Method for displaying status of power consumption and portable device thereof

摘要

Provided is a method for displaying electricity use status and a portable device thereof by identifying at least one electronic appliance in an image on a screen captured through a camera, receiving electricity use information of the at least one electronic appliance, determining the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance using the received electricity use information, and displaying one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), wherein each GUI corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the at least one electronic appliance.

主权项

1. A method for displaying electricity use status, comprising the steps of:
identifying an electronic appliance from among a plurality of electronic appliances in an image on a screen captured through a camera, the electronic appliance being identified using at least one of a relative location of the electronic appliance to locations of other electronic appliances among the plurality of electronic appliances and a stored shape of the electronic appliance; receiving electricity use information of the electronic appliance identified in the image; determining the electricity use status of the electronic appliance using the received electricity use information; displaying one of a plurality of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), wherein each of the plurality of GUIs corresponds to a different stage of the electricity use status of the electronic appliance; generating, when the displayed one of the GUIs is selected, a menu window including information about electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI and a menu to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance corresponding to the selected GUI; and transmitting a control command to control the electricity use of the electronic appliance to the electronic appliance, wherein displaying the one of the plurality of GUIs comprises matching a GUI that corresponds to the electricity use status of the electronic appliance to an area of the screen where the electronic appliance is displayed and displaying the GUI.