CN-116157566-B - IOT-based clothes treatment device and control method thereof

CN116157566BCN 116157566 BCN116157566 BCN 116157566BCN-116157566-B

Abstract

A laundry treatment apparatus included in an internet of things (IoT) system is provided. The laundry treating apparatus includes a communication interface, a processor for performing a process including at least one laundry treating operation, and a communication interface.

Inventors

JIN ZHUYOU
JIN ZHENNAN
Pu Zhengzhe
PU ZHONGYUN
Liang Xijing
Rui Zhixiu
LIU WEIYONG
LI ZHIEN
CAO ZHIXUAN

Assignees

三星电子株式会社

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20210728
Priority Date: 20200730

Claims (15)

1. A laundry treatment apparatus included in an internet of things IoT system, the laundry treatment apparatus comprising: Communication interface, and A processor configured to perform a process including at least one laundry treatment operation, Wherein the processor is configured to: During the process being performed, receiving, from an electronic device included in the IoT system, information regarding a context of the electronic device via the communication interface, wherein the information regarding the context of the electronic device includes information regarding a remaining time until the end of the content being provided by the electronic device or information regarding a remaining time until the end of the process being performed by the electronic device, Based on the received information, identifying whether a relationship between a remaining time until an end of a process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus and a context of the electronic apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition, and Based on the recognition that the predetermined condition is satisfied, a remaining process of the process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus is changed, thereby changing a remaining time of the process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus.
2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein the processor is further configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when it is recognized that a remaining time of the content being provided by the electronic device is longer than a remaining time of the process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus by a threshold time or more based on the received information.
3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein the information about the context of the electronic device further comprises information about the location of the electronic device, and Wherein the processor is further configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when it is recognized, based on the received information, that the location of the electronic device becomes distant from the location of the laundry treating device by a threshold distance or more during execution of the process.
4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein the processor is further configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when a first remaining time of a process being performed by the electronic device and a second remaining time of a process being performed by the laundry treating device are recognized to be different from each other based on the received information, and a difference between the first remaining time and the second remaining time is less than a threshold time.
5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, Wherein the processor is further configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when a ratio of a first remaining time of a first process being performed by the electronic device to a total time of the first process and a ratio of a second remaining time of a second process being performed by the laundry treating device to a total time of the second process are recognized to be a threshold ratio or more based on the received information, and the first remaining time and the second remaining time are different from each other.
6. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust an execution time of the at least one laundry treatment operation included in a remaining course of a course being executed by the laundry treatment apparatus when the predetermined condition is identified as being satisfied.
7. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to add the at least one laundry treatment operation to a remainder of a process being performed by the laundry treatment apparatus when the predetermined condition is identified as being met.
8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to add a new laundry treatment operation not included in a process being performed by the laundry treatment apparatus to a remaining process of the process being performed by the laundry treatment apparatus.
9. A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus included in an internet of things IoT system, the control method comprising: Performing a process including at least one laundry treatment operation; during the process being performed, receiving information about a context of the electronic device from an electronic device included in the IoT system, wherein the information about the context of the electronic device includes information about a remaining time until the end of content being provided by the electronic device or information about a remaining time until the end of the process being performed by the electronic device; Identifying whether a relationship between a remaining time until an end of a process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus and a context of the electronic apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition based on the received information, and Based on the recognition that the predetermined condition is satisfied, a remaining process of the process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus is changed, thereby changing a remaining time of the process being performed by the laundry treating apparatus.
10. The control method according to claim 9, Wherein in the identifying, when it is identified that the remaining time of the content being provided by the electronic device is longer than the remaining time of the process being performed by the laundry processing device by a threshold time or more based on the received information, it is identified that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
11. The control method according to claim 9, Wherein the information about the context of the electronic device further comprises information about the location of the electronic device, and Wherein in the identifying, when it is identified, based on the received information, that the position of the electronic device becomes distant from the position where the laundry treating device is located during the execution of the process by a threshold distance or more, it is identified that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
12. The control method according to claim 9, Wherein in the identifying, when it is identified that a first remaining time of a process being performed by the electronic device and a second remaining time of a process being performed by the laundry treating device are different from each other based on the received information, and a difference between the first remaining time and the second remaining time is less than a threshold time, it is identified that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
13. The control method according to claim 9, Wherein in the identifying, when a ratio of a first remaining time of a first process being performed by the electronic device to a total time of the first process and a ratio of a second remaining time of a second process being performed by the laundry treating device to a total time of the second process are identified to be a threshold ratio or more based on the received information, and the first remaining time and the second remaining time are identified to be different from each other, the predetermined condition is identified to be satisfied.
14. The control method of claim 9, wherein in the changing, when it is recognized that the predetermined condition is satisfied, an execution time of the at least one laundry treating operation included in the remaining course of the course being executed by the laundry treating apparatus is adjusted.
15. The control method according to claim 9, wherein in the changing, when it is recognized that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the at least one laundry treating operation is added to the remaining course of the course being performed by the laundry treating apparatus.

Description

IOT-based clothes treatment device and control method thereof Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment device, which is an internet of things (IoT) device included in an IoT system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus that controls a laundry treatment process according to a context of an IoT system. Cross Reference to Related Applications The present application claims priority from korean patent application No.10-2020-0095437 filed in the korean intellectual property office on 7/30 th year 2020, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Background When a user leaves laundry in a washing machine or a drying machine at home without taking out the laundry from the washing machine or the drying machine after a washing process or a drying process in the washing machine or the drying machine is finished, the laundry in the washing machine or the drying machine may be damaged. In order to solve such a problem, the laundry treating apparatus according to the related art, such as a washing machine or a dryer, provides a notification about the end of the washing process or the drying process at the end of the washing process or the drying process. However, at each point of time of providing the notification, the situation of the user is necessarily different, and thus, in many cases, the user may not take out laundry from the washing machine or the dryer even if the notification is provided. The above information is presented as background information only to aid in the understanding of the present disclosure. No determination has been made nor assertion has any been made as to whether any of the above is applicable to the present disclosure as prior art. Disclosure of Invention [ Problem ] The present disclosure will solve at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, the present disclosure is directed to providing a laundry treatment apparatus capable of flexibly changing the remaining course of a laundry treatment course being performed based on the context of one or more electronic devices in an internet of things (IoT) system, and a control method thereof. The present disclosure is directed to providing a server apparatus that controls a laundry treating apparatus according to a user's situation based on the context of one or more electronic apparatuses. Additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the presented embodiments. [ Technical solution ] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a laundry treatment apparatus included in an internet of things (IoT) system. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a communication interface and a processor configured to perform a process including at least one laundry treatment operation. The processor is configured to receive information about a context of an electronic device included in an IoT system from the electronic device during an executing process through the communication interface, identify whether a relationship between a remaining time until an end of the executing process and the context of the electronic device satisfies a predetermined condition based on the received information, and change and execute the remaining process of the executing process when the predetermined condition is identified as being satisfied, thereby changing the remaining time. In this case, the information about the context of the electronic device may include information about a remaining time until the end of the content being provided by the electronic device, and the processor may be configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when it is recognized that the remaining time of the content being provided by the electronic device is longer than the remaining time of the process by a threshold time or more based on the received information. In addition, the information about the context of the electronic device may include information about a location of the electronic device, and the processor may be configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when it is recognized that the location of the electronic device becomes distant from a location where the laundry treating device is located by a threshold distance or more during the execution process based on the received information. In addition, the information about the context of the electronic device may include information about a remaining time until the end of the process being performed by the electronic device, and the processor may be configured to recognize that the predetermined condition is satisfied when it is recognized that a first remaining time of the process being performed by the electronic device and a second remaining time of the process being performe