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Patent No.:

US 12571148 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2022

Laundry treatment apparatus and method of controlling same

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Baekgeun Ji, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Deming Wan

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 33/30 (2020.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 33/48 (2020.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.01); D06F 33/74 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 39/00 (2024.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/44 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G07C 9/00182 (2013.01); D06F 2105/44 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02); G05B 2219/2633 (2013.01);

Abstract

In a laundry treatment apparatus including a cabinet having an opening formed in one side thereof, a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opening, a drum rotatably provided inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry introduced through the opening, a door lock unit provided inside the cabinet and configured to lock the door when the door closes the opening or release a locked state of the door in order to open the opening closed by the door, a communication unit configured to receive remote inputs of a user for communication with an external device, and a switch unit configured to connect or disconnect an external power, a locked state of the door and connection to the external power are maintained while a user maintains remote control after a preset cycle including rotation of the drum is performed.

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