US 11,718,949 B2
Dryer and method for controlling the same
Dohaeng Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kookjeong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Dongsuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Juyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jewoo Bang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/951,389.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0150133 (KR), filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0156073 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); D06F 58/04 (2006.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 105/30 (2020.01); D06F 103/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/26 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/08 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 58/38 (2020.02) [D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 58/04 (2013.01); D06F 58/206 (2013.01); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/08 (2020.02); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/26 (2020.02); D06F 2105/30 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method for controlling a dryer including a heat pump, the method comprising:
detecting current flowing through a motor for rotating a drum;
detecting humidity of a material accommodated in the drum;
determining a drying load based on a comparison of the detected humidity to a plurality of information of reference humidity and the detected current to a plurality of information of reference current;
controlling a rpm of the motor or an operation of the heat pump based on the drying load determined;
performing a drying process;
detecting humidity of the material accommodated in the drum while the drying process is performed; and
finishing the drying process in response to the detected humidity being determined to be a target humidity.