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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Tae-kyoung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Soon-bae Yang, Seoul, KR;
Kwan-yuhl Cho, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for detecting a laundry weight of a washing machine can correctly detect a laundry weight of a washing machine. To this end, a motor of a washing machine is driven at a first speed and then at a second speed, and a laundry weight is detected on the basis of a value of a first current for driving the motor at the first speed and a value of a second current for driving the motor at the second speed.