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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Minho Jang, Changwon-si, KR;

Kyunghoon Kim, Changwon-si, KR;

Hoonbong Lee, Changwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/30 (2006.01); D06F 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 39/003 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a laundry treatment machine and a method of operating the same. The method of operating the laundry treatment machine that processes laundry via rotation of a wash tub includes accelerating a rotational velocity of the tub during an accelerated rotating section, rotating the tub at a constant velocity during a constant velocity rotating section, and determining an amount of laundry in the tub based on a first output current flowing through a motor that is used to rotate the tub during the accelerated rotating section and a second output current flowing through the motor during the constant velocity rotating section. This ensures efficient sensing of amount of laundry.


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