IP Library Granted Patent US 12,291,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,291,810 · App. 18/313,889 · Granted May 6, 2025

Clothing management apparatus and method for controlling thereof

Inventors: Jungmin Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Minjeong Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Yoonhee Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
D06F33/00D06F34/18D06F34/28D06F2103/06
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Patent No.
US 12,291,810
App. No.
18/313,889
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothing management apparatus may include a display and a processor to, based on a state of a garment in an image of the garment, determine a management necessity of the garment, based on the management necessity, determine a management completeness that is expected when the garment is managed according to a management mode among a plurality of management modes, based on the management completeness, generate an expected image of the garment when the garment is managed according to the management mode, and control the display to display the expected image to a user.

Claims (46)

1. A clothing management apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store an artificial intelligence model trained to determine fabric information included in a garment; and

a processor configured to:

obtain fabric information of a garment in the clothing management apparatus using the artificial intelligence model,

based on the obtained fabric information, identify at least one management mode among a plurality of management modes, and

manage the garment in the clothing management apparatus based on the identified at least one management mode,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify state information of the garment in the clothing management apparatus; and

identify the at least one management mode among the plurality of management modes further based on the state information.

2. The clothing management apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display; and

wherein the processor is further configured to control the display to display information on one or more of the identified at least one management mode.

3. The clothing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, based on a plurality of garments being in the clothing management apparatus, identify management modes corresponding to the plurality of garments, and manage the plurality of garments based on one or more of the identified management modes.

4. The clothing management apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a display,

wherein the processor is further configured to classify the plurality of garments into a plurality of groups in a manner such that garments corresponding to a same management mode belong to a same group, and control the display to display information on a management mode corresponding to each group of the plurality of groups.

5. The clothing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the state information includes information on at least one of a shape of the garment, a degree of crease of the garment, an amount of a foreign matter on the garment, or a degree of discoloration of the garment.

6. The clothing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the memory is further configured to store information on an operation of the clothing management apparatus in each management mode of the plurality of management modes.

7. The clothing management apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fabric information comprises a type of a fiber included in a garment and a blending ratio of the fiber, and

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a representative fiber of the garment based on the type of the fiber and the blending ratio of the fiber included in the fabric information and identifying the at least one management mode based on the determined representative fiber.

8. The clothing management apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine, as the representative fiber, a fiber that requires a special management that is included in the garment.

9. The clothing management apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine, as the representative fiber, a fiber having a highest blending ratio among different kinds of fibers included in the fabric information.

10. A method of controlling a clothing management apparatus, configured to store an artificial intelligence model that is trained to determine fabric information included in a garment, the method comprising:

obtaining fabric information of a garment in the clothing management apparatus using the artificial intelligence model;

based on the obtained fabric information, identifying at least one management mode among a plurality of management modes; and

managing the garment in the clothing management apparatus based on the identified at least one management mode,

wherein the identifying the at least one management mode comprises identifying state information of the garment in the clothing management apparatus and identifying the at least one management mode among the plurality of management modes further based on the state information.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying information on one or more of the identified at least one management mode.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

based on a plurality of garments being in the clothing management apparatus, identifying management modes corresponding to the plurality of garments, and managing the plurality of garments based on one or more of the identified management modes.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

classifying the plurality of garments into a plurality of groups in a manner such that garments corresponding to a same management mode belong to a same group; and

displaying information on a management mode corresponding to each group of the plurality of groups.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the identifying the at least one management mode comprises identifying the at least one management mode by identifying state information of the garment in the clothing management apparatus and identifying the at least one management mode among the plurality of management modes further based on the state information.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the state information includes information on at least one of a shape of the garment, a degree of crease of the garment, an amount of a foreign matter on the garment, or a degree of discoloration of the garment.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising storing, in a memory, information on an operation of the clothing management apparatus in each management mode of the plurality of management modes.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the fabric information comprises a type of a fiber included in a garment and a blending ratio of the fiber, and

wherein the identifying the at least one management mode comprises determining a representative fiber of the garment based on the type of the fiber and the blending ratio of the fiber included in the fabric information and identifying the at least one management mode based on the determined representative fiber.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the determining the representative fiber comprises determining, as the representative fiber, a fiber that requires a special management that is included in the garment.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the determining the representative fiber comprises determining, as the representative fiber, a fiber having a highest blending ratio among different kinds of fibers included in the fabric information.

20. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing computer instructions that cause a clothing management apparatus, to perform an operation when executed by a processor of the clothing management apparatus, the clothing management apparatus configured to store an artificial intelligence model that is trained to determine fabric information included in a garment, wherein the operation comprises;

obtaining fabric information of a garment in the clothing management apparatus using the artificial intelligence model;

based on the obtained fabric information, identifying at least one management mode among a plurality of management modes; and

managing the garment in the clothing management apparatus based on the identified at least one management mode,

wherein the identifying the at least one management mode comprises identifying state information of the garment in the clothing management apparatus and identifying the at least one management mode among the plurality of management modes further based on the state information.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0174169 · Dec 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17896421 · Aug 26, 2022
Continuation 16719227 · Dec 18, 2019
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