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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2006.01); D06F 37/36 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/02 (2013.01); D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 37/36 (2013.01); D06F 2202/065 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01); D06F 2222/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a control method thereof. The control method includes sensing a first unbalance amount of a drum in which laundry is received while rotating the drum at a first rotational velocity, sensing a second unbalance amount of the drum while accelerating the drum to a second rotational velocity, when the first unbalance amount is allowed, and accelerating the drum to a target rotational velocity, when the second unbalance amount is allowed.