US 12,239,285 B2
Station device and operating method of station device
Seongu Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seehyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jeonghee Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Sanghyuk Park, Suwon-si (KR); Kiyong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yeongju Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jaeshik Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); and Jiwon Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/326,016.
Application 18/326,016 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/007188, filed on May 25, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0067180 (KR), filed on May 31, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0168158 (KR), filed on Dec. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0380647 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2873 (2013.01) [A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/149 (2013.01); A47L 9/2821 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2889 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A station device to which dust is discharged from a cordless vacuum cleaner, the station device comprising:
a communication interface configured to communicate with the cordless vacuum cleaner comprising a first suction motor;
a second suction motor configured to generate a suction force for sucking up dust in a dustbin included in the cordless vacuum cleaner;
a collector configured to collect the dust discharged from the dustbin; and
at least one processor configured to control a dust discharge operation for discharging the dust in the dustbin to the collector,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to
based on detection of occurrence of an event requesting discharging dust from the dustbin, transmit, to the cordless vacuum cleaner via the communication interface, a control signal for operating the first suction motor of the cordless vacuum cleaner for the dust discharge operation, and
operate the second suction motor in cooperation with the first suction motor for the dust discharge operation.