US 12,448,726 B2
Laundry dryer control system
Ran Zhou, Charlotte, NC (US); Brandon King, Charlotte, NC (US); John Scherr, Morresville, NC (US); Pavan Honnegowda, Charlotte, NC (US); Ian Beloved Chazarae Banks, Charlotte, NC (US); and Eduardo Palmeira, Charlotte, NC (US)
Assigned to Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,336.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/144,101, filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0243387 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 58/38 (2020.01); D06F 101/20 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01); D06F 105/62 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 58/38 (2020.02) [D06F 2101/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02); D06F 2105/62 (2020.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a laundry dryer, the method comprising:
providing the laundry dryer comprising a user interface, a rotatable drum, a fan, a supplemental drying mechanism, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is programmed to identify a plurality of activation parameters including a schedule of on cycles and off cycles and a drum temperature that is less than a drum temperature threshold and programmed to identify a plurality of termination parameters including a time interval having passed and a dryness level measurement of drum contents reaching a dryness measurement threshold;
determining a state of an input;
modifying a selected drying operation from a plurality of drying operations in response to the state of the input;
performing the selected drying operation by:
selecting one of the plurality of activation parameters;
selecting one of the plurality of termination parameters;
operating the drum and the fan;
activating the supplemental drying mechanism in accordance with the selected activation parameter; and
terminating the selected drying operation in accordance with the selected termination parameter.