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Patent No.:

US 11542649 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2020

Laundry treatment device and control method thereof

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Jain Koo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Ked & Associates, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Spencer E Bell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 103/28 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/54 (2020.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/47 (2020.02); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/28 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/54 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract

Disclosed are a washing machine and a control method thereof, capable of preventing occurrence of an accident related to a child or a pet being inside a washing tub. A washing machine according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a concentration sensing part configured to a sense a concentration of a specific component in air measured inside or outside the washing tub, a controller configured to switch the door and the washing tub to a safe mode based on the concentration of the specific component sensed by the concentration sensing part, and a release signal detector configured to detect a release signal for switching the door and the washing tub, which have been switched to the safe mode by the controller, back to a normal mode.

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