US 12,146,259 B2 · Clothes care apparatus and control method thereof

Abstract

A clothes care apparatus according to a disclosed embodiment includes: a chamber; an upper fan provided on an upper side of the chamber and configured to move air in a lower side direction of the chamber; a lower fan provided on a lower side of the chamber and configured to move air in an upper side direction of the chamber; a first motor configured to rotate the lower fan; a steam generating device configured to generate steam by heating water; and a controller configured to control on/off of the steam generating device and the first motor and turn on the steam generating device in a first section for supplying the generated steam into the chamber and turn on the first motor in a second section for dispersing the steam by the air moving into the chamber.

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Dependent claims

A clothes care apparatus comprising:

a chamber configured to accommodate clothes;
at least one hanger disposed in the chamber on which the clothes are hung;
an optical sensor including a light emitter and a light receiver;
a blowing device configured to supply wind into the chamber;
a steam generating device configured to supply steam into the chamber;
and
at least one processor configured to:
control the blowing device to supply air into the chamber,
identify a texture of clothes accommodated in the chamber on the basis of an amount of change in an output value of the optical sensor measured during the supply of the wind into the chamber,
determine a control parameter of at least one of the blowing device or the steam generating device on the basis of the texture of the clothes, and
control the at least one of the blowing device or the steam generating device on the basis of the determined control parameter.

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