Laundry treating apparatus, laundry treating system, and method of controlling the laundry treating system

Abstract

Disclosed are a laundry treating apparatus, a laundry treating system, and a method of controlling the laundry treating system. The laundry treating system includes a laundry treating apparatus configured to perform a course for treatment of laundry through rotation of an accommodation part and an external device configured to determine a personalized course based on information provided by a user to determine a course group. The laundry treating apparatus stores the course group transmitted from the external device and provides courses included in the course group to the user to allow the user to select the courses.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A laundry treating system comprising:
 a laundry treating apparatus comprising an accommodation part configured to rotate while accommodating laundry, the laundry treating apparatus being configured to perform a course for treatment of the laundry through rotation of the accommodation part; and   an external device provided outside the laundry treating apparatus and configured to determine, among a plurality of courses, a personalized course based on information provided by a user,   wherein the laundry treating apparatus stores the personalized course transmitted from the external device and provides the personalized course to the user to allow the user to select the personalized course.   
     
     
         2 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus receives the personalized course from the external device and stores the personalized course during initial communication with the external device after installation thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein a default course among the plurality of courses is pre-stored in the laundry treating apparatus, and
 wherein the laundry treating apparatus provides the default course and the personalized course to the user to allow the user to select the default course and the personalized course.   
     
     
         4 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the default course is pre-stored in the laundry treating apparatus before the laundry treating apparatus is installed so as to perform the course. 
     
     
         5 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the default course is a course set to be undeletable by the user from the laundry treating apparatus. 
     
     
         6 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus provides the default course, except for the personalized course, to allow the user to select the default course before communicating with the external device after installation thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the laundry treating apparatus receives the default course and the personalized course from the external device and stores the default course and the personalized course. 
     
     
         8 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the external device determines the personalized course from among remaining courses except for the default course among the plurality of courses, and
 wherein the laundry treating apparatus receives the personalized course from the external device and stores the personalized course.   
     
     
         9 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 3 , wherein the external device determines a plurality of personalized courses, and
 wherein the laundry treating apparatus receives and stores remaining personalized courses except for the default course among the plurality of personalized courses.   
     
     
         10 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the external device comprises:
 a terminal configured to receive the information input by the user; and   a server configured to communicate with the terminal, and   wherein the terminal or the server determines the personalized course based on the information.   
     
     
         11 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the external device receives a plurality of pieces of information from the user through multiple input processes in which the user inputs the information, and determines at least one personalized course based on the plurality of pieces of information. 
     
     
         12 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein, in an input process in which a plurality of selection objects is provided to the user so as to be selected by the user, the external device collects the information through an object selected by the user from among the plurality of selection objects. 
     
     
         13 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the information comprises at least one of a number of family members of the user, presence or absence of a pet, presence or absence of a baby, or a main type of laundry. 
     
     
         14 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein, if the information is provided again by the user after the personalized course is determined, the external device re-determines the personalized course. 
     
     
         15 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein, after determining the personalized course, the external device changes the personalized course to a course designated by the user among the plurality of courses. 
     
     
         16 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein the external device determines the personalized course before the laundry treating apparatus is installed so as to perform the course. 
     
     
         17 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein a group of the plurality of courses comprises a user course allowing the user to determine a default set value of an option through the external device. 
     
     
         18 . The laundry treating system according to  claim 1 , wherein a default set value of an option of each course belonging to a group of the plurality of courses is stored in the laundry treating apparatus, and
 wherein, with respect to one course among the plurality of courses, if a number of times the user has changed the default set value to a predetermined set value exceeds a reference number, the laundry treating apparatus stores the predetermined set value as the default set value for the one course.   
     
     
         19 . A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet;   an accommodation part rotatably provided in the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry; and   a controller provided in the cabinet and configured to control rotation of the accommodation part to perform a course for treatment of the laundry,   wherein the controller stores, among a plurality of courses, a personalized course determined by and transmitted from an external device provided outside the cabinet and provides the personalized course to a user to allow the user to select the personalized course, and   wherein the personalized course is determined based on information provided by the user through the external device.   
     
     
         20 . The laundry treating apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein a default course among the plurality of courses is pre-stored in the controller before initial communication with the external device, and
 wherein the controller stores the personalized course received from the external device during the initial communication with the external device.   
     
     
         21 . The laundry treating apparatus according to  claim 19 , wherein the information is provided to the external device through multiple input processes in which the user inputs the information, and
 wherein a group of the plurality of courses transmitted to the controller comprises at least one personalized course.   
     
     
         22 . The laundry treating apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein the information is provided to the external device through an input process in which the user inputs the information, and
 wherein, in the input process, the information is provided to the external device by the user selecting at least one of a plurality of selection objects provided to the user.   
     
     
         23 . A method of controlling a laundry treating system, the method comprising:
 inputting, by a user, information to an external device provided outside a laundry treating apparatus comprising an accommodation part configured to rotate while accommodating laundry;   determining, by the external device, a personalized course based on the information input by the user from among a plurality of courses performed to treat the laundry in the laundry treating apparatus;   determining, by the external device, a course group comprising the personalized course to be provided to the laundry treating apparatus;   transmitting, by the external device, the course group to the laundry treating apparatus to store the course group in the laundry treating apparatus; and   providing, by the laundry treating apparatus, courses of the course group to the user to allow the user to select the courses.   
     
     
         24 . The method according to  claim 23 , wherein, in the inputting information, a plurality of pieces of information is input to the external device through multiple input processes in which the user inputs the information, and
 wherein the external device determines at least one personalized course based on the plurality of pieces of information, and the determined at least one personalized course is included in the course group.