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Patent No.:

US 12448714 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

May. 30, 2023

Washing machine and method of controlling the washing machine

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Yongkeun Jee, Suwon-si, KR;

Mijo Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyungah Chang, Suwon-si, KR;

Jungwon Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

STAAS & HALSEY LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tinsae B Ayalew

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 23/02 (2006.01); D06F 33/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/40 (2020.01); D06F 105/50 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 23/02 (2013.01); D06F 33/30 (2020.02); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 37/266 (2013.01); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 2103/40 (2020.02); D06F 2105/50 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract

A washing machine including a cabinet forming an exterior of the washing machine; a drum inside the cabinet; a living creature sensor configured to produce a detection signal, through a millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar, indicating whether a living creature exists inside the drum; a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device. The washing machine includes at least one processor configured to, based on a request to activate a remote control mode of the washing machine received from the external device through the communication interface, activate the living creature sensor, and, based on the detection signal produced by the activated living creature sensor, transmit, to the external device through the communication interface, information about whether a living creature exists inside the drum.

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