Patent ID: 9473320
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A household appliance, comprising: a low speed communication interface configured to connect to a network at a first communication speed; a high speed communication interface configured to connect to a network at a second communication speed that is faster than the first communication speed; a household appliance controller configured to control the appliance body; a data processor configured to process a large volume of data, output a processing result to the household appliance controller, and transmit the processing result via the high speed communication interface; and a switcher configured to switch a communication target of the household appliance controller between the low speed communication interface and the data processor; wherein when the communication target of the household appliance controller is switched to the data processor by the switcher, the data processor converts data entered via the high speed communication interface to data of which format is for a communication at the first communication speed and outputs the data to the household appliance controller via the switcher, and converts data entered from the household appliance controller via the switcher to data of which format is for a communication at the second communication speed and enters the data into the high speed communication interface.