公开(公告)号：US20250031930A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-30

申请号：US18917322

申请日：2024-10-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Samjong JEONG ,  Seho PARK ,  Sanghoon BAE ,  Jiseob AN ,  Seongu LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/24 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A cordless vacuum cleaner is provided. The cordless vacuum cleaner includes a plurality of batteries and a method of controlling the same are provided. The cordless vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a suction fan, a suction motor arranged inside the main body and configured to rotate the suction fan, a charging circuit configured to charge the main body, a plurality of batteries charged and discharged through the charging circuit, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the suction motor, the charging circuit, the plurality of batteries, and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the cordless vacuum cleaner to, based on state information about each of the plurality of batteries, control discharge of each of the plurality of batteries, and the state information includes a battery discharge amount of each of the plurality of batteries.

公开(公告)号：US20240349967A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18611710

申请日：2024-03-21

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Yongdae LEE ,  Seungmoo LIM ,  Jaeshik JEONG

IPC: A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/2889 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2884

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a battery module configured to supply power to a cleaner body, a motor assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB), a suction motor, and an impeller arranged in this order along a direction of a flow path in the cleaner body, a moisture detection circuit provided on the PCB of the motor assembly and configured to detect moisture introduced through the flow path, and at least one processor configured to, when it is determined, through the moisture detection circuit, that moisture has been introduced into the cleaner body, stop driving of the suction motor.

公开(公告)号：US20240065506A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18240176

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Jeonghee CHO ,  Ahyoung LEE ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Yoonkyung CHO

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/16

CPC classification number: A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L2201/024

Abstract: A station apparatus performs a dust discharging operation when it is identified that a suction power decrease amount of a cordless vacuum cleaner is equal to or greater than a pre-set threshold suction power decrease amount, based on information about the suction power decrease amount of the cordless vacuum cleaner received from the cordless vacuum cleaner.

公开(公告)号：US20240032755A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18205851

申请日：2023-06-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sanghwa CHOI ,  Hyunkoo KANG ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Juhyuk KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Jinwook YOON ,  Seongu LEE ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Jeonghee CHO ,  Jiwon CHOI

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A46B13/02

CPC classification number: A47L9/2826 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/2821 ,  A47L9/2831 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A46B13/006 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A46B2200/3033

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a suction motor in the main body, an extension pipe, a suction head, connected to the suction motor through an extension pipe and including a suction port through which the foreign substances are sucked, a brush inside the suction head, a brush motor configured to rotate the brush, a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of air flowing through the suction port, a memory configured to store reference data used to identify the type of surface to be cleaned and a learning model to update the reference data, and a controller configured to determine a suction pressure based on the detected pressure and an atmospheric pressure, and identify the type of surface using the determined suction pressure, a load of the brush motor, and the stored reference data, and to update the stored reference data based on a predetermined update condition.

公开(公告)号：US20230329499A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18136287

申请日：2023-04-18

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Hyunkoo KANG ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Jeonghee CHO ,  Jiwon CHOI ,  Junggyun HAN

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G05D16/20

CPC classification number: A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2821 ,  A47L9/2831 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G05D16/2066

Abstract: Provided is a method, performed by a cordless vacuum cleaner, of automatically adjusting the strength of a suction power of a suction motor. More specifically, the method may include obtaining data about a flow path pressure measured by a pressure sensor, obtaining data related to a load of the brush apparatus through a load detection sensor, identifying a current usage environment state of the brush apparatus by applying the data related to the flow path pressure and the data related to the load of the brush apparatus to an AI model stored in a memory of the cordless vacuum cleaner, and adjusting the strength of the suction power of the suction motor, based on the identified current usage environment state of the brush apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20230111023A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US18081081

申请日：2022-12-14

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoonkyung CHO ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Jongsoon KIM ,  Gihyeong LEE ,  Seongu LEE ,  Ahyoung LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Seungryong CHA

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: A cleaning device and a method therefor are provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container and a docking station to which the dust collecting container is coupled. The docking station includes a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting container to inside of the docking station, a collector configured to collect a foreign substance that is moved together with the air by driving of the suction device, a suction flow path along which air moves inside the docking station, a flow adjusting device configured to open or close the suction flow path, and at least one processor configured to control the suction device to operate based on the dust collecting container being coupled to the docking station, and control the flow adjusting device to periodically open and close the suction flow path in a state in which the suction device operates.

公开(公告)号：US20210068603A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17014384

申请日：2020-09-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoonkyung CHO ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Jongsoon KIM ,  Gihyeong LEE ,  Seongu LEE ,  Ahyoung LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Seungryong CHA

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: A cleaning device and a method therefor are provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container and a docking station to which the dust collecting container is coupled. The docking station includes a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting container to inside of the docking station, a collector configured to collect a foreign substance that is moved together with the air by driving of the suction device, a suction flow path along which air moves inside the docking station, a flow adjusting device configured to open or close the suction flow path, and at least one processor configured to control the suction device to operate based on the dust collecting container being coupled to the docking station, and control the flow adjusting device to periodically open and close the suction flow path in a state in which the suction device operates.

公开(公告)号：US20250134331A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US19009585

申请日：2025-01-03

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jeonghee CHO ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Hyunkoo KANG ,  Juhyuk KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Seongu LEE ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Sanghwa CHOI ,  Jiwon CHOI

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/24

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body and a brush device connected to the cleaner body. The cleaner body may be configured to perform self-diagnosis on each element of the vacuum cleaner by comparing a flow path pressure value of the vacuum cleaner which is detected by using a pressure sensor mounted to a portion of a suction duct and data related to a load of a brush device with reference values stored in a memory, and to output a result of the self-diagnosis.

公开(公告)号：US20250102220A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18820299

申请日：2024-08-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Youngjo PARK ,  Seongu LEE ,  Seongoh KWAK ,  Kitae PARK ,  Yongik CHO

IPC: F25D23/12

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a main body, a door rotationally or slidably installed at a front of the main body, at least one storage chamber configured to store items, a water tank arranged in the at least one storage chamber and configured to store water to be supplied to at least one water supply system, a water detection sensor configured to detect the water stored in the water tank, and at least one processor configured to, when the water stored in the water tank is detected for at least a certain period of time by the water detection sensor, control a first pump to discharge the water stored in the water tank onto an evaporation tray under a condenser in a machine room by using a discharge path for defrost water.

公开(公告)号：US20250025008A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18778557

申请日：2024-07-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Soohoon KIM ,  Juhan SEON ,  Ahyoung LEE ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Yoonkyung CHO

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/14 ,  H03K5/1536

Abstract: Provided is a station device configured to detect a first zero crossing point (ZCP) and a second ZCP with respect to an alternating current (AC) input voltage, by using a ZCP circuit configured to detect a ZCP of the AC input voltage applied to the station device, obtain information about a pulse width from the first ZCP to the second ZCP, identify whether the AC input voltage is in an overvoltage state, based on the information about the pulse width from the first ZCP to the second ZCP, and deactivate an operation of the suction motor, when the AC input voltage is in the overvoltage state. Where detecting the first ZCP and the second ZCP includes detecting voltage points which are offset from 0 V by a preset value in the AC input voltage.