Patents by Inventor Heebeom LEE

Heebeom LEE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260258593
    Abstract: A clothing processing device includes a cabinet, an inner case provided inside the cabinet, a door coupled to the cabinet, a hanger provided at the inner case, a machine room provided below the inner case, and an exhaust duct configured to discharge air into the inner case, a filter configured to filter dust flowing into the machine room, a light emitter configured to emit light toward the filter and the inner case, a sensor configured to detect the light passing through the filter part, and a control system that determines whether the clothing has fallen and whether the filter part is installed based on an amount of the light detected by the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Heebeom LEE, Hyungha KANG, Taejun YOON, Eonji YEO
  • Publication number: 20260226670
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising a light emitting part which is arranged to be spaced apart from a filter part and is provided to emit light toward the filter part, and a sensor part provided to detect the light which is emitted from the light emitting part and passes through the filter part, and further comprising a control part provided to detect one or more of whether the filter part is attached or detached or a degree of contamination of the filter part according to the amount of light emitted from the light emitting part detected by the sensor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventors: Heebeom LEE, Jaehyung KIM, Taejun YOON
  • Publication number: 20250376799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothing processing apparatus comprising: a sensor unit provided in an inner case or a machine room to sense whether clothes fall; and a control unit provided to control at least one of a heater, a compressor, and the sensor unit, wherein the control unit is provided to stop driving of the heater if the sensor unit senses falling of clothes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Heebeom LEE, Jaehyung KIM, Taejun YOON, Jongsung KIM
  • Publication number: 20250376795
    Abstract: A clothes treatment apparatus includes: a light-emitting part which is provided in any one from among an inner case, a door and a machine room, and which emits light into the inner case; and a sensor part which is provided in any one from among the inner case, the door and the machine room, and which senses blocking, by clothes dropped from a banger part, of at least some of the light emitted from the light-emitting part. The light-emitting part and the sensor part are arranged at a portion below the hanger part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Heebeom LEE, Hyunggyu LIM, Jaehyung KIM, Taejun YOON
  • Publication number: 20250376796
    Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus includes: a cabinet; an inner case at the cabinet which defines a space configured to accommodate clothing; a hanger at an upper portion of the inner case; a heater configured to generate steam supplied to the inner case; a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant that exchanges heat with air supplied to the inner case; a light emitting unit at the inner case or a door at the cabinet and configured to emit light toward an interior of the inner case; a sensor at the inner case or the door and configured to detect the light emitted from the light emitting unit; and a controller configured to, based on the sensor failing to detect the light emitted from the light emitting unit prior to an operation of the heater or the compressor, suppress a start of the operation of the heater or the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Heebeom LEE, Jaehyung KIM, Taejun YOON