HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

摘要

A home appliance and a method of controlling the same are provided. The home appliance may include a controller that processes state data. The state data may include raw data representing an operation state of the home appliance. The controller may also output diagnosis result data representing whether or not an error has occurred in the home appliance. A tag device including a tag storage device may store the state data and the diagnosis result data, and a transmitting and receiving device may transmit the state data and the diagnosis result data when an external device is tagged.

主权项

1. A home appliance, comprising:
a controller configured to process state data including raw data corresponding to an operation state of the home appliance and to output diagnostic data indicating whether or not an error has occurred during operation of the home appliance; and a tag device operably coupled to the controller and configured to exchange data with an external device through a tagging operation, the tag device comprising:
a tag storage device that receives and stores the state data and the diagnostic data; anda transmitting and receiving device that transmits the state data and the diagnostic data when near field communication is established with the external device.