A laundry machine includes a tub, a drum that is rotatably mounted in the tub, and an induction heater that is provided in the tub and configured to heat an outer circumferential surface of the drum. The laundry machine also includes a motor that is configured to rotate the drum, a temperature sensor that is configured to sense the temperature inside the tub, an instantaneous power output unit configured to calculate and output an instantaneous output, and a processor that controls drum rotation speed and heat-spinning by controlling the induction heater. The processor may control the output of the induction hater to be variable based on the output of the instantaneous power output unit.

A method to control operation of a laundry dryer. The method includes starting a drying cycle, and receiving a user input command through one of a first interface and a second interface. If the command is provided through the first interface, a first working routine is started. If the same command is provided through the second interface, a second working routine is started. The second routing is different in at least one operational parameter than the first working routine. A laundry dryer configured to perform the method is also provided.

A clothes treating apparatus which controls a temperature of clothes and an operating time by executing an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm and/or a machine learning algorithm in a 5G environment connected for Internet of Things and an operating method of the clothes treating apparatus are provided. The clothes treating apparatus includes a communicator, a controller, a memory, a storage space, a temperature sensor, a temperature adjuster, and a fan. The communicator collects weather information and operation information of at least one connected device. Further, the communicator collects activity information or biometric information of the user from a portable terminal, a wearable device, or a vehicle. A user's preferred clothing temperature is derived by using clustering, deep learning, and reinforcement learning of the collected information, and the temperature of the clothes is adjusted based on the derived target temperature.

A dryer appliance and a method of operating the dryer for a warming operation is provided. The dryer appliance includes an air handler to urge the flow of air through a chamber rotatably mounted in a cabinet and a heating assembly for heating the flow of air. A controller controls the heating assembly and the air handler to initiate a warming operation for an article in the chamber. The warming operation includes receiving input parameters for a warming operation and determining a duration of the warming operation from the input parameters. Based on the input parameters and duration of the warming operation a start time is determined and the warming operation is initiated at the determined start time.

A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.

Selecting cycle modifiers for a clothes dryer is provided. Responsive to a requested cycle of operation for drying a load and a previous cycle being the same cycle type, and further responsive to historical information for the previous cycle indicating positive user feedback that dryness of the load was correct, cycle modifiers corresponding to the requested cycle are applied, and the clothes dryer is operated without soliciting further user feedback. Responsive to the requested cycle and the previous cycle being different cycle types, or responsive to the historical information for the previous cycle indicating negative user feedback that the dryness of the load was incorrect, apply the cycle modifiers corresponding to the requested cycle, operate the clothes dryer, and solicit further user feedback with respect to the cycle of operation of the clothes dryer to update cycle modifiers for use in future cycles of the same cycle of operation.

The present disclosure relates to: a washing machine capable of washing laundry automatically by a washing method suitable for the laundry; and a control method therefore. A control device for a washing machine according to embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a fabric detection unit for detecting the fabric texture of laundry received in a drum of a washing machine; a detection unit for detecting the weight of the laundry; and a control unit for determining the fabric type of the laundry on the basis of the detected fabric texture, and controlling the washing machine on the basis of the fabric type and the weight of the laundry.

Dryer appliances and methods are provided. A method includes receiving during rotation of a drum of the dryer appliance a voltage signal which corresponds to a moisture level within a chamber of the drum, and determining whether the voltage signal corresponds to a predetermined drying profile of a plurality of predetermined drying profiles. The method further includes applying a drying sequence which corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined drying profiles when the voltage signal corresponds to the one of the plurality of predetermined drying profiles. The method further includes determining whether the voltage signal corresponds to a wet patch indicator, and reversing a direction of rotation of the drum when the voltage signal corresponds to the wet patch indicator.

A control method includes performing a first drum operation of supplying water by a first set amount together with a detergent into the tub and rotating the drum at a first drum rotation speed while water is supplied, operating the pump at a first pump rotation speed during the first drum operation, operating a heater to heat water in the tub, performing a second drum operation of rotating the drum at the first drum rotation speed during the operation of the heater, and operating the pump at a second pump rotation speed at least once during the second drum operation, stopping the operation of the heater, performing a third drum operation of rotating the drum at the first drum rotation speed, and operating the pump at the first pump rotation speed during the third drum operation.

A method and appliance for controlling a household washing machine for washing laundry includes receiving, in a user interface, a user-selected steam sanitize cycle, displaying, on the user interface, a first indicator, and executing, by the controller, the sanitize cycle, and displaying a sanitized indicator, for example, on the user interface.