Laundry treatment apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet, a laundry container provided inside the cabinet and accommodating laundry, an output part provided in the cabinet and outputting a screen, and an input part provided in the cabinet and receiving a user command for selecting an object displayed on the screen. The output part outputs a course selection screen displaying a plurality of treatment courses for laundry treatment to be selectable through the input part. A shortcut option corresponding to any one of a plurality of options for at least one of the plurality of treatment courses is displayed to be selectable on the course selection screen. Upon selection of the shortcut option on the course selection screen, the output part outputs an option setting screen for the shortcut option, on which a plurality of option values for the shortcut option are displayed to be selectable.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
 a cabinet;   a laundry container provided inside the cabinet and accommodating laundry;   an output part provided in the cabinet and outputting a screen; and   an input part provided in the cabinet and receiving a user command for selecting an object displayed on the screen,   wherein the output part outputs a course selection screen displaying a plurality of treatment courses for laundry treatment to be selectable through the input part,   wherein a shortcut option corresponding to any one of a plurality of options for at least one of the plurality of treatment courses is displayed to be selectable on the course selection screen, and   wherein upon selection of the shortcut option on the course selection screen, the output part outputs an option setting screen for the shortcut option, on which a plurality of option values for the shortcut option are displayed to be selectable.   
     
     
         2 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein any one of the plurality of treatment courses is displayed on the course selection screen as a target treatment course scheduled to be performed for laundry treatment, and
 wherein the shortcut option corresponds to any one of a plurality of options for the target treatment course.   
     
     
         3 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising a start/pause button provided in the cabinet and manipulated by a user,
 wherein upon manipulation of the start/pause button on the course selection screen, the target treatment course starts, and upon selection of the target treatment course through the input part, the output part outputs an option display screen displaying at least some of the plurality of options for the target treatment course.   
     
     
         4 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of treatment courses is displayed as a course object selectable through the input part on the course selection screen, and the shortcut option is displayed included in a course object. 
     
     
         5 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein on the course selection screen, some of the plurality of treatment courses correspond to shortcut courses for which shortcut options are displayed, and shortcut options are not displayed for the other treatment courses. 
     
     
         6 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein any one of the plurality of treatment courses is displayed as a target treatment course scheduled to be performed for laundry treatment on the course selection screen, and
 wherein when a shortcut course is displayed as the target treatment course on the course selection screen, the shortcut option is displayed on the course selection screen.   
     
     
         7 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein only the shortcut option of the plurality of options is displayed and the other options are not displayed, on the course selection screen. 
     
     
         8 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein an initial setting value of the shortcut option before being changed through the option setting screen is changed according to a treatment condition for the laundry. 
     
     
         9 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the treatment condition includes an amount of the laundry accommodated in the drum, and the initial setting value is changed according to the amount of the laundry. 
     
     
         10 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the shortcut option corresponds to a required time option for setting a required time for any one of the plurality of treatment courses. 
     
     
         11 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein upon selection of any one of the plurality of treatment courses on the course selection screen, the output part outputs an option display screen displaying at least some of a plurality of options for the one of the plurality of treatment courses. 
     
     
         12 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein each of the options displayed on the option display screen is displayed to be selectable through the input part, and
 wherein upon selection of any one of the options on the option display screen, the output part outputs an option setting screen for the option, on which a plurality of option values for the one of the options are displayed to be selectable.   
     
     
         13 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein some of the plurality of treatment courses on the course selection screen correspond to shortcut courses for which shortcut options are displayed, shortcut options are not displayed for the other treatment courses, and the options displayed on the option display screen are displayed to be selectable through the input part, and
 wherein at least some of options displayed to be selectable on an option display screen for any one of the other treatment courses are displayed to be unselectable on an option display screen for a shortcut course.   
     
     
         14 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the shortcut option is displayed separately from the at least some of the plurality of options on the option display screen. 
     
     
         15 . The laundry treatment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein any one of the plurality of option values is set as a setting value of the shortcut option, and the shortcut option is displayed to indicate the setting value on the course selection screen.