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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
IL Hyeok Yim, Kyungki-do, KR;
Ho Cheol Kwon, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Hack Chai Song, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Beon Jun Kim, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Il Hyeok Yim, Kyungki-do, KR;
Ho Cheol Kwon, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Hack Chai Song, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
Beon Jun Kim, Kyungsangnam-do, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine and a method of controlling the same that is capable of determining whether laundry is a single load or a multiple load based on detected value of eccentricity or detected laundry amount and changing revolutions per minute of a motor or the number of eccentricity detections based on the determined load amount such that different spin-drying actions are performed. The washing machine comprises an eccentricity detecting unit for detecting eccentricity of laundry received in a drum, a motor driving unit for driving a motor such that the drum is rotated, and a microprocessor for determining whether the laundry is a single load or a multiple load based on the value of eccentricity detected by the eccentricity detecting unit and changing revolutions per minute of the motor or the number of eccentricity detections of the eccentricity detecting unit based on the initially determined load amount.