Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jungchul Choi

Junhyun Park

Hyungwoo Lee

Jeonghoon Kang

Hooijoong Kim

Sungmo Lee

A washing machine according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a drum; a tub accommodating the drum and storing water; a drum motor configured to provide a rotation force to the drum; a water supplier configured to supply water to the tub; a hot air supplier configured to supply hot air to the drum; a current sensor configured to output a current signal corresponding to a magnitude of current applied to the drum motor; and a controller configured to perform a washing operation while controlling the water supplier and the drum motor, and perform a drying operation while controlling the hot air supplier and the drum motor.

Washing machine and control method thereof

A controlling method for a dryer is provided. The controlling method includes the steps of rotating a drum in a first direction and a second direction which is an opposite direction to the first direction by a motor, measuring the load of the motor and identifying the weight of drying materials based on the lower motor load among the load of the motor measured during rotation in the first direction and the load of the motor measured during rotation in the second direction.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jungchul Choi