ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,717, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dryer and method for controlling the same" was invented by Sangoh Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyejoon Seok (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyungwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer including a main body which includes a user interface; a drum to accommodate a material to be dried; a motor configured to provide a rotation force to the drum; a heat pump device including a compressor, and configured to heat air to be supplied to the drum; an electrode sensor configured to output a pulse when contacting the drying ma...