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.
Claims3
A method of controlling a washing machine including a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method comprising:
- receiving an input of a first operating command to be performed in the first washing tub;
- determining whether the received first operating command is input simultaneously with a same operating command as the first operating command input with respect to the second washing tub;
- when the first operating command and the same operating command as the first operating command are input into the first and second washing tubs simultaneously:
- comparing remaining washing times until the completion of a washing of laundry in the respective washing tubs;
- determining which of the first washing tub and the second washing tub has a longer remaining washing time;
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- delaying execution of the first operating command or the same operating command as the first operating command in a washing tub determined to have the longer remaining washing time.
A method of controlling a washing machine including a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method comprising:
- comparing remaining washing times until completion of a washing of laundry in the respective washing tubs and determining which of the first washing tub and the second washing tub has a shorter remaining washing time when same operating commands calling for a water supplying process or a draining process are input into the first and second washing tubs simultaneously;
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- performing the water supplying process or the draining process preferentially in a washing tub determined to have the shorter remaining washing time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.