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US 7,904,983 B2Granted
Method of controlling a multi-tub washing machine
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByoung Chan Jun, Jung Ho Kim
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Abstract
A method of controlling a washing machine having a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method having the operations: receiving a first operating command to be performed in the first washing tub; determining whether the operating command can be performed; and when the operating command can be performed, performing the operating command in the first washing tub.
Claims10
A method of controlling a washing machine including a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method comprising:
- receiving a first operating command to be performed in the first washing tub, the first operating command being any one of a water heating process and a drying process using a first heater;
- determining whether the first operating command can be performed in the first washing tub, the first operating command being determined to be able to be performed when a second operating command being any one of a water heating process and a drying process and using a second heater is not being performed in the second washing tub, the first operating command being determined to not be able to be performed when the second operating command using the second heater is being performed in the second washing tub so that the first and second heaters are not operated simultaneously;
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- performing the first operating command in the first washing tub when it is determined that the first operating command is able to be performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.