ELECTRIC DEVICE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE

• US 20070143304A1
• Filed: 10/25/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: MIN, Ju-Young
• Application Number:
  US11/552,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20070143304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electric device with a wireless communication module which receives weather information through a pager network, calculates well-being indexes from the weather information, and provides the well-being indexes to the user in a real time. The electric device with the wireless communication module includes a pager receiving module for receiving weather information signals through a pager network, and demodulating weather information from the weather information signals, a display means for displaying the weather information or well-being indexes relating to the weather information, a storing means for storing well-being index calculation data for calculating the well-being indexes from the weather information, and a control means for performing an intrinsic function of the electric device, receiving the weather information from the pager receiving module, reading the well-being index calculation data, calculating the well-being indexes according to the well-being index calculation data, and displaying at least one of the weather information and the well-being indexes on the display means.

Claims

1. An electric device with a wireless communication module, comprising:

a pager receiving module for receiving weather information signals through a pager network, and demodulating weather information from the weather information signals;

a display means for displaying the weather information or well-being indexes relating to the weather information;

a storing means for storing well-being index calculation data for calculating the well-being indexes from the weather information; and

a control means for performing an intrinsic function of the electric device, receiving the weather information from the pager receiving module, reading the well-being index calculation data, calculating the well-being indexes according to the well-being index calculation data, and displaying at least one of the weather information and the well-being indexes on the display means.

2. The electric device of claim 1, wherein the well-being indexes comprise at least one of a food poisoning index, a food poisoning degree corresponding to the food poisoning index, and an estimated deterioration time.

3. The electric device of claim 1, wherein the well-being indexes comprise at least one of a deterioration index, and a deterioration degree corresponding to the deterioration index.

4. The electric device of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control means divides range of the well-being indexes into a few stages, and displays the stage corresponding to the well-being indexes on the display means.

5. The electric device of claim 4, wherein the display means comprises a visible display unit and an audible output unit.

6. The electric device of claim 1, comprising a switch for selecting calculation and display of the well-being indexes, wherein the control means calculates and displays the well-being indexes according to selection of the switch.

7. The electric device of claim 1, which is an information home appliance such as a refrigerator and an air-conditioner.

8. An electric device with a wireless communication module, comprising:

a pager receiving module for receiving weather information signals through a pager network, and demodulating weather information from the weather information signals; and

a control module for controlling the electric device and displaying the state of the electric device, the control module including an operation unit for calculating well-being indexes from the weather information according to well-being index calculation data, and a display unit for displaying at least one of the weather information and the well-being indexes.

9. The electric device of claim 8, wherein the well-being indexes comprise at least one of a food poisoning index, a food poisoning degree corresponding to the food poisoning index, and an estimated deterioration time.

10. The electric device of claim 8, wherein the well-being indexes comprise at least one of a deterioration index, and a deterioration degree corresponding to the deterioration index.

11. The electric device of any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the display unit displays the well-being indexes by stages.