公开(公告)号：US12223164B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18198372

申请日：2023-05-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sangho Park ,  Kwangyoun Kim ,  Sooam Kim ,  Jeewoong Kim ,  Joonjae Park ,  Dockjo Yang ,  Soonbae Yang ,  Soyong Lee ,  Boeun Jang ,  Youngwoong Joo

IPC: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H05B6/64

Abstract: An electronic device comprises: a panel; a sensor configured to detect a user's touch with respect to at least one region among a plurality of areas in the panel; a plurality of icon members positionable to an upper portion of the at least one region from among the plurality of regions of the panel based on the user's touch on the at least one region being detected by the sensor, the plurality of icon members being configured to respectively display icons corresponding to functions performable by the electronic device; and a processor configured to perform a function corresponding to an icon member based on the user's touch on the at least one region detected by the sensor occurring in association with the icon member.

公开(公告)号：US12037731B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US18108197

申请日：2023-02-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyojeong Lee ,  Kyusik Kim ,  Mikyoung Kim ,  Hyemin Cha ,  Dockjo Yang

IPC: D06F34/05 ,  D06F33/50 ,  D06F58/32

CPC classification number: D06F34/05 ,  D06F33/50 ,  D06F58/32

Abstract: A washing machine includes a communication interface for wireless communication with a dryer; a user interface configured to receive a user's control input related to the dryer, and to output information related to the dryer; and at least one processor configured to determine whether a front surface of the dryer faces in a same direction as a front surface of the washing machine, and when it is determined that the front surface of the dryer faces in the same direction as the front surface of the washing machine, receive the user's control input related to the dryer through the user interface and transmit, to the dryer, a control command corresponding to the user's control input related to the dryer through the communication interface.