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US 12,366,025 B2Granted
Laundry treating apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsInjae Han, Dongkil Choi, Sangwook Hong
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus includes a drum for receiving laundry; a motor for driving the drum; a drying unit for drying the laundry by heating the drum; and a memory for storing a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to the lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded, wherein the drying unit operates on the basis of a control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least one time.
Claims14
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- a drying unit configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a memory configured to store a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to a lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded;
- a drying temperature sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the drum;
- and
- a control unit configured to control output of the drying unit on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once, wherein the stored control temperature table is shifted by a difference between a time when a temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches a reference temperature and a time when the stored control temperature table reaches the reference temperature.
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A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- a drying unit configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a memory configured to store a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to a lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded;
- a drying temperature sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the drum;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- control output of the drying unit on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once, wherein the shifted control temperature table comprises an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the control temperature;
- increase an output of the drying unit when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor is smaller than the lower limit value;
- and
- reduce the output of the drying unit when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor is greater than the upper limit value.
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A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- a drying unit configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a memory configured to store a control temperature table in which a control temperature according to a lapse of drying time of the laundry is recorded;
- a drying temperature sensor disposed to be spaced apart from the drum;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- control output of the drying unit on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once;
- increase the output of the drying unit when the time when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches a reference temperature is slower than the time when the shifted control temperature table reaches the reference temperature;
- and
- reduce the output of the drying unit when the time when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches the reference temperature is faster than the time when the shifted control temperature table reaches the reference temperature.
8 more elements
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- an induction heater configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a drying temperature sensor spaced apart from the drum so as to not be overlapped by the induction heater in a vertical direction;
- a tub, wherein the drum is rotatable in the tub;
- and
- a control unit configured to control output of the induction heater on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once, wherein the stored control temperature table is shifted by a difference between a time when a temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches a reference temperature and a time when the stored control temperature table reaches the reference temperature.
4 more elements
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- an induction heater configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a drying temperature sensor spaced apart from the drum so as to not be overlapped by the induction heater in a vertical direction;
- a tub, wherein the drum is rotatable in the tub;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- control output of the induction heater on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once, wherein the shifted control temperature table comprises an upper limit value and a lower limit value of the control temperature;
- increase an output of the induction heater when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor is smaller than the lower limit value;
- and
- reduce the output of the induction heater when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor is greater than the upper limit value.
8 more elements
A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
- a drum configured to receive laundry;
- a motor configured to rotate the drum;
- an induction heater configured to heat the laundry by heating the drum;
- a drying temperature sensor spaced apart from the drum so as to not be overlapped by the induction heater in a vertical direction;
- a tub, wherein the drum is rotatable in the tub;
- a control unit configured to:
- control output of the induction heater on the basis of a shifted control temperature table obtained by shifting the stored control temperature table at least once;
- increase the output of the induction heater when the time when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches a reference temperature is slower than the time when the shifted control temperature table reaches the reference temperature;
- and
- reduce the output of the induction heater when the time when the temperature detected by the drying temperature sensor reaches the reference temperature is faster than the time when the shifted control temperature table reaches the reference temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.