GARMENT CARE DEVICE WITH SENSING UNIT

The invention relates to a garment care device (100A) comprising a water tank (102) for containing water, a steam generator (104) in fluid communication with the water tank for generating steam, and a soleplate (108) defining an overall flat surface (109) comprising a plurality of steam vents (110) in fluid communication with the steam generator. Controlling means (120) control the flow of steam exiting the steam vents. The controlling means take a first state resulting in steam exiting the steam vents, and a second state resulting in steam not exiting the steam vents. The garment care device further comprises a button (124) adapted to be actuated by a user, a first sensing unit (128) for detecting if the user is holding or not the garment care device, and a processing unit connected to the button and to the first sensing unit. The processing unit sets the controlling means in the first state if the following primary conditions are fulfilled: the button has been continuously pressed by the user during at least a first time duration, and after the first time duration, the first sensing unit detects that the user is holding the garment care device.