Laundry treating apparats and control method of on-line system containing the same

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus providing a plurality of courses or options for a wash cycle or a dry cycle that may request a user's feedback and allow the user to change a setting of the course or option and reflect the feedback by changing the setting based on the feedback, and an online system including the same.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A control method of a laundry treating apparatus including a controller configured to store a plurality of courses or options for performing one or more of a wash cycle to remove foreign substances from laundry and a dry cycle to remove moisture from the laundry; an input part configured to receive a command for implementing a specific one of the plurality of courses or options or for changing a setting of the specific course or option; and a display configured to display the setting or whether to change the setting of the course or option, the control method comprising:
 a feedback requesting step displaying one and more change information or whether to change the setting based on that the wash cycle or the dry cycle is completed;   a feedback inputting step receiving an input of the change information from the input part; and   a changing step changing the setting of the specific course or option stored in the controller based on the input of the change information.   
     
     
         2 . The control method of  claim 1 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus comprises a laundry accommodating part that accommodates laundry and a drive part that is configured to rotate the laundry accommodating part, and
 the change information is provided to increase or decrease one or more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, and the drive part moving rate that are set in the course or option.   
     
     
         3 . The control method of  claim 2 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus further comprises a water supply valve that is configured to supply water to the laundry accommodating part, and
 the change information is provided to increase or decrease one or more of the opening time of the water supply valve and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part.   
     
     
         4 . The control method of  claim 3 , wherein the change information comprises:
 washing change information that is provided to increase or decrease one or more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part;   rinsing change information that is provided to increase or decrease one or more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part; and   hydrate-spinning information that is provided to increase or decrease one or more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part.   
     
     
         5 . The control method of  claim 4 , wherein the feedback requesting step displays one and more of the washing change information, the rinsing change information, and the dehydrate-spinning information as respective icons on the display, and
 the feedback inputting step receives an input for each displayed icon corresponding to one and more the washing change information, the rinsing change information, and the dehydrate-spinning information, and   the changing step changes the setting of the specific course or option corresponding to the one and more washing change information, rinsing change information, and dehydrate-spinning information based on the input of each displayed icon.   
     
     
         6 . The control method of  claim 5 , wherein the icons include:
 a washing performance increase/decrease icon that is configured to increase or decrease the washing performance during the washing process by changing the washing change information;   a rinsing performance increase/decrease icon that is configured to increase or decrease rinsing performance during the rinsing process by changing the rinsing change information; and   a dehydrate-spinning performance increase/decrease icon that is configured to increase or decrease dehydrate-spinning performance during the dehydrate-spinning process by changing the dehydrate-spinning change information.   
     
     
         7 . The control method  claim 6 , wherein the changing step increases or decreases one and more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part step by step, when at least one of the washing performance increase/decrease icon, the rinsing performance increase/decrease icon, or the dehydrate-spinning performance increase/decrease icon is input. 
     
     
         8 . The control method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a previewing step for reflecting the changed setting of the specific course or option based on an input of the specific change information, when the feedback inputting step is performed.   
     
     
         9 . The control method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 an approving step for receiving an input of a command to approve or deny the changed setting of the specific course or option from the input part.   
     
     
         10 . A control method of an online system including a server; a laundry treating apparatus comprising a communication module configured to communicate with the server, wherein a plurality of courses or options for performing one or more of a wash cycle configured to remove foreign substances from laundry and a dry cycle to remove moisture from the laundry are stored; an external terminal configured to remotely control the laundry treating apparatus by communicating with the server and including a display panel for displaying information to a user or receiving an input of a command, the control method comprising:
 a transmitting step performed via the communication module, to transmit a setting of a specific course or option of the plurality of courses or options wherein the setting is based on that the wash cycle or the dry cycle is completed in the laundry treating apparatus;   a requesting step displaying change information, that is provided to change the setting of the specific course or option, on a display panel of the external terminal, when the setting is received;   an inputting step receiving an input of the change information via the display panel;   a receiving step receiving the specific course or option having the changed setting based on the change information via the communication module; and   a replacing step replacing the setting of the specific course or option stored in the laundry treating apparatus with the received setting of the specific course or option from the communication module.   
     
     
         11 . The control method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a second transmitting step for transmitting the change information to the server, when the change information is input in the inputting step; and   a determining step for controlling the server to change the setting of the specific course or option based on the change information,   wherein the receiving step receives the setting of the specific course and option transmitted from the server.   
     
     
         12 . The control method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a checking step for displaying the setting of the specific course or option that is changed based on the input of the specific change information, when the inputting step is performed.   
     
     
         13 . The control method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a checking step for receiving an input of a command for approving or denying the changed setting of the specific course or option via the display panel.   
     
     
         14 . The control method of  claim 10 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus comprises a laundry accommodating part that accommodates laundry; and a drive part that is configured to rotate the laundry accommodating part, and
 wherein the change information increases or decreases one and more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, and the drive part moving rate, which are set in the course or option.   
     
     
         15 . The control method of the online system of  claim 11 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus further comprises a water supply valve configured to supply water to the laundry accommodating part, and
 the change information comprises one and more of   washing change information that is provided to increase or decrease one and more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part;   rinsing change information that is provided to increase or decrease one and more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part; and   hydrate-spinning information that is provided to increase or decrease one and more of the repetition frequency, the total duration time, the drive part RPM, the drive part moving rate, the opening time of the water supply valve, and the water level inside the laundry accommodating part, and   the requesting step displays one and more of the washing change information, the rinsing change information, and the dehydrate-spinning information as respective icons on the display, and   the inputting step receives an input for each displayed icon corresponding to one and more of the washing change information, the rinsing change information, and the dehydrate-spinning information, and   the determining step changes the setting of the specific course or option corresponding to one and more of the washing change information, the rinsing change information, and the dehydrate-spinning information based on the input of each displayed icon.