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：US20250082161A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18952381

申请日：2024-11-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Yongseok KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Seho PARK ,  Sanghoon BAE ,  Yeongju LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A method of operating a switch and an electric device employing the method. The method of operating the switch is according to an operation event occurring on a station side of a wireless vacuum cleaner, and includes activating a cleaner body according to the switch operation in a state in which a connection between a main processor of the cleaner body and a battery is blocked and charging from the station and the battery is stopped.

公开(公告)号：US20250064278A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-27

申请号：US18674070

申请日：2024-05-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

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

IPC: A47L7/00 ,  A47L11/40

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner main body including a battery, and a wet mop brush driven by power supplied from the battery. The wet mop brush may include at least one mop pad provided on a bottom of a brush body to contact a surface to be cleaned, a motor configured to rotate the at least one mop pad, a heater configured to heat water supplied from a water tank to a heating tank, a sprayer configured to spray the water heated by the heater toward the surface to be cleaned, a pump configured to provide pressure for moving the water from the water tank to the sprayer, and a processor configured to adjust an amount of power supplied to at least one of the motor, the heater, or the pump based on a first current threshold available in the wet mop brush.

公开(公告)号：US20240180378A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18243892

申请日：2023-09-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Donghan KIM ,  Hyunjae KWON ,  Jinho LEE ,  Seokbong BAEK ,  Seongu LEE ,  Jonggook LIM ,  Byunghun JUNG ,  Yunwon JUNG

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L5/24 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/1427 ,  A47L5/24 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2884

Abstract: A cleaner including a main body; a suction fan in the main body and configured to generate a suction force for sucking in air; a dust collector in the main body and configured to separate foreign substances from the air that was sucked in; a filter housing detachably coupled to a rear of the main body; a filter in the filter housing and configured to filter the air from which foreign substances have been separated by the dust collector; and a controller detachably coupled to a rear of the filter housing, and including a manipulation unit to receive a manipulation input from a user to control an operation of the cleaner and/or an indication unit to display information about an operating state of the cleaner.

公开(公告)号：US20240074633A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18238154

申请日：2023-08-25

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Daehyung Kim ,  Ahyoung Lee ,  Yeongju Lee ,  Jaeshik Jeong ,  Yoonkyung Cho

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L9/2884 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/2831 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L9/2889

Abstract: An operating method of a cordless vacuum cleaner includes detecting connection of a brush device to a cleaner body, through a voltage value input to an input port of at least one processor through a signal line or a load detection sensor of the cleaner body, identifying a type of the brush device connected to the cleaner body, when the connection of the brush device to the cleaner body is detected, determining a frequency for pulse width modulation (PWM) control corresponding to the identified type of the brush device, and controlling an operation of the switch device used to supply power from a battery of the cleaner body to the brush device connected to the cleaner body.

公开(公告)号：US20240074632A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18353111

申请日：2023-07-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seongu LEE ,  Daehyung KIM ,  Minji KIM ,  Ahyoung LEE ,  Jaeshik JEONG ,  Yoonkyung CHO

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  H01M10/42 ,  H01M10/48 ,  H01M50/247 ,  H01M50/267

CPC classification number: A47L9/2842 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/2889 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  H01M10/4221 ,  H01M10/425 ,  H01M10/486 ,  H01M50/247 ,  H01M50/267 ,  H01M2010/4271 ,  H01M2010/4278 ,  H01M2220/30

Abstract: Disclosed is a cordless vacuum cleaner and control method therefor. The cordless vacuum cleaner comprising: a body; a brush device including a brush motor and a drum to which a rotating brush is attached to suck up dust; and an extension pipe configured to connect the body and the brush device, the extension pipe rotatably combined with the brush device, wherein the body comprising: a suction motor configured to rotate a fan to suck up dust; a processor; and a battery which supplies power to the suction motor; and wherein the battery from among different types of batteries is detachably connected to the body, and the processor is configured to: identify a type of the battery; and control an output of the suction motor, based on the type.

公开(公告)号：US20230363601A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18122280

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunkoo KANG ,  Juhyuk KIM ,  Sanghwa CHOI ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Jinwook YOON ,  Dongseok LEE ,  Seongu LEE ,  Jeonghee CHO ,  Seungryong CHA

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L9/2821 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2831 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2847

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a main body; a suction head including a suction port through which debris is sucked up; a brush configured to rotate in the suction head; a brush motor configured to rotate the brush; a suction motor configured to generate suction force so that debris is sucked up through the suction port; a pressure sensor configured to measure atmospheric pressure and pressure at the suction port; and at least one processor configured to determine suction pressure based on the measured atmospheric pressure and the measured pressure at the suction port, and determine cleaner state information, including at least one of operation state information and information of a type of surface to be cleaned, based on the determined suction pressure and a load of the brush motor.