Abstract: The present invention relates to a home appliance, a home appliance upgrade method and a home appliance upgrade system. The home appliance upgrade system according to the present invention allows a home appliance to be software-upgraded directly in the appliance itself without linking with an application (app) of a user terminal. To this end, the home appliance upgrade system allows the home appliance to download and store new upgrade software from a management server without user intervention, output an upgrade notification message on the screen thereof when power is turned on or a specific function starts, and record, in a control unit of the appliance, the software selected by a user without being controlled by a smart phone app, so that an upgrade thereof can be executed in the appliance device itself.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet; a drum disposed in the cabinet and arranged to be rotatable, laundry being accommodated in the drum; a manipulation unit arranged in the cabinet and manipulated by a user to generate a manipulation signal; and a screen output unit arranged in the cabinet so as to output a screen for providing information to the user, wherein: the screen output unit is arranged to output a screen on which any one of multiple targets is selected on the basis of the manipulation signal; and the manipulation unit comprises a multi-function button unit that is activated only for some of the multiple targets in the screen output unit.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet for accommodating laundry, a manipulation portion coupled to the cabinet for receiving a command for selecting or changing a course or an option for rotating the drum, a communicator provided inside the cabinet for receiving an external signal, a controller for inspecting the external signal or an internal state of the cabinet to generate notification information and a display portion for displaying the notification information to an outside.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet; a drum; a driver rotating the drum; a control panel including a manipulation portion receiving a selection command for selecting a course or an option triggering an operation of the driver, a display portion displaying state information including at least one of a name, a selected state, or an executed state of the course or the option, and a setting portion disposed at an outside of the manipulation portion and the display portion and receiving a change command to change the option; a communication module communicating with a home appliance; and a switch disposed at the cabinet and receiving a connection command that causes the communication module to communicate with the home appliance, where the setting portion is deactivated, based on the switch receiving an input, to thereby restrict at least a part of the setting portion from receiving the change command.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus including a heat exchanger assembly including a compressor for supplying a refrigerant, a water storage tank constructed to collect condensed water therein or to receive water from outside a cabinet, a pump in communication with the water storage tank so as to supply water from the water storage tank to the heat exchanger, and a display portion for displaying thereon operation information of the pump to the outside in response to the pump being operated and water being supplied to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treatment apparatus comprising a setting unit provided to be able to receive an input of a locking command for deactivating inputs to a manipulation unit, wherein the manipulation unit is provided such that the locking command can only be cancelled through the setting unit, and the display unit can display a guide for cancelling the locking command when an input to the manipulation unit is made in a state where inputs to the manipulation unit are deactivated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus that prevents a collision between a user of a remote control and a user who directly manipulates the laundry treating apparatus by enabling the remote control to be released only by following a strict procedure once the remote control is set.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a home appliance system capable of identifying state information of another laundry treating apparatus and selectively controlling said another laundry treating apparatus in one laundry treating apparatus when a plurality of laundry treating apparatuses are paired with each other.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet; a drum; a screen output unit; a movement button unit; and a multifunctional button unit, wherein the movement button unit is provided at the cabinet, and is operated by a user to change a to-be-selected object that is to be selected from among a plurality of objects, and the multi-functional button unit is provided at the screen output unit and has functions that vary according to screens output from the screen output unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tube body cleaning apparatus. A tube body cleaning apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a body having a set length and formed from a flexible material; a work member positioned at one point of the length direction of the body and rotatable, about a shaft provided in the length direction of the body, with respect to the body; and an expansion member positioned at one point of the length direction of the body and enabling a volume, which protrudes outward from the body, to increase by expanding.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet; a drum; a driver rotating the drum; a control panel including a manipulation portion receiving a selection command for selecting a course or an option triggering an operation of the driver, a display portion displaying state information including at least one of a name, a selected state, or an executed state of the course or the option, and a setting portion disposed at an outside of the manipulation portion and the display portion and receiving a change command to change the option; a communication module communicating with a home appliance; and a switch disposed at the cabinet and receiving a connection command that causes the communication module to communicate with the home appliance, where the setting portion is deactivated, based on the switch receiving an input, to thereby restrict at least a part of the setting portion from receiving the change command.

Abstract: Disclosed are a laundry treating apparatus and a method for controlling same, the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprising: a cabinet; a drum which is provided within the cabinet, is rotatably provided, and accommodates laundry therein; a manipulation part which is provided in the cabinet and is manipulated by a user to generate a manipulation signal; and a screen outputter which is provided in the cabinet and outputs a screen for providing information to the user, wherein the screen outputter is provided to output a course progress screen displaying performance information on a course for treating laundry, and the manipulation part comprises a multi-function button which is activated in at least a part of a plurality of processes performed in the course and, when manipulated by the user in an activation state, a laundry additional process for additionally inputting laundry in the progress of the course is carried out.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet; a drum; a driver rotating the drum; a control panel including a manipulation portion receiving a selection command for selecting a course or an option triggering an operation of the driver, a display portion displaying state information including at least one of a name, a selected state, or an executed state of the course or the option, and a setting portion disposed at an outside of the manipulation portion and the display portion and receiving a change command to change the option; a communication module communicating with a home appliance; and a switch disposed at the cabinet and receiving a connection command that causes the communication module to communicate with the home appliance, where the setting portion is deactivated, based on the switch receiving an input, to thereby restrict at least a part of the setting portion from receiving the change command.

Abstract: A microrobot is disclosed. The microrobot comprises: a rotating shaft; a main magnet fixed and coupled to the rotating shaft; a first support body which is inserted into the rotating shaft and which is rotatable around the rotating shaft; a first driving magnet which is fixed and coupled to the first support body and which has a magnetic moment differing, in size, from that of the main magnet; and a plurality of first legs coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the first support body.

Abstract: A magnetic drive system is disclosed. The magnetic drive system comprises: a first magnetic field generation unit; a second magnetic field generation unit which is disposed under the first magnetic field generation unit in a Z-axis direction with an operation area interposed therebetween, and generates a magnetic field in the operation area in combination with the first magnetic field generation unit; and a moving module for moving at least one of the first magnetic field generation unit and the second magnetic field generation unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tube body cleaning apparatus. A tube body cleaning apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a body having a set length and formed from a flexible material; a work member positioned at one point of the length direction of the body and rotatable, about a shaft provided in the length direction of the body, with respect to the body; and an expansion member positioned at one point of the length direction of the body and enabling a volume, which protrudes outward from the body, to increase by expanding.

Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body, a user input unit, a sensing unit configured to sense inclination of the main body relative to reference plane and to sense direction of the inclination, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first area of a page, to screen-capture the first area when an input is received at the user input unit, and to screen-capture a second area of the page consecutive to the screen-capture of the first area when the page is scrolled in a first direction determined according to the sensed direction of the inclination and while the input is being received at the user input unit, wherein the second area is different from the first area of the page.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying content on a front display unit of the mobile terminal; sensing a touch gesture applied to a distance detecting sensor on a rear input unit of the mobile terminal; measuring, via a controller of the mobile terminal, a spaced distance of a finger, taken away from the distance detecting sensor after inputting the touch gesture; and controlling, via the controller, an operation of the content displayed on the front display unit according to the sensed touch gesture and the measured spaced distance.

Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body, a user input unit, a sensing unit configured to sense inclination of the main body relative to reference plane and to sense direction of the inclination, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first area of a page, to screen-capture the first area when an input is received at the user input unit, and to screen-capture a second area of the page consecutive to the screen-capture of the first area when the page is scrolled in a first direction determined according to the sensed direction of the inclination and while the input is being received at the user input unit, wherein the second area is different from the first area of the page.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates the use of a terminal in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to detect a direct touch and a proximity touch and a controller outputting at least one or more icons through the touchscreen, the controller detecting the proximity touch to a 1st icon for running a prescribed application among the outputted at least one or more icons, the controller, if a duration time of the detected proximity touch reaches a 1st time, outputting a 2nd icon by changing the outputted 1st icon into the 2nd icon, the controller, if the direct touch to the 2nd icon is detected, running a prescribed function of the prescribed application. Accordingly, it is able to access various functions of the mobile terminal using a proximity touch.