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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jongha Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyusung Na, Suwon-si, KR;
Sungjong Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hangyeol Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeyoung Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine has a tub, a drum configured to be rotatable inside the tub, a weight balancer coupled to the tub, a vibration sensor configured to detect vibration of the tub while the drum is rotating, and at least one processor configured to determine whether a weight balancer is damaged based on a difference between a magnitude of the detected vibration of the tub at a fundamental frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the drum and a magnitude of the detected vibration of the tub at a harmonic frequency of the fundamental frequency.