disclosure allows the plurality of function control units for the home appliance to be upgraded all at once so that upgrade time can be reduced, and enables software to be prevented from being in a disabled operation state.

公开(公告)号：US20250060955A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18725090

申请日：2022-04-07

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Ju Hyun PARK ,  In Sung JUNG ,  Chan Sung JEON

IPC: G06F8/65

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for upgrading software of a home appliance, and a device implementing same. During the process of upgrading a plurality of software, the disclosed home appliance can collectively download a plurality of pieces of software data and then record the plurality of pieces of downloaded software data. In particular, the download may be performed in a hidden manner. Accordingly, even when the upgrade of the home appliance fails, the home appliance can be used normally, and from the perspective of a user, the upgrade time may be shortened.