公开(公告)号：US20210040668A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-11

申请号：US16966190

申请日：2019-02-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jaehoon CHA ,  Suho JO ,  Jonghun HA ,  Sukbae KIM ,  Changhyun PARK ,  Hyoungjin LEE ,  Kyounghwan KIM ,  Hwasung KIM ,  Jeongil OH ,  Odo RYU

IPC: D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/08 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/08

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine. The present washing machine comprises: a voice inputter; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: when a user voice is input via the voice inputter in a power saving mode of the washing machine, switch the washing machine to a standby mode on the basis of wake-up words included in the user voice; maintain the standby mode of the washing machine or switch the washing machine to an operation mode on the basis of control words included in the user voice; and execute operations corresponding to the control words in the standby mode or operation mode.