公开(公告)号：US12247340B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17423725

申请日：2019-04-05

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Myungsang Kim ,  Baekeun Kwon ,  Dongwoon Kim ,  Yoosool Yoon ,  Cheolyeon Lee ,  Hoyong Jang

IPC: D06F34/10 ,  D06F34/05 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/12 ,  H02J50/10

Abstract: A laundry processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a drum rotatably disposed in a main body, a drive motor configured to provide rotational power to the drum, a lifter mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the drum, a dryness level sensing device provided in the lifter, a wireless power receiver electrically connected to the dryness level sensing device and provided in the lifter, a wireless power transmitter disposed between the main body and the drum to correspond to the wireless power receiver, and a controller configured to receive a sensing result from the dryness level sensing device and calculate a dryness level based on the received sensing result.

公开(公告)号：US20250019891A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18686745

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Minji KIM ,  Jongmin LEE ,  Woonje CHOE ,  Yeonju LEE ,  Taewoong KIM

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F58/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/48

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothing treating apparatus which provides various optimized drum motion combinations capable of preventing damage to or shrinking of clothing in each of a preheating section, a constant rate drying section, a reduced rate drying section, and a cooling section.

公开(公告)号：US20240295067A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18573150

申请日：2022-06-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Woonje CHOE ,  Chungill LEE ,  Nagyoung LEE

IPC: D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08

CPC classification number: D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08

Abstract: The present application relates to a control method for a clothes treatment apparatus, comprising: a laundry amount sensing step of determining the amount of clothes stored in a drum; a setting step of setting, as a reference rotation number, the number of rotations that causes a centrifugal force of less than 1 G to the clothes according to the amount of clothes; an air supply step of supplying, by a drying unit, heated air to the drum; and a first motion execution step of rotating the drum at the reference rotation number, a first rotation number set to be higher than the reference rotation number, and a second rotation number set to be lower than the reference rotation number.

公开(公告)号：US12031257B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17566372

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyun Jin Ahn ,  Joon Ho Lee ,  Dong Bin Cho ,  Seung Woo Hong ,  Bo Bin Kim ,  Hae Yoon Park ,  Dong Min Lee ,  Kyoung Ae Lim

IPC: D06F33/44 ,  D06F33/70 ,  D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F101/20 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F105/02 ,  D06F105/56 ,  D06F105/58

CPC classification number: D06F33/44 ,  D06F33/70 ,  D06F34/06 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F34/28 ,  D06F34/32 ,  D06F2101/20 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/24 ,  D06F2103/38 ,  D06F2105/02 ,  D06F2105/56 ,  D06F2105/58

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus includes a drum configured to accommodate clothes, an inputter configured to receive one of a plurality of programs and configured to receive a start command, a storage configured to store information on a setting time corresponding to a weight of clothes for each program and configured to store information on a default time for each program previously executed, in the form of tables, a processor configured to detect a weight of clothes when any one program is received and a start command is received, configured to identify a setting time corresponding to the detected weight of clothes and the received program, configured to control the execution of the received program based on the identified setting time, and configured to store an operation time, which is taken until the completion of the received program, as a default time, and a display configured to display a remaining time during the execution of the received program.

公开(公告)号：US12024812B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-02

申请号：US17271063

申请日：2019-09-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Gyeongryeol Chae ,  Dohaeng Kim ,  Dongsuk Kim ,  Jewoo Bang ,  Donggyu Lee ,  Youngdon Jeong ,  Juyoung Kim

IPC: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/00 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F73/02 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/04 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/56 ,  D06F105/12 ,  D06F105/40 ,  D06F105/52 ,  D06F105/56

CPC classification number: D06F58/44 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F35/00 ,  D06F39/40 ,  D06F58/10 ,  D06F58/203 ,  D06F58/46 ,  D06F73/02 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F2103/04 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2103/56 ,  D06F2105/12 ,  D06F2105/40 ,  D06F2105/52 ,  D06F2105/56

Abstract: Disclosed is a clothing management apparatus. Disclosed clothing management apparatus comprises: memory; a steam generation apparatus for generating steam; a steam discharge member for spraying clothing with the steam generated by the steam generation apparatus; a temperature sensor for sensing the temperature inside the clothing management apparatus; and a processor which, when a clothing management start command is entered, stores the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor in memory, and controls the steam generation apparatus to carry out the action corresponding to the sensed temperature and clothing management start command, wherein, if an additional clothing management command is entered within a previously set time following an execution of an action corresponding to the clothing management start command, then the processor controls the steam generation apparatus to carry out the action corresponding to the temperature data stored in memory and additional clothing management command.

公开(公告)号：US20240200256A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18288939

申请日：2022-06-17

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyojin JOO ,  Younghoon KIM ,  Mangeun KIM ,  Jinseong HWANG

IPC: D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/12 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F105/46 ,  G01J5/02 ,  G01J5/10

CPC classification number: D06F34/18 ,  D06F34/26 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F39/12 ,  D06F58/04 ,  D06F58/20 ,  G01J5/0205 ,  G01J5/10 ,  D06F2103/08 ,  D06F2103/12 ,  D06F2103/32 ,  D06F2105/46

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum that is rotatably provided inside the cabinet, a support panel provided on a front surface of the drum, and an infrared sensor installed on the support drum, provided in a direction facing the drum, and configured to receive heat inside the drum. The infrared sensor measures a temperature inside the drum, is disposed at a center based on right and left sides of the drum, and is disposed at an upper end of the support panel.

公开(公告)号：US11674252B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US17080151

申请日：2020-10-26

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： James P. Carow ,  Moeed Mukhtar ,  Sanjida Tamanna

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

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

Abstract: 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：US11255042B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16690921

申请日：2019-11-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Dongsoo Choung ,  Yongju Lee

IPC: D06F58/30 ,  G06N3/08 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W72/04 ,  G06N3/04 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/38

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for drying laundry using an intelligent washer. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for drying laundry trains a time prediction model for obtaining first remaining time information related to complete dryness of the laundry, obtains first washer state information related to a state of a washer for drying the laundry, obtains the first remaining time information by inputting the first washer state information to the trained time prediction model, and dries the washer based on the obtained first remaining time information, thus precisely predicting the time necessary for complete dryness of wet laundry. According to an embodiment, the washer may be related to artificial intelligence (AI) modules, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, and 5G service-related devices.

公开(公告)号：US11248333B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-15

申请号：US16212635

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: WATERGEN Ltd.

Inventor： Sharon Dulberg ,  Arye Kohavi

IPC: D06F58/20 ,  F26B21/00 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F101/14 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F103/36 ,  D06F103/38 ,  D06F105/24 ,  D06F103/10 ,  D06F103/30 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F105/58 ,  D06F37/42 ,  D06F58/26

Abstract: A dryer apparatus is disclosed comprising a container having a container inlet and outlet, a pump that is configured to motivate a first air-vapor mixture flow via the container inlet and via the container outlet, a heating device configured to heat the first air-vapor mixture, a selector with at least two states, a compressor that is configured to compress and motivate a part of the first air-vapor mixture flow as a second air-vapor mixture flow, to flow through a first heat exchanger and to flow through a second heat exchanger and a pressure reducing device that is configured to reduce the pressure of said second air-vapor mixture downstream said first heat exchanger. The selector is configured to direct most of the first air-vapor mixture to flow in a closed cycle through the container, or configured to exchange most of the first air-vapor mixture with air located outside the apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11236462B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16641511

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (WUHAN) CO., LTD ,  GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI

Inventor： Mingxing Zheng ,  Hongyong Yang ,  Jian Liu

IPC: F26B3/00 ,  D06F58/38 ,  D06F103/08 ,  D06F105/28 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F34/26

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining drying of clothes. The method for determining drying of clothes includes: acquiring an intake air temperature at an air inlet of a drum; calculating a change rate of the intake air temperature at the air inlet of the drum; determining that drying of the clothes is completed when a relationship between the change rate of the intake air temperature and a preset temperature change rate ks satisfies a determination condition. According to the clothes drying determination method of the present disclosure, the determination factors affecting the drying of clothes are reduced, and the accuracy of determination of drying of clothes is improved and the cost of drying clothes is reduced.