ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,454, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Dryer and method for controlling the same" was invented by Hyemin Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changbae Yeom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeonju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kisu Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer includes a main body having an opening for an object to be dried to be entered therethrough, a drum arranged inside the main body for accommodating the object entered through the opening, a door opening or closing the opening, an input device configured to receive an input to perform a dehumidificatio...