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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02);
Abstract
A washer includes a drum, a motor connected to the drum, a motor drive connected to the motor and configured to supply a driving current to the motor to rotate the drum, and a processor connected to the motor drive. The processor is configured to control the motor drive to supply the driving current to the motor to rotate the motor at a target speed and to determine a magnitude of a load accommodated in the drum while controlling a rotational speed of the motor within a predetermined range.