Patent ID: 8565393
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A home appliance for a home appliance system that transmits product information to a management device via a communication network for fault diagnosis of the home appliance, and diagnoses a fault of the home appliance using the product information, the home appliance comprising: a selection device that receives input of an external command signal for executing a fault diagnosis from a user; a conversion device that converts product information into a plurality of acoustic signals and outputs the plurality of acoustic signals; a sound output device that outputs to outside of the home appliance a sound corresponding to the plurality of acoustic signal output by the conversion device; a storage device that stores the product information of the home appliance; and a controller that obtains the product information from the storage device, provides the product information to the conversion device, and controls the conversion device to output a start acoustic signal to inform the user that at least one acoustic signal corresponding to the product information is about to be output, and a main acoustic signal corresponding to the product information, upon receipt of the external command through the selection device, wherein the conversion device dividedly converts the product information into a first main acoustic signal, a second main acoustic signal, and outputs a separation signal during a dummy time between the first main acoustic signal and the second main acoustic signal, wherein each of the first and second main acoustic signals comprises: