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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/30 (2006.01); D06F 17/08 (2006.01); D06F 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 17/08 (2013.01); D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); Y02B 40/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A washing machine includes a rotary tub; a motor to rotate the rotary tub; a velocity sensing unit to sense rotational velocity of the motor; and a controller to compare a command value of the motor with a predetermined limit value, when the rotational velocity of the motor is less than a spin-drying velocity during spin-drying, to determine whether the motor is overloaded and to control driving of the motor in response to the determination.