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Patent No.:

US 11560661 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023

Filed:

May. 07, 2021

Washing machine and control method thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Bobin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Haeyoon Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Hansaem Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Joonho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Kyoungae Lim, Suwon-si, KR;

Dongmin Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyeokjin Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Romon Son, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Staas & Halsey LLP

Primary Examiner:

Spencer E Bell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 58/36 (2020.01); D06F 58/46 (2020.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01); D06F 29/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01); D06F 105/62 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 105/10 (2020.01); D06F 101/12 (2020.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/30 (2020.02); D06F 29/005 (2013.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/08 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 58/36 (2020.02); D06F 58/46 (2020.02); G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 2101/12 (2020.02); D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/10 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02); G05B 2219/2633 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a washing machine and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a technology capable of controlling washing modes in various manners by manipulating a control panel of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a display configured to display a washing mode, an inputter configured to receive a washing mode select command, a storage configured to store a selected washing mode, and a controller configured to allow a washing mode, which has the largest number of times selected during a predetermined number of times of washings, to be displayed on a first screen of the display, and in response to the number of the washing mode having the largest number of selection times being plural, configured to allow a washing mode, which is the last selected among the plurality of washing modes, to be displayed on the first screen of the display.

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