Patent ID: 8869421
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling an apparatus for treating clothes that includes an accommodating space configured to accommodate clothes therein, an air supply unit configured to supply air to the accommodating space, a filter unit configured to filter foreign substances from air exhausted from the accommodating space and a foreign substance removal unit configured to remove the foreign substances remaining in the filter unit, the method comprising: a cycle starting step configured to start a drying cycle supplying air to the accommodating space by controlling the air supply unit; a determining step configured to determine a dryness of the clothes accommodated in the accommodating space by controlling a dryness measuring unit provided in the apparatus for treating clothes; and a filter unit cleaning step removing the foreign substances remaining in the filter unit by controlling the foreign substance removal unit, wherein the filter unit cleaning step is started based on the measured dryness being a preset reference dryness or higher.