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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Midori Kobayashi, Seto, JP;
Hiroyuki Haruna, Nagoya, JP;
Fumihiro Imamura, Seto, JP;
Yoshimi Nishimura, Seto, JP;
Miho Hayashi, Seto, JP;
Midori Kobayashi, Seto, JP;
Hiroyuki Haruna, Nagoya, JP;
Fumihiro Imamura, Seto, JP;
Yoshimi Nishimura, Seto, JP;
Miho Hayashi, Seto, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Ha Products Co., Ltd., Osaka-Fu, JP;
Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laundry system includes a home terminal device and laundry apparatus. The terminal device includes a first short-range communication device, a long-range communication device, and a terminal device controller transmitting information about laundry and a laundry constraint to a server connected to an Internet, thereby obtaining an operation control program for the laundry apparatus. The terminal device controller transfers the program via the first short-range communication device to the laundry apparatus and receives via the first short-range communication device information about an operating state of the laundry apparatus. The laundry apparatus includes a second short-range communication device, a laundry apparatus controller, and a laundry unit. The controller receives the program via the second short-range communication device from the terminal device to control the laundry unit and transfers the information about the operating state of the laundry apparatus via the second short-range communication device to the terminal device.