Washing machine having deodorizing unit and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByoung Yull Yang, Hyung Gyoon Kim, Sang Yeon Pyo, Hye Soon Yang, Seong Min Oak, Jae Ryong Park
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Abstract
A washing machine having a deodorizing unit that performs a deodorizing operation independently of a washing process, to remove odor from an object to be deodorized, and a control method thereof. The control method has operation of determining whether a deodorizing signal is inputted by a user, and performing a deodorizing mode using the deodorizing unit independently of a washing process, if it is determined that the deodorizing signal is inputted.
Claims8
A control method of a washing machine having a deodorizing unit comprising:
- determining whether or not a deodorizing signal is inputted by a user;
- and
- performing a deodorizing mode using the deodorizing unit independently of a washing process, if it is determined that the deodorizing signal is inputted,
- wherein:
- the performing of the deodorizing mode further includes selecting a kind of an object to be deodorized;
- adjusting a degree of driving the deodorizing unit according to the selected kind of the object;
- determining ingredients of odor of the object by an odor sensor;
- selecting a deodorizing resource from a plurality of deodorizing resources according to the determined ingredients of odor;
- and
- performing a deodorizing operation by the selected deodorizing resource.
A control method of a washing machine having a plurality of deodorizing resources comprising:
- determining whether or not a deodorizing signal is inputted by a user;
- and
- performing a deodorizing mode using at least one deodorizing resource selected from the plurality of deodorizing resources, if it is determined that the deodorizing signal is inputted,
- wherein:
- the performing of the deodorizing mode further includes selecting a kind of an object to be deodorized;
- adjusting a degree of driving the selected deodorizing resource according to the selected kind of the object;
- determining ingredients of odor of the object by an odor sensor;
- selecting a deodorizing resource from the plurality of deodorizing resources according to the determined ingredients of odor;
- and
- performing a deodorizing operation by the selected deodorizing resource.
A control method of a washing machine having a plurality of deodorizing resources comprising:
- determining whether or not a deodorizing signal is inputted by a user;
- and
- performing a deodorizing mode using at least one deodorizing resource selected from the plurality of deodorizing resources, if it is determined that the deodorizing signal is inputted,
- wherein:
- the performing of the deodorizing mode further includes selecting a kind of an object to be deodorized;
- limiting kinds of the deodorizing resources to be selected by the selected kind of the object;
- determining ingredients of odor of the object by an odor sensor;
- selecting a deodorizing resource from the plurality of deodorizing resources according to the determined ingredients of odor;
- and
- performing a deodorizing operation by the selected deodorizing resource.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.