ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An electronic device capable of providing route information, the electronic device comprising:
- a wireless communication unit;
a display unit; and
a controller configured to;
perform a search for a destination that corresponds to an input by a user;
determine a route to the destination;
cause displaying the route to the destination on the display unit; and
transmit, based on an estimated time of arrival at the destination along the route, a control signal for controlling at least one home appliance.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic device capable of providing route information and a method for controlling same. An electronic device capable of providing route information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communications unit, a search unit for searching out a destination inputted by the user, a display unit for setting, as a destination, one of the places searched out by the search unit and for displaying the route of the set destination, and a control unit for sending a control signal to control at least one electric home appliance based on an expected time of arrival at the destination.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device capable of providing route information, the electronic device comprising:
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a wireless communication unit; a display unit; and a controller configured to; perform a search for a destination that corresponds to an input by a user; determine a route to the destination; cause displaying the route to the destination on the display unit; and transmit, based on an estimated time of arrival at the destination along the route, a control signal for controlling at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of controlling an electronic device capable of providing route information, the method comprising:
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setting a route to a destination; receiving a control signal for controlling at least one home appliance; and transmitting, based on an estimated time of arrival at the destination along the route, the control signal for controlling the at least one home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An automatic control system interoperable with an electronic device capable of providing route information, the system comprising:
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an electronic device configured to transmit, based on an estimated time of arrival at a destination, a control signal for remotely controlling at least one home appliance; a home network server that is configured to remotely control a relevant home appliance based on receiving the control signal; and at least one home appliance wirelessly connected to the home network server and remotely controlled by the home network server. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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