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HOME APPLIANCE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

  • US 20120198274A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2010
  • Published: 08/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A home appliance comprising:

  • a selection unit for inputting an instruction for performing a failure diagnosis;

    a memory for storing product information of the home appliance for the failure diagnosis;

    a controller for changing a mode of the home appliance to a smart diagnosis mode and for encoding the product information stored at the memory and for generating the product information into a control signal formed with a plurality of frames, when a failure diagnosis execution instruction is input by the selection unit;

    a modulator for generating a predetermined frequency signal to correspond to the control signal; and

    an audio output unit driven by the modulator to output a sound to correspond to the frequency signal,wherein the controller comprises;

    a main controller for controlling to display a progress state of a smart diagnosis mode through the audio output unit when entered a smart diagnosis mode by an input to the selection unit; and

    an encoding unit for generating the control signal by encoding the product information to a control signal of a predetermined format.

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