Electric home appliance having drain function and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYo Chul Ha
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Abstract
A home appliance equipped with a drain function and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The method of controlling a home appliance equipped with a drain apparatus includes switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus during a first time, switching on the drain apparatus during a second time after switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus, checking a variation of the water level according to a draining status, and controlling the drain apparatus based on the checked water-level variation result corresponding to the draining status.
Claims24
A method of controlling a home appliance equipped with a drain apparatus, the method comprising:
- switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus during a predetermined time;
- and
- continuously switching on the drain apparatus after the switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus, and performing a drain operation.
A method of controlling a home appliance equipped with a drain apparatus, the method comprising:
- switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus during a first time;
- switching on the drain apparatus during a second time after the switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus, and checking a variation of a water level according to a draining status;
- and
- controlling the drain apparatus based on the checked water-level variation result corresponding to the draining status.
A home appliance equipped with a drain function comprising:
- a drain apparatus;
- and
- a controller switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus during a predetermined time, continuously switching on the drain apparatus after switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus, and performing a drain operation.
A home appliance equipped with a drain function, comprising:
- a drain apparatus;
- and
- a controller switching ON/OFF the drain apparatus during a first time, switching ON the drain apparatus during a second time, checking a variation of the water level according to a draining status, and controlling operations of the drain apparatus based on the checked variation of the water level.
A method of controlling a home appliance equipped with a drain apparatus including a drain pump, the method comprising:
- switching ON the drain apparatus until a determination is made that inner air of the drain pump has been discharged;
- switching OFF the drain apparatus for a predetermined time after the switching ON the drain apparatus and after it is determined that the inner air of the drain pump has been discharged;
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- switching ON the drain apparatus after the switching OFF the drain apparatus for a predetermined time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.