WO2015113618A1 - Système et procédé d'actionnement d'un appareil électroménager présentant une interface de commande à fonction limitée - Google Patents

Système et procédé d'actionnement d'un appareil électroménager présentant une interface de commande à fonction limitée Download PDF

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WO2015113618A1
WO2015113618A1 PCT/EP2014/051890 EP2014051890W WO2015113618A1 WO 2015113618 A1 WO2015113618 A1 WO 2015113618A1 EP 2014051890 W EP2014051890 W EP 2014051890W WO 2015113618 A1 WO2015113618 A1 WO 2015113618A1
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Ismail MAVI
Ovunc Doruk Izgen
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Arcelik Anonim Sirketi
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/0723—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
    • G06K19/0727—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs the arrangement being a circuit facilitating integration of the record carrier with a hand-held device such as a smart phone of PDA
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/04—Signal transfer or data transmission arrangements
    • D06F34/05—Signal transfer or data transmission arrangements for wireless communication between components, e.g. for remote monitoring or control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
    • H04B5/20—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium
    • H04B5/24—Inductive coupling
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2101/00—User input for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/58—Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/58—Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
    • D06F2105/60—Audible signals
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/28—Arrangements for program selection, e.g. control panels therefor; Arrangements for indicating program parameters, e.g. the selected program or its progress
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
    • H04B5/40—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by components specially adapted for near-field transmission
    • H04B5/45—Transponders

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  • the present invention relates to a household appliance having no sophisticated control interface and which can be controlled in a more intuitive manner by radio communication.
  • Household appliances such as for instance rotary machines, i.e. laundry treatment machines or refrigerators and so on do conventionally have control interfaces with buttons and knobs having limited specific functions. These machines are therefore less intuitive to allow users to perform certain actions such as entering textual inputs, compared to TV sets or other appliances which may have remote controls capable of simulating such functions with physical keys or at least navigation arrows to select on-screen signs. In other words, it is more difficult for household appliances such as washing and/or drying machines, dishwashers and to some extent refrigerators to fulfill these tasks, particularly if those are in the category of relatively low-budget products.
  • CN 102505418 discloses a washing machine with a remote control function, which comprises a washing machine body, a built-in circuit, an intelligent controller, a wireless signal receiver and a wireless signal transmitter.
  • the built-in circuit is connected with the intelligent controller, the other end of the intelligent controller is connected with the wireless signal receiver via a serial communication interface, and the wireless signal receiver is wirelessly connected with the wireless signal transmitter via GPRS, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
  • the method of operating an electrical household appliance according to the present invention is advantageous in that the near-field communication technology is used, in which no wireless network environment or pairing of devices is required and which is more practical and reliable in terms of connection security. Although the distance for conducting information exchange is short, data transmission can be effected without requiring strict alignment.
  • the present invention provides that an electrical household appliance having no sophisticated control interface, such as a textual input means in the form of a physical medium, can be practically and efficiently operated. More particularly, the present invention provides that a conventional user interface of the electrical household appliance, i.e. An appliance with a limited function front panel interface, can be controlled in a more intuitive manner.
  • the present invention provides a system and method for operating an electrical household appliance that has no sophisticated control interface in the form of a physical medium through near-field communication as provided by the characterizing features defined in Claim 1.
  • Primary object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for operating a budget electrical household appliance through near-field communication.
  • the present invention proposes a method of operating an electrical household appliance with an NFC module.
  • a user can connect to the appliance with his/her Smartphone or PDA using near-field communication and transmit operational settings preset on a mobile application, upon which the appliance will execute specified functions.
  • the user may need to approach the portable terminal to the NFC module of the appliance upon generation of an audio and/or visual indication by the appliance.
  • the electrical household appliance comprises an indication means, i.e. a warning means, in electrical connection with said NFC module such that either a first type of indication is generated or a second type of indication is generated. If the user reacts to the indication means by using his Smartphone, the indication is removed in the case it is an LED indication.
  • an indication means i.e. a warning means
  • Fig. 1 demonstrates a flow diagram representation of the method for operating a household appliance according to the present invention.
  • the present invention proposes a system and method for operating an electrical household appliance (briefly: appliance) which might not have a special user input medium such as a user panel for selecting execution of various programs. More specifically, an appliance that is primarily designed to fulfill its own principal functions and which might be defined as a relatively low-budget appliance is provided with an improved user interface through near-field communication by way of connecting to the appliance with a portable terminal, generally in the form of a Smartphone or tablet computer.
  • a refrigerator or a rotating electrical machine such as a laundry treatment machine may have a relatively basic user interface on which users set several operational parameters by means of buttons and knobs, but such interfaces may not involve a more advanced user input panel with a graphic screen interface or textual information inputting means such as a keyboard.
  • the appliance according to the present invention is equipped with a near-field communication module.
  • Near-field communication relies on small-distance contactless communication protocols between two parties, i.e. a reader and a transponder, involving an electromagnetic field generated by one of the parties,
  • the protocol known as NFC provides that the communication module can act either as a contactless reader, or as a contactless transponder.
  • a portable terminal such as for instance a cell phone, a Smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) supporting the NFC protocol can hence communicate with an NFC module of the electrical household appliance.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • the NFC module will generate the electromagnetic field by extracting the necessary power from the battery of the portable terminal. Otherwise, the power is typically drawn from the electromagnetic field generated by the reader.
  • an electrical household appliance such as a washing machine can be controlled through near-field communication by way of connecting to the appliance by a portable terminal.
  • a mobile application running on the portable terminal can accordingly have a special interface dedicated to control various functions by performing a specific set of system operation functions. For instance a user can initiate a specific washing program defined for the specific product/model on the mobile application and then transmit the specified set of actions to the appliance through near-field communication, upon which the appliance will execute the specified set of actions.
  • the user can also get updated information in respect of the operational status of the appliance at any time, by way of approaching the portable terminal to the NFC module of the appliance.
  • the user can therefore monitor the operational status of his/her appliance. For instance, when a selected washing program is initiated, the user can get detailed information in respect of the ongoing wash cycles and expected remaining durations from the mobile application by loading updated information from the NFC module.
  • washing machines can continue to operate even in the case no proper amount of detergent is used, an indication in this effect can be continuously provided during the process and a respective intervention by the user will accordingly produce a significantly better washing performance.
  • an indication LED can light up yellow or red depending on the situation. For instance, when the user is expected to set a program parameter or carry out a certain required action, the indication LED can light up red, upon which the user can approach his/her portable terminal to the NFC module of the appliance to set the required setting or learn about the situation. On the other hand, the indication LED can light up yellow at a time if only updated information is available, only for informational purposes. For example, a yellow indication might reveal that only a final drying cycle is to be performed and the overall procedure is expected to be terminated in a certain time duration. It is to be noted that the operational status of the appliance can also be monitored on the mobile application by viewing preloaded information. However, the real operational status of the appliance may involve different information from the preloaded information provided on the mobile application.
  • the present invention proposes a method of operating an electrical household appliance, said appliance comprising a NFC module and being capable of executing a plurality of programs in association with the principal function of the same, said method of operating an electrical household appliance comprising the steps of connecting to the appliance by a portable terminal through near-field communication, performing a set of system operation functions on a mobile application running on said portable terminal and transmitting the specified set of actions to the appliance through near-field communication by approaching the portable terminal to the NFC module of said appliance.
  • the method of operating the electrical household appliance according to the invention further comprises the step of approaching the portable terminal to the NFC module of the appliance upon generation of an audio and/or visual indication by the appliance in case a given operator is expected to set a program parameter or carry out a certain required action.
  • the method of operating an electrical household appliance further comprises the step of approaching the portable terminal to the NFC module of the appliance upon generation of an audio and/or visual indication by the appliance in case updated information in respect of the operational status of the appliance is available.
  • an electrical household appliance comprising an NFC module and is capable of executing a plurality of programs in association with the principal function of the same. It further comprises an indication means in electrical connection with said NFC module such that a first type of indication is generated in case a given operator is expected to set a program parameter or carry out a certain required action and a second type of indication is generated in case updated information in respect of the operational status of the appliance is available. If the indication means is a visual indication means as in the case of an LED, the LED goes out if the portable terminal is approached to the NFC module.
  • said indication means is an indication LED lighting in different colors in cases where a first or second type of indication is generated.
  • an indication means as an audio indication signal generator is provided.
  • said electrical household appliance is a washing machine, drying machine, combo washing/drying machine, dishwasher or refrigerator.
  • the simplistic yet efficient approach adopted by the present invention provides a practical and secure way of connecting to an electrical household appliance such as a refrigerator, dishwasher and/or washing/drying machine having no sophisticated control interface, allowing control of the same in an intuitive and user-friendly manner.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé d'actionnement d'un appareil électroménager, ledit appareil comprenant un module NFC (communication en champ proche) et pouvant exécuter une pluralité de programmes en association avec la fonction principale de ce dernier, ledit procédé d'actionnement d'un appareil électroménager comprenant les étapes consistant à se raccorder à l'appareil par un terminal portable par l'intermédiaire d'une communication en champ proche, à exécuter un ensemble de fonctions d'actionnement du système sur une application mobile s'exécutant sur ledit terminal portable, et à transmettre l'ensemble spécifié d'actions à l'appareil par l'intermédiaire d'une communication en champ proche en approchant le terminal portable du module NFC dudit appareil.
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