D06F58/08

CLOTHES DRYER

A clothes dryer includes a cabinet having a front surface with an opening in the front surface; a drum inside the cabinet and configured so that objects to be dried are insertable through the opening to be received in the drum; a heat exchanger; and a door to open and close the opening, and including a ventilation member, wherein the door is configured so that, with the door being in an open state, the ventilation member covers at least a portion of the opening so that the ventilation member prevents objects in the drum from moving through the opening, air passing through the heat exchanger is discharged from the drum, through the ventilation member and the opening, to an outside of the cabinet, and outside air is supplied through the ventilation member and the opening to the heat exchanger.

CLOTHES DRYER

A clothes dryer includes a cabinet having a front surface with an opening in the front surface; a drum inside the cabinet and configured so that objects to be dried are insertable through the opening to be received in the drum; a heat exchanger; and a door to open and close the opening, and including a ventilation member, wherein the door is configured so that, with the door being in an open state, the ventilation member covers at least a portion of the opening so that the ventilation member prevents objects in the drum from moving through the opening, air passing through the heat exchanger is discharged from the drum, through the ventilation member and the opening, to an outside of the cabinet, and outside air is supplied through the ventilation member and the opening to the heat exchanger.

CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

The present disclosure relates to a clothes treating apparatus including a drum, a door to open and close the drum, an opening/closing switch to output a signal in response to opening or closing of the drum by the door, a motor to rotate the drum, a controller to generate a control command for controlling a rotational speed of the motor, a driving device including an inverter to convert power applied to the motor and an inverter driver to output a control signal of the inverter in response to the generated control command, and a protection switch connected between the opening/closing switch and the inverter driver to be turned on or off by the signal output by the opening/closing switch, wherein the inverter driver turns off the inverter when a voltage applied by the protection switch is less than or equal to a reference voltage.

CLOTHES TREATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

The present disclosure relates to a clothes treating apparatus including a drum, a door to open and close the drum, an opening/closing switch to output a signal in response to opening or closing of the drum by the door, a motor to rotate the drum, a controller to generate a control command for controlling a rotational speed of the motor, a driving device including an inverter to convert power applied to the motor and an inverter driver to output a control signal of the inverter in response to the generated control command, and a protection switch connected between the opening/closing switch and the inverter driver to be turned on or off by the signal output by the opening/closing switch, wherein the inverter driver turns off the inverter when a voltage applied by the protection switch is less than or equal to a reference voltage.

COMBINATION WASHING AND DRYING APPLIANCE HAVING AN AIRFLOW SYSTEM CONTAINED WITHIN AN OUTER TUB

A laundry appliance includes a tub contained within an outer cabinet. A motor assembly is attached to the tub having a first rotor and a second rotor that operate about a common rotational axis. A drum is disposed within the tub and coupled with the first rotor to rotationally operable about the common rotational axis. A blower is coupled to the second rotor and disposed within the tub to rotationally operate about the common rotational axis to deliver process air through an airflow path that includes a processing space defined within the drum. The blower is positioned within a blower housing that is positioned between the tub and the drum.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DRYER
20220341083 · 2022-10-27 ·

The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) dryer. The AI dryer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a casing; a washing tub disposed in the casing; a motor configured to rotate the washing tub; a driver configured to drive the motor and including an output current detector for detecting an output current flowing through the motor; a heat supplier configured to supply heat to the washing tub; and a controller configured to control the driver, wherein the controller performs learning using DNN based on the output current detected by the output current detector, determines a load of laundry in the washing tub by the learning, and determines operation course information based on information of load of the laundry, thereby providing optimal operation course information corresponding to the information of load of the laundry.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DRYER
20220341083 · 2022-10-27 ·

The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) dryer. The AI dryer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a casing; a washing tub disposed in the casing; a motor configured to rotate the washing tub; a driver configured to drive the motor and including an output current detector for detecting an output current flowing through the motor; a heat supplier configured to supply heat to the washing tub; and a controller configured to control the driver, wherein the controller performs learning using DNN based on the output current detected by the output current detector, determines a load of laundry in the washing tub by the learning, and determines operation course information based on information of load of the laundry, thereby providing optimal operation course information corresponding to the information of load of the laundry.

Sensor device and electronic device obtaining information from the sensor device

A sensor device is provided. The sensor device includes an energy harvester configured to generate electric energy, a monitoring circuit, a sensor, a communication circuit, and at least one processor configured to obtain information indicating a magnitude of the generated electric energy via the monitoring circuit, obtain a sensing value via the sensor, and transmit the sensing value and the information indicating the magnitude of the generated electric energy via the communication circuit to the other electronic device.

FOREIGN SUBSTRATE COLLECTOR FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. A drum disposed within the cabinet and has an inner circumferential wall. At least one lifter is operably coupled to the inner circumferential wall of the drum. A motor is operably coupled to the drum and is disposed within the cabinet. A controller is disposed within the cabinet and is communicatively coupled to the motor. A negatively-charged member selectively disposed within the drum. A negative charge is configured to attract oppositely-charged foreign substrates to the negatively-charged member. The negatively-charged member is selectively coupled to the at least one lifter.

FOREIGN SUBSTRATE COLLECTOR FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. A drum disposed within the cabinet and has an inner circumferential wall. At least one lifter is operably coupled to the inner circumferential wall of the drum. A motor is operably coupled to the drum and is disposed within the cabinet. A controller is disposed within the cabinet and is communicatively coupled to the motor. A negatively-charged member selectively disposed within the drum. A negative charge is configured to attract oppositely-charged foreign substrates to the negatively-charged member. The negatively-charged member is selectively coupled to the at least one lifter.