The invention relates to a method of operating a textile treatment device comprising a heatable soleplate intended to be in contact with a textile for treating the textile. The method comprises a first step (1001) of setting a first temperature target for the heatable soleplate, and a step (1002) of detecting movement of said textile treatment device. If the step (1002) of 5 detecting movement did not detect any movement of said textile treatment device during more than a given first time duration, a step (1004) of actively decreasing the temperature of the heatable soleplate (4) up to reaching a first given temperature having a value below said first temperature target.

A clothing care machine and a control method thereof are provided. The clothing care machine includes a drying chamber, an air supply device, a first humidity sensor and a second humidity sensor. The drying chamber is used for containing clothes. The air supply device is communicated with the drying chamber for supplying hot air to the drying chamber. The first humidity sensor is disposed in the drying chamber to detect the humidity in the drying chamber. The second humidity sensor is disposed outside the drying chamber to detect the ambient humidity outside the drying chamber. The clothing care machine and the control method can automatically judge whether the drying process is completed and stop working according to the humidity change in the drying chamber and the ambient humidity, the judgment is more accurate to effectively improve the drying effect and reduce the energy consumption, and the intelligent degree is higher.

The invention relates to a portable textile treatment device (1) comprising a heatable sole plate (4) intended to be in contact with a textile (TXT) for treating the textile. The portable textile treatment device also comprises an image sensor (5) for taking an image of the textile to be treated, an illumination system (6) for illuminating a portion of the textile when said image is being taken. The portable device also comprises a control unit (8) configured for executing an algorithm stored in said portable textile treatment device, using the taken image as an input of said algorithm, to obtain a classification of the textile; and controlling, based on said classification, at least one operating parameter of the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor and the control unit are integrated within the portable textile treatment device. The image sensor comprises an active surface sensitive to light, the image sensor being oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable sole plate (4), with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70 degrees; and/or the illumination system (6) comprises a light source oriented with respect to the surface of the heatable sole plate (4) being in contact with the textile, with an absolute value of an orientation angle being in the range from 15 to 70 degrees.

A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.

A clothes-treating apparatus includes: a housing including an accommodating space to accommodate clothes therein; and a plurality of air conditioning modules provided inside the housing and different in an air conditioning function from each other, wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning modules is provided to be switched over between an exposing status in which the air conditioning function is activated and a blocking status in which the air conditioning function is inactivated, and a first air conditioning module among the plurality of air conditioning modules is in the exposing status while a second air conditioning module is in the blocking status. Thus, the clothes-treating apparatus prevents the air conditioning functions of the plurality of air conditioning modules from being offset by each other, thereby improving the effects of the air conditioning functions and extending the life of each air conditioning module.

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.

Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a laundry dryer for generating high-temperature steam through a steam part and controlling each of rotation of a drum and rotation of a circulation fan. The method includes a steam drying procedure drying operation of increasing an internal temperature of the drum to dry an object to be dried, a steam drying procedure steam supply operation of supplying steam into the drum after the steam drying procedure drying operation, and a re-drying operation of supplying hot air into the drum after the steam drying procedure steam supply operation. When steam is sprayed from the steam part, the rotation of the drum is maintained, the rotation of the circulation fan is stopped, such that the steam is evenly supplied to the object to be dried, damage to the object is prevented, and sterilization of the object is enhanced.

The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus that is provided to supply steam into a drum accommodating laundry therein and to supply hot water or the steam to a region outside the drum to also sterilize the region outside the drum, and a method for controlling the same.

The disclosure includes a water supply tank configured to store water; a steam generator including a case for receiving the water from the water supply tank, a heater for heating the water in the case, and a water level sensor for sensing a water level in the case; a water supplier configured to move the water stored in the water supply tank to the case; an input configured to receive one steam course from among a plurality of steam courses from a user; and a controller configured to control the water supplier so that water supply at the water level corresponding to the one steam course starts from a reference water level of the case and controls the heater to heat the water in the case when the one steam course is input.

A clothes care apparatus aimed to prevent drying errors of clothes, prevent a dry time from increasing, and reduce consumption power. The clothes care apparatus includes: a chamber configured to accommodate clothes; a humidity sensor positioned inside the chamber; a steam generator configured to supply steam to an inside of the chamber; and a controller configured to determine an amount of humidity change inside the chamber based on an output value from the humidity sensor during a steam process, and control the steam generator to supply the steam based on the amount of humidity change.