| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fully automatic washing/drying machine allowing a user to automatically operate it at an optimal time zone according to a situation by taking account of the degree of placing importance on electricity rate and a living rhythm. <P>SOLUTION: This fully automatic washing/drying machine is provided with a clothes weight detecting means detecting the weight of clothes, a required operation time estimating means estimating a required operation time based on the weight of the clothes, a preference time zone storage means storing a preference time zone of a low power unit cost, an operation time zone calculation means calculating and presenting operation end times and estimated electricity rates on a plurality of operation modes divided according to the using way of the preference time zone based on the estimated required operation time and the preference time zone, and a washing/drying control means starting the operation at the calculated operation start time on the operation mode selected by the user based on the presented information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
