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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Byoung Yull Yang, Ansan-Si, KR;
Hyung Gyoon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Sang Yeon Pyo, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hye Soon Yang, Yongin-Si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Masan, KR;
Jae Ryong Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Byoung Yull Yang, Ansan-Si, KR;
Hyung Gyoon Kim, Suwon-Si, KR;
Sang Yeon Pyo, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hye Soon Yang, Yongin-Si, KR;
Seong Min Oak, Masan, KR;
Jae Ryong Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A washing machine having a deodorizing unit that performs a deodorizing operation independently of a washing process, to remove odor from an object to be deodorized, and a control method thereof. The control method has operation of determining whether a deodorizing signal is inputted by a user, and performing a deodorizing mode using the deodorizing unit independently of a washing process, if it is determined that the deodorizing signal is inputted.