Mobile terminal

• US 9,014,826 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2013
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yum, Kwanho, Kim, Sangoh, Jang, Bongmun
• Primary Examiner(s): KASENGE, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US13/963,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 700/9, 700/11, 700/12, 700/15, 700/17, 700/19, 700/80, 700/83, 700/90, 700/275, 700/276, 700/65, 813/7, 815/8, 815/9, 68/120.2, 68/121.2
• US Class Current: 700/65
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/52 Indication arrangements, e.g. displays
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/526 giving audible indications
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/56 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/58 using Internet communication
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/66 Sleep mode
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2700/02 Sensors detecting door opening
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2700/08 Sensors using Radio Frequency Identification [RFID]
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/00 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit for collecting external information or transmitting recommended operation information to a home appliance, and a controller for generating the recommended operation information for the home appliance based on the collected external information. The mobile terminal may provide customized recommended operation information for each home appliance without separately including a device for controlling one or more home appliances provided in a home.

Claims

1. A home appliance remotely controlled by a mobile terminal and operated based on recommended operation information, the mobile terminal comprising:

a GPS module that receives location information;

a mobile communication module that transmits and receives voice call signals;

an audio output module configured to output an audio signal processed by the mobile terminal;

a display configured to output a video signal processed by the mobile terminal;

an interface that provides for communication between the mobile terminal and one or more external devices; and

a controller configured to generate the recommended operation information based on state information of the home appliance and at least one of weather information, time information, season information, outdoor temperature information, indoor temperature information, or indoor humidity information,

wherein the recommended operation information is generated based on state information of the home appliance and time information, the time information including a time at which the home appliance is to be operated, and

wherein the home appliance is a laundry treatment apparatus, and wherein, in response to receiving the recommended operation information from the controller, a washing course is adjusted to adjust a level of noise generated by operation of the laundry treatment apparatus while performing the washing course based on a time of day the washing course is to be carried out.

2. The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the home appliance is a laundry treatment apparatus, and wherein a washing course is adjusted to decrease an amount of power consumed by the laundry treatment apparatus while performing the washing course based on a time of year the washing course is to be carried out.

3. The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the controller collects external information including the at least one of weather information, season information, outdoor temperature information, indoor temperature information, or indoor humidity information.

4. The home appliance of claim 3, wherein the external information is received via external input or is previously stored.

5. The home appliance of claim 3, wherein the controller generates the recommended operation information based on the received state information, the received time information, and the external information.

6. The home appliance of claim 5, wherein the display displays the recommended operation information.