Patent ID: 7358468
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a complex home appliance having two or more component home appliances which are integrated into the complex home appliance as a single system, a single power supply unit which is shared by the two or more component home appliances of the complex home appliance, a power cut-off unit which electrically opens to cut off a supply of power to the single power supply unit to prevent an electrical overload of the complex home appliance when the complex home appliance exceeds a power level, and a single control unit which controls the two or more component home appliances, the method comprising: setting an initial operation mode of the complex home appliance to a simultaneous operation mode to allow the two or more component home appliances to be simultaneously operable; determining whether the power cut-off unit is electrically opened when the two or more component home appliances are simultaneously operated; and changing an operation mode of the complex home appliance from the simultaneous operation mode to an individual operation mode so that the two or more component home appliances are individually operable in response to the power cut-off unit being opened.