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Patent No.:

US 11066770 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2020

Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling the same

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Kihoon Choi, Seoul, KR;

Junho Lee, Seoul, KR;

Seongmin Jang, Seoul, KR;

Jonghwan Lee, Seoul, KR;

Woonghui Won, Seoul, KR;

Jongseok Jung, Seoul, KR;

Sangwook Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Jason Y Ko

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 29/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/04 (2006.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 37/36 (2006.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 39/06 (2006.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 29/02 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 37/04 (2013.01); D06F 37/12 (2013.01); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/266 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 37/36 (2013.01); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/045 (2013.01); D06F 39/085 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 39/088 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 29/00 (2013.01); D06F 35/005 (2013.01); D06F 39/06 (2013.01); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/06 (2013.01); D06F 2204/084 (2013.01); D06F 2204/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling a laundry treatment apparatus includes: determining whether bubbles have been generated in a tub of the laundry treatment apparatus in a state in which a second washing apparatus of the laundry treatment apparatus is operated based on a sequence of operations; and based on a determination that bubbles have been generated, reducing bubbles by (i) adding at least one first operation to the sequence of operations or (ii) replacing at least one second operation of the sequence of operations.

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