Clothes treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025257510-A1
Application number	US-202519196474-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 1, 2025
Priority date	Dec 16, 2021
Publication date	Aug 14, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A clothes treatment apparatus for identifying a noise course in which abnormal noise occurs, the clothes treatment apparatus including: a frame forming a skeleton of a cabinet; a cover plate surrounding the frame to form an external appearance of the cabinet; a tub provided in the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; a drum motor configured to rotate the drum; and a vibration sensor provided on the frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A clothes treatment apparatus comprising:
a cabinet; a frame including a plurality of post frames corresponding to edges along a longitudinal direction of the cabinet; a tub in the cabinet; a drum in the tub and configured to be rotatable; a motor configured to rotate the drum; and a vibration sensor attachable installed to a post frame of the plurality of post frames at a position higher than two-thirds (⅔) of a height of the post frame, and configured to sense a vibration of the frame and output a vibration signal related to the vibration of the frame, a processor configured to determine an installation environment of the clothes treatment apparatus based on the vibration signal and a rotational speed (RPM) of the motor

2 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the clothes treatment apparatus is installed on an uneven surface.

3 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the installation environment of the clothes treatment apparatus based on a peak magnitude of the vibration signal according to the RPM of the motor.

4 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the peak magnitude of the vibration signal being in a first range, determine that the clothes treatment apparatus is installed on an uneven surface.

5 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on the peak magnitude of the vibration signal being in a second range, determine that a part of the clothes treatment apparatus is in contact with a specific object.

6 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a display, wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display information guiding a change in the installation environment when the clothes treatment apparatus is installed on the uneven surface.

7 . The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with an external device, wherein the processor is further configured to control the communicator to transmit information guiding a change in the installation environment to the external device when the clothes treatment apparatus is installed on the uneven surface.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sungjong
• Kim Hooijoong
• Park Junhyun
• Lee Moohyung

Classifications

• D06F23/02

  and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis · CPC title

• D06F2105/48

  Drum speed · CPC title

• D06F2103/26

  Imbalance; Noise level · CPC title

• G01M99/005

  Testing of complete machines, e.g. washing-machines or mobile phones (testing of machine parts G01M13/00; testing of electric apparatus or components G01R31/50) · CPC title

• D06F58/50

  Responding to irregular working conditions, e.g. malfunctioning of blowers · CPC title