Patent ID: 11959218
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a laundry machine to dry or refresh an object, wherein the laundry machine includes:
a tub,
a drum rotatably arranged in the tub and configured to receive the object, the drum defining a plurality of through-holes at a circumferential surface thereof,
an induction heater mounted at an outside of the tub, and
a spray nozzle provided at the tub,
the method comprising steaming that includes:
rotating the drum;
heating a surface of the drum by activating the induction heater after rotating the drum; and
generating steam by spraying, using the spray nozzle, water downward toward the surface of the rotating drum being heated, the steam being introduced into the drum through the plurality of through-holes of the drum.