HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A home appliance that outputs an operating sound when a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the home appliance comprising:
- a manipulation unit to set a sound of a plurality of sounds as the operating sound based on a user selection;
a sound output unit to output the operating sound; and
a controller to control the sound output unit to output the sound selected by the user as the operating sound when the operating sound output condition is satisfied.
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Abstract
Provided is a home appliance that outputs an operating sound, if a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the home appliance including: a storage unit that stores at least one sound; a manipulation unit through which a sound to be set as the operating sound is selected from among the at least one sound from a user; a sound output unit that outputs the operating sound; and a controller that controls the sound output unit to output the sound selected by the user to the operating sound, if the operating sound output condition is satisfied. The user directly inputs sounds to the home appliance and selects an operating sound from among the sounds so that the home appliance capable of providing various operating sounds according to a user'"'"'s taste can be provided.
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16 Claims
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1. A home appliance that outputs an operating sound when a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the home appliance comprising:
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a manipulation unit to set a sound of a plurality of sounds as the operating sound based on a user selection; a sound output unit to output the operating sound; and a controller to control the sound output unit to output the sound selected by the user as the operating sound when the operating sound output condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of controlling a home appliance that outputs an operating sound when a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the method comprising:
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receiving a selection of a sound from among a plurality of sounds; setting the selected sound as an operating sound corresponding to the operating sound output condition; and outputting the operating sound when the operating sound output condition is satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A graphical user interface to be displayed on a display of a home appliance that outputs an operating sound when a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the graphical user interface comprising:
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an operating sound list display region disposed at a first side of the graphical user interface, wherein the operating sound list display region lists a plurality of events of the home appliance in which an operating sound could be output; and a sound display region disposed at a second side of the graphical user interface wherein the sound display region displays a plurality of sounds stored in the home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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