US 12,331,446 B2
Dry apparatus and controlling method thereof
Hyunjin Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); Changwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Haeyoon Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyelim Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Taihyuk Jang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,029.
Application 17/574,029 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/016809, filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0166041 (KR), filed on Dec. 1, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0013646 (KR), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0170194 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 34/32 (2020.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 103/06 (2020.01); D06F 103/38 (2020.01); D06F 105/60 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/32 (2020.02) [D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/38 (2020.02); D06F 2103/06 (2020.02); D06F 2103/38 (2020.02); D06F 2105/60 (2020.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dryer comprising:
a communication interface;
a display;
a drum accommodating a subject to be dried;
a sensing device configured to construct a wireless communication link with the communication interface by using power generated through self-power generation according to a rotation of the drum;
a hot air supplying device configured to supply hot air to the drum; and
a processor configured to:
based on constructing the wireless communication link between the sensing device and the communication interface by the sensing device using power generated through self-power generation according to the rotation of the drum to connect to the dryer, display a first object indicating that the sensing device has generated power and has been connected to the dryer on the display.