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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Gi Hyeong Do, Changwon-si, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A laundry drier control method is provided, by which drying time is dynamically controlled according to an amount and type of a drying object, using a calculated medium temperature to determine a medium temperature time. The method includes steps of initiating a drying procedure by actuating drivers, including a heater driver to increase an internal temperature of a laundry drier; determining a medium temperature time by measuring a time lapse from the drying procedure initiating step to a point where the internal temperature reaches a medium temperature between a drying initiation temperature and a maximum drying temperature; setting a drying time based on the determined medium temperature time; and performing the drying procedure for the set drying time. The drying time is set by multiplying the determined medium temperature time by a predetermined factor. The drying initiation temperature is the internal temperature at the time of initiating the drying procedure. The maximum drying temperature is a predetermined temperature set according to a user command at the time of initiating the drying procedure.