Control method for laundry treating apparatus
First Claim
1. A method to control a laundry treating apparatus, the method comprising:
- setting a drying time period;
supplying air to laundry in the laundry treating apparatus, wherein supplying the air includes operating a fan during the drying time period;
resetting the drying time period when a dryness level of the laundry, measured after a reference time from a start of the supplying of the air, is less than a first reference dryness level, wherein resetting the drying time period includes adding more time period to the reference time as the dryness level measured at the reference time is lower; and
deactivating a heater that warms the air supplied by the fan and continuing to operate the fan when a dryness level measured during the reference time is equal to or greater than the first reference dryness level,wherein the reference time expires at a time point at which a prescribed amount of time remains before the drying time period ends.
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Abstract
A laundry treating apparatus comprises a drum receiving clothes; a fan supplying air to the drum; a heater heating the air supplied to the drum; and a dry level sensing unit determining a dry level of the clothes. A control method comprises setting a dry time; supplying air to the clothes by operating the fan or operating the fan and the heater, and controlled to be performed for the dry time; and resetting the dry time, when the dry level measured by the dry level sensing unit at a time past a preset reference time period from the start of the air supply step is less than a preset reference dry level, wherein resetting the dry time step adds more time to the reference time period.
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19 Claims
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1. A method to control a laundry treating apparatus, the method comprising:
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setting a drying time period; supplying air to laundry in the laundry treating apparatus, wherein supplying the air includes operating a fan during the drying time period; resetting the drying time period when a dryness level of the laundry, measured after a reference time from a start of the supplying of the air, is less than a first reference dryness level, wherein resetting the drying time period includes adding more time period to the reference time as the dryness level measured at the reference time is lower; and deactivating a heater that warms the air supplied by the fan and continuing to operate the fan when a dryness level measured during the reference time is equal to or greater than the first reference dryness level, wherein the reference time expires at a time point at which a prescribed amount of time remains before the drying time period ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19)
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14. A laundry apparatus comprising:
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a drum to receive laundry; a fan to supply air to the laundry during a drying time period; a dryness level sensor to measure a dryness level of the laundry; a controller to reset the drying time when the measured dryness level of the laundry, after a reference time from a start of the drying time period, is less than a reference dryness level, wherein the controller, when resetting the drying time, adds more time period to the reference time as the dryness level measured at the reference time is lower. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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