The present invention relates to a home appliance, to a home appliance system, and to a method for operating same, wherein the home appliance and a mobile terminal are connected to one another to add or update data in the home appliance through the mobile terminal connected thereto, diagnose the state of the home appliance by means of the mobile terminal, and supplement the function of the home appliance by means of the mobile terminal, thus expanding the functions of the home appliance to enable the easy control of the home appliance, and more conveniently controlling the home appliance.

Claims

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›1.independentA home appliance, comprising:na terminal mounting unit to which a mobile terminal having a display means is mounted; anda control unit transmitting op…+12

›2.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the operation state data to be displayed as at least one combination of a character, …d2

›3.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the operation of the home appliance, corresponding to data received from the mobile te…d2

›4.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, wherein the terminal mounting unit comprises:na connection terminal electrically connected to the mobile terminal;a con…d2+4

›9.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, wherein, if the mobile terminal is mounted to the terminal mounting unit, the control unit determines whether the mobil…d2

›10.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, further comprising:na communication unit communicating with the mobile terminal by wire/wireless,wherein, if the mobile…d2

›11.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, further comprising:na display unit outputting an operation state,wherein, if the mobile terminal is mounted to the term…d2

›15.↳ 1The home appliance of claim 1, whereinnthe mobile terminal generates a control signal for an input voice by recognizing the input voice, and transmits…d2+1

›12.independentA method for operating a home appliance, comprising:nsensing whether a mobile terminal is mounted to the home appliance;transmitting operation state d…+3

›18.independentA method for operating a mobile terminal, comprising:nsensing whether the mobile terminal is mounted to a home appliance;performing a program or a con…

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5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section D — Textiles; paper

D06F39/00
D06F33/02

Section G — Physics

G10L21/00
G10L15/26

Section H — Electricity

H04L12/28

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Vijay B Chawan

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Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20130185079 A1	18 Jul 2013

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