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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Hyung-kyoon Kim, Suwon, KR;
Sang-yeon Pyo, Suwon, KR;
Inventors:
Hyung-Kyoon Kim, Suwon, KR;
Sang-Yeon Pyo, Suwon, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 39/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A washing machine which washes laundry by wobbling a washing board mounted on an inner surface of a bottom of a spin-drying tub, and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a weight detection unit and a control unit. The weight detection unit detects a weight of the laundry using an amount of current flowing through a drive motor of the washing machine, which is used to drive the spin-drying tub and the washing board. The control unit controls an entire washing operation of the washing machine to correspond to the detected weight of the laundry.