Dryer and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTaehyung Kim, Eunkyeong Kwak, Minhwan Oh, Hooijoong Kim, Hyemin Cha
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Abstract
A dryer is provided. The dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, at least one roller mounted on at least one surface inside of the cabinet to support the drum, a motor configured to provide power to rotate the drum, a motor driver configured to control the motor, and at least one processor configured to determine at least one of a first rotation velocity of the motor or a first rotation time of the motor based on a non-use time of the dryer, and control the motor driver based on the determined at least one of the first rotation velocity or the first rotation time of the motor.
Claims22
A dryer comprising:
- a cabinet;
- a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet;
- at least one roller mounted on at least one surface inside of the cabinet to support the drum;
- a motor configured to provide power to rotate the drum;
- a motor driver configured to control the motor;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- determine at least one of a first rotation velocity of the motor or a first rotation time of the motor based on a non-use time of the dryer, and
- control the motor driver based on the determined at least one of the first rotation velocity or the first rotation time of the motor.
A method of controlling a dryer including a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, at least one roller mounted on at least one surface inside of the cabinet to support the drum, a motor configured to provide power to rotate the drum, and a motor driver configured to control the motor, the method comprising:
- determining at least one of a first rotation velocity of the motor or a first rotation time of the motor based on a non-use time of the dryer;
- and
- controlling the motor driver based on the determined at least one of the first rotation velocity or the first rotation time of the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.