Disclosed herein is a washing machine and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a technology capable of controlling washing modes in various manners by manipulating a control panel of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a display configured to display a washing mode, an inputter configured to receive a washing mode select command, a storage configured to store a selected washing mode, and a controller configured to allow a washing mode, which has the largest number of times selected during a predetermined number of times of washings, to be displayed on a first screen of the display, and in response to the number of the washing mode having the largest number of selection times being plural, configured to allow a washing mode, which is the last selected among the plurality of washing modes, to be displayed on the first screen of the display.

A method of operating a laundry treatment assembly including a washing machine appliance and a dryer appliance includes performing a drying operation in the dryer appliance, receiving feedback regarding a performance of the drying operation, adjusting one or more parameters relating to a washing operation in the washing machine appliance, and incorporating the one or more adjusted parameters into a subsequent washing operation.

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 garment dryer may include a vehicle mounting arrangement (e.g., a cup holder insert, a magnet, an eyelet, a docking station) such that the garment dryer may be maintained in an upright orientation while an associated vehicle is accelerating, turning, traveling over bumps, decelerating, etc. A garment dryer may include an internal air plenum for ducting air from an air blower through a heating element toward air outlets. A garment dryer may include an automatic controller.

A clothes drying system includes an apparatus that comprises a drying air circuit. A temperature sensor provides a signal indicative of a temperature of an environment outside the apparatus. A memory and processing circuitry is coupled to the memory. The memory includes logic that, when executed by the processing circuitry, directs at least one of: (i) a vent air control valve to change an amount of heated air flowing from the drum through the vent air control valve and into the environment based on the signal from the temperature sensor, (ii) a fan to change a flow rate of air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor, and (iii) a heater to change an amount of heat provided to the air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor.

Disclosed herein is a washing machine and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a technology capable of controlling washing modes in various manners by manipulating a control panel of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a display configured to display a washing mode, an inputter configured to receive a washing mode select command, a storage configured to store a selected washing mode, and a controller configured to allow a washing mode, which has the largest number of times selected during a predetermined number of times of washings, to be displayed on a first screen of the display, and in response to the number of the washing mode having the largest number of selection times being plural, configured to allow a washing mode, which is the last selected among the plurality of washing modes, to be displayed on the first screen of the display.

Disclosed herein is a washing machine and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a technology capable of controlling washing modes in various manners by manipulating a control panel of the washing machine. The washing machine includes a display configured to display a washing mode, an inputter configured to receive a washing mode select command, a storage configured to store a selected washing mode, and a controller configured to allow a washing mode, which has the largest number of times selected during a predetermined number of times of washings, to be displayed on a first screen of the display, and in response to the number of the washing mode having the largest number of selection times being plural, configured to allow a washing mode, which is the last selected among the plurality of washing modes, to be displayed on the first screen of the display.

A clothes dryer is disclosed. The clothes dryer includes a rotatably disposed drum, a heat pump system including a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant and a condenser configured to condense the refrigerant, a heater configured to heat air supplied to the interior of the drum, a first temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air passing through the interior of the drum, a second temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the compressor, and a processor configured to control an operation of the compressor on the basis of the temperature of the air passing through the interior of the drum detected by the first temperature sensor and control an operation of the heater on the basis of the temperature of the compressor detected by the second temperature sensor.

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 drying machine may include a drum configured to accommodate clothes, a fan motor configured to generate a flow of air, a heater configured to heat the air, a modulator configured to adjust a quantity of heat provided by the heater, and a user interface configured to provide a manager menu to correct a difference between a current quantity of heat caused by adjustment of the modulator and a target quantity of heat generated by variation in the modulator, where the modulator may include a device configured to manually set a maximum pressure and a minimum pressure.