Method of controlling a multi-tub washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9284673-B2
Application number	US-65631510-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2010
Priority date	Jul 25, 2006
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A method of controlling a washing machine having a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method having the operations: receiving a first operating command to be performed in the first washing tub; determining whether the operating command can be performed; and when the operating command can be performed, performing the operating command in the first washing tub.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a washing machine including a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method comprising:
receiving an input of a first operating command to be performed in the first washing tub;
determining whether the received first operating command is input simultaneously with a same operating command as the first operating command input with respect to the second washing tub;
when the first operating command and the same operating command as the first operating command are input into the first and second washing tubs simultaneously:
comparing remaining washing times until the completion of a washing of laundry in the respective washing tubs;
determining which of the first washing tub and the second washing tub has a longer remaining washing time; and
delaying execution of the first operating command or the same operating command as the first operating command in a washing tub determined to have the longer remaining washing time.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first operating command and the same operating command as the first operating command are input into the first and second washing tubs simultaneously, the method further comprises:
determining which of the first washing tub and the second washing tub has a shorter remaining washing time; and
performing the first operating command or the same operating command as the first operating command preferentially in a washing tub determined to have the shorter remaining washing time.

3. A method of controlling a washing machine including a first washing tub and a second washing tub, the method comprising:
comparing remaining washing times until completion of a washing of laundry in the respective washing tubs and determining which of the first washing tub and the second washing tub has a shorter remaining washing time when same operating commands calling for a water supplying process or a draining process are input into the first and second washing tubs simultaneously; and
performing the water supplying process or the draining process preferentially in a washing tub determined to have the shorter remaining washing time.

Assignees

• Jun Byoung Chan
• Kim Jung Ho
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jun Byoung Chan
• Kim Jung Ho

Classifications

• D06F31/00 Primary

  Washing installations comprising an assembly of several washing machines or washing units, e.g. continuous flow assemblies · CPC title

• D06F33/02

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F2105/28

  Electric heating · CPC title

• D06F33/68

  of the sequence of washing and drying operations · CPC title

• D06F33/32

  Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry · CPC title