US 12,291,812 B2
Washing machine and controlling method thereof
Hyungseon Song, Suwon-si (KR); Saeeap Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jeongchoul Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jongwoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Heekyung Yang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jiwon Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/310,117
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/007822
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/014890, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0089126 (KR), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0275556 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 33/70 (2020.01); D06F 33/50 (2020.01); D06F 33/72 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 33/70 (2020.02) [D06F 33/50 (2020.02); D06F 33/72 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a display;
a communication interface; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the display to display a first user interface (UI) for overall control of the washing machine and a dryer communicatively coupled to the washing machine based on a first user input selecting a washing course,
determine, for display by the first UI, based on the selected washing course, a plurality of dual control options applicable to both a washing course of the washing machine and a drying course of the dryer, including at least an energy saving control, a general control, and a time saving control,
receive a second user input selecting a dual control option from among the plurality of dual control options determined for display by the first UI,
based on the second user input being received, identify the drying course of the dryer according to the washing course selected by the first user input and the dual control option selected by the second user input, and
control the communication interface to transmit information corresponding to the identified drying course to the dryer.