Clothes care apparatus

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a clothes care apparatus including: a care room configured to accommodate clothes, and a steam injector configured to inject steam onto the clothes accommodated in the care room, wherein the steam injector includes an injection plate including an injection port through which steam is injected, a driver configured to move the injection plate so that the injection plate is moved in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a distance sensor disposed on the injection plate to detect a distance between the clothes accommodated in the care room and the injection port.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothes care apparatus comprising:
 a care room configured to accommodate clothes; and   a steam injector configured to inject steam onto the clothes accommodated in the care room,   wherein the steam injector comprises:   an injection plate comprising an injection port configured to inject steam therethrough,   a driver configured to move the injection plate in a first direction to the clothes accommodated in the care room and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and   a distance sensor disposed on the injection plate and configured to detect a distance between the clothes accommodated in the care room and the injection port.   
     
     
         2 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a controller comprising at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, individually and/or collectively, configured to control the steam injector,   wherein the controller is configured to control the driver to move the injection plate in the first direction or the second direction based on the distance detected by the distance sensor.   
     
     
         3 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 2 , further comprising
 a camera configured to obtain an image of the clothes accommodated in the care room,   wherein the controller is configured to determine a material of the clothes accommodated in the care room based on the image obtained from the camera.   
     
     
         4 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the controller is configured to:   determine the distance between the clothes accommodated in the care room and the injection plate based on the image obtained from the camera, and   control the driver to move the injection plate to a position corresponding to the determined distance.   
     
     
         5 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the steam injector further comprises a lifting driver configured to move the injection plate in an up-down direction.   
     
     
         6 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the controller is configured to control the driver and the lifting driver to move the injection plate in the up-down direction in a state in which the determined distance is maintained.   
     
     
         7 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the steam injector further comprises a temperature sensor disposed on the injection plate and configured to detect a surface temperature of the clothes accommodated in the care room.   
     
     
         8 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the controller is configured to, based on a value detected by the temperature sensor at the determined distance being greater than a set value at the determined distance, control the driver to move the injection plate in the second direction based on the value detected by the temperature sensor.   
     
     
         9 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the distance sensor is configured to detect the distance between the injection port and the clothes accommodated in the care room at a same height as the injection port in an up-down direction.   
     
     
         10 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising
 a door configured to open the care room,   wherein the camera is disposed on the door, and   the camera is configured to obtain an image of the clothes based on the clothes being accommodated in the care room.   
     
     
         11 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the driver comprises a telescoping member comprising a shaft configured to extend or contract in the first direction and the second direction, and   the injection plate is disposed at one end of the telescoping member.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the driver is configured to drive the telescoping member to extend based on the injection plate being moved in the first direction, and to contract based on the injection plate being moved in the second direction.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the steam injector further comprises a lifting driver configured to move the injection plate in an up-down direction and a blade configured to support the injection plate, and   the lifting driver comprises a holder configured to support the blade and a lifting part configured to ascend and descend the holder in the up-down direction.   
     
     
         14 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 13 , further comprising
 a steam generator and a supply member comprising a hose configured to supply steam generated from the steam generator to the blade,   wherein one end of the supply member is connected to the steam generator and an other end of the supply member is connected to the blade, wherein the supply member is configured to be moved in the up-down direction in conjunction with the blade based on the blade being moved in the up-down direction.   
     
     
         15 . The clothes care apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the injection plate is configured to transfer steam injected through the injection port to the entire injection plate.