Control of laundry appliance

• US 20050050647A1
• Filed: 10/15/2004
• Published: 03/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Toshimasa, Hosoito, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/964,891
• Publication Number:
  US 20050050647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 8/158
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2101/12 Washing temperature
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2103/16 Washing liquid temperature
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2103/18 Washing liquid level
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/58 Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 2105/60 Audible signals
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/05 for wireless communication between components, e.g. for remote monitoring or control
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 34/28 Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress

Abstract

A control device for a laundry appliance storing an operation program inputs information about washing and adjusts the operation program of the laundry appliance on the basis of the input washing information.

Claims

1. A control device for a laundry appliance storing an operation program, comprising:

washing information inputting means for inputting information about washing;

storage means for storing information, with respect to a plurality of regions, about a washing operation suitable for water quality in a respective region;

region setting means for setting a region in which the laundry appliance is to be used; and

adjusting means for adjusting the operation program of the laundry appliance on the basis of the washing information input by the washing information inputting means and washing operation information corresponding to the set region.

4. A control device according to claim 1, further comprising setting means for setting a start time of a washing operation and control means for causing the operation program of the laundry appliance to be executed on the basis of the set start time.

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13. A control system for a laundry appliance storing an operation program and executing a washing operation including wash, rinse, and dehydration steps or a drying operation according to the operation program, the system comprising:

an information providing device externally accessible via a communication network to transmit information about a washing operation suitable for water quality in a region; and

a laundry appliance control device including region setting means for setting a region in which the laundry appliance is to be used, communication means for receiving the washing information transmitted via the communication network from the information providing device, and adjusting means for adjusting the operation program stored by the laundry appliance on the basis of washing operation information corresponding to the region set by the region setting means.

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