Vacuum cleaner and method for controlling vacuum cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11779181-B2
Application number	US-202217835406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 8, 2022
Priority date	May 18, 2018
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner. The present vacuum cleaner includes a drum mounted with a brush, a first motor for rotating the drum, a sensor for sensing a load applied to the first motor, a second motor generating suction pressure, and a processor for controlling at least one from the first motor and the second motor according to a size of a load sensed from the sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a main body having a first motor configured to generate suction power, the main body configured to detachably mount a module including a drum having a brush and a second motor configured to rotate the drum;
a sensor configured to detect a load applied to the second motor; and
a processor configured to:
obtain, through the sensor, a first signal corresponding to the load applied to the second motor according to a floor type while the module is performing a cleaning operation,
obtain a second signal corresponding to a type of the module mounted to the main body, and
control a speed of the first motor for generating the suction power based on the first signal corresponding to the load applied to the second motor and the second signal corresponding to the type of the module while the first motor is driving, and

wherein the processor is further configured to, in response to identifying that the module mounted on the main body is a preset module based on the second signal and identifying that the load applied to the second motor is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold value based on the first signal, reduce the speed of the first motor.

2. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises:
a first sensor configured to output the first signal according to the load applied to the second motor configured to rotate the drum, and
a second sensor configured to output the second signal according to the module mounted to the main body.

3. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1 ,
wherein the module is selected from a plurality of modules respectively customized for a particular floor type be cleaned, and
wherein the processor is further configured to control a rotation speed of the first motor according to the module mounted to the main body.

4. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the load being less than the first threshold value and being greater than or equal to a second threshold value, reduce a speed of the second motor while reducing the speed of the first motor, the second threshold value being less than the first threshold value.

5. The vacuum cleaner of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the load being greater than or equal to the second threshold value, reduce the speed of the second motor to 60% to 80% of a current speed.

6. The vacuum cleaner of claim 2 , wherein the first sensor is configured to sense the load applied to the first motor based on a magnitude of a current supplied to the first motor.

7. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the load being greater than or equal to a third threshold value, terminate driving of the second motor, the third threshold value being greater than the first threshold value.

8. A control method of a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner comprising a main body having a first motor configured to generate suction power and a sensor configured to detect a load applied to a second motor, the main body configured to detachably mount a module including a drum having a brush and the second motor configured to rotate the drum, the control method comprising:
obtaining, through the sensor, a first signal corresponding to the load applied to the second motor according to a floor type while the module is performing a cleaning operation;
obtaining a second signal corresponding to a type of the module mounted to the main body; and
controlling a speed of the first motor for generating the suction power based on the first signal corresponding to the load applied to the second motor and the second signal corresponding to the type of the module while the first motor is driving,
wherein the method further comprises, in response to identifying that the module mounted on the main body is a preset module based on the second signal and identifying that the load applied to the second motor is greater than or equal to a preset first threshold value based on the first signal, reducing the speed of the first motor.

9. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the sensor comprises:
a first sensor configured to output the first signal according to the load applied to the second motor configured to rotate the drum, and
a second sensor configured to output the second signal according to the module mounted to the main body.

10. The control method of claim 8 ,
wherein the module is selected from a plurality of modules respectively customized for a particular floor type be cleaned, and
wherein the method further comprises controlling a rotation speed of the first motor according to the module mounted to the main body.

11. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises, based on the load being less than the first threshold value and being greater than or equal to a second threshold value, reducing a speed of the second motor while reducing the speed of the first motor, the second threshold value being less than the first threshold value.

12. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises, based on the load being greater than or equal to the second threshold value, reducing the speed of the second motor to 60% to 80% of a current speed.

13. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the first sensor is configured to sense the load applied to the first motor based on a magnitude of a current supplied to the first motor.

14. The control method of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises, based on the load being greater than or equal to a third threshold value, terminating driving of the second motor, the third threshold value being greater than the first threshold value.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Bumun
• Kim Kyoungwoung
• Lee Yongdae
• Lim Seungmoo

Classifications

• A47L9/2831 Primary

  Motor parameters, e.g. motor load or speed · CPC title

• A47L9/2842

  Suction motors or blowers · CPC title

• A47L9/2847

  Surface treating elements · CPC title

• A47L9/2857

  User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays · CPC title

• A47L9/2884

  Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation · CPC title