Detergent input quantity guiding apparatus of washing machine and method for guiding input quantity of detergent

Abstract

A detergent input quantity guiding apparatus of a washing machine includes: a detergent box on which a detergent input quantity by levels for each virtual clothes amount that can be received in the washing machine is displayed; a clothes amount detecting unit that detects a clothes amount received in the washing machine; and a display unit that displays at least one of a clothes amount detected by the clothes amount detecting unit and a detergent quantity according to the detected clothes amount.

1 . A detergent input quantity guiding apparatus of a washing machine comprising:
 a detergent box on which a detergent input quantity by levels for each virtual clothes amount that can be received in the washing machine is displayed;   a clothes amount detecting unit that detects a clothes amount received in the washing machine;   a display unit that displays at least one of a clothes amount detected by the clothes amount detecting unit and a detergent quantity according to the detected clothes amount; and   a controller that calculates a detergent quantity according to the clothes amount detected by the clothes amount detecting unit,   wherein the controller calculates a level to which the clothes amount detected by the clothes amount detecting unit belongs, among the levels of the detergent input quantity according to each virtual clothes amount.   
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays a detergent quantity corresponding to the level calculated by the controller. 
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display unit displays the detected clothes amount and the detergent quantity according to the detected clothes amount together. 
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the indicators are protruded from positions corresponding to each level of the detergent input quantity according to each virtual clothes amount. 
   
   
       5 . A method for guiding a detergent input quantity of a washing machine, comprising:
 detecting, by a clothes amount detecting unit, a clothes amount received in the washing machine;   displaying, by a display unit, at least one of the detected clothes amount and a detergent quantity according to the detected clothes amount; and   calculating, by a controller, a detergent quantity according to the clothes amount detected by the controller,   wherein the calculating of the detergent quantity comprises:   determining, by the controller, a level to which the clothes amount detected by the clothes amount detecting unit belongs, among the predetermined levels of the detergent input quantity according to each virtual clothes amount.   
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein, in the displaying step, the detergent quantity corresponding to the level calculated by the controller is displayed on the display unit.