A method of operating a dryer appliance includes predicting a removal point at which a laundry load will be removed from the tub of the dryer, the removal point being a certain amount of time after the completion of a main drying operation, determining a length of time required to perform a conditioning operation on the laundry load, determining a start time for the conditioning operation, and implementing a responsive action at the start time.

A method of operating a dryer appliance includes activating a heating system of the dryer appliance and tracking an energy output of the heating system. The method also includes determining a load score of a load of articles to be dried in the dryer appliance based on the tracked energy output and determining a termination criterion for a dry operation of the dryer appliance based on the load score. The method further includes performing the dry operation in the dryer appliance and terminating the dry operation when the determined termination criterion is reached.

A dryer appliance and method for operation are provided, the method including measuring temperature of air for drying laundry articles; transmitting a first control signal for operating the ignition source to generate heat for heating air for drying laundry articles; measuring, over a period of time following transmission of the control signal, temperature of air for drying laundry articles; and determining an operational state of the heating system based on measuring the temperature of air, wherein the operational state includes a normal ignition state or an ignition failure state, wherein the normal ignition state corresponds to an increase in temperature of air during the period of time, and wherein the ignition failure state corresponds to a substantially unchanged temperature of air.

A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having a bottom plate that defines a bottom surface of the cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry, a hot air supply disposed at the bottom plate and configured to generate hot air to be supplied into the drum, a rear plate that defines a rear surface of the cabinet and includes a duct configured to receive the hot air from the hot air supply and to guide the hot air into the drum, a driver coupled to a rear side of the rear plate and configured to provide a rotational force to the drum, and a fan duct that is coupled to a front side of the rear plate and connects the hot air supply to the duct. The fan duct is configured to transfer the hot air of the hot air supply to the duct.

Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a laundry treating apparatus, if a user selects a uniform course, including performing a preheating operation of a heater to generate steam, performing a first cooling operation to operate a blower unit and a moving hanger after the preheating operation has been terminated, performing a steam operation to operate the blower unit and a steam unit and to circulate steam to a treating chamber after the first cooling operation has been terminated, performing a standby operation to operate the blower unit after the steam operation has been terminated, performing a second cooling operation to operate the blower unit after the standby operation has been terminated, and performing a drying operation to operate the blower unit and a heat pump unit and to provide heat to the treating chamber to dry the treating chamber after the second cooling operation has been terminated.

A prediction method includes acquisition step, prediction step, determination step, and processing step. In acquisition step, parameters for a drying operation are acquired. In prediction step, based on the acquired parameters, a drying time required for the drying operation is predicted by a first prediction method. In determination step, when the restart of the drying operation is detected while the drying operation is stopped, whether the first prediction method performed in prediction step is applicable is determined. In processing step, when the first prediction method is determined to be applicable, the first prediction method is continued and when the first prediction method is determined not to be applicable, predetermined processing is performed.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed under the first cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet and the second cabinet, the refresher having an inner space for receiving laundry, a heating device disposed under the tub, the heating device being configured to heat air supplied into the inner space of the refresher, and a drain pump for discharging water in the tub, wherein the heating device includes a heat exchange unit, and wherein the drain pump is disposed below the tub and is disposed in the heating device.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed over the first cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher including a third cabinet disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet and the second cabinet, the refresher having an inner space for receiving laundry, a heating device disposed between the first drum and the tub, the heating device including a heat exchange unit for heating air supplied into the refresher, and a drawer disposed below the heat exchange unit, the drawer having an inner space for storing water.

A laundry treating apparatus including a dryer including a first cabinet, and a first drum rotatably disposed in the first cabinet, a washing machine including a second cabinet disposed under the second cabinet, a tub disposed in the second cabinet, and a second drum rotatably disposed in the tub, a refresher including a third cabinet disposed at a lateral side of the first cabinet, the third cabinet having an inner space for receiving laundry, a first supply air duct for supplying air into the first drum, a second supply air duct for supplying air into the inner space of the second cabinet and a third supply air duct for supplying air into the inner space of the second cabinet.

A system for appliance communication and method for washer appliance operation include determining a fault condition at a dryer appliance, transmitting to the washer appliance a communications signal corresponding to the fault condition at the dryer appliance, and adjusting, at the washer appliance, a washer mode based on the communications signal. The system includes a washer appliance having a first controller having a first communications device, and a dryer appliance having a second controller having a second communications device configured to communicatively couple to the first communications device to form an interconnected pair of washer and dryer appliances.