公开(公告)号：US20210310171A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US17214995

申请日：2021-03-29

申请人： The Procter & Gamble Company

发明人： Anju Deepali Massey BROOKER ,  Carlos AMADOR ZAMARRENO ,  Laura BUENO ROMO ,  Philip Frank SOUTER

IPC分类号： D06F33/36 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F33/46

摘要： A method of laundering fabric including: (a) calculating a final amount of water to be added to a final wash bath; (b) calculating the amount of energy needed to heat this final amount of water to a desired final temperature; (c) contacting an amount of water that is less than the final amount water with fabric to form an intermediate wash bath, wherein a detergent composition is contacted to the fabric during the formation of the intermediate wash bath, or prior to the formation of the intermediate wash bath; (d) heating the water that contacts the fabric during (c) with the energy calculated in (b) such that the intermediate wash bath has a temperature above the desired final temperature; (e) washing the fabric in the intermediate wash bath for at least 3 minutes; (f) contacting the remaining amount of water to the intermediate wash bath to form the final wash bath having the desired final temperature; (g) washing the fabric in the final wash bath for at least 5 minutes; and (h) rinsing the fabric.

公开(公告)号：US11072879B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16519597

申请日：2019-07-23

申请人： Midea Group Co., Ltd.

发明人： Phillip C. Hombroek ,  Christopher G. Hoppe

IPC分类号： D06F34/22 ,  D06F33/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F33/38

摘要： A laundry washing machine and method utilize a fluid property sensor to dynamically select between different types of rinse operations, e.g., fill rinse operations or spin rinse operations, performed during a wash cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20210189626A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US16853254

申请日：2020-04-20

申请人： LG ELECTRONICS INC.

发明人： Sang Won KIM ,  Sejong HYUN

IPC分类号： D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F33/40 ,  D06F34/08

摘要： Disclosed is a washing machine that performs a washing process in response to a type of a contaminant in laundry in a 5G environment, a method for controlling a washing machine, and a server for supporting washing. The washing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a processor, a memory operably coupled to the processor and for storing at least one code executed in the processor, and a driver for controlling rotation of an inner tub so as to perform a washing operation on laundry. The memory may store a code to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify a type of a contaminant in the laundry, determine a first washing process corresponding to the type of the contaminant, and control the driver based on the first washing process.

公开(公告)号：US20210087734A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16971881

申请日：2019-02-20

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Changoh KIM ,  Seulgi PARK ,  Sangwook HONG

IPC分类号： D06F33/36 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/08

摘要： Provided is a washing apparatus equipped with an induction heater to heat a drum and a method of controlling the washing apparatus. The method includes a water supply step of supplying washing water to the tub via a water valve, a soaking step of soaking laundry by driving the drum while circulating washing water with the circulation pump after the water supply step ends, a heating step of heating the drum by driving the induction module after the soaking step ends, and a main washing step of washing the laundry by driving the drum after the heating step ends, wherein in the heating step, a water level is below a lower end of the drum, and the drum, the circulation pump, and the induction module are driven to operate, thereby heating the drum, the washing water, and the laundry.

公开(公告)号：US20200157724A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16611106

申请日：2018-07-04

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Keunjoo KIM

IPC分类号： D06F33/36 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F37/16

摘要： A laundry treating apparatus includes a tub configured to hold wash water, a drum rotatably supported in the tub and including a shaft disposed perpendicular with the ground, and a sub-drum detachably mounted to an inner circumferential surface of the drum and configured to wash laundry independently from the drum. An information tag is disposed in the sub-drum, the tag containing information about the laundry. A reading unit is configured to acquire the information about the laundry from the information tag. A control unit is configured to determine a washing course to be performed in the sub-drum based on the information acquired by the reading unit.

公开(公告)号：US11591738B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US16911962

申请日：2020-06-25

申请人： Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

发明人： Stephen Edward Hettinger ,  Ryan Ellis Leonard

IPC分类号： D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F33/47 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F103/70 ,  D06F105/62 ,  D06F21/06

摘要： A method of operating a washing machine appliance is provided. The washing machine appliance includes a rotatable basket and a motor configured to drive the rotatable basket. The method includes sensing an attribute of articles in the basket. The method also includes determining a pause duration for an agitation operation based at least in part on the sensed attribute of the articles in the basket. The method further includes performing the agitation operation for a period of time. The agitation operation includes activating a motor of the washing machine appliance to agitate the articles within the basket for an agitation duration and deactivating the motor of the washing machine appliance for the pause duration. The period of time is equal to the sum of the agitation duration and the pause duration.

公开(公告)号：US11459687B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17133539

申请日：2020-12-23

申请人： Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

发明人： Hyun Oh Kim ,  Seung Hun Lee ,  Jun Hyun Park ,  Sung Mo Lee ,  So Dam Han

IPC分类号： D06F34/18 ,  D06F1/04 ,  D06F29/00 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/46 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F101/00 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F17/10 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F37/38 ,  D06F37/40

摘要： Provided is a washing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The washing apparatus includes a washing tub; and a controller configured to determine whether laundry put into the washing tub is wet laundry or dry laundry, and to determine a weight of the laundry in the washing tub through a detection of wet laundry weight or a detection of dry laundry weight, based on a result of the determination. The washing apparatus includes a washing tub; and a controller configured to detect a water level of washing water in the washing tub, configured to perform at least one of detecting a weight of wet laundry weight and dry laundry according to the water level, and configured to allow washing to be performed according to at least one result of the detection of the wet laundry weight and the dry laundry weight.

公开(公告)号：US11447904B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16557947

申请日：2019-08-30

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Myunghun Im ,  Hwanjin Jung ,  Seonhwa Yu ,  Sunggyun Kim ,  Kyungchul Woo

IPC分类号： D06F33/00 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F103/46

摘要： Disclosed is a method of controlling a washing machine, the method including determining the state of laundry received in a washing tub from output of an output layer of an artificial neural network pre-trained based on machine learning using a current value supplied to a motor configured to rotate the washing tub during accelerated rotation of the washing tub as input data of an input layer of the artificial neural network (a first sensing step), selecting one of a plurality of washing modes classified in consideration of the wear degree of laundry or washing strength based on the state of the laundry, and performing washing according to the selected washing mode (a washing cycle step).

公开(公告)号：US20220243375A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17386241

申请日：2021-07-27

申请人： BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.

发明人： Yueyue CHU ,  Wei LIU

IPC分类号： D06F33/36 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F34/05

摘要： The method is implemented at a washing mode sharing platform. A to-be-shared washing parameter of at least one first laundry equipment, and a to-be-shared washing mode corresponding to the to-be-shared washing parameter, are acquired. A historical data set is generated based on the to-be-shared washing parameter and the to-be-shared washing mode. A target washing mode and a target washing parameter corresponding to the target washing mode are determined from the historical data set. The target washing mode and the target washing parameter are sent to second laundry equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20220162790A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-26

申请号：US17430200

申请日：2019-02-27

申请人： Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

发明人： Andrea Zattin ,  Martino Bondi

IPC分类号： D06F33/38 ,  D06F34/22 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F23/02

摘要： A method for washing laundry in a laundry washing machine comprising a washing tub external to a washing drum and an electrical conductivity detecting device. The method comprises the steps of comparing a first measured conductivity with a first threshold and comparing a second measured conductivity with a second threshold for performing one or more actions based on the result of said first comparison step and/or said second comparison step. The value of said second threshold is lower than the value of said first threshold.