公开(公告)号：US11028519B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16186321

申请日：2018-11-09

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Junghoon Lee ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Jaehyun Kim ,  Myunghun Im ,  Hyundong Kim ,  Hwanjin Jung

IPC: D06F39/08 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F21/10

Abstract: A washing machine includes a casing having an input port which is formed in a front surface thereof and to which laundry is inputted; a tub which is disposed in the casing to contain fluid, and has an opening communicating with the input port; a drum which is rotatably disposed in the tub, and contains the laundry; a pump which pumps water discharged from the tub; a circulation conduit which guides the water pumped by the pump; an annular gasket which forms a channel connecting the input port and the opening of the tub, and has a plurality of nozzles for spraying water into the drum on an inner circumferential surface defining the channel; and a nozzle water supply conduit which is fixed to the gasket, and supplies the water pumped by the pump to the plurality of nozzles.

公开(公告)号：US10982370B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16083039

申请日：2017-03-08

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Junghoon Lee ,  Myunghun Im ,  Kyungchul Woo

IPC: D06F35/00 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/22 ,  D06F39/08 ,  F04B45/047 ,  B01F3/04 ,  D06F39/02

Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine including: a tub provided inside a cabinet and storing washing water; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub and accommodating an object to be washed; a circulation pump for circulating, inside the drum, the washing water discharged from the drum; an air pump for compressing air; an air mixer for mixing the washing water supplied by the circulation pump, and the air compressed by the air pump; and a plurality of nozzles for spraying, toward the object to be washed, a mixed fluid in which the washing water and the compressed air are mixed by the air mixer.

公开(公告)号：US10125448B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US14637023

申请日：2015-03-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Bosung Seo ,  Myunghun Im

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08

Abstract: A washing machine including a cabinet having with an inlet port formed at a front panel for laundry insertion thereinto and a door to open or close the inlet port; a tub within the cabinet for storing wash water; a drum in communication with the inlet port, and rotatably provided within the tub; a detergent dispenser provided below the inlet; a water passage to supply wash water from a water source to at least one of the tub and the detergent dispenser; and a connecting passage to connect the tub and the detergent dispenser for transfer of the wash water stored in the tub to the detergent dispenser and for transfer of the detergent stored in the detergent dispenser to the tub.

公开(公告)号：US11866879B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17534980

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Junghoon Lee ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Jaehyun Kim ,  Myunghun Im ,  Hyundong Kim ,  Hwanjin Jung

IPC: D06F39/08 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F21/10

CPC classification number: D06F39/085 ,  D06F21/10 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/266 ,  D06F39/006 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F39/088

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a first nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the one side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the first circulation port to the pair of first nozzles; and a second nozzle water supply conduit which is disposed, on the gasket, in the other side with respect to the vertical line and guides water discharged through the second circulation port to the pair of second nozzles.

公开(公告)号：US11725329B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US16557398

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Myunghun Im ,  Hwanjin Jung ,  Seonhwa Yu ,  Sunggyun Kim ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Jaehyun Kim

IPC: D06F34/18 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F21/10

CPC classification number: D06F37/304 ,  D06F21/10 ,  D06F34/18

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence laundry treatment apparatus including a washing tub configured to receive laundry, the washing tub being configured to be rotatable, a motor configured to rotate the washing tub, a controller configured to control the motor such that the washing tub is rotated while being accelerated, and a current sensing unit configured to sense current of the motor, wherein the controller is configured to obtain laundry weight and laundry quality from output of an output layer of an artificial neural network pre-trained based on machine learning using a current value sensed by the current sensing unit during accelerated rotation of the washing tub as input of an input layer of the artificial neural network within a range within which the laundry moves in the washing tub.

公开(公告)号：US11618986B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US16557995

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Myunghun Im ,  Hwanjin Jung ,  Seonhwa Yu ,  Sunggyun Kim ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Jaehyun Kim

IPC: G06N3/08 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/46 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence laundry treatment apparatus including a washing tub configured to receive laundry, the washing tub being configured to be rotatable, a motor configured to rotate the washing tub, a controller configured to control the motor such that the washing tub is accelerated to a predetermined target speed at an acceleration gradient of 1.5 to 2.5 rpm/s within a range within which the laundry moves in the washing tub, and a current sensing unit configured to sense current of the motor, wherein the controller is configured to obtain at least one of laundry weight or laundry quality from output of an output layer of an artificial neural network pre-trained based on machine learning using a current value sensed by the current sensing unit during accelerated rotation of the washing tub as input of an input layer of the artificial neural network.

公开(公告)号：US11535966B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US16431035

申请日：2019-06-04

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hwanjin Jung ,  Myunghun Im ,  Kyungchul Woo

IPC: D06F33/43 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06B1/08 ,  D06F21/02 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: A method of controlling a washing machine includes spraying water into a drum through a direct water nozzle, rotating the drum at a spin-dry rinse speed, draining water from a tub while rotating the drum at the spin-dry rinse speed, supplying water to the tub to increase a water level in the tub, circulating water in the tub to spray circulated water into the drum through a circulation nozzle, rotating the drum at a laundry adherence speed lower than the spin-dry rinse speed, and in a state in which draining water from the tub and spraying the circulated water are stopped and at least a portion of the drum is disposed below the water level in the tub, accelerating the drum from the laundry adherence speed to a first tub cleaning speed.

公开(公告)号：US11466391B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16617339

申请日：2018-05-10

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Myunghun Im ,  Hwanjin Jung ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Hyundong Kim ,  Junghoon Lee

IPC: D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F33/34 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F34/06

Abstract: A method of controlling a washing machine of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) supplying detergent contained in a dispenser together with water into an inner tub; (b) operating a pump to transfer the water supplied together with the detergent to a plurality of nozzles disposed above the inner tub; and (c) further supplying water into the inner tub, operating the pump while the water is being supplied, and rotating the inner tub so that laundry contained in the inner tub adheres to an inner surface of the inner tub by centrifugal force during the operation of the pump.

公开(公告)号：US11339517B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16184266

申请日：2018-11-08

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hyundong Kim ,  Jaehyun Kim ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Junghoon Lee ,  Myunghun Im ,  Hwanjin Jung

IPC: D06F33/32 ,  D06F33/72 ,  D06F33/70 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a control device that performs a control method to control operation of the laundry treating apparatus. The control device performs test driving of a motor part for driving a washing part, determines control pattern on the basis of a result of the test driving, and controls the motor part in accordance with the control pattern.

公开(公告)号：US11255039B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16474981

申请日：2017-12-28

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Hwanjin Jung ,  Myunghun Im ,  Junghoon Lee ,  Kyungchul Woo ,  Hyundong Kim

IPC: D06F33/00 ,  D06F37/06 ,  D06F37/22 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/12

Abstract: A washing machine includes: a casing, a tub, a drum, a cylindrical gasket connecting an input port of the casing to an opening of the tub, a pump configured to circulate water discharged from the tub; a guide pipe fixed to the gasket configured to guide water supplied from the pump, and nozzles configured to spray water from the guide pipe into the drum. The nozzles include an upper nozzle configured to spray water downward, intermediate nozzles disposed below the upper nozzle in both left and right sides and configured to spray water downward while spraying water deeper into the drum than the upper nozzle, and lower nozzles disposed above the inflow port, disposed below the intermediate nozzles in both left and right sides based on the inflow port and configured to spray water upward.