US 12,326,702 B2
Electronic device for providing operation state information of household electrical device and method of operating the same
Dukkyun Na, Suwon-si (KR); and Taejun Kwon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,030.
Application 17/811,030 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006370, filed on May 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0089950 (KR), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009432 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 15/02 (2013.01) [G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2613 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for providing information representing an operation state of a household electrical device, the electronic device comprising:
a memory storing a plurality of sound signals output from at least one household electrical device as a plurality of wake-up signals, and storing a plurality of pieces of operation state information, respectively, representing a plurality of operation states of the at least one household electrical device, the plurality of operation states being related to the plurality of sound signals, respectively; and
at least one processor operably coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
receive, from among the plurality of sound signals through a microphone, a first sound signal from a first household electrical device,
identify the first sound signal as a wake-up signal,
identify first operation state information corresponding to the first sound signal based on the plurality of pieces of operation state information, and
output, through an output interface, a notification message representing the first operation state information.