公开(公告)号：US20230357982A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18221933

申请日：2023-07-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Myungwon JEON ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Minjoon JUNG

IPC: D06F58/50 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/38

CPC classification number: D06F58/50 ,  D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/42

Abstract: A clothes dryer comprising: a cabinet; a control panel including a power button and a display; a drum rotatable inside the cabinet; a filter to filter air discharged from the drum; a filter sensor to detect a mounting state of the filter and output a detection signal based on the mounting state of the filter detected; a memory to record a change in the mounted state of the filter as an event based on the mounting state of the filter detected by the filter sensor; and a processor to communicatively connect to the control panel, the filter sensor, the memory, and to control the display so that the display displays a notification related to the management of the filter based whether the event due to the change in the mounting state of the filter is recorded in the memory.

公开(公告)号：US20230349090A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18218765

申请日：2023-07-06

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Changwan KIM ,  Hoyoung KIM ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Jongsoo HONG

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F34/14

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F2103/44

Abstract: A dryer which comprises: a communication interface; a drum; a driving motor to drive the drum; a hot wind supplying device to supply hot air to the drum; a sensing device that is self-generating whereby power is generated according to a movement of the sensing device as the drum rotates while the drum is being driven by the driving motor, and transmitting, through the communication interface, a harvester voltage value obtained in association with the sensing device and sensing data sensed by the sensing device; and a processor configured to acquire the sensing data from the sensing device, the sensing data acquired being based on the harvester voltage value which is transmitted from the sensing device while the driving motor is being controlled based on an input of a user, and control an operation of the hot wind supplying device based on the acquired sensing data.

公开(公告)号：US20240271354A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18645251

申请日：2024-04-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Geonho LEE ,  Dokyeong KIM ,  Minhyung LEE ,  Youngsu LEE ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG

IPC: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/46 ,  D06F103/58 ,  D06F105/30 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/46 ,  D06F2103/58 ,  D06F2105/30 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a dryer that performs an ice removal operation. To this end, provided are: a drum configured to receive a drying item, at least one first sensor configured to detect a presence of the drying item in the drum, a pump chamber configured to store condensate, a drain pump configured to discharge the condensate from the pump chamber, and a controller configured to, when detecting the drying item in the drum based on a signal of the at least one first sensor, limit a number of forced drains of the drain pump to reduce a water level of the pump chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20240271353A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18640864

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Dokyeong KIM ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Seungeun CHUNG ,  Dongho KEUM ,  Hocheol LEE ,  Hankyu CHOI

IPC: D06F58/36 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/26 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F58/36 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2105/26 ,  D06F2105/56 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: A clothes dryer including a drum; a flow passage to guide air inside of the drum to outside of the drum, and then back inside of the drum; a heat pump system to heat the air to flow back inside of the drum, the heat pump system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator through which refrigerant circulates; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a command for an anti-freeze mode operation, control the clothes dryer to perform a heating operation in which the compressor is driven for a first period of time, after the compressor is driven for the first period of time, the compressor is stopped for a second period of time, and the driving of the compressor for the first period of time and the stopping of the compressor for the second period of time is repeated a plurality of times.