Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ahhyun Kim

Miyoung Lee

Haeyoon Park

Jeongwon Hahn

Joonho Lee

Seungwoo Choi

Bobin Kim

Hyeokjin Choi

Nooree Na

Hansaem Kim

Yonghun Choi

Juseul Yi

A disclosed home appliance system comprises: a washer for washing clothes; a dryer for drying the clothes; an external server for communicating with the washer and the dryer; and a mobile device for controlling the washer and the dryer through the external server, wherein the mobile device can: acquire energy peak time information including time-specific energy billing information from the external server; display a first user interface for receiving the selection of a first interworking course of sequentially operating the washer and the dryer; determine a first cycle time of the first interworking course including a first washing time of the washer and a first drying time of the dryer, the first cycle time being required in order to perform the first interworking course; display a second user interface for receiving the selection of whether to perform the first interworking course on the basis of the energy peak time information and the first operation time; and transmit first interworking course information to the external server in response to receiving the selection of performing the first interworking course.

Home appliance system, mobile apparatus and method for controlling home appliances

A robot cleaner includes a driving device, a sensor, a memory, and a processor. The processor controls the driving device to drive the robot cleaner at a space and generates generate a map of a space based on sensor data obtained while the robot cleaner driving in the space. The map is stored in the memory. The processor divides the space on the generated map into a plurality of rooms and recognizes an object and a position of the recognized object in the space on the generated map based on the information obtained through the sensor. The processor stores information about the recognized object and the position of the recognized object on the map, and generates a name of each of the plurality of rooms based on information about the recognized object positioned in each of the plurality of rooms.

Robot cleaner and control method thereof

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Ahhyun Kim