Provided is a method for preventing an accident related to children or pets that may occur by a home appliance using artificial intelligence. According to the present disclosure, the method for preventing the accident comprises comparing a distance between the home appliance and a generation position of the voice signal and a reference distance when the generation position of the voice signal is outside of the home appliance. Then, the present disclosure enables switching a door of the home appliance to a lock state when a distance between the home appliance and the generation position of the voice signal is less than the reference distance. Thus, the present disclosure may enable controlling the home appliance to prevent children or pets from entering an inside of the home appliance.

Systems and methods for controlling one appliance using another appliance communicatively coupled thereto are provided. In one example aspect, a system includes a first appliance and a second appliance communicatively coupled thereto. The first appliance includes features that allow a user to control the first appliance and the second appliance from a single user interface.

A laundry appliance may include a front of the cabinet including a front bulkhead housing a first air conduit, the first air conduit defining a first opening configured to selectively receive ambient air, a back of the cabinet defining a basement area housing a second air conduit, the second air conduit defining a second opening for exhausting carbon monoxide outside of the appliance; a door configured to move between open and closed positions to selectively allow access the drum; a first cover arranged at the first opening; a second cover arranged at the second opening; and a processor programmed to instruct the first cover and second cover to open in response to the appliance being in a passive ventilation state.

A laundry appliance may include a front of the cabinet including a front bulkhead housing a first air conduit, the first air conduit defining a first opening configured to selectively receive ambient air, a back of the cabinet defining a basement area housing a second air conduit, the second air conduit defining a second opening for exhausting carbon monoxide outside of the appliance; a door configured to move between open and closed positions to selectively allow access the drum; a first cover arranged at the first opening; a second cover arranged at the second opening; and a processor programmed to instruct the first cover and second cover to open in response to the appliance being in a passive ventilation state.

A motor drive system, in particular for a laundry cleaning device, includes a controller, a motor drive module, and a motor. The motor includes a three-phase winding. Each phase winding includes at least two winding units. The motor drive module is configured to drive the motor to operate based on a control instruction of the controller. A winding switching module is respectively connected to the controller, to the motor drive module and to the motor and is configured to obtain an operating mode of the laundry cleaning device from the controller and to control a type or manner of connection of the winding units in the three-phase winding based on the operating mode.

A motor drive system, in particular for a laundry cleaning device, includes a controller, a motor drive module, and a motor. The motor includes a three-phase winding. Each phase winding includes at least two winding units. The motor drive module is configured to drive the motor to operate based on a control instruction of the controller. A winding switching module is respectively connected to the controller, to the motor drive module and to the motor and is configured to obtain an operating mode of the laundry cleaning device from the controller and to control a type or manner of connection of the winding units in the three-phase winding based on the operating mode.

A washing machine appliance is provided including a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, and an agitation assembly rotatably mounted within the wash basket. The agitation assembly includes an agitator element comprising a central column defining an axial direction and a radial direction, a dispensing cup positioned in the central column for receiving a wash additive, an intake port positioned on the agitator element, the intake port being spaced apart from the central column along the radial direction, and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the intake port, the fluid conduit defining a discharge port proximate the dispensing cup.

A washing machine appliance is provided including a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, and an agitation assembly rotatably mounted within the wash basket. The agitation assembly includes an agitator element comprising a central column defining an axial direction and a radial direction, a dispensing cup positioned in the central column for receiving a wash additive, an intake port positioned on the agitator element, the intake port being spaced apart from the central column along the radial direction, and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the intake port, the fluid conduit defining a discharge port proximate the dispensing cup.

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet for forming the exterior thereof, an inner case for forming a clothes treatment space in which clothes are accommodated; a machine room positioned at the lower portion of the inner case inside the cabinet; an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the machine room; a heat supply part including a compressor for supplying a compressed refrigerant to the condenser; a control part which is provided inside the machine room and which controls the compressor; a circulation duct, which is provided in the machine room, includes a heat exchanger provision part in which the evaporator and the condenser are provided, and provides a flow path through which air of the clothes treatment space circulates; and a base part, which is provided in the machine room, supports the lower portion of the circulation duct, and includes a control part provision part disposed below the heat exchanger provision part so as to provide a space in which the control part is provided.

The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet for forming the exterior thereof, an inner case for forming a clothes treatment space in which clothes are accommodated; a machine room positioned at the lower portion of the inner case inside the cabinet; an evaporator and a condenser provided inside the machine room; a heat supply part including a compressor for supplying a compressed refrigerant to the condenser; a control part which is provided inside the machine room and which controls the compressor; a circulation duct, which is provided in the machine room, includes a heat exchanger provision part in which the evaporator and the condenser are provided, and provides a flow path through which air of the clothes treatment space circulates; and a base part, which is provided in the machine room, supports the lower portion of the circulation duct, and includes a control part provision part disposed below the heat exchanger provision part so as to provide a space in which the control part is provided.