Patent ID: 9621368
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01R,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T,G09G,H04L,H04W

Claim:
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.