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US 11,236,456 B2Granted
Laundry treatment apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyojeong Kang, Hwanchan Ryu, Junhee An
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Abstract
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a voice recognition unit coupled to any one of a cabinet and a door to receive voice of a user and convert the voice into an input signal for driving a laundry receiving portion, and a shielding portion coupled to at least one of the cabinet or the door to prevent vibrations or sound waves generated from the laundry receiving portion from being transmitted to the voice recognition unit.
Claims16
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treatment apparatus and including an opening into which laundry is introduced;
- a laundry receiving portion disposed inside the cabinet to perform washing or drying of the laundry;
- a door coupled to the cabinet to open and close the opening;
- a voice recognition portion coupled to one of the cabinet and the door to receive voice of a user and convert the voice into an input signal for driving the laundry receiving portion;
- and
- a shielding portion coupled to at least one of the cabinet or the door to prevent vibrations or sound waves generated from the laundry receiving portion or transmitted to the cabinet from being transmitted to the voice recognition portion,
- wherein the shielding portion includes:
- an installation portion coupled to the cabinet or the door to accommodate at least a part of the voice recognition portion;
- and
- a shock absorber disposed between the installation portion and the voice recognition portion to prevent the sound waves or the vibrations from being transmitted to the voice recognition portion,
- wherein the shock absorber includes a sealing damper coupled to the installation portion to accommodate the voice recognition portion,
- wherein the sealing damper includes:
- a sealing body configured to be accommodated in the installation portion;
- and
- an accommodation groove disposed at the sealing body to accommodate the voice recognition portion, the accommodation groove corresponding to shape and thickness of the voice recognition portion.
12 more elements
A laundry treatment apparatus comprising:
- a cabinet including an opening;
- a laundry receiving device disposed inside the cabinet to perform washing or drying;
- a door to open and close the opening;
- an audio device to receive external audio and to provide an input signal for driving the laundry receiving device based on the external audio;
- and
- a shielding device to couple to at least one of the cabinet or the door to block internal sound from the laundry receiving portion or transmitted to the cabinet from being provided to the audio device,
- wherein the shielding device includes:
- an installation device to couple to the cabinet or the door to accommodate at least a part of the audio device;
- and
- a shock absorber disposed between the installation device and the audio device to block vibration or sound waves from being provided to the audio device,
- wherein the shock absorber includes a sealing damper coupled to the installation device to accommodate the audio device,
- wherein the sealing damper includes:
- a sealing body configured to be accommodated in the installation device;
- and
- an accommodation groove disposed at the sealing body to accommodate the audio device, the accommodation groove corresponding to shape and thickness of the audio device.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.