Patent ID: 9542819
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G08B

Claim:
1. A home appliance comprising: a tactile signal generator configured to perform a first function comprising a predetermined operation of the home appliance and a second function to generate a tactile signal providing notice of an event; and a controller configured to determine whether the event is generated and to control the generation of the tactile signal generated by the tactile signal generator to provide a user with tactile feedback, wherein the event comprises at least one event selected from the group consisting of an input event generated by a setting input for the home appliance, a driving event generated during driving of the home appliance, and an inspection event generated related to an inspection of the home appliance, and the controller determines whether the setting input the home appliance is a normal input, and determines that an input event is generated upon determination that the input is an abnormal input.