Samsung patents washing machine that sets drying time based on load weight
Samsung describes a washing machine that uses a processor to calculate how long to run the dryer based on the weight of the clothes inside. The system also monitors air temperature to keep it at a specific target level during the drying cycle.
In the filing’s own words
A washing machine that determines a time point at which a drying process is to be terminated, on the basis of the weight of objects to be dried is provided. The washing machine includes a heater configured to heat dry air to be supplied into an interior of a drum, a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the dry air, memory, including one or more storage media, storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the heater, the temperature sensor, and the memory, wherein, the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the washing machine to, in response to activation of a drying function: determine whether to operate the heater to maintain constant the temperature of the dry air with respect to a target control temperature in case that a drying cycle is initiated by the activation of the drying function, and terminate the drying cycle in response to arrival of a drying termination time within a preset reference operation section for initiation or termination of the drying cycle, and wherein the drying termination time is identified by a weight of a drying object obtained in response to the activation of the drying function.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A washing machine, comprising: a heater configured to heat dry air to be supplied into an interior of a drum of the washing machine; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the dry air; memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing one or more computer programs; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the heater, the temperature sensor, and the memory, wherein, the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the washing machine to, in response to activation of a drying function: determine whether to operate the heater to maintain constant the temperature of the dry air with respect to a target control temperature in case that a drying cycle is initiated by the activation of the drying function, and terminate the drying cycle in response to arrival of a drying termination time within a preset reference operation section for initiation or termination of the drying cycle, and wherein the drying termination time is identified by a weight of a drying object obtained in response to the activation of the drying function.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WASHING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
- Publication number
- US20260317981A1
- Application number
- 19463753
- Filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
D06F 33/52 Textiles & paperD06F 25/00 Textiles & paperD06F 33/70 Textiles & paperD06F 34/18 Textiles & paperD06F 34/26 Textiles & paperD06F 39/04 Textiles & paperMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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