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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Sun Cheol Bae, Masan-si, KR;
Dae Woong Kim, Changwon-Si, KR;
Chang Woo Son, Busan, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An automatic drying apparatus and a method of controlling the same is disclosed, enabling exact drying by using a humidity sensor () provided at a location having a stabilized output characteristic for automatic drying, the automatic drying apparatus including a heating apparatus () for heating air supplied into a drum into which a drying object is introduced, a fan () for forcibly drawing air into the drum; and a humidity sensor () provided between the fan () and the heating apparatus () such that a sensing surface is positioned to be parallel to a flowing direction of air passed through the fan (), for outputting a sensing voltage value for determining dryness of the drying object.