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US 12,480,244 · App. 17/937,304 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Washing machine, control method therefor and control panel therefore

Inventors: Seunghoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Sugkil Seo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
D06F37/304D06F33/40D06F33/48D06F37/22D06F2103/46D06F2105/48
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Patent No.
US 12,480,244
App. No.
17/937,304
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A washing machine includes a drum, a drum motor coupled to the drum; a driving circuit and a processor. The driving circuit is configured to supply a driving current to the drum motor so that the drum motor rotates. The processor is configured to control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor from the first rotational speed to a second rotational speed based on a gradient of the fluctuating magnitude of the driving current supplied to the drum motor while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at a first rotational speed.

Claims (21)

1 . A washer comprising:

a drum;

a drum motor coupled to the drum;

a driving circuit configured to supply a driving current to the drum motor to rotate the drum motor at a first rotation speed; and

a processor electrically coupled to the driving circuit,

wherein the processor is configured to control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor from the first rotational speed to a second rotation speed based on a gradient of a fluctuating magnitude of the driving current supplied to the drum motor while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at the first rotation speed; and

decelerate the drum motor to the first rotation speed based on a fluctuating magnitude of the driving current supplied to the drum motor being larger than a reference fluctuating magnitude while accelerating the drum motor to the second rotation speed.

2 . The washer of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the gradient of the fluctuating magnitude of the driving current based on a difference between fluctuating magnitudes of the driving current obtained at every preset time while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at the first rotation speed.

3 . The washer of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor to the second rotation speed based on the gradient of the fluctuating magnitude of the driving current being smaller than a reference gradient having a negative value while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at the first rotation speed.

4 . The washer of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

filter the driving current while controlling the driving circuit to rotate the drum motor at the first rotation speed; and

control the driving circuit to accelerate the drum motor to the second rotation speed based on a gradient of the filtered driving current being equal to or smaller than a reference gradient having a negative value.

5 . The washer of claim 4 , wherein to filter the driving current, the processor is configured to:

obtain an envelope of the driving current;

eliminate a direct current (DC) component of the envelope of the driving current;

obtain an absolute value of the envelope of the driving current from which the DC component is eliminated; and

obtain low-frequency components of the absolute value of the envelope of the driving current.

6 . The washer of claim 4 , wherein to filter the driving current, the processor is configured to:

eliminate a DC component of the driving current;

obtain an absolute value of the driving current from which the DC component is eliminated; and

obtain low-frequency components of the absolute value of the driving current.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2022
From: KIM, SEUNGHOON; PARK, JUNHYUN; SEO, SUGKIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061587/0507 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0041198 · Apr 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021003767 · Mar 26, 2021
Related Publication 20230030827A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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