公开(公告)号：US11920275B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17177714

申请日：2021-02-17

申请人： Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

发明人： James Augustine Ford

IPC分类号： D06F34/28 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/32 ,  G05B19/042 ,  D06F101/06 ,  D06F101/12 ,  D06F101/20

CPC分类号： D06F34/28 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/32 ,  G05B19/0426 ,  D06F2101/06 ,  D06F2101/12 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  G05B2219/2633 ,  G05B2219/2642

摘要： A laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a control panel mounted on the cabinet, the control panel having a plurality of controls that each may be activated to permit manipulation by a user or deactivated to prevent manipulation by the user. A method of operating the laundry appliance includes obtaining a desired automation level, determining a set of active controls of the plurality of controls that are associated with the desired automation level, and activating the set of active controls on the control panel for manipulation by the user of the laundry appliance.

公开(公告)号：US11807974B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US16652874

申请日：2018-09-20

申请人： Conopco, Inc.

发明人： Deborah Jane Cooke ,  David Moorfield ,  Katharine Jane Shaw

IPC分类号： D06F33/37 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F101/06 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F101/02

CPC分类号： D06F33/37 ,  D06F33/32 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F2101/02 ,  D06F2101/06 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  D06F2105/42 ,  D06F2105/58

摘要： A computer-implemented method for creating a bespoke laundry treatment recipe includes receiving fabric data related to one or more of stain identity, fabric identity, user requirements and user preference; comparing by means of a data processing system said input data with ingredient combination data stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and formulating one or more laundry treatment recipes, said recipes being bespoke to the user input data; wherein said ingredient combination data comprises: multiple ingredient composition data; multiple combinations of said ingredient compositions; and multiple treatment (e.g. stain) categories related to said ingredient composition combinations.

公开(公告)号：US11680353B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US16475934

申请日：2017-11-13

申请人： SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

发明人： Yeon-Young Nam ,  Gi Hoon Ko ,  Ji Hyeoung Lee ,  Simon Ireland

IPC分类号： D06F39/02 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/18 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/42 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F39/08

CPC分类号： D06F39/022 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F39/085 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/18 ,  D06F2103/40 ,  D06F2105/42 ,  D06F2105/58

摘要： A washing machine and a control method thereof are provided. More particularly, a washing machine of supplying a detergent automatically to a detergent mixing tub using a detachable detergent supply container, or of supplying a softening agent automatically to a softening agent mixing tub using a detachable softening agent supply container, and a method of controlling the washing machine are disclosed. Some of the disclosed embodiments provide a washing machine of supplying a detergent automatically to a washing tub using a detergent supply unit with a detergent supply container, and of supplying a softening agent automatically to the washing tub using a softening agent supply unit with a softening agent supply container, and a method of controlling the washing machine.

公开(公告)号：US11674252B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17080151

申请日：2020-10-26

申请人： WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

发明人： James P. Carow ,  Moeed Mukhtar ,  Sanjida Tamanna

IPC分类号： D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F58/48 ,  D06F101/02 ,  D06F101/20

CPC分类号： D06F34/26 ,  D06F58/40 ,  D06F58/48 ,  D06F2101/02 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  D06F2103/02 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2105/28

摘要： A method of drying laundry in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber in which the laundry is received for drying comprises moving the treating chamber to redistribute the laundry, supplying air to the treating chamber to define a supply air flow, exhausting the supplied air from the treating chamber to define an exhaust air flow, actuating a heater at full output to heat the air supplied to the treating chamber, turning the heater off, and maintaining a maximum evaporation rate for a duration of time by operating the heater.

公开(公告)号：US11542649B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US16984861

申请日：2020-08-04

申请人： LG ELECTRONICS INC.

发明人： Jain Koo

IPC分类号： D06F33/47 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F34/14 ,  D06F103/28 ,  D06F105/44 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F23/02

摘要： Disclosed are a washing machine and a control method thereof, capable of preventing occurrence of an accident related to a child or a pet being inside a washing tub. A washing machine according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a concentration sensing part configured to a sense a concentration of a specific component in air measured inside or outside the washing tub, a controller configured to switch the door and the washing tub to a safe mode based on the concentration of the specific component sensed by the concentration sensing part, and a release signal detector configured to detect a release signal for switching the door and the washing tub, which have been switched to the safe mode by the controller, back to a normal mode.

公开(公告)号：US11525201B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US16946378

申请日：2020-06-18

申请人： Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

发明人： Ji-Yu Lee ,  Eun-Suk Bang

IPC分类号： D06F33/38 ,  D06F33/37 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F33/34 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F105/46 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F105/42

摘要： In order to increase an adsorption rate of softener for laundry, a method of controlling a washing machine according to an embodiment includes performing a first rinsing process based on a first target water level and a first duty ratio of a motor; when a second rinsing process is started, supplying water to an intermediate water level of a fixed tub; additionally supplying water to a second target water level together with the softener; setting a duty ratio of the motor to a second duty ratio higher than the first duty ratio; and driving the motor based on the second duty ratio.

公开(公告)号：US11299837B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16733899

申请日：2020-01-03

申请人： Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

发明人： Hyun Gu Cho ,  Young Chul Jo ,  Koang Hun Ryu

IPC分类号： D06F33/43 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F39/08

摘要： Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a method for controlling a washing machine. The washing machine may include: a body; a tub provided inside of the body to store water; a detergent supply unit disposed adjacent to the tub to supply detergent to the tub during an operating mode for washing laundry and to receive water during a cleaning mode; and a controller configured to allow a cleaning of the detergent supply unit to be performed by controlling a flow of water of the detergent supply unit and the tub during the cleaning mode of the detergent supply unit.
The present disclosure may be possible to keep the washing machine clean by automatically cleaning a detergent supply unit. In addition, it may be possible to improve the quality and the reliability of the product by automatically cleaning a detergent supply unit by using an input.

公开(公告)号：US11268227B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16556115

申请日：2019-08-29

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Jinok Kim ,  Yunsik Park ,  Sungmok Hwang

IPC分类号： D06F33/38 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F34/22 ,  D06F39/06 ,  D06F103/00 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/20 ,  D06F103/22 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F105/60 ,  D06F101/20

摘要： Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a door including an external cover and an internal glass to open and close a laundry entrance, at least one image sensor disposed to face the internal glass to acquire image data, a detergent bubble recognizer configured to recognize detergent bubble from the image data through a machine learning based image recognition model, and a controller configured to perform control to perform an additional rinsing cycle based on a result of recognition.

公开(公告)号：US11230802B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US16557689

申请日：2019-08-30

申请人： LG Electronics Inc.

发明人： Sungmok Hwang ,  Jinok Kim ,  Yunsik Park ,  Dayun Han

IPC分类号： G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  D06F33/36 ,  G06N3/08 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F103/02 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F103/40 ,  D06F105/54 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F34/04 ,  D06F101/00 ,  D06F101/20

摘要： The present invention relates to an artificial intelligence-based clothing management apparatus for receiving clothes in a hung state and treating the clothes, and a control method thereof. The apparatus may include an clothing containing portion disposed in a cabinet for receiving clothing to be treated in a hung manner; a camera to generate image information of the clothing contained in the clothing containing portion; a user interface configured to receive treatment information of the clothing from a user; and a processor configured to: obtain a learning result from a learning operation using image information previously acquired using the camera and treatment information previously acquired from the user interface; and process image information currently acquired using the camera with respect to the learning result, thereby to generate and set current treatment information; and control the apparatus to treat the clothing based on the set current treatment information.

公开(公告)号：US11163405B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-02

申请号：US16778873

申请日：2020-01-31

申请人： DIEHL AKO STIFTUNG & CO. KG

发明人： Tobias Hartmann ,  Andreas Brauchle

IPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  D06F34/30 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F101/20

摘要： A touch-sensitive and/or proximity-sensitive input device has an operator panel, a sensor film and a carrier plate, arranged on a side of the operator panel that is facing away from a user. The sensor film has at least one capacitive sensor area and also at least one antenna element. Provided on the carrier plate are a sensor circuit that is connected to the capacitive sensor areas and an antenna circuit that is connected to the antenna element. Such an input device can be used for example in electronic domestic appliances or commercial laundry treatment appliances.