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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Phal Jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 37/42 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 37/42 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02);
Abstract
Disclosed are a washing machine capable of preventing the occurrence of an accident related to a child or pet becoming trapped inside a washing tub and a control method thereof. The washing machine according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a sound sensor configured to sense a sound measured at a washing tub, a controller configured to control a door and the washing tub according to a safe mode based on a sound sensed by the sound sensor, and a release signal sensor configured to sense a release signal to switch the door and the washing tub, controlled according to the safe mode by the controller, back to a normal mode.