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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 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 33/63 (2020.01); D06F 25/00 (2006.01); D06F 33/70 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 103/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/32 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 25/00 (2013.01); D06F 33/63 (2020.02); D06F 33/70 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02); D06F 2105/32 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02); G05B 2219/2633 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.