Clothes treatment apparatus and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11242634-B2
Application number	US-201916279834-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2019
Priority date	Feb 19, 2018
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus includes a drum configured to accommodate clothes, an inputter configured to receive one of a plurality of programs and configured to receive a start command, a storage configured to store information on a setting time corresponding to a weight of clothes for each program and configured to store information on a default time for each program previously executed, in the form of tables, a processor configured to detect a weight of clothes when any one program is received and a start command is received, configured to identify a setting time corresponding to the detected weight of clothes and the received program, configured to control the execution of the received program based on the identified setting time, and configured to store an operation time, which is taken until the completion of the received program, as a default time, and a display configured to display a remaining time during the execution of the received program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
a drum configured to accommodate clothes;
an inputter configured to:
receive one of a plurality of programs, and
receive a start command;

a storage configured to:
store first information on a setting time corresponding to a weight of clothes for each program of the plurality of programs, the weight of clothes detected by a detector, and
store second information on a default time for each program of the plurality of programs in a table, wherein the default time for one of the plurality of programs corresponds to a previous period of time to complete the one program;

a processor configured to:
determine the weight of clothes when a first program of the plurality of programs is received and the start command is received,
identify a setting time corresponding to the weight of clothes and the first program from the first information,
execute the first program based on the identified setting time, and
store as an additional default time, an operation time, corresponding to a period of time to complete the first program; and

a display configured to display a remaining time while the first program is executed,
wherein when the remaining time is initially displayed, the remaining time is based on the second information.

2. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein before the weight of clothes is determined, the processor is configured to:
obtain a default time corresponding to the first program from the second information,
wherein the remaining time that is displayed is the obtained default time.

3. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a plurality of default times corresponding to the first program from the second information,
wherein the remaining time that is displayed is an average time of the obtained plurality of default times.

4. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a plurality of default times corresponding to the first program from the second information,
wherein the remaining time that is displayed is a most recently stored time among the obtained plurality of default times.

5. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a plurality of default times corresponding to the first program from the second information,
wherein the remaining time that is displayed is a minimum time among the obtained plurality of default times.

6. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
obtain a plurality of default times corresponding to the first program from the second information,
wherein the remaining time that is displayed is a maximum time among the obtained plurality of default times.

7. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when the weight of clothes is detected, the processor is configured to:
change the remaining time that is displayed on the display to the identified setting time, and
displays the identified setting time.

8. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising:
a sound outputter configured to output a sound when the remaining time on the display is changed into the identified setting time.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Hyun Jin
• Lee Joon Ho
• Cho Dong Bin
• Hong Seung Woo
• Kim Bo Bin
• Park Hae Yoon
• Lee Dong Min
• Lim Kyoung Ae

Classifications

• D06F34/05

  for wireless communication between components, e.g. for remote monitoring or control · CPC title

• D06F2103/04

  Quantity, e.g. weight or variation of weight · CPC title

• D06F2105/58

  Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user · CPC title

• D06F33/44 Primary

  Control of the operating time, e.g. reduction of overall operating time · CPC title

• H01H2300/03

  Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring · CPC title