The present disclosure relates to a washing machine including a tub, a drum, and a detergent supply device configured to supply an additive to the tub. The detergent supply device includes a plurality of cartridges storing additive, a plurality of check valve assemblies connected to the plurality of cartridges and configured to control extracting of the additive, a pump for extracting additive, an inlet channel defining a plurality of flow paths respectively connected to the plurality of check valve assemblies, where the inlet channel is configured to transmit a pressure change generated by the pump to the plurality of check valve assemblies, and a flow path switching valve connected to the pump and the inlet channel and configured to selectively establish fluid communication between the pump and any one of the plurality of flow paths of the inlet channel.

A clothes dryer comprises a drum, a weight detection sensor, a moisture content detection sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a category for the drying item among a plurality of categories based on the weight of the drying item detected by the weight detection sensor and the residual moisture content information about the drying item obtained by the moisture content detection sensor at a first predetermined time after an initial drying cycle is initiated according to an initial control condition, monitor a reduction state in the residual moisture content information about the drying item obtained by the a moisture content detection circuit based on a reference time and a moisture content threshold defined corresponding to the determined category to determine a drying level for the drying item, and then initiate a main drying cycle according to the control condition corresponding to the determined drying level.

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a laundry machine, comprising a cloth sensing step of sensing the cloth of laundry, wherein the cloth sensing step comprises: a weight sensing step of sensing the weight of the laundry; a photographing step of photographing the inside of a drum; a volume sensing step of sensing the volume of the laundry inside the drum by mean of the captured image; and a density calculation step of calculating the density of the laundry on the basis of the sensed volume and weight.

A clothes care apparatus includes a chamber, an upper fan provided above the chamber and configured to move air to a lower side of the chamber, and a lower fan provided under the chamber and configured to move air to an upper side of the chamber. A first motor is configured to rotate the lower fan and a steam generating device is configured to generate steam by heating water. A controller is configured to control on-off states of the steam generating device and the first motor, configured to turn on the steam generating device in a first period for supplying the generated steam to the chamber, and configured to turn on the first motor in a second period for allowing the steam to be dispersed by air moving to the chamber.

An electronic device includes a camera to capture an image, and a processor to input an image acquired by photographing a detergent container into a trained model to acquire detergent information corresponding to the detergent container, and to guide an amount of detergent dispensed based on washing information corresponding to the detergent information. The trained model is a neural network trained using images of a plurality of detergent containers.

An electronic apparatus is provided. An electronic apparatus includes a memory in which an application is stored, a display, and a processor which executes the application so that, when context information about a user is received, the care course and the care order of each of a plurality of clothing care devices registered in the application are identified on the basis of the received context information about the user, and which controls the display so that a user interface (UI) including customized care information about the user is provided on the basis of the identified care course and care order of each of the plurality of clothing care devices.

A drying time prediction method includes: obtaining an operation condition set at the start of operation of a first dryer; obtaining the first actual operation time period of each of at least one first operation performed by the first dryer; obtaining operation finish time information from a learned model by inputting, to the learned model, the operation condition and first actual information that is based on the first actual operation time period, the operation finish time information being related to the finish time of the operation started under the operation condition; and outputting first information based on the operation finish time information.

Method of determining a laundry load size in a laundry treating appliance comprising a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for receiving laundry for treatment in accordance with a treating cycle of operation, an imaging device, and a controller having a processor, the method includes generating an image, detecting markings in the generated image, and determining, by the controller, a load size based thereon.

The invention provides an apparatus (8) for cleaning cloth which includes a body (10) with an aperture, a closure, which is engageable with the aperture, a tub (26) with an outer shell and a cylindrical Inner cavity which corresponds with the aperture, a drum (28), which is positioned inside the cylindrical inner cavity (54) and which includes a wall, with an inner surface, an outer surface and a plurality of perforations (62) in the wait, a base (64) and an opposing mouth (66) which registers with the aperture, a drive means (30) which is connected to or engaged with the drum and which allows rotational movement of the drum about an axis, a generator (32) and an electrical power supply (78), inside the body, wherein the power supply is adapted to provide pulsating electrical power to the generator and wherein the generator is actuable to produce pulses of microwave energy at least into part of the drum.

A clothes treating apparatus comprises a cabinet; a drum that is installed in the cabinet so as to be rotatable and accommodates objects to be treated; and a door installed on the front side of the cabinet, wherein one or more removable storage tanks are detachably provided on the door to store at least one of a detergent and a fabric softener. The fluid storage tanks are filled, in advance, with a predetermined amount of detergent and/or fabric softener sufficient for operating the clothes treating apparatus a plurality of times so that it is possible to solve the inconvenience of having to introduce a detergent and/or a fabric softener in the clothes treating apparatus whenever operating the clothes treating apparatus.