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：US20220325463A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-13

申请号：US17851660

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Dokyeong KIM ,  Hyejoon SEOK ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Sujin SEONG ,  Hoon WEE ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG ,  Hankyu CHOI

IPC: D06F58/45 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F58/24 ,  A61L2/04 ,  A61L2/26

Abstract: A dryer including: a drum; a duct connected to the drum; a compressor connected to an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the duct; a heater provided inside the duct; a fan provided inside the duct; a motor to rotate the fan; and a controller configured to perform a first operation of operating the compressor, the heater, and the motor based on no object being inside the drum, and a second operation of operating the heater and the motor without operating the compressor. The dryer may sterilize the inside of the dryer, particularly, a flow path through which humid air passes.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240200259A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18503895

申请日：2023-11-07

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyejoon SEOK ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Jihaeng HEO

IPC: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/38

CPC classification number: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: The dryer apparatus according to the disclosure includes a drum configured to accommodate subjects to be dried, a dryness sensor configured to sense the humidity of the subjects to be dried, a hot wind supplying device configured to provide hot wind to the drum, and at least one processor configured to, based on a user input for a predetermined drying cycle being acquired, acquire a humidity value of the subjects to be dried through the dryness sensor, based on the humidity value of the subjects to be dried being less than a threshold value, perform a washing pre-processing cycle, and based on the humidity value of the subjects to be dried being greater than or equal to the threshold value, control the hot wind supplying device to perform the predetermined drying cycle, wherein the washing pre-processing cycle includes at least one of a cycle of rotating the drum, a cycle of providing moisture to the drum, or a cycle of providing hot wind to the drum based on threshold temperature information.

公开(公告)号：US20250034793A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18813715

申请日：2024-08-23

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jihaeng HEO ,  Seungwan YOO ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Dohaeng KIM ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG ,  Saebyeok CHOI

IPC: D06F58/45 ,  D06F58/50 ,  D06F105/24

Abstract: A clothing dryer, and a method performed thereby, to identify the degree of clogging of a filter for collecting foreign substances generated according to a drying operation in a clothing dryer are provided. The clothing dryer includes a display, an expansion valve provided in a heat pump, and a controller identifying the degree of clogging of a filter.

公开(公告)号：US20250034790A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18768611

申请日：2024-07-10

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minjoon JUNG ,  Minku KOO ,  Mira KIM ,  Judai KIM ,  Changwan KIM

IPC: D06F58/22 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F105/60

Abstract: A dryer includes a drum, an air blowing module configured to form an air flow to be brought into the drum, a filter configured to filter out foreign substances included in air discharged out of the drum in the air flow, an input/output interface, a memory to store at least one instruction, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to determine whether the filter is separated and installed after a previous dry operation, increase a number of successive operation times based on a dry operation type of the dryer in response to the filter being not separated and installed, and control the input/output interface to provide a notification to guide separation of the filter from the dryer and cleaning of the separated filter from the dryer based on the number of successive operation times.

公开(公告)号：US20240271348A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-15

申请号：US18646131

申请日：2024-04-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyejoon SEOK ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Minjoon JUNG

IPC: D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/32

CPC classification number: D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/263 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/32

Abstract: A clothes dryer may include a drum in which laundry is receivable; a humidity detector to detect a dryness level of the laundry in the drum; and a controller configured to: obtain the dryness level of the laundry in the drum detected by the humidity detector while a first initial drying cycle is performed, determine a weight category of the laundry in the drum from a plurality of weight categories of laundry based on the obtained dryness level, obtain control information based on the determined weight category, and control, according to the obtained control information, a main drying cycle to dry the laundry in the drum after the first initial drying cycle is performed.

公开(公告)号：US20190276978A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16285117

申请日：2019-02-25

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyejoon SEOK ,  Sangoh YOO ,  Minjoon JUNG ,  Dohaeng KIM ,  Hyungwoo LEE ,  Seungeun CHUNG ,  Youngmin CHOI

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/28

Abstract: A clothes dryer is disclosed. The clothes dryer includes a rotatably disposed drum, a heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant and a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant, a heater configured to heat air supplied to the interior of the drum, a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air passing through the interior of the drum, a second temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the compressor, and a processor configured to control an operation of the compressor on the basis of the temperature of the air passing through the interior of the drum detected by the first temperature sensor and control an operation of the heater on the basis of the temperature of the compressor detected by the second temperature sensor.