Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Washer dryer machine and control method
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Application No.: US15898218Application Date: 2018-02-15
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Publication No.: US10934657B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Teruo Kamiyama , Mariko Nakaso , Kazuki Sakamoto , Hiroko Sugimoto
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2017-050844 20170316,JP2017-204270 20171023
- Main IPC: D06F37/42
- IPC: D06F37/42 ; D06F29/00 ; D06F25/00 ; D06F33/00 ; D06F34/18

Abstract:
A washing machine includes: a drum that rotates with a washing or drying object contained in the drum; a motor that rotationally drives the drum; a controller that controls rotation of the motor; and an electric current measurer that measures an electric current value representing an electric current flowing in the motor. The controller controls the rotation of the motor to rotate the drum less than one turn, and in accordance with the measured electric current value, detects whether a foreign object that is different from the object and whose mass is greater than an expected mass of the object is inside the drum. In a case where the controller detects the foreign object, the controller stops operation of the washing machine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180266034A1 WASHER DRYER MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
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