Provided is a home appliance that performs a washing or drying operation based on a start command input through artificial intelligence and voice recognition a method for controlling such a home appliance. According to the present disclosure, the home appliance and the method for controlling such a home appliance include a sensor that senses a state of a door installed in a washing unit and a controller that executes an operation command based on a change of a state of the door sensed by the sensor. At this time, when the door is changed from an open state to a close state after the power of the home appliance is turned on, the controller controls the operation of the washing unit based on the operation command extracted from the voice signal of the user. Thus, the present disclosure may enable performing an command to start an operation input based on voice recognition.

A laundry treatment machine may include an outer tub having an opening at a top through which laundry is inserted. The outer tub may contain wash water for washing the laundry. An inner tub may be rotatably provided inside the outer tub. A pulsator may be rotatably provided at a bottom of the inner tub to generate a current or flow of water flowing at a lower part of the inner tub. A water current generating protrusion that protrudes inward from a peripheral surface of the inner tub and extends upward from a bottom end of the inner tub may generate a current or flow of water flowing along an upper part of the inner tub.

A laundry treatment machine may include an outer tub having an opening at a top through which laundry is inserted. The outer tub may contain wash water for washing the laundry. An inner tub may be rotatably provided inside the outer tub. A pulsator may be rotatably provided at a bottom of the inner tub to generate a current or flow of water flowing at a lower part of the inner tub. A water current generating protrusion that protrudes inward from a peripheral surface of the inner tub and extends upward from a bottom end of the inner tub may generate a current or flow of water flowing along an upper part of the inner tub.

A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub and supported by a front bearing and a rear bearing. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes rotating the wash basket within the wash tub at a basket speed and obtaining first and second displacement amplitudes of the wash tub. Bearing forces at the front and rear bearings are obtained based on the basket speed and the displacement amplitudes. The determined bearing force at the front bearing is compared to a front limit. The determined bearing force at the rear bearing is compared to a rear limit. If the determined bearing force value at either of the front bearing or the rear bearing is greater than or equal to the respective limit, an operating parameter of the washing machine appliance is adjusted to limit bearing forces resulting from out-of-balance loads.

A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket rotatably mounted within a wash tub and supported by a front bearing and a rear bearing. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes rotating the wash basket within the wash tub at a basket speed and obtaining first and second displacement amplitudes of the wash tub. Bearing forces at the front and rear bearings are obtained based on the basket speed and the displacement amplitudes. The determined bearing force at the front bearing is compared to a front limit. The determined bearing force at the rear bearing is compared to a rear limit. If the determined bearing force value at either of the front bearing or the rear bearing is greater than or equal to the respective limit, an operating parameter of the washing machine appliance is adjusted to limit bearing forces resulting from out-of-balance loads.

A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening to the interior, a treating chamber located within the interior and accessible through the access opening, a dispenser having a drawer with at least one chemistry container and a faucet, and a water supply fluidly coupled to the faucet.

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.

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.

A household appliance is disclosed that may perform a useful cycle of operation on an item. The household appliance may include a treating chamber for accommodating the item during the performance of the useful cycle, and a body enclosing the treating chamber. The body may include a front side, an underside, a first delimiting surface and a second delimiting surface, wherein the first and second delimiting surfaces forms a recess between the underside and the front side. The first delimiting surface may be essentially parallel to the underside of the body. The household appliance may further include a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive data. The communication module may be arranged at the first delimiting surface.

An apparatus and a method for predicting freezing of a washing machine, which predicts freezing of the washing machine based on a change of air temperature through an artificial intelligence algorithm and provides a freeze prediction result to a user terminal associated with the washing machine in a 5G environment, thereby preventing freezing of the washing machine. The apparatus for predicting freezing of the washing machine determines, based on temperature data sensed by a temperature sensor disposed in the washing machine and air temperature data received from a meteorological administration server, an association of temperature change of the washing machine according to the air temperature data, through the freezing prediction algorithm, and predicts freezing of the washing machine based on the association of temperature change of the washing machine and an air temperature forecast received from the meteorological administration server.