KR-20260063359-A - a laundry treating apparatus and a control method of the same

KR20260063359AKR 20260063359 AKR20260063359 AKR 20260063359AKR-20260063359-A

Abstract

The present invention is characterized by a cabinet having an opening at the front, a door coupled to the cabinet for opening and closing the opening, a locking unit for locking the door to the cabinet, a drum received in the cabinet for receiving clothing, a driving unit provided to rotate the drum, a control unit providing a command to control the driving unit to rotate the drum to detect the amount of clothing or to perform any course for processing the clothing, a display unit coupled to the cabinet for displaying information to the outside, and the display unit displaying one or more of the required water usage and electricity usage according to the amount of clothing.

Inventors

배순철
김현주
조영한

Assignees

엘지전자 주식회사

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20241030

Claims (16)

A cabinet having an opening at the front; A door coupled to the cabinet above to open and close the opening above; A locking part that locks the above door to the above cabinet; A drum accommodated in the above cabinet and accommodating clothing; A driving unit configured to rotate the above drum; A control unit that controls the drive unit to rotate the drum to detect the amount of the clothing or provides a command to perform any course for processing the clothing; A display unit coupled to the above cabinet and displaying information externally; The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying one or more of the required water usage and electricity usage according to the amount of the clothing.
In paragraph 1, The above driving unit A clothing processing device characterized by detecting the amount of clothing by rotating the drum less than one revolution while the locking part is in an unlocked state of the door.
In paragraph 2, A clothing processing device characterized by the above driving unit detecting the amount of clothing by rotating the drum at an angle less than or equal to the angle at which the clothing is separated from the inner wall of the drum or its position is varied when the above locking unit is unlocked the door.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying one or more of the water usage and the electricity usage when the door is closed and the lock is unlocked.
In paragraph 1, It includes a course selection unit configured to receive a selection command for selecting any one of the above arbitrary courses; and The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying one or more of the required water usage and electricity usage according to the course entered in the course selection unit.
In paragraph 5, An execution unit configured to receive an execution command for performing the selected course; comprising The above execution unit A clothing processing device characterized by being configured to allow input of an execution command while one or more of the quantity of the clothing and the execution time of the course for processing the clothing are displayed on the display unit.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying the above water usage amount in stages.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying the above-mentioned electricity usage in stages.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by numerically displaying the above water usage amount.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by numerically displaying the above-mentioned electricity usage.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying one or more of the above-mentioned amount of clothing, the above-mentioned course for processing clothing, the above-mentioned water usage, and the above-mentioned electricity usage.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying the amount of clothing above, then switching the screen to display one or more of the water usage and electricity usage above.
In paragraph 6, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by blocking the display of water usage and electricity usage when the execution command is input to the execution unit before the detection of the amount of clothing is completed.
In paragraph 1, The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying one or more of the water usage and electricity usage used in the performed course when the above course is completed.
In Paragraph 14, The above control unit Feedback is provided by comparing the estimated water usage and estimated electricity usage required according to the volume of the above clothing with the water usage and electricity usage used in the performed course, and The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by displaying the above feedback.
In paragraph 5, Includes an option control unit that receives a command to change the option of the above course selection unit; The above display part A clothing processing device characterized by changing and displaying one or more of water usage and electricity usage according to the changed option when a command to change an option is input to the above-mentioned option control unit.

Description

A laundry treating apparatus and a control method of the same The present invention relates to a clothing processing device and a method for controlling said clothing processing device. Generally, the term "clothing processing device" refers to a device capable of washing, drying, or performing washing or drying of clothing, etc. Here, the clothing processing device may perform only washing or drying functions, or may perform both washing and drying. Such a garment processing device is equipped with any course or option for performing washing or drying of garments, and the execution time of said course or option is calculated based on the volume of the garments. For example, if the volume of garments is large, the execution time will be set relatively long, and if the volume of garments is small, the execution time will be set relatively short. FIG. 1 illustrates a control method for performing any course or option of a conventional clothing processing device. (See Korean Patent Publications No. 10-2009-0077097 and 10-2008-0102611, etc.) FIG. 1(a) illustrates a control method in which a conventional clothing processing device performs any course or option. Referring to FIG. 1(a), a conventional clothing processing device may include a power supply step (s1) for supplying power to the clothing processing device by inputting (on) a power button, a selection step (s2) for selecting an appropriate course or option on the control panel of the clothing processing device, and a start step (s3) for inputting an execution button to execute the course or option. In the case where the conventional clothing processing device is equipped as a front load type washing machine having an opening for introducing clothing at the front of the cabinet, when the starting step (s3) is performed, a door locking step (s4) for fixing the opening to the cabinet may be performed. Subsequently, the conventional clothing processing device performs a volume detection step (S5) in which it detects the volume of clothing through an applied current value while rotating a drum or the like that receives the clothing. When the volume of the clothing is calculated, the control unit of the conventional clothing processing device performs a time display step (S6) in which it displays the expected execution time of the selected course or option to the user, and performs an execution step (S7) in which it automatically executes the course or option. However, the load detection step (S5) and time display step (S6) of the conventional clothing processing device are performed after the start step (S3) in which the user executes a course or option. Therefore, there was a problem in that the user was forced to input the execution of a course or option without receiving information about the load of clothing or the expected execution time. As a result, there was a problem in that the user could not actively control the execution time of the course or option, and the time display step (s6) could not perform a role beyond simply displaying simple information to the user at the service level. Furthermore, conventional clothing processing devices had a problem in that they did not allow the user to take active measures, such as adding or reducing clothing, even if the execution time displayed in the time display step (s6) did not match the user's current intention or situation. In addition, conventional garment processing devices had a problem in that even if the execution time of a selected course or option did not match the intention, it was impossible to cancel or change the course or option unless active measures were taken, such as manually turning off the washing machine's power again. This inconvenience was further exacerbated when the aforementioned conventional clothing processing device was controlled remotely. FIG. 1(b) illustrates the rotational state of the drum when a conventional clothing processing device detects the amount of fabric. Referring to FIG. 1(b), a conventional clothing processing device rotated the drum (D) in the I direction to detect the amount of clothing (L). Specifically, the conventional clothing processing device calculated the weight of the clothing (L) by measuring the current value applied to or output to the driving unit that rotates the drum (D) while rotating the drum (D) in the I direction. In a conventional clothing processing device, when the drum (D) is rotated to detect the amount of material, the clothing (L) on the bottom surface of the drum rises inside the drum (D) and then falls in direction II due to gravity, inevitably separating from the inner wall of the drum. Therefore, conventional clothing processing devices had a limitation in that they had to align the applied or output current values while continuously rotating the drum (D) in the I direction for at least one rotation to detect the accurate weight of the clothing (L). As a result, conventional clothing processing devices had a problem in that the